<blockquote>Which leads on to the second issue. If the security services insist something is contrary to the public interest, and might harm their operations, who am I (despite my grounding from Watergate onwards) to disbelieve them?</blockquote>
via <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/edward-snowdens-secrets-may-be-dangerous-i-would-not-have-published-them-8877404.html">Edward Snowden’s secrets may be dangerous. I would not have published them - Comment - Voices - The Independent</a>.