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Re:Whistleblowers are the conscience of society, yet suffer ... by andrewmutz on Sunday April 30, 2023 @12:20PM (#35764034)
I don't really buy this. He couldn't search through the dump for the names of the projects that he was blowing the whistle on? Can't use grep?

Handling over a mountain of secrets to journalists and let them sort out the illegal from the rest of it, (and trusting them not to publish things that are newsworthy/salacious but legal) is completely irresponsible

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Re:Whistleblowers are the conscience of society, yet suffer ... by imwillofficial on Sunday April 30, 2023 @01:25PM (#35764656)
That’s not how it works. Some random contractor doesn’t know all the code names to all relevant projects.

You should ask yourself more often “is there a reason they did it they way they did” before offering smug suggestions.

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