If you leak it, leak it everywhere!

I think the real answer is the Overton window shifted to accommodate what was previously scandalous,

I remember when mass surveillance was the worst thing the US government did to its citizens

In 2026 these kind of articles must be a bait to receive the latest pegasus-style payload on your honeypot devices.

No matter how many internals are being leaked about five eyes, it's important to realize that there is always someone who benefits from the turmoil and the loss of faith into democratically-supervised institutions.

With technical agencies I'd guess that at least they promoted people based on technical merit and not by how much land ownership their families had 500 yrs ago.

Imagine the abuses the Trump administration is making of US surveillance powers. The market intelligence alone must be netting him billions.

Eh, the outrage never really materialized into anything worth continuing the leaks. Look at the Epstein files. "They" can just wait it out.

Snowden saw what evil things the USA was doing (spying on everyone!), and he put his career and life on the line to fight for what was right.

And now he lives quietly in Russia.

/S