[troc]

exactly, not so much as a leak as a release. The presumption that the press (even 100 odd institutions) need to be gatekeepers for this inforamation is offensive. Especially since the mostly sham of an excuse of the snowden documents does not hold in this case.

[kuschku]

Sure, let’s leak passports, bank account data, etc of all shareholders of 214'000 companies...

That would get the media immediately closed.