[oldsj]

True that it would hurt public opinion even further of the agencies if they were to take him out - but I thought he only revealed a portion of what he grabbed.

[dom0]

My understanding is that he handed everything off to the journalists.

[xorxornop]

Yes, for precisely the reason that he did not want to be the arbiter of what is released. That's probably why he's still alive. It was a good decision