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The biggest threat to the gov is quite possibly that Snowden's courage is contagious and it opens the flood gates on the more secret sides of power, stating wit
by stefanix 13y ago
The biggest threat to the gov is quite possibly that Snowden's courage is contagious and it opens the flood gates on the more secret sides of power, stating with the intelligence and war industry.
It could potentially change how government currently works.
So far the actions of the Obama administration are quite consistent with walking a line between maximum deterrent and just not too much public uproar.
- shabble 13y agoGiven the sheer number of people with clearances[1], which I assume has grown primarily over the last 11 years, I wonder if demand or scaling problems has hindered the background check and psych evaluations that would normally try to reject those sort of people from jobs involving sensitive material. [1] The WP's "Top Secret America" series quotes 850K+ with Top-Secret clearance: http://projects.washingtonpost.com/top-secret-america/articles/a-hidden-world-growing-beyond-control/ http://projects.washingtonpost.com/top-secret-america/articl...