A Key Similarity Between Snowden Leak and Panama Papers: Scandal Is What’s Been Legalized

FROM THE STARTof the reporting based onEdward Snowden’s leaked document archive, government defendersinsisted that no illegal behavior was revealed. That was always false: Multiple courts have now found the domestic metadata spying program in violation of the Constitution and relevant statutesand have issued similar rulings forother mass surveillance programs; numerous articleson NSA and GCHQ documented the targeting of people and groups for blatantlypoliticalor legallyimpermissiblepurposes;...