Merriam Webster defines whistleblowing as: > one who reveals something covert or who informs against another especially : an employee who brings wrongdoing by

Merriam Webster defines whistleblowing as: > one who reveals something covert or who informs against another especially : an employee who brings wrongdoing by an employer or by other employees to the attention of a government or law enforcement agency Wikipedia further asserts: > Whistleblowing is the activity of a person, often an employee, revealing information about activity within a private or public organization that is deemed wrongful – whether it be illegal, immoral, illicit, unsafe, unethical, or fraudulent Arguably, nothing the NSA was doing was illegal. Was Snowden not a whistleblower?