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Re:Anthony Levandowski Pardoned by 2OEH8eoCRo0 on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @11:57AM (#25848748)
>If he’d gone to a superior he’d be rotting in jail and we would have no evidence of mass surveillance in this country.

Everyone says this but it's pure conjecture. We don't know what would have happened and now we never will.

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Re:Anthony Levandowski Pardoned by neilparikh on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @12:46PM (#25849418)
There are known cases of people trying to raise concerns through the correct channels and still facing retaliation. For example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_A._Drake
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Re:Anthony Levandowski Pardoned by 2OEH8eoCRo0 on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @01:59PM (#25850419)
Okay? And people raise concerns that are taken seriously and do not face retaliation.
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