It really pains me to admit this, but without Snowden and Assange you would likely today be looking at the Inauguration of Hillary Clinton, and a future of political serfdom.
It fell to a couple of shady characters to start doing the job the press in this country stopped doing long ago.
Possibly, but don't complain in the future when criminal slimeballs come after our guys.
Not sure I like this post-principle world...