Snowden calls for whistleblower shield after claims by new Pentagon source

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"Accusations that Pentagon retaliated against a whistleblower undermine argument that there were options for Snowden other than leaking to the media"

Snowden calls for whistleblower shield after claims by new Pentagon source | US news | The Guardian

Edward Snowden has called for a complete overhaul of US whistleblower protections after a new source from deep inside the Pentagon came forward with a startling account of how the system became a “trap” for those seeking to expose wrongdoing.

The account of John Crane, a former senior Pentagon investigator, appears to undermine Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and other major establishment figures who argue that there were established routes for Snowden other than leaking to the media.

Crane, a longtime assistant inspector general at the Pentagon, has accused his old office of retaliating against a major surveillance whistleblower, Thomas Drake, in an episode that helps explain Snowden’s 2013 National Security Agency disclosures. Not only did Pentagon officials provide Drake’s name to criminal investigators, Crane told the Guardian, they destroyed documents relevant to his defense.

I really wish the Obama administration had tackled this sooner. Now it's probably going to fall in to either Hillary or Trump's lap.

 

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Eric Holder Finally Admits That the Snowden Leaks Were an Act of ‘Public Service’

Sometimes it takes a really long time to find the words to describe the act of tipping off the international community to the entrenched government and corporate surveillance structures that have massively encroached upon its rights.

Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder told former Senior Advisor to the President David Axelrod on his podcast “The Axe Files” that Edward Snowden performed a “public service” by igniting an international debate about surveillance, power, and privacy rights.