So What the Heck Did Greenwald Say at a Memorial Lecture for a Pro-Lyncher That's So Secretive?

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47. If either of them had good intentions and were out for "the right thing" their actions would have

changed post the President's speech 3 weeks prior to the revelations when he said he wanted to have a dialogue concerning how much is too much domestic intelligence gathering, drones, etc.

That would have been the perfect time for Greenwald and Snowden to sit down with a deputy chief of staff and say, "Look, these are the concerns we have. Does the President really want this dialogue?"

But there is no sensation in that, and there is nothing there for a wannabe hero. So instead we have this sensationalized release of information most of which Snowden himself says he never read. And instead of a real dialogue with everyone sitting down to figure out what is the best way to deal with the threats going forward while minimizing any concerns of privacy, the agencies involved go into self preservation mode, the white house goes into self preservation mode, and every kind of possible change slows to a crawl.

But that's OK for Greenwald and Snowden. They got the notoriety they wanted out of it.