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afavour01/17/20251 replyview on HN

Otherwise known as a lever within the US political system that allows for transparency.

No free press, no whistleblowers.


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monocasa01/17/2025

I'm mainly thinking of Snowden, who wasn't afforded whistleblower protections, and who mainly distributed through foreign media like Der Spiegel and The Guardian.