Although Michele Catalano was fingered due to local surveillance, the US government admits it looks for such searches.
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Although Michele Catalano was fingered due to local surveillance, the US government admits it looks for such searches.
To understand the Bradley Manning case, look at why the Espionage Act was passed in the first place.
The ACLU points out that Edward Snowden qualifies as a whistleblower under the definition in the Whistleblower Protection Act.
That law does not protect people that work for the NSA, but this should still settle the question of whether Snowden is a whistleblower.
Steve Blank says that Intel and AMD processors are vulnerable to malicious microcode updates, which could be sent by the NSA, by Intel, by Microsoft, or maybe by someone else.
When microcode can be changed, it counts as software installed in the computer. Then it needs to be free software.