Neuer Akteur in der NSA-Affäre rechtfertigt Edward Snowden
Vindication for Edward Snowden From a New Player in NSA Whistleblowing Saga
acTVism Munich translated this piece from “The Intercept” into German. For the English article, visit the original source: “The Intercept”
An excerpt from the article:
An article by Mark Hertsgaard, adapted from his new book, Bravehearts: Whistle Blowing in the Age of Snowden, describes
how former NSA official Thomas Drake went through proper channels in
his attempt to expose civil-liberties violations at the NSA — and was
punished for it. The article vindicates open-government activists who
have long argued that whistleblower protections aren’t sufficient in the
national security realm.
It vindicates NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden who, well aware of
what happened to Drake, gave up his attempts to go through traditional
whistleblower channels – and instead handed over his trove of classified
documents directly to journalists.
And it adds to the vindication for Drake, who was already a hero in the whistleblower’s pantheon for having endured a four-year persecution by the Justice Department that a judge called “unconscionable.” [1]
