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Re:Chelsea Manning Is Expected to Leave Prison, 28 Years Early by akira2501 on Wednesday May 17, 2017 @04:33AM (#14356592)
Which is how figures like Thomas Drake[1] and Mark Klein[2] go the way of Claudette Colvin[3]; careful that you don't merely lionize the most reported figures in this struggle.

Also.. my apologies for leaning on a Civil Rights figure for an analogy, it's just the first thing that came to mind.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Andrews_Drake [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Klein [3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudette_Colvin

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Re:Chelsea Manning Is Expected to Leave Prison, 28 Years Early by jacobush on Wednesday May 17, 2017 @05:44AM (#14356909)
Wow - thanks, never knew. Especially impressed by Thomas. It takes a lot for a senior person to challenge the status quo. He had a lot to loose and also had to have a lot integrity to reach that far into the NSA and not have all integrity abrasively stripped away from him on the long winding road to the top.
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Re:Chelsea Manning Is Expected to Leave Prison, 28 Years Early by pdkl95 on Wednesday May 17, 2017 @06:59AM (#14357255)
> Especially impressed by Thomas.

If you haven't seen it, I suggest watching Thomas Drake's talk[1] at 29c3.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDM3MqHln8U#t=1451 (although I've linked to Thomas Drake's talk, the other talks by Jesselyn Radack and William Binney in the same video are also worth watching)

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