For nearly two decades, Cryptome.org has spilled secrets from the intelligence world. The site's founders, Manhattan-based architects John Young and Deborah Natsios, spoke to Gawker about Edward Snowden's motivations and the "wargame" launched by the NSA surveillance leaks.

Yesterday the Associated Press published a lengthy profile of "John," the secretive CIA agent who led the effort to locate and kill Osama bin Laden. The CIA asked the AP not to report John's full name or certain biographical details that might identify him, and the AP complied. But internet spy-hunter and data…