This Campaign Helps Intelligence Workers Become Whistleblowers:
For every Edward Snowden, there are thousands of people who continue to keep the cogs of mass surveillance turning. But perhaps some of them might want to call it quits.
A new initiative is trying to encourage those in the intelligence community to leave their jobs and turn whistleblower, by generating resignation letters, offering counseling services, and raising billboards outside of major spying facilities. While it’s obviously a bit tongue-in-cheek, the campaign at least aims to start a discussion about the human element behind the modern surveillance apparatus.
Source: Vice Magazine
Schiff said that the intelligence community now functions under the assumption that everything will ultimately be disclosed. “The allegations regarding Angela Merkel’s cell phone — and I can only say allegations — were a real tipping point in terms of compelling policymakers and members of the intelligence community to think long and hard about the risks of disclosure,” Schiff said on a panel with the committee’s chairman, Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif.
The ever-present risk of disclosure “puts real constraints” on what the intelligence community does, he said, “some which may be useful, others which may ultimately be harmful in terms of national security.”
Source: theintercept.com