Personal Safety vs. Privacy Protection

What is more important to you ?

What does the one or the other say about one's personality ?

In the light of Snowden, Assange, Guantanamo, Hacking, Twin Towers, Drones and all that at least the US American society seems divided in two almost equal parts.

How does everyone see eg. David Gregory (Journalist) having a go at Glenn Greenwald (Journalist) and asking for him to be sued for criminal activities publishing Snowden ?

I wonder if the community can get started an educated dribbling about that exchanging some sustain arguments ?