On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 5:13 PM, Max Sawicky <[email protected]> wrote: > Henry Blodgett made the useful point that Snowden made the savvy decision to > come out and make the first impression on the public, rather than hide, get > caught, and get spirited to some dungeon with no chance to make his case. He > knew odds are he gets grabbed in any event, one way or another. Plus he had > a coherent story to tell.
Another important point. Often whistleblowers reveal facts that are well known but officially denied. It helps weaken the official denial, and bring stuff that was outside the bounds of mainstream discussion into mainstream discussion. Suddenly mentioning how widespread the surveillance state is becomes a tiny bit harder to portray as a symptom of mental illness ... Damaging "plausible deniability" may be the most important contribution whistleblowers make. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
