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True that it would hurt public opinion even further of the agencies if they were to take him out - but I thought he only revealed a portion of what he grabbed.

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My understanding is that he handed everything off to the journalists.

Yes, for precisely the reason that he did not want to be the arbiter of what is released. That's probably why he's still alive. It was a good decision

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