Media Lessons from Snowden Reporting: LA Times Editors Advocate Prosecution of Sources

Two years ago, the first story based on the Snowden archive was published in the Guardian, revealing a program of domestic mass surveillance which, at least in its originalform,ended this week. To commemorate that anniversary, Edward Snowden himself reflectedinaNew York Times Op-Ed on the“power of an informed public” when it comes to the worldwide debate over surveillance and privacy.

But we realized from the startthatthe debate provoked by these disclosureswould be at least as much about jou...