I hope to lighten the mood:<p>I learned something vital about democracy from videogames. In <i>Civilization II</i> and <i>Alpha Centauri</i>, democracy and technological progress were modeled as being inherently "insecure." Your democratic, free and high-tech government was more susceptible to espionage and you could not effectively conduct espionage.<p>It amazes me how this simple model reflects the real world nature of free governments.<p>Leaks happen. The Obama administration's response should not be proactive prosecution. It should be to dismantle unjust, invasive security programs. They are plainly incompatible with free government, and they will be rendered ineffective—either by capitalism, politics, or in this case, whistleblowers.<p>Edward Snowden is but one of many ways our security apparatus is nullified by genuine freedom.