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The Abu Gharib whistleblower's name was supposed to not be released, but instead Donald Rumsfeld himself leaked it, and his family had to be put into protective
by monocasa 5y ago
The Abu Gharib whistleblower's name was supposed to not be released, but instead Donald Rumsfeld himself leaked it, and his family had to be put into protective custody because of the constant death threats they were receiving from other service members and families of service members.
Donald Rumsfeld then later wrote a letter to the whistleblower telling him to stop telling people that Rumsfeld had been the one to leak his name.
- jollybean 5y agoThat there are irresponsible actions taken by political actors (possibly mistakenly so) doesn't imply a lack of integrity in the system overall. The Abu Garib leaker was treated as a true whistleblower, because he was, not a criminal. In your very comment you indicate that the Justice System even went out of their way to protect him. In the case of Assange, they are after him, so we'll wait to see what kind of evidence they have.