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Re:Secrecy, overclassification, and the the CIA’s hidden his... by nexuist on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @09:49PM (#21132781)
> With enough turnover in some key positions, a future whistleblower may just find their legitimate complaint buried.

Couldn't you say this has already happened with e.g. Snowden?

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Re:Secrecy, overclassification, and the the CIA’s hidden his... by Aloha on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @10:35PM (#21133009)
Did Snowden try to go they official channels? I don't think he did, Snowden (mostly rightly) decided to bypass the existing reporting systems.
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Re:Secrecy, overclassification, and the the CIA’s hidden his... by eggsthedev on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @01:42AM (#21133680)
He didn't, and I recall that Snowden was motivated to do so outside the reporting systems after he saw the Director of National Intelligence straight-up lie to Congress.

Snowden was pretty smart; it's quite a good thing that he chose to act in good faith.

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Re:Secrecy, overclassification, and the the CIA’s hidden his... by vageli on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @02:34AM (#21133880)
> Did Snowden try to go they official channels? I don't think he did, Snowden (mostly rightly) decided to bypass the existing reporting systems.

I believe he was deterred from pursuing action through official channels after seeing how William Binney and other whistleblowers were treated.

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