Whether or not the source can be trusted or if the public will hear from he or she again is not yet clear, but if there is a new NSA whistleblower ready to step forward with even a fraction of what Snowden has, it could further shatter the guarded secrecy of the agency with a global reach.

Additionally, numerous commentators have suggested that one of the reasons why the U.S. government’s focus on capturing and punishing Snowden is to dissuade other would-be whistleblowers—in the NSA or other government agencies—from following his example.

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What “amazes” TechDirt blogger Mike Masnick about the latest revelations regarding the NSA’s ongoing surveillance program of German politicians “is the fact that it’s already leaked out.”

The seemingly un-authorized disclosure, writes Masnick, comes “despite all the talk of cracking down on future leaks out of the NSA, the NSA already has another leaker releasing information that is clearly politically sensitive.”

It’s possible, writes Millstein, “that the overall success of Snowden’s dramatic reveal has inspired other NSA employees to spill the beans on aspects of U.S. surveillance with which they’re uncomfortable.”

And as Masnick concludes: “So many folks like to point to Snowden as if he’s the only leaker the NSA ever had or ever will have. But it’s increasingly looking like there are others within the NSA who are equally uncomfortable with what’s become of the intelligence community.”

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