“In the interests of aiding the debate over how Prism works, the Guardian is publishing an additional slide from the 41-slide presentation which details Prism and its operation. We have redacted some program names.”

And in the interests of boosting its U.S. operations, does The Guardian plan on dragging this story out for another 36 days, one slide a day perhaps being the maximum amount the paper has determined its readers can digest without being overwhelmed? Give me a break.

As “ImpartiallyApathetic” comments: “Perhaps some brave soul at the Guardian will leak the leak?” Or does The Guardian guard its secrets even more carefully than the NSA?