From everything I’ve gathered, which admittedly isn’t much, Greenwald had to cobble together his own methods for protecting his data sources. He has always said it was sophisticated, but my bet is that he had about two months, and some directions from Snowden on what to do, and had 1 or 2 IT people from The Guardian to help him with it.
Switching his allegiance to a fabulously rich guy would, without a doubt, give Greenwald access to a much bigger smorgasbord of data security options, if not direct access to a much larger number of security experts. As well as increased bodyguarding and whatever else a rich guy can buy for him.
This isn’t just a “new news” opportunity. This is called castling the king. Right now, Greenwald is the king of the data, and he needs a much stronger setup to withstand the coming years and stay on top. This is the way.
