"According to the lawsuit, Google’s policies don’t allow employees to discuss work-related topics including salaries, to post their personal opinions about the company online, and must not leak any product or other Google related information to the public. If Googlers break the company’s rules, they just might end up getting fired."

I have read several blog posts of Googlers about their work experience on their own blogs. If leaking unannounced works to the public, that's definitely a standard how work should be treated.

So I'd want to hear more about exactly what's going on. A "spy program" is a catchy phrase to grab reader attention. I think anyone should report if they spot anything against the interest of company such as insider trading, violate NDA etc, especially given Google is publicly traded.