skilled, why not do it yourself? you're a computer guy. you're maybe even a computer geek, and i mean that tas a ter of endearment. why go through an intermediary? why go to the press? why go to two different media sources? why pick these reporters in particular? the writer for "the guardian" on these stories is glen greenwald, a guest on this show multiple times. i've known glenn a long time. longtime national security blogger who's critical of surveillance and of secrecy. he's a civil libertarian absolutist and one of the most eloquent ones we have. mr. greenwald has been outspoken in support of whistle blowing in general. he's been particularly outspoken about bradley manning. the writer from the "washington post" in these articles is barton galman. he has a reputation for major scoops about national intelligence. that history, and i think this may be important, has led him to be attacked as a reporter. him to be attacked not as a leaker, but as somebody who will publish information that the government maybe does not want published.