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He could have followed legal whistleblower channels or went to Congress but chose not to.
by 2OEH8eoCRo0 3y ago
He could have followed legal whistleblower channels or went to Congress but chose not to.
- mcv 3y agoThose channels didn't work. I believe Thomas Drake used them and accomplished nothing.
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 3y agoCould you please cite where Thomas Drake used them? From my quick research it appears he went to the press.
- mcv 3y agoI don't have sources at hand. I think I read a long time ago that he did use those channels, but I could certainly be wrong. I'm certain about having read knowledgeable claims that those channels didn't work, but if that wasn't about Thomas Drake, then I forgot the context.
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 3y agoRereading, I think you're right. I should read up on this case more, never had heard of it.
- digisign 3y agoHe did and was told to shut up. And how did it work out for the folks who pressed on?
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 3y agohttps://intelligence.house.gov/uploadedfiles/snowden_report_highlights.pdf https://intelligence.house.gov/uploadedfiles/snowden_report_... > “The Committee further found no evidence that Snowden attempted to communicate concerns about the legality or morality of intelligence activities to any officials, senior or otherwise, during his time at either CIA or NSA.”
- hayst4ck 3y agoI personally think this is ridiculous. It's not one person doing something bad, it's an entire powerful organization that pays for the livelihood of the people who work those whistleblower channels. I have a hard time believing congress didn't authorize it in the first place. I am probably uninformed, but it seems reasonable and likely that prism is authorized directly by the patriot act. Congress told us they were going to do it, and they did it. There are no good answers.