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> It's asymmetric warfare. But the side without the money is disorganized and open and trusting.

The Snowden leak happened (as did Manning), so the Government is not as organized as optics would suggest. They are drowning in the data deluge just like everybody else.




Sure, but 4,999,998 other people with secret level security clearances are not being whistleblowers and leakers.

Hard to imagine a better success rate for any organization composed of fallible human beings.


When you consider how clearance actually works, you're not dealing with apples and apples.


It is a fact that I don't know much about this stuff. Just what I gather from mostly public sources.




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