How far to respect the source&#x27;s wishes regarding controls on the material is a tricky area. In this case, the source was happy with releasing large amounts of raw data. In the NSA leaks, Snowden wasn&#x27;t, and he imposed a condition on Greenwald and Poitras not to release everything.<p>Does the journalist have more responsibility to the source or to the global population? Many people disagree with Wikileaks style raw data dumps irrespective of the source&#x27;s wishes.<p>In summary, the ethics of leaking is complicated!