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.

1. Snowden
as
Whistleblower?
Kathleen Clark
Washington University in St. Louis
Board of Contract Appeals Bar Association
December 2013
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2. Whistleblower
discloses
alleged
wrongdoing or
danger
in an effort to
stop or
otherwise address
the wrongdoing or danger

3. not
all
whistleblowing
is
legally
protected

4. Why
didn’t
Snowden
use
internal
channels
?

5. Whistleblowing
internal
v.
external

6. Public
Interest
Disclosure
Act
(PIDA)

7. NSA Whistleblowers
William Binney
Kirk Wiebe
Thomas Drake

8. NSA Whistleblowers
William Binney
Kirk Wiebe
Thomas Drake

9. NSA Whistleblowers
William Binney
Kirk Wiebe
Thomas Drake

10. NSA Whistleblowers
William Binney
Kirk Wiebe
Thomas Drake

11. Disclosure
Government
Accountability Project
(GAP)

12. whistleblowing
as
civil
disobedience

13. Historical parallel:
March 8, 1971
Break-in at
FBI office in
Media, PA

14. Snowden
as
Whistleblower?
Kathleen Clark
kathleen_clark@mac.com
Board of Contract Appeals Bar Association
December 2013
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