Article: Edward Snowden's data dump: Where's the beef?

Recently, another leak came to our attention, the results of which are still reverberating throughout the international scene. The Panama Papers came to our attention and caused quite a stir about off-shore bank accounts, usually used to stash tax-free, ill-gotten cash abroad. Even David Cameron, the U.K. Prime Minister was found to have an off-shore account -- even while calling an anti-corruption summit!

The Guardian calls the Panama Papers, at over 11 million documents, "history's biggest data leak." The Panama Papers contain a who's who and a how to stash cash offshore. At 11 million plus documents, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists has made the database available to the public in a fully-searchable format. I can go here and find any information that I want. The possibilities for research are phenomenal. So, what's up with the Snowden documents and why can't I search the approximately one million or so of them?

Well, as of May 16, the situation is improved, somewhat. Only 166 documents can be found in chronological order here; 166 documents are not going to create the kind of consciousness for which I believe Edward Snowden made his tremendous sacrifice. He is now marooned in Russia when he would much rather be at home with his family and friends, I would imagine.

Still, I believe he was right to inform us about what the US government is doing with our tax dollars, to its citizens at home and to the rest of the world. In my opinion, the US government is a rogue state and COINTELPRO, Operation Condor, WikiLeaks, and what little we know of the Snowden documents amply demonstrates that. The time for keeping secrets from the people who are paying for them is long over, in my opinion.

Edward Snowden said that he wanted to start a bottom-up revolution. The drip-drip-drip of the Snowden documents is the best way to ensure document release without revolution! I can't help but wonder what's going on with The Intercept, Glenn Greenwald, whom Vice called "Snowden's journalist of choice," and the documents that I can't wait to review! The researcher in me still wishes that, after doing its due diligence, The Intercept will see to it that Snowden's more than one million documents will be made available to the public on a fully searchable platform in the manner that WikiLeaks and the Panama Papers has provided to the world.

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