I would say that having worked in this space pre-Snowden, we anticipated a lot of the activities he exposed and many found to be a bit disproportionate. It at least kicked off a robust conversation around the appropriate parameters of these activities.
There was no way of getting any sort of evidence, even though it was known what was happening by us, as well as by bad actors. There was no way to get the policy debate going, and having this trove of direct and credible information on what's happening on the ground, to us, was useful as a civil society organization.
My understanding was that he tried to be cautious in ensuring that the information that made it into the public record was contained and redacted in ways that didn't undermine security capabilities too much. I put that to his credit, but everyone can judge for themselves.