On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 11:29 PM, Jim Bell <[1]jamesdbell8@yahoo.com>
   wrote:

   Obviously, this is a well-meaning idea. However, I wonder how
   'efficient' such a tactic would be. It might take years for a person to
   get into a position to be able to obtain and leak information. And, the
   longer a 'mole' stays, the more he will become dependant on that
   government. And, let's not fall into the trap of assuming that everyone
   who works for a government agrees with the policies and practices of
   that government. If we guesstimate that 1% of (current) government
   employees would be sufficiently unhappy to do such leaks,

   right you ask the ones already in to act exactly and there have been 'a
   lot' lately relatively speaking...
   i think also a major problem in this is getting caught esp after the
   snowden thing they are (probably) hyper vigilant - though i am sure
   sloppy as hell still... as they are want to be
   also do note that whistleblowers often go to their managers and higher
   ups and complain about the government breech and no one listens so...
   it is a very long process

   If Snowden or Manning, or both, get a well-publicized $5 million
   reward, that would invigorate a lot of similar people to do similar
   things. What's desirable would be a kind of anonymous reward system to
   allow ordinary people to reward the leakers.

   thats an amazing idea

   I haven't read enough about the origins of Wikileaks to know whether
   such a system was ever contemplated.
   Jim Bell

   hahahhah thats a funny one
   you understand he pledged a mere 100,000 to mannings defense [just his
   defense not him] then gave 15,000
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