Presumably phone books are also wrong then? They contain personal details for hundreds of thousands or even millions of people!
If evidence of government wrongdoing contains personal information should journalistic outlets ignore the evidence of government wrongdoing for the sake of not handling the personal information? Do you really think that’s reasonable?
Or is it more reasonable, perhaps, to allow journalistic outlets to handle such evidence as long as they maintain a record of handling the personal information discreetly and responsibly?
Is there any reason whatsoever to believe that the Guardian was really indiscriminately publicizing the personal details of UK spies?
