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This is a noble gesture but you should know that this is a deliberate "drip" tactic that is utilized to soften the impact gradually, making the consumption and analysis of this data part of a broader social normalization process which works ironically against the interests of any substantial response that could occur.

Essentially we are helping them brain hack the masses into accepting the status quo.

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I have heard it framed as a slow drip to keep the pressure on those who signed on from recinding their support. Like a one-way parking ramp - making it more and more painful to reverse course.

Weird that you could argue for the opposite effect.

Slow drip and fight the quick news cycle forgetfulness by taking a front page spot for each drop.

IIRC the slow drip was an explicit tactic used during the Snowden revelations and that seemed much more effective at getting everyone talking about it than Drake’s revelations or Congressional inquiries.

Yeah you’re so right! We should not even look at them at all or analyze them because they are being released in the way you don’t agree with… bro really?

I mean, people should look, of course.

But don’t be blind to how effectively that strategy works.

What you mean someone working for mossad doesn't just spill all the beans in unencrypted email?!

What do you propose instead?

To bury the evidence that some of us—including ourselves—could become monsters under the right circumstances.

Exactly this.

This week: not answering questions. Three weeks time: it’s old news.

This pattern was used particularly effectively to escape scrutiny throughout Trump 1.

They're just going to say they can't release them because they've opened new investigations in to Democrats (and only Democrats) that appear in the trove.

Yep.

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