Edward Snowden Says Assange 'Could Be Next' After John McAfee Suicide

[Karl]

The problem with whistleblowing is that whatever was going on wrongly, it
was almost certainly happening in order to make somebody powerful actually
be far more powerful, whether directly or indirectly.  There's likely huge
incentivisation to pull far more strings to suppress problems.  Like the
killer who becomes a serial killer because it's all they have left, except
it's your head of state.

Here's another quote:

However, according to a report that the Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs submitted to accompany S. 743, "the federal
whistleblowers have seen their protections diminish in recent years,
largely as a result of a series of decisions by the United States Court of
Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which has exclusive jurisdiction over many
cases brought under the Whistleblower Protection Act (WPA). Specifically,
the Federal Circuit has accorded a narrow definition to the type of
disclosure that qualifies for whistleblower protection. Additionally, the
lack of remedies under current law for most whistleblowers in the
intelligence community and for whistleblowers who face retaliation in the
form of withdrawal of the employee's security clearance leaves unprotected
those who are in a position to disclose wrongdoing that directly affects
our national security."[8]
<https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whistleblower_Protection_Act#cite_note-8>
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