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saalweachter · 2023-07-30 07:01:23

... MacAfee was a whistleblower?

thrillgore | karma 688 | avg karma 0.89 · | 2016-03-18 17:04:14+00:00

A whistleblower.

readthenotes1 | karma 2009 | avg karma 0.85 · | 2024-01-24 23:40:21

Was that not the whistleblower?

FerociousTimes | karma 339 | avg karma 1.46 · | 2022-04-18 11:16:48

You mean a whistleblower?

jholman | karma 3913 | avg karma 3.03 · | 2019-05-08 09:13:20+00:00

Who's a known whistleblower?

z3ncyberpunk | karma 44 | avg karma 0.14 · | 2024-03-28 03:28:11

Murdered whistleblower*

londons_explore | karma 35497 | avg karma 2.72 · | 2024-04-11 00:34:56

That's one brave whistleblower.

drekipus | karma 1599 | avg karma 1.96 · | 2023-09-13 16:45:31

That wasn't real whistleblowing?

FerretFred | karma 779 | avg karma 1.66 · | 2024-05-03 07:59:44

Hmmm.. that's 2 whistleblowers now?

ignoramous | karma 17311 | avg karma 3.91 · | 2021-10-04 03:46:11

Or... a whistleblower.

msmith10101 | karma 21 | avg karma 0.66 · | 2017-02-07 08:39:06+00:00

Sorry, I meant to ask "was it a whistleblower?". Just curious how exactly this whole gnarly situation was discovered.

NullPrefix | karma 2283 | avg karma 1.49 · | 2018-12-12 19:04:37+00:00

Did he actually whistleblow?

Whistleblowers leak either to general public or regulators. From the article it sounds like the data went to some private 3rd party. Correct me if I'm wrong.

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ceejayoz | karma 74610 | avg karma 3.33 · | 2014-02-14 10:46:59

That's a completely unsupported assertion. Why does that undermine his claim? Why does seeking further evidence of wrongdoing mean he's not a whistleblower?

jonstewart | karma 3196 | avg karma 3.16 · | 2022-08-23 09:00:02

An important detail: the whistleblower is mudge. I'm at a bit of a loss for words comparing him to Ken Paxton.

macinjosh | karma 1820 | avg karma 1.38 · | 2022-12-29 15:07:37

Not a whistleblower.

tdrdt | karma 748 | avg karma 4.4 · | 2021-10-04 15:03:42

Did the whistleblower reveal something we didn't know already?

To me this seems like a million dollar mistake.

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gammarator | karma 4289 | avg karma 5.94 · | 2022-08-22 21:05:04

Or the original whistleblower was offed by Big Recipe.

mattnewton | karma 11343 | avg karma 4.07 · | 2017-05-19 20:47:36

How would he be a whistle blower? He didn't allegedly witness it, he allegedly did the deed!

dev_dull | karma 2979 | avg karma 3.68 · | 2019-03-18 14:47:32

Borderline whistleblowing.

zeveb | karma 8317 | avg karma 2.51 · | 2016-09-14 15:08:12+00:00

He wasn't a whistleblower: he was a leaker. He permitted national-security information to fall into the hands of someone not cleared to handle it.

Moreover, he shows not one whit of repentance for his crime.

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