The comeback on that is a couple of things: one, that he certainly believes that as a contractor, the avenues that would have been available to him as an employee weren't available, two, there's a track record of other whistleblowers, like [Thomas Andrews Drake] being treated pretty harshly, by some views, and thirdly, what he was taking on was not one specific flaw that he'd discovered, but programs that had been approved by all three branches of government.
Să revenim la câteva lucruri: unu, el crede că, fiind contractant, ele nu-i erau accesibile ca unui angajat, doi, se ştie despre alții care au expus nereguli, ca Thomas Andrew Drake, că au fost tratați destul de dur, după unii, și trei, el nu s-a legat de un defect anume pe care l-a descoperit, ci de programe care au fost aprobate, de toate cele trei ramuri guvernamentale.