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So keep the cover up or you get fired? Yep that’s in the best public interest and the best moral stance.

Or... release the documents to journalists, anonymously. Then the public interest is served and you get to keep your job (if you still want it).

Many journalists, particularly tech journalists are compromised and not really journalists but more mouthpieces / advertisers.

Snowden tried to give the big papers his story but none but the Guardian would actually print it first. The big papers had to follow suit once it was out though, or it would be obvious they were compromised on this particular issue.

Okay, what's the alternative then?

"everybody can leak whatever they want"?

"everybody can leak whatever they want, but we leave it to the court of public opinion to decide the leaker should be punished or not"?

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