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CIA terminates whistleblower who prompted flood of sexual misconduct complaints (apnews.com)

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[–] Arghblarg@lemmy.ca 95 points 7 months ago

And people wonder why Snowden went outside of "whistleblower protection" avenues.

We all know such protections are useless if those exposed are powerful enough. Best to get it out beyond their control before they even know they have been outed.