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Within reason, yes. If they were leaking things indiscriminately, then they shouldn't be considered a whistleblower, even if some of their leaked information wa
by mbreese 13y ago
Within reason, yes. If they were leaking things indiscriminately, then they shouldn't be considered a whistleblower, even if some of their leaked information was about something that the public had a legitimate interest in knowing.
These aren't black and white issues, so think more in terms of what a "reasonable" person would consider. If your goal is to expose a particular program - then you should be leaking only things relevant to that program. Throwing in diplomatic cables between embassies because you can just isn't relevant. And it weakens your argument for whistleblower protection.
- ThomPete 13y agoHow fortunate that those allowing the crimes can set up the rules for how they can be judged.
- sliverstorm 13y agoSo what you are saying is "how unfortunate that the 'reasonable person' clause is used in law"?
- ThomPete 13y agoYou know. I think it fairly hard to imagine how reasonable you can be when you had access to some of that content he had. Reasonable makes no sense in this discussion.