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by Svip 4739 days ago
And what's wrong with prolonging the story? If they had dumped all the documents in one go, people would be outraged for a bit and then forget about it. Then it would just be Snowden. I am sure that The Gaurdian is holding out until the focus shifts from Snowden to the leaks. Or at least, I hope they are.

As long as the story is out, so long will the US government have to play defence rather than offence. And that's never good in politics.