Some old GG tweets from back in Nov:

@alexstapleton @_cypherpunks_ Beyond that, that publishing docs about certain countries creates different legal risks cannot be disputed.

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) November 26, 2013

@exiledsurfer @_cypherpunks_ Yes - and it could get much worse. As could public opinion. And that’s *his choice whether he wants to do that.

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) November 26, 2013

@exiledsurfer @_cypherpunks_ I’m reluctant to talk about his legal risks, but different countries are viewed differently under US law

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) November 26, 2013

@exiledsurfer @_cypherpunks_ Again, 1) it is HIS decision to make for himself, 2) public opinion matters, 3) treason charges are serious

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) November 26, 2013

@_cypherpunks_ IT IS HIS CHOICE - how many times do I have to say that? WL confirmed that just 2 days ago.

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) November 26, 2013

@_cypherpunks_ That said: just like my source, I have the right to decide for myself the risks I take. Easy to dismiss other people’s risks

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) November 26, 2013

Greenwald is suggesting here that there are parts of Snowden’s bulk document dump, that if published, would damage him in the eyes of the public and subject him to serious new legal jeopardy (including charges of treason — “treason charges are serious”).

In that recently published cryptome e-mail exchange Greenwald wrote something similar:

Anyone who demands that we “release all documents” - or even release large numbers in bulk - is demanding that we violate our agreement with our source, disregard the framework we created when he gave us the documents, jeopardize his interests in multiple ways, and subject him to far greater legal (and other) dangers.

Again, the take away from all of this that there are aspects of both the scale and content of what he stole, that if clearly defined to the public by GG, would severely undermine the painstakingly crafted Snowden mythology.