courage_is_contagious unhinged ' 'in these times of secrecy and abuse of power there is only one solution - transparency,' wrote sarah harrison, the british journalist who accompanied snowden to russia and who has also gone into self-imposed exile in berlin. 'if our governments are so compromised that they will not tell us the truth, then we must step forward to grasp it. provided with the unequivocal proof of primary source documents people can fight back. if our governments will not give this information to us, then we must take it for ourselves. 'when whistleblowers come forward we need to fight for them, so others will be encouraged,' she went on. 'when they are gagged, we must be their voice. when they are hunted, we must be their shield. when they are locked away, we must free them. giving us the truth is not a crime. this is our data, our information, our history. we must fight to own it. courage is contagious.' ' - sarah harrison, chris hedges 171217 what's it to you? who go blather from