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The top NSA official who would have received Snowden's whistleblowing report was just fired for retaliating against a whistleblower. Also, Snowden was a contra
by hendersoon 10y ago
The top NSA official who would have received Snowden's whistleblowing report was just fired for retaliating against a whistleblower.
Also, Snowden was a contractor not a NSA employee so he wasn't covered by such programs.
Your argument does not hold together.
http://www.pogo.org/blog/2016/12/intelligence-community-landmark.html http://www.pogo.org/blog/2016/12/intelligence-community-land...
- dtparr 10y agoI'm not sure what argument you think I was making other than 'yes, whistleblower programs exist' in response to the parent's question of > Has there been any sort of "ethical" system designed to show a person how they are supposed to whistle blow? As you helpfully exemplified, many people dismiss the IG's programs due to the potential for (or reality of) retaliation (which I mentioned), but I specifically wanted to avoid that whole set of arguments because there's only so many times I can read through all that. Also, the first line in the DNI whistleblower program mentions "An IC employee, assignee, detailee, or contractor" so unless that means something other than the plain reading, it would apply to someone today who is similarly situated.
- hendersoon 10y agoI read your post as saying they should have followed the chain of command rather than leaking data. I apologize for not catching the nuance in your response. The WaPo covered Snowden's claims in great detail. Reading it, I certainly would not have felt protected against retaliation myself. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2014/03/12/edward-snowdens-claim-that-as-a-contractor-he-had-no-proper-channels-for-protection-as-a-whistleblower https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2014/03/...