Putin's Spokesman Says No Change: Russia Won't Extradite Snowden To US

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24. I see your point.

I cant speak to working as a civil servant, but I know the military (Army in particular), isn't exactly all about providing soldiers with information on how to properly communicate wrong-doing, aside from going up the chain of command. When your chain of command is part of the problem and you don't know who to turn to, I can see situations like Manning's occur. Law enforcement whistle-blowers frequently lose their jobs or get relegated to a low rank which effectively ends their career. Contractors who work for the government have been raped, fired, locked in boxes...heck just look up blackwater whistle-blower retribution to see some of the things they've done. Admittedly, the links below are less current, but are some examples pertinent examples:

http://whistleblowersupporter.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/08/iraq-whistleblo.html

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1905858

http://rt.com/usa/nypd-whistleblowers-facing-retribution-589/

http://www.whistleblowers.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=852

http://www.pogo.org/blog/2013/05/time-to-end-the-silent.html

http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~eroberts/cs181/projects/2010-11/WikiLeaks/background.html

http://cironline.org/reports/war-whistleblowers-2205