I have no idea, but the question was about &quot;how he was connected&quot; to the people he released the info to.  The answer was: he wasn&#x27;t until he made contact himself.<p>He must&#x27;ve made a list of journalists he knew of who he thought would be sympathetic to the message he wanted to send.  Maybe Greenwald&#x2F;Poitras weren&#x27;t at the top of the list, but some quick Googling doesn&#x27;t reveal anything about anyone else he may have tried to contact before them.