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The NSA is having a really bad year...

• jacquesm 13y ago
  From 'No Such Agency' to having a searchlight aimed at your every move is a bit of a wake up call I guess. I was toying with the idea of a bounty site for leakers but that would definitely be right across the line. The idea here was that if foreign secret services recruit moles for cash rather than for some kind of political leanings the general public should be able to do the same. Sort of wikileaks meets kickstarter. Items like: "$largefigure for the person that leaks all of congress' emails to and from industry professionals for the last decade". I'm pretty sure that that sort of transparency would clean up a lot of filth in short order. What's good for the goose...
  • adestefan 13y ago
    That completely crosses the line from whistleblower to espionage. There would be serious jail time involved for anyone involved in that scheme from both the person providing the money and the person selling the information.
    • jacquesm 13y ago
      Obviously. Think of it as a thought experiment, and fortunately those are (still) allowed.
    • dragonwriter 13y ago
      > That completely crosses the line from whistleblower to espionage. I thought that recent events had demonstrated that that "line" doesn't exist -- if it is unwelcome by those in power, its espionage especially if it is whistleblowing.