If we are going to apply the veil of ignorance to the analysis of the situation, the ethical solution is very clear. The act of releasing hundreds if not thousands of classified documents to the American public was not permissible. This is especially true because Snowden only released a few documents actually pertaining to the domestic surveillance program, while most of the documents detailed military secrets about operations and technology. This information release certainly did not help more people that it hurt considering almost nothing has changed when it comes to domestic intelligence gathering. The government is still tracking and collecting information, but the only difference is that now people are certain that it is occurring,
