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> That is not correct.

It is in fact correct. You have an outdated claim by Snowden which is not supported by any evidence, this year NSA released emails of his 'internal' communications with FOIA and it was discussed (here on HN [0]). As far as documented evidence his only attempt to raise an issue internally was emailing legal counsel regarding a 'test question' - this is laughable.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11837578

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Got to suggest, emails may not be the way he would communicate concerns. Especially knowing what he did about how email is not private.

> Got to suggest, emails may not be the way he would communicate concerns. Especially knowing what he did about how email is not private.

If you want whistle-blower protections, you need to go through official channels and document document document. I am not saying the US has good protections (obviously it doesn't) - but we have to admit that Snowden isn't the model of someone that tried to go through the proper channels.

If you want to disappear without a trace, just use email inside NSA to criticize the NSA and suggest you might be a whistleblower. To get protection, you have to survive first.

"Disappear without a trace"? It's the world's largest IT organization, not the KGB.

Just so I'm clear here, you're expecting us to trust the NSA? An agency that is publicly on officially on the record as lying to Congress?

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