PP was mass leak: many volumes. Analogy of Trump tax was it was possibly stolen. Snowden & Manning were mass leaks.
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Replying to @ggreenwald @chrislhayes
Pentagon Papers: mass leak of official documents—not email conversation hence little analogy. Tax return: one doc.
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FWIW; Ellsberg told me (as he told others) he wished he had leaked earlier and I believe that is correct.
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Neither singular documents, nor pre-internet mass leaks (content much more limited) map to current dilemma.
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Look: front page of WaPo. What a Huffpo blogger emailed *to* Podesta. How is this news now? 100 stories like this.pic.twitter.com/ZBPUmpZbzb
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Replying to @zeynep @chrislhayes
I agree. It's terrible news judgment. But I constantly see non-WL stories in major outlets that are trivial & empty.
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Replying to @ggreenwald @chrislhayes
And that's the weakness: that press can't resist such tidbits that these hacks are deliberately targeting.
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Not to mention the losses (privacy; right to internal conversations). Would you chase these stories if not leaked?
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Replying to @zeynep @chrislhayes
If you look at what TI chose to report from archive, you'll see it's consistent with what we've been pursuing all year.
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Replying to @ggreenwald @chrislhayes
Yes. But I'd argue there are stories you wouldn't chase now if not for leak: but also discussing broader effect.
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Pentagon Papers strengthened accountability & journalism during a terrible time; these leaks, IMO, are weakening.
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