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Re:EU gives 'high-level' protection to whistleblowers by scottie_m on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @01:48PM (#19675705)
He’s not being charged for what he published, he’s being charged with conspiracy to “hack” as it were. If you’re asking whether something stops being a crime because you did it for virtuous reasons, obviously the answer is no from a legal perspective.
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Re:EU gives 'high-level' protection to whistleblowers by GordonS on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @02:56PM (#19676279)
That is what I'm asking - Assange aside, surely this can apply to any number of whistle-blowing scenarios, and whistle-blowing laws should provide protections from law under certain circumstances?

Don't the ends justify the means, especially if far greater crimes are revealed as a result?

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