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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