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by hackuser 4363 days ago
The threat here isn't only proof that is acceptable in court:

* Your actions could put you on a shortlist of people to be more thoroughly investigated.

* Your actions could tip off the people whom your information threatens; maybe they stop communicating with you (or worse) to shut off the leak.

* Per the Snowden release, the NSA tracked the communications of people within something like 3 degrees of their targets. With standards that low, it's not a stretch to think someone would track everyone visiting the Washington Post's secure drop box.