[ - ] Merlynn 1 point 3.2 yearsMar 16, 2022 11:42:55 ago (+1/-0)
No,we're the good guys. The government is the bad guys. You must come to understand this so you can react appropriately to the situation. Evil prospers when good men do nothing.
Anyone with inside knowledge of illegal and immoral actions. I'm thinking elected officials and staff, as well as office workers who see all the info cross their desks.
Pro tip: anyone that has information needs to release it all at once, with no warning, so there is no reason to be suicided.
He was a journalist who found a mission. That means he wasn't going to stop.
An office worker becoming a whistleblower can leave their job, dump the info, and walk away without any reason for the government to follow up. Without learning more secrets, that person is no longer a problem.
People like Assange are also a threat because they embody whistleblowers, and potentially cause more to come forward.
It's a sad state when people need a reason (and example) to expose corruption. But that is where we live now.
There have been many cases where people telegraph their information leaks, and end up suicided, deadman's switch or not. (I have never seen a deadman's switch go live, so more than likely those will never work.)
Gary Webb is a unique case - he is a reporter, looking for stories, and gets a trail - and probably a few good insider sources along the way - and keeps going. The government knows what he is up to and what his purpose is - so he is a constant threat. Of course he is going to be suicided.
Many people in the last few years have gotten the "I am going to expose this, if...." bug, and they end up deaded.
Just like the clinton scandals, and the kevin spacey scandals. Probably even mccaffee was suicided because he threatened to expose something.
Snowden and Manning are probably the closest to being smart whistleblowers that there are, as mentally deranged as manning became (or broke under torture). Snowden timed his release when he was traveling outside the reach of the alphabets.
Both Snowden and Manning should have fallen under whistleblower protections by law, but of course the law is only ever used to protect the (((government))) and not the actual whistleblowers when exposing the (((corruptions))).
If someone's moral compass is so broken they are afraid of losing their life when given an abundance of evidence of corruption, then they shouldn't be in that position.
I guess I live in an ideal world where morals are stronger than (((them))).
The problem is no one believes them. Not one word. Gary Webb told the world the CIA was behind the massive drug crisis in the inner cities. And no one believed him. Look at all the names you listed in this thread. How many people believed them? "It's just conspiracy theories!" The sheep cry out. Even after FOI docs proved it was all true. "That's old news!" The sheep cry. "It's not like that no more and I'm sure the people responsible were punished!" They weren't. Because no one called for it but a bunch of "nuts".
[ + ] Fascinus
[ - ] Fascinus 4 points 3.2 yearsMar 15, 2022 14:13:41 ago (+4/-0)
[ + ] Merlynn
[ - ] Merlynn 1 point 3.2 yearsMar 16, 2022 11:42:55 ago (+1/-0)
[ + ] keeper
[ - ] keeper 0 points 3.2 yearsMar 30, 2022 03:40:37 ago (+0/-0)
[ + ] Merlynn
[ - ] Merlynn 0 points 3.2 yearsMar 30, 2022 17:33:23 ago (+0/-0)
[ + ] Teefinyomouf
[ - ] Teefinyomouf 2 points 3.2 yearsMar 15, 2022 17:55:34 ago (+2/-0)
[ + ] FellowWhite
[ - ] FellowWhite 1 point 3.2 yearsMar 15, 2022 21:06:04 ago (+1/-0)
[ + ] localsal
[ - ] localsal 1 point 3.2 yearsMar 15, 2022 16:25:00 ago (+1/-0)
[ + ] Merlynn
[ - ] Merlynn 0 points 3.2 yearsMar 16, 2022 11:41:38 ago (+0/-0)
[ + ] localsal
[ - ] localsal 0 points 3.2 yearsMar 16, 2022 13:05:09 ago (+0/-0)
Pro tip: anyone that has information needs to release it all at once, with no warning, so there is no reason to be suicided.
[ + ] Merlynn
[ - ] Merlynn 0 points 3.2 yearsMar 16, 2022 14:19:45 ago (+0/-0)
[ + ] localsal
[ - ] localsal 0 points 3.2 yearsMar 16, 2022 15:57:27 ago (+0/-0)
An office worker becoming a whistleblower can leave their job, dump the info, and walk away without any reason for the government to follow up. Without learning more secrets, that person is no longer a problem.
People like Assange are also a threat because they embody whistleblowers, and potentially cause more to come forward.
It's a sad state when people need a reason (and example) to expose corruption. But that is where we live now.
[ + ] Merlynn
[ - ] Merlynn 0 points 3.2 yearsMar 16, 2022 16:44:55 ago (+0/-0)
[ + ] localsal
[ - ] localsal 0 points 3.2 yearsMar 16, 2022 18:33:11 ago (+0/-0)
There have been many cases where people telegraph their information leaks, and end up suicided, deadman's switch or not. (I have never seen a deadman's switch go live, so more than likely those will never work.)
Gary Webb is a unique case - he is a reporter, looking for stories, and gets a trail - and probably a few good insider sources along the way - and keeps going. The government knows what he is up to and what his purpose is - so he is a constant threat. Of course he is going to be suicided.
Many people in the last few years have gotten the "I am going to expose this, if...." bug, and they end up deaded.
Just like the clinton scandals, and the kevin spacey scandals. Probably even mccaffee was suicided because he threatened to expose something.
Snowden and Manning are probably the closest to being smart whistleblowers that there are, as mentally deranged as manning became (or broke under torture). Snowden timed his release when he was traveling outside the reach of the alphabets.
Both Snowden and Manning should have fallen under whistleblower protections by law, but of course the law is only ever used to protect the (((government))) and not the actual whistleblowers when exposing the (((corruptions))).
[ + ] Merlynn
[ - ] Merlynn 0 points 3.2 yearsMar 16, 2022 18:51:29 ago (+0/-0)
[ + ] localsal
[ - ] localsal 0 points 3.2 yearsMar 16, 2022 19:01:16 ago (+0/-0)
If someone's moral compass is so broken they are afraid of losing their life when given an abundance of evidence of corruption, then they shouldn't be in that position.
I guess I live in an ideal world where morals are stronger than (((them))).
[ + ] Merlynn
[ - ] Merlynn 0 points 3.2 yearsMar 16, 2022 19:09:04 ago (+0/-0)
Do you understand now?