'I Cannot Figure Out Why This Was Classified to Begin With' - James Fallows - The Atlantic

Final paragraph from a James Fallows perspective piece

"There is a lot more to learn about this program, its reach into public life, its alleged or real benefits, and the possible consequences of its revelation. But at face value, I feel about this news the way I did when the Pentagon Papers were unveiled many decades ago. The public has learned something important about policies carried out in its name, at what seems -- for now -- a modest cost to vulnerable individuals or national safety as a whole."

'I Cannot Figure Out Why This Was Classified to Begin With' - James Fallows - The Atlantic