Not sure what to make of this stuff from Snowden on down the line. I have my opinions but the whistle blowers all have these shady backgrouds like Jullian Assange . Everyone seems to be playing this political poker game and it makes me wonder what they are hodling.
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One of the reasons whistleblowers are seen as having shady backgrounds, is the usual character assassination that goes on in these cases; if you can't attack the message, attack the person.
Other than that, remember that whistleblowers and the people they leak the information to, need to have been able to be in a position to acquire that information in the first place, and that is a "behind the scenes" view that most people are not used to seeing, except maybe in movies.
True enough first they need to have a good enough reputation to acquire that information to whistleblow if they were so bad then why would you hire them into your company in the first place?
Character assassination is done if the person is legitimate, example Assange pin a Rape Case on him
With Snowden call him a traitor to the United States.
The documentary clearly shows that many people inside the NSA went to the higher ups to complain about these privacy concerns and the fact their anonymity filter in thinthread was removed on purpose.
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They were either A shutdown entirely B Told its above their paygrade and to not question it C told that it was completely legal and approved by everyone when it wasn't or D It's just not a problem shut up and don't ever talk about this again.
(31:00-33:00 Vid) Vito Potenza
Not really a way to address it internally if people ignore you.
