On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 10:45 AM, Steve Meyers <[email protected]> wrote:
> My concern is just that others may see this as justification for petty > vendettas. That doesn't mean Snowden shouldn't do the right thing. It just > means I'm concerned that someone in the future might disclose things that > really are a problem for national security. > I think it is probably right to be concerned about future leaks, but I don't think that vilifying or praising Snowden's actions will have a considerable impact on the number or nature of future leaks. I think the best thing government agencies can do to prevent information that threatens national security from being released is to control access -- every expansion of our security / secrecy complexes increases the number of people who have access and points of weakness in the system itself. Scaling back can make the really important information more secure. Simple systems are often easier to defend than complex ones. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
