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Snowden as Whistleblower? Kathleen Clark Future of Privacy Forum January 2014 1
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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.
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Snowden as
Whistleblower?Kathleen Clark
Future of Privacy ForumJanuary 2014
1
professor
practitioner
board member
Government Accountability
Project(GAP)
board member
Whistleblowerdiscloses alleged
wrongdoing or danger
in an effort to stop or otherwise address
the wrongdoing or danger
white paperon the
law Of
whistleblowing
Whistleblowing Law
1. Require disclosure
2. Prohibit retaliation
3. Compensate for retaliation
4. Require institutions to facilitate
5. Provide financial incentives
Whistleblowing Law
1. Require disclosure
2. Prohibit retaliation
3. Compensate for retaliation
4. Require institutions to facilitate
5. Provide financial incentives
Whistleblowing Law
1. Require disclosure
2. Prohibit retaliation
3. Compensate for retaliation
4. Require institutions to facilitate
5. Provide financial incentives
Whistleblowing Law
1. Require disclosure
2. Prohibit retaliation
3. Compensate for retaliation
4. Require institutions to facilitate
5. Provide financial incentives
Whistleblowing Law
1. Require disclosure
2. Prohibit retaliation
3. Compensate for retaliation
4. Require institutions to facilitate
5. Provide financial incentives
Whistleblowing Law
1. Require disclosure
2. Prohibit retaliation
3. Compensate for retaliation
4. Require institutions to facilitate
5. Provide financial incentives
confidentiality obligations
restrictions on personal data
notall
whistleblowingis
legallyprotected
Key Distinctions
recipient accuracy
statustype of alleged wrongdoing
United Statesv.
United Kingdom
PublicInterest
DisclosureAct
(PIDA)
internal v.
external
Whydidn’t
Snowdenuse
internalchannels
?
NSA Whistleblowers
William BinneyKirk Wiebe
Thomas Drake
NSA Whistleblowers
William BinneyKirk Wiebe
Thomas Drake
NSA Whistleblowers
William BinneyKirk Wiebe
Thomas Drake
NSA Whistleblowers
William BinneyKirk Wiebe
Thomas Drake
Edward Snowdenwhistleblower
faceslegal
sanction
whistleblowingas
civildisobedience
Historical parallel:
March 8, 1971break-in atFBI office inMedia, PA
