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This article seems to make a huge deal out of everything and I feel like it may be exaggerating a little. That said I don't know the details very well, could anyone provide more insight or link to a more reliable source of additional information?
Bruce Schneier mentioned his notion that there is a second whistleblower back in July:

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2014/07/nsa_targets_p...

The film confirms that explicitly; it shows Greenwald giving the name of the second leaker to Snowden (whose jaw drops).
Have you seen the film, or have you read somewhere, and then, where?
Confirmed in numerous reviews, including the one linked to right up top.
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NSA has had whistleblowers before Snowdwen so this is not surprising.
it had exactly two, and neither leaked classified documents
What is really needed are politicians having the courage to stand up. If the material of the Snowden revelations alone are not enough, then nothing will be.
The problem seems to be that the politicians are so used to lying themselves, they don't mind when they're lied to. In Washington, lies are currency.
Especially, given the existence of the Speech and Debate Clause.
this has been known for a few months if you've been paying very close attention: http://deep-state.tumblr.com/post/91320197853/confirmation-t...

this is a subject i study nearly obsessively, though

I know. I am the NSA desk analyst who doesn't have to work because you do. I just put a

    whole-tap site:news.ycombinator.com user:nyolfen
and does it the 6-degrees magic on all your net traffic.