>>Shining a light on it, the way this data dump did, is probably the best way to keep it in check.
Agreed. Sunlight is the best disinfectant- which is why it's added into the ACA. Now lets just hope it's used responsibly so good researchers and practitioners don't have to waste too much time defending themselves from snipers.
"... They ne'er cared for us
yet: suffer us to famish, and their store-houses
crammed with grain; make edicts for usury, to
support usurers; repeal daily any wholesome act
established against the rich, and provide more
piercing statutes daily, to chain up and restrain
the poor. If the wars eat us not up, they will; and
there's all the love they bear us."
-- Shakespeare: Coriolanus, Act 1, scene 1