to a flock of open-eyed journalists that his employer
spies on communication in at least 40 countries –
including the NATO allies. Does that sound familiar? No, we
are not talking about Edward Snowden but about William
Martin and the year is 1960. Martin has just defected from his
homeland via Mexico and Cuba along with his colleague
Bernon Mitchell a few months prior to the interview. In the
House of Journalists in Moscow, they narrate about how the
NSA hacks encryption codes, how it spies on other countries
using unmanned aircrafts – called drones today – and how it
prepares for the downfall of disagreeable governments. The
defectors are the prototypes for whistleblowers – people who
make secret information public, often people who uncover and
bring unethical or illegal behaviour to light. The society loves
them for this; the governments and companies hate them –
and more often than not, it costs them their freedom.
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