Out of curiosity, where do people think that whistle blower actions fit into the debate?
I, personally, think that investigatory agencies (cops and whatnot) definitely have to follow the letter of the law, acquire warrants, etc in order to produce any useable evidence because those agencies wield immense power and need substantial checks and balances on their use of that power. But then we get to those areas that are a bit more grey. What employees who take confidential information from their workplace because of suspected wrong doing? And farther down that slippery slope, what about, for instance, employees of John Edwards who sent damning evidence of his extra-marital activities to the National Enquirer? I would personally feel a moral obligation to publish evidence of the wrong doing of a company I worked for, as in the case of scientists who came forward to show the faked reports from tobacco companies. It is certainly illegal to abscond with documents like that but what about the greater good? One of the things I really dislike about the Obama administration is their current zealous prosecution of federal whistleblowers when the whistleblowing involves anything the admin has deemed "national security". I understand their need to protect national security, but all too often national security is just a blatant attempt to hide things which would embarrass the government. I'm not sure what all the boundaries should be. But I do feel strongly that taking sensitive information and distributing it isn't always wrong. Judah On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 9:11 PM, Dana <dana.tier...@gmail.com> wrote: > > We agree there. The stuff he found would not have been usable in > court. Publishing the business letters might have been a legitimate > free speech case, but that's not what he did. There's an invason of > privacy there if you can use such a word for a politican who made her > Down's syndrome son and teenaged daughter's sex life part of her > campaign. > > > > On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 9:55 PM, Scott Stroz <boyz...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Sure, as long as the evidence is acquired legally. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:317303 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
