Glenn Greenwald and the Future of Leaks
/ October 23 2013 4:17 PM
Glenn Greenwald, the lawyer-turned-journalist-turned-global
headline for his reporting on leaked NSA documents, says there is about
to be a revolution that will radically change how news organizations
cover governments and other big institutions.
The change, he insists, is inevitable because of the
pervasiveness of digital content, which has already remade the global
economy by allowing instant access to vast troves of information.
“Government and businesses cannot function without enormous amounts of
data, and many people have to have access to that data,” Greenwald says,
adding that it only takes one person with access and an assaulted
conscience to leak, no matter what controls are in place.
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