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Government engages in mass surveillance against its citizens and the only one getting in any trouble whatsoever is the whistleblower who made it publicly known.
by austerity 11y ago
Government engages in mass surveillance against its citizens and the only one getting in any trouble whatsoever is the whistleblower who made it publicly known. Checks and balances at work.
How anyone can say with a straight face that Snowden should've stayed and challenged the system via the legal channels when even after the whole thing came to light the "system" shows no sign of remorse much less willingness to change?
- oddlydrawn 11y agoNo need for hypotheticals. Just look at how much change Binney was able to accomplish in the last decade after going through proper channels[1]. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Binney_%28U.S._intelligence_official%29#Whistleblowing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Binney_%28U.S._intelli...
- themartorana 11y agoNot to mention - which legal challenges would he have been allowed to pursue, when those getting surveilled can't pose those challenges?