whistleblowers

Probably because Russia has a very different approach to whistleblowers compared to most other countries on their list.

Public records show that he has sentenced whistleblowers to 25 times the jail time of all previous Presidents combined.

When it's their policy to repeatedly do so and to abuse whistleblowers, it really is organised crime.

That doesn't mean that it should be released to the public, but employees should have the freedom to release the information if they decide so, just like whistleblowers.

The Obama Administration has aggressively muzzled and prosecuted whistleblowers, possibly more than any previous president.

If governments can't protect their private information from being leaked by hackers and whistleblowers, what hope do the average person have?

A few weeks ago it was rumored that there was an ongoing investigation against the whistleblowers who leaked some of the documents.

I strongly doubt that public records show that people sentenced were whistleblowers, or that the President sentenced them.

Seems unlikely, considering Obama’s stance on surveillance and his stance on leakers and whistleblowers.

There's evidence[0] of other, possibly currently active, whistleblowers leaking documents from inside NSA.

We should spend more effort removing the potential harm that unwanted information disclosure can cause, rather than running around plugging leaks and jailing whistleblowers.

If someone is issuing such orders we can only hope that they are currently about to be doxed by whistleblowers.

Legally there is absolutely no difference between busting pedophiles on Tor and busting "whistleblowers" talking to the press, legally speaking.

If values are never really part of the equation, and you have organizations where "the ends justify the means" is not only accepted, but rewarded, then you don't get whistleblowers.

Legally, there is no real difference between doing this to catch those sorts of people and doing it to de-anonymize whistleblowers under the guise of "National Security" who use Tor to relay such information to the press.