Daniel Ellsberg
In a truly Orwellian touch, we are only having the debate Obama says he wants because Snowden broke his promises and the law.
Obama is right that there’s a trade-off, and most Americans seem to be happy, as I am, to accept some modest invasion of their privacy in return for more effective protection against terrorism.
Data-mining will bring large numbers of innocent people under suspicion. This is a problem, because protecting the innocent suspect is not something at which the U.S. excels.