[liberationtech] Why didn't tech company leaders blow the whistle?
https://mailman.stanford.edu/pipermail/liberationtech/2013-June/008815.html
Dave asks some great questions about why the people who had power over these networks didn't blow the whistle instead of some anonymous insider having to do it. Here's one possible answer.
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