Snowden calls for whistleblower shield after claims by new Pentagon source

[askeptic]

63. Seems pretty weak to me

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So Snowden goes off and gets this supposedly big fat salary job for the sole purpose of giving it up in order go live in exile in Russia for the entirely traitorous purpose of exposing 4th Amendment violations by the gov't? Yep, that sounds like the plan for the cushy life he always wanted.

Really? This is the rationalization you have settled on?

And this article exposes the lie about there being any whistleblower protections. If you know history you know that our "hero's" were rarely the people portrayed by the popular culture. It makes me wonder why the fervent need to put down Snowden.

Oh well.

Editing rather than adding a post --

I can't even fathom why you think "he waited" transfers some nefarious purpose other than working up the how to proceed and the courage to go through with it. Seems perfectly normal to me. I'd have to think real long and hard, knowing how whistleblowers are actually treated, and the prospect of having to leave my country.

You may have convinced yourself, but I don't think you are convincing anyone else with this line...