A Double Standard on Leaks? As Whistleblowers Jailed, Petraeus Escapes Prison & Advises White House

[randome]

7. Most of Drake's persecution was done in the Bush Era, although it's true...

...that Obama did not reverse any of the proceedings against him until they finally offered to let him plead to a misdemeanor.

However, his complaint about Trailblazer over ThinThread, while legitimate in terms of cost, did not overrule the NSA's decision of one over the other. There was no evidence to suggest that contracts were awarded illegitimately, which would have been the essence of whistleblowing.

Drake's concerns about privacy were simply over-ruled. Again, there was no evidence that his privacy concerns were ignored or that Trailblazer was used for illicit purposes.

So his whistleblowing amounted to not agreeing with the cost. And since Trailblazer had capabilities that ThinThread did not, it becomes a matter of the higher ups making a decision he did not agree with.

At least that's how I see it.

Manning was a loon, having punched his commanding officer and being found in a fetal position after carving the words 'I want' into a chair. He had -and probably still has- issues that influenced him. He was definitely no whistleblower.
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