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How the Pentagon Punished NSA Whistleblowers

posted by CoolHand on Monday May 23 2016, @12:44AM   Printer-friendly
from the wrist-slapping dept.

takyon writes:

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/may/22/how-pentagon-punished-nsa-whistleblowers

[There] is another man whose story has never been told before, who is speaking out publicly for the first time here. His name is John Crane, and he was a senior official in the Department of Defense who fought to provide fair treatment for whistleblowers such as Thomas Drake – until Crane himself was forced out of his job and became a whistleblower as well. His testimony reveals a crucial new chapter in the Snowden story – and Crane's failed battle to protect earlier whistleblowers should now make it very clear that Snowden had good reasons to go public with his revelations.

During dozens of hours of interviews, Crane told me how senior Defense Department officials repeatedly broke the law to persecute Drake. First, he alleged, they revealed Drake's identity to the Justice Department; then they withheld (and perhaps destroyed) evidence after Drake was indicted; finally, they lied about all this to a federal judge. The supreme irony? In their zeal to punish Drake, these Pentagon officials unwittingly taught Snowden how to evade their clutches when the 29-year-old NSA contract employee blew the whistle himself.

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  • (Score: 0, Offtopic) by Runaway1956 on Monday May 23 2016, @05:39AM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) on Monday May 23 2016, @05:39AM (#349793) Homepage Journal

    Suspect? Why do you need to suspect that I might be a deviant? I AM A DEVIANT!! I deviate from the norm. First clue? In a land where more than 90% of people identify as either D or R, I identify as neither. How's that for a beginner? DEVIANT!!!

    As for sexual deviancy, yeah. Navy, remember? We all prided ourselves on being deviants. Perverts, lechers, sick puppies. Alas - as I've matured, I've found that our "deviancy" is far more normal than we suspected. Just about all of us liked girls, after all, which is normal for a bunch of guys.

    But, I don't want you to suspect any crazy shit. Just accept the fact that I am indeed abnormal. I do deviate from the norm. Given some time, some thought, and some luck, you might be able to identify my deviancies. Or not. But, it doesn't really matter to me what names you might assign my perversities. I'm me, and I'm perfectly happy being me. That makes me "normal", LMAO

    Does that blow your mind?

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  • (Score: 2) by timbim on Monday May 23 2016, @06:49AM

    by timbim (907) on Monday May 23 2016, @06:49AM (#349816)

    yeah mind blown