snowden as whistleblower?
DESCRIPTION
Provides a definition of whistleblowing; examines whether Edward Snowden is a whistleblower; discusses internal and external whistleblowing; draws a parallel between Snowden's audacious act of civil disobedience with the March 8, 1971 break-in of an FBI office in Media, Pennsylvania.TRANSCRIPT
Snowden as
Whistleblower?
Kathleen ClarkWashington University in St. Louis
Board of Contract Appeals Bar AssociationDecember 2013
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Whistleblowerdiscloses alleged
wrongdoing or danger
in an effort to stop or otherwise address
the wrongdoing or danger
notall
whistleblowingis
legallyprotected
Whydidn’t
Snowdenuse
internalchannels
?
Whistleblowing
internal v.
external
PublicInterest
DisclosureAct
(PIDA)
NSA Whistleblowers
William BinneyKirk Wiebe
Thomas Drake
NSA Whistleblowers
William BinneyKirk Wiebe
Thomas Drake
NSA Whistleblowers
William BinneyKirk Wiebe
Thomas Drake
NSA Whistleblowers
William BinneyKirk Wiebe
Thomas Drake
Disclosure
Government Accountability Project
(GAP)
whistleblowingas
civildisobedience
Historical parallel:March 8, 1971
Break-in atFBI office inMedia, PA
Snowden as
Whistleblower?
Kathleen [email protected]
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