The article has many interesting comments..."leading millions of Americans to believe that the Russians meddled with the election process, including with the voting machines. There is zero evidence that occurred."
What did they do?...Their most infamous move was the theft of e-mails of the DNC...becoming the slow drip of damaging information about Clinton...."
then it goes on to say..."Clinton's self inflicted e-mail scandal.." not sure what they mean by "self inflicted" on one hand they state the Russians didn't meddle with the election process then state they stole e-mail that could have damaged the Clinton campaign and it's not meddling?

Article is interesting and seem to be accurate as far as the events and timelines.
So what is a "whistleblower" and what is a "leaker"? Snowden a whistleblower or leaker? Assange a whistleblower or leaker? There is legal protection for one but not the other.