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As a contractor he didn't qualify for whistleblower protections at the time. He would just be in solitary confinement for the rest of his life, and there's a m
by monocasa 3y ago
As a contractor he didn't qualify for whistleblower protections at the time.
He would just be in solitary confinement for the rest of his life, and there's a much better chance the leak to the public would have never been completed in the first.
- mullingitover 3y agoI see no evidence that merely being convicted of treason is enough to get you thrown in a solitary cell forever. There's a long list of plain old convicted spies[1], and they just went to regular, run of the mill prison. I would like to see the evidence that Snowden would be treated any differently. And again, I'm not saying he would've been protected as a whistleblower, just that he had to choose one or the other: take his chances as a martyr for freedom, or escape all consequences and with them, his legacy as a respectable historical figure. He chose the latter. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_imprisoned_spies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_imprisoned_spies
- monocasa 3y agoRegular, run of the mill prisons have solitary. It's not a special prison. Manning spent most of her time in solitary, and it's not listed in your citation.
- mullingitover 3y ago> Manning spent most of her time in solitary, and it's not listed in your citation. Not even remotely true.
- monocasa 3y agohttps://www.cnn.com/2019/03/23/politics/chelsea-manning-solitary-confinement-virginia-jail/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/23/politics/chelsea-manning-soli...