Here's how it works with whistleblowers: They step up to expose
government wrongdoing — something the government claims to support — and
immediately establishment institutions
and the media bend the conversation away from the wrongdoing in order to
focus on the unlawful release of secrets. Meanwhile, we’re supposed to
accept the government’s investigation of itself, which (surprise!)
usually finds little or no wrongdoing on their own behalf and often
consolidates and extends the very same power whistleblowers exposed in
the first place.
