{"article":{"id":260501,"heading":"Whistleblowing: Exemplary Patriotism","author":"Stephen Lendman","created":"2013-06-12 03:49:37","modified":"2013-11-11 01:12:01","last_modified":"Mon, 11 Nov 2013 09:12:01","article":"<p>Whistleblowing: Exemplary Patriotism <br><br> by Stephen Lendman <br><br> Whistleblowing reflects doing the right thing. It exposes wrongdoing. It does so because it matters.  <br><br> Edward Joseph Snowden follows a noble tradition. Others before him established it. Daniel Ellsberg called his NSA leak the most important in US history. More on him below. <br><br> Expressions of patriotism can reflect good or ill. Samuel Johnson said it<\/p>\n","contact":"lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net","link":"sjlendman.blogspot.com","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"police state","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2013\/06\/260501.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}