I’m not wrong. He didn’t file a whistleblower complaint [1]. It’s interesting that you confidently assert that I’m wrong when you admit that you don’t even know what you’re saying is true.
” There is some dispute about the facts of Snowden’s case, but according to the National Security Agency (NSA), he did not appeal to his superiors, follow the normal whistleblower protocols or otherwise attempt to change the surveillance system from within before divulging its details to the outside world. He did not satisfy Rawls’s condition of fair notice.”
OFC the NSA asserts he didn't, but why would you trust the government to tell the truth? James Clapper flat out lied to Congress and got away with it. Why wouldn't they (the NSA) claim he didn't? They have an incentive to lie; They're not accountable to anyone. Snowden has no incentive to lie. And I assert it confidently because he did:
First, those three links all describe the same Vanity Fair interview. One cite, not three. The Vice link attempts to find the emails he claimed to send.
Second, emailing NSA lawyers is not the same as filing a whistleblower complaint. The Vice link makes the claim that contractors are not covered by whistleblower law, but certainly, he’s never provided any evidence that he actually tried to initiate that process...by contacting an attorney, for example.
Third, he has every incentive to lie, and it’s just absurd to suggest otherwise. He will be arrested and deported should he venture pretty much anywhere outside of Russia. His only recourse is convincing people that he is being unfairly persecuted.
His passport was revoked during a transfer in Moscow. This entire situation is engineered by the same totalitarian government which you now seek to defend on the basis of their own skewed rules. As long as you play by these rules and don't question them, expect nothing to change.
The point of my post is that we need stronger legislation. Your argument that current legislation doesn't offer him protection in this situation only further strengthens my own argument.
Legislation encouraging whistleblowing is a good thing.