Edward Snowden wrote: > Binney, Drake, Kiriakou, and Manning are all examples of how overly-harsh > responses to public-interest whistle-blowing only escalate the scale, scope, > and skill involved in future disclosures. Citizens with a conscience are not > going to ignore wrong-doing simply because they'll be destroyed for it: the > conscience forbids it. Instead, these draconian responses simply build better > whistleblowers. If the Obama administration responds with an even harsher > hand against me, they can be assured that they'll soon find themselves facing > an equally harsh public response.
He says better what I try to say on this thread before: > The state cannot process all that data and get anything straight out > of it without *people* with wills, with hearts and minds. And if they > must use people, then they are exposed to whistle-blowing, etc. For > every Edward Snowden they terrorize, n others will get back at them > smarter and just as courageous. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
