That's a completely unsupported assertion. Why does that undermine his claim? Why does seeking further evidence of wrongdoing mean he's not a whistleblower?
At what point did he morph from whistleblower to investigative journalist? Even an investigative journalist isn't allowed to do what he did to gather information. Can you imagine a world where we allowed the Geraldos of the world to use subterfuge and moles to go out and SEEK classified information using the same methods that the Soviets or Chinese would?
Can you imagine a world where we allowed the Geraldos of the world to use subterfuge and moles to go out and SEEK classified information using the same methods that the Soviets or Chinese would?
Media moles are called leakers, and they're all over the place. Many are highly placed officials purposefully leaking to control the narrative. Interestingly, leaks that benefit the government's positions seem to receive less investigatory attention from the FBI et al.
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Releasing document he was cleared for violates the NSA's compartmentalization scheme. I don't see how that affects his whistleblower status one bit.
It's the attempting (and succeeding) to gain access to other documents outside his compartment that undermines his claims.
That's a completely unsupported assertion. Why does that undermine his claim? Why does seeking further evidence of wrongdoing mean he's not a whistleblower?
Seeking further evidence of wrongdoing? LOL.
At what point did he morph from whistleblower to investigative journalist? Even an investigative journalist isn't allowed to do what he did to gather information. Can you imagine a world where we allowed the Geraldos of the world to use subterfuge and moles to go out and SEEK classified information using the same methods that the Soviets or Chinese would?
Media moles are called leakers, and they're all over the place. Many are highly placed officials purposefully leaking to control the narrative. Interestingly, leaks that benefit the government's positions seem to receive less investigatory attention from the FBI et al.
There is a big difference between the typical strategic leaking by wonkish types in DC and releasing classified information to the media.
The first will get you fired.
The second will get you prison and/or death.
As someone who has friends who are currently in harm's way, anything that hurts their chances of coming back in one piece is worthy of my scorn.
Oh, bullshit.
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/05/22/11816421-obama-ai...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plame_affair
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/06/all-leak...
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/39693850/ns/us_news-security/t/dou...
I think ALL of those leaks should have been prosecuted.
I feel like impeachment would have been a fine option.