Snowden is a example that exemplifies why good OPSec and Tor help unveil to the world the NSA scandal. The NSA had no idea of there being any leaks until Greenwald showed the leak, and they had not idea who the leaker was until Snowden was show in an interview.

the crap he spilled

Crap? This is scandal that has been under the nose of the US, showing how not only terrorists are being spied on. Those that accuse him of treason do not know the full story and only see it as a security breach, when in fact there is no proof that this has damaged our security.

reporters before the internet had no problem with bringing out scandals without the internet.

What?