How the Pentagon punished NSA whistleblowers
Whenever a story about Snowden is in the news, some people complain that some of the documents he released were "off topic". They accuse Snowden of releasing too much[1]. I agree, in an ideal world Snowden's bulk-copy methods shouldn't have been necessary.<p>Unfortunately, we don't live in an ideal world, and the "proper" methods of whistleblowing didn't work. When the proper methods fail, fallback methods are used. When legitimate channels fail, whistleblowing has to appel directly to the people. This is practically guaranteed to have collateral damage.<p>Anyone who is angry with Snowden's methods should work hard to create safe and effective whistleblower mechanisms.<p>[1] The cutoff point for "too much" varying with personal opinion.