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by hhenn 4700 days ago
Did you see the interview that USA Today conducted with NSA whistleblowers Thomas Drake and William Binney when Snowden's leaks were first published? They specifically addressed the myth that there are effective mechanisms in place to report and rectify misconduct. There are none, and these very intelligent, very principled men agreed that Snowden took the correct course of action in exposing all of this.

As dissenters within the agency, they have a more accurate idea about how all of this works in practice than nearly anyone else.