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The complaints about Special Prosecutor Muller are exciting, important, and revealing

By / 10 Comments / 16 June 2017

Summary: Special Prosecutor Mueller’s office is accused of leaking information about the investigation of Team Trump. It’s a charge worth considering because it reveals so much about our government and the people responsible for its problems. “The further a society drifts from truth, the more it will hate those who speak it.” — Fake quote attributed …

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Will a wave of leakers undercut America’s national security?

By / 32 Comments / 9 July 2013

Summary: Will hordes of Americans working for security services become leakers, undercutting the government’s wall of secrecy and endangering national security? Many national security experts worry about this. Before we attempt an answer, let’s examine why people become leakers — and who becomes leakers. . Why become a leaker? Two of the most prominent recent …

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Warning from a whistleblower about the results of not protecting whistleblowers

By / 5 Comments / 15 April 2019

Summary: Today we have an analysis of the results of the Snowden affair by one who knows about such things. Franz Gayl (Major, USMC, retired) was a whistleblower, received the usual retaliation, and successfully fought back to recover his security clearance and job. He gives us grim tidings of our apathy and disinterest in the …

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America’s courtiers rush to defend the government – from us

By / 10 Comments / 7 January 2014

Summary: Those paying attention to Snowden’s revelations have learned much about our government (although we’re told he told us nothing new). Those reading the government’s defenders learned much as well. Not just that Snowden’s revelations did immense damage, but also that we stand alone when resisting the government. Our best and brightest are on the …

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