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This reads like an advertisement for the FBI. A bigger story is how Obama removed protections and actively attacked whistle blowers after promising the most transparent government ever. That had true toll.

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You mean like when Obama got legislation passed to protect them?

https://www.whistleblowers.org/news/obama-signs-whistleblowe...

I mean more like his actual actions vs campaign promises. As usual the name of the legislation is the opposite of what it does. That bill allowed further restrictions on government employees, attempting to unshield them from the 1989 whistleblower protection act.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-van-buren/silencing-whi...

https://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2014/jan/10...

Didn't help Snowden much.

He was never charged, hence could not be pardoned. However, it is duly noted that I'm trying to reconcile being objective about Obama's own nuanced position, while also supporting whistleblowers like Snowden, Manning and Winner.

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