I need a second/third… opinion on this. I’ve been in and out, so I apologize if it’s already been discussed. It’s rather verbose, but necessary.
Why is the Trump Administration going after Whistleblowers and it seems their journalists? The recent indictment against Daniel Hale, who reported the abuses of the Drone program under Obama, make it completely unsafe to be a Whistleblower. Now, I personally worked in an environment, for many, many years, where the thought of anyone leaking information was unconscionable. I still will not discuss what I worked on to anyone. However, these individuals risked everything to let the world know of Government overreach and abuse. I’m not in favor of putting troops in danger, EVER. So, I remain on the fence of some information that has been shared. Yet, I have a conscience and know these people should have been protected. They are heroes, not zeros (most of them).
All three of these Whistleblowers (Winner, Albany and Hale) trusted the Intercept (who apparently is funded indirectly by the Government). The Intercept’s Matthew Cole, is a leaking sieve. Jeremy Scahill made some very bad (or intentional) decisions on keeping his sources protected. Yet, it appears he may be in jeopardy due to Hale coming to him about an Intel job. As the article goes on, there will most likely be no Indictments against Scahill due to the association the Intercept has with the Government. The open indictment against Assange makes the case he doesn’t have the same protection and could be prosecuted. Assange has a boatload of Intel you know the Intel groups would love to keep quiet.
I know the entire theory of Julian is safe and it’s all intentional so he can testify against Hillary. However, looking at all of this, how much control does Trump REALLY have on the intelligence agencies and their “hard on” to take all these folks down? Are they still trying to cover their asses?
I just watched the movie Snowden again and I suggest everyone else do the same. No matter what side of the fence you are on, this is OUR country. Our Founding Father’s warned us against this.
https://www.mintpressnews.com/daniel-hale-another-whistleblower-bites-the-dust-as-the-intercept-adds-a-third-notch-to-its-burn-belt/258386/