whistleblower

The definition of a whistleblower is someone who finds themselves in such circumstances.

Before the recent whistleblower revelations (2013 - present), there was very little evidence that the NSA was overwhelmingly nefarious.

You can't be a whistleblower if you don't have access to anything to whistleblow about.

Given that the NSA's actions were deemed unlawful, his actions were in the public interest and he deserves protections as a whistleblower.

One can only claim to be a whistleblower if there is any wrongdoing exposed.

Of note: the Espionage Act forbids a public interest or whistleblower defense.

> Because keeping an eye on foreign governments is a legitimate task, this source is not a whistleblower.

Perhaps because the existing whistleblower processes do not work.

If you wanted to end Google, all you would have to do is offer a reward for a whistleblower to videotape a privacy violation at Mountain View.

It's a stretch because it's a movie about a whistleblower who happens to be a scientist, but at least it was a big film with real actors.

In fact the reporter who broke the story did it by simply analyzing the SEC filings, as opposed to getting some insider information, or talking to a whistleblower.

I hope government will make the equivalent of whistleblower protection for security researchers that report exploitable flaws, because it's the only way to increase security over time.

His proposal boils down to "punish the whistleblower to keep others from taking it too lightly".

When John Kerry called Snowden a coward and a traitor, Ellsberg wrote an article for the Guardian, "Snowden would not get a fair trial - and Kerry is wrong" [1], concluding: "John Kerry's challenge to Snowden to return and face trial is either disingenuous or simply ignorant that current prosecutions under the Espionage Act allow no distinction whatever between a patriotic whistleblower and a spy.

"Free speech" does not apply here, since it's a company's private information, and this information has no moral component to it (except for internal employees; and we're talking about the general public here), so even the whistleblower exemption doesn't apply here.