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None of what he has released qualifies him as a whistleblower, because it is classified information (which has strictly regulated ways to handle impropriety) an
by socillion 13y ago
None of what he has released qualifies him as a whistleblower, because it is classified information (which has strictly regulated ways to handle impropriety) and the activities are not illegal (ignoring tenuous Constitution arguments).
- ajays 13y agoI am sorry, but even if you absolutely ignore everything else, Clapper's lying to Congress was illegal. He has also exposed the fact that NSA has violated the constitution many times. What is "classified" anyways? Some guy sitting somewhere decides that it is "classified". So why can't some other guy decide that it is in the public interest to not classify it?
- speeder 13y agoSo, a court already declared it illegal, and one of the things he leaked was information about illegal things NSA admitted it has done... How it is not illegal?
- primitur 13y agoPerhaps there is more to be understood here: Snowden didn't blow the whistle on the US Government, he blew the whistle on the US People, and what they have allowed their government to become. Big difference.