Greenwald has "highly detailed technical NSA materials on how they eavesdrop"

He is doing the only smart thing to do and that is milking the story. We always complain that people are not paying enough attention to privacy and he is trying to assure that the story stays in the news for a while.<p>If he can come up with 1-2 further &quot;big facts&quot; (e.g. clearly demonstrating that ale the Tech CEOs have been lying about their involvement) this story gets much more attention than just dumping it all on one day.

Then show them to us, or someone. Secrets don&#x27;t like the light, like cockroaches.

So lets say, hypothetically speaking, that I know a whole lot about how prism works, and have some slides and what not and that I trust GG with them. Let&#x27;s further suppose that I am unaffiliated with Facebook, unemployed by the USG, no clearance etc. Just Joe Coder the contractor who loves Freedom. Why can&#x27;t I just send them to him, what do I care if the FBI knows since I&#x27;m not under an NDA or a govt employee?

Three theories why it&#x27;s taking so long:<p>1) They are being responsible and trying to redact stuff that could get people killed or seriously damage US interests<p>2) They don&#x27;t have a smoking gun, and are afraid to release the rest, since it&#x27;s much ado about nothing.<p>3) Variation of #2, except Greenwald is trying to forge some slides, editing the content to back up his original story. Just a few words changed in a PPT could make all the difference.<p>#1 Doesn&#x27;t wash with me, because I don&#x27;t think Greenwald cares about protecting US interests. He may care about being arrested by the US government, or having to live in a foreign embassy if he releases something that would enrage the spooks.<p>#2 Seems plausible. Let&#x27;s say the full PRISM slide set is just as vague as the 5 slides shown so far and doesn&#x27;t actually talk about technical implementation at the premises on participants. Then the whole affair becomes somewhat embarrassing given the bombastic overreaction. Leading to fears that they would be temped to hack the PRISM slides.<p>Lets hope #3 is barred because WashingtonPost has a separate copy.

Obviously, he allegedly has this material. I tried to put that in the title, but I hit the character limit.

What compelling reason could there be to withhold this information?

I can&#x27;t wait to see this.