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by rrc 5672 days ago
I didn't down vote, but I don't think the issue isn't as black and white as you're suggesting. Let me offer an alternative possibility:

The "bad guys" fail to act on this information and instead a group of newly informed (politicians|non-profit watchdogs|citizens|concerned corporations|supranational organizations) affect some change that reduces our reliance on such a small number of facilities.

Without this leak, a lot of very influential "good guys" might not know this danger even existed.

My point is that the "bad guys successfully act on this information" scenario is only one of many, not all of them bad.