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1. The Ethics of Government Whistleblowing.

Author

Delmas, Candice

Subjects
*WHISTLEBLOWING, *POLITICAL ethics, *SECURITY classification (Government documents), *DISCLOSURE, *OFFICIAL secrets, *CIVIL disobedience, *NATIONAL security
Abstract

What is wrong with government whistleblowing and when can it be justified? In my view, "government whistleblowing," that is, the unauthorized acquisition and disclosure of classified information about the state or government, is a form of "political vigilantism," which involves transgressing the boundaries around state secrets, for the purpose of challenging the allocation or use of power. It may nonetheless be justified when it is suitably constrained and exposes some information that the public ought to know and deliberate about. Government whistleblowing should then be viewed, along the lines of civil disobedience, as a collective cognition- and legitimacy-enhancing device. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2015
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2. Homeland security is spilling a lot of secrets.

Author

Rogin, Josh

Subjects
NATIONAL security, SECURITY classification (Government documents), INTERORGANIZATIONAL relations, SECRECY, OFFICIAL secrets
Abstract

(Bloomberg View) -- Homeland Security Is Spilling a Lot of Secrets: Josh Rogin One senior Homeland Security official told me that the intelligence and analysis office at DHS suffers from lax enforcement of the established policies and practices to protect classified information. [Extracted from the article]

Published
2016

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