I believe that the public deserves to know more severe information about what the government is doing. I find that people tend to get more paranoid if they have weird suspicions about shady events the government is going about. Although I do believe that most people are extremely nosy so that is their reason for leaking information or spreading rumors. If the government is going to get hurt by these rumors, than they might as well be open with the public and save all the trouble. If there is speculation of another World War or something to risk the lives of innocent people, then people must know, it should never be hidden. I believe that we could have a very effective democracy without transparency because, there would be much more trust between the government and the citizens.
Personally I would meet with the government and try to come up with a deal of how much of the topic I could announce. I would do this because I know that there would be tons of people who would be worried sick if they had heard speculations of another World War or deadly plague, for example. I realize that the government wouldn't want me to reveal anything about the leaked information, but the public can't be left completely in the dark on the subject. I would have to give them enough information for them to understand the scenario, but not enough for them to be stressed or paranoid about the situation. Although it would be tough to do, I would publish the information because I believe the people should be informed on critical events.
Who Leaked NSA Documents to WikiLeaks?
This article speculates on the matter of how did WikiLeaks obtain NSA documents previously obtained by Edward Snowden. The information Edward had found was that "NSA secretly tapped into the entire telecommunications systems of four countries - the Bahamas, Mexico, the Philippines and Kenya." The speculation arises when WikiLeaks found that the Intercept left out a fifth country involved in the research by NSA, which they threatened to reveal. I don't believe that revealing this fifth country would cause much harm, but NSA believes that it will cause an increase in violence. Since it is NSA's job to research countries I doubt that they were doing little wrong, nor cause much violence.
