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The agglomeration of data that makes us fear for our privacy is also what makes it possible for one doubting soul – one Manning or Snowden – to learn secrets. The speed of data that makes us fret over the the devaluation of facts is also what makes it possible for journalists' facts to spread before government can stop them.

Comment is free Welcome to the end of secrecy The real lesson of the Snowden leaks is not the threat to privacy. It is the NSA's losing battle against the new agents of openness