Personally, I think it goes much deeper than those two. Although I strongly support the whistleblowing activities of Snowden and Manning that have shed light on many questionable activities (and I appreciate the fact that not everyone agrees with me), what about the threatened prosecution of journalists from mainstream organizations such as the AP or Fox News, or the record-level prosecution of whistleblowers, or the lousy record of responding to Freedom of Information requests? When you look at everything that's transpired since 2009, it's actually amazing that we're as high as 46th.