Russia's Interference in 2016 Election Much More Pervasive Than Originally Thought

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I don't think so. I don't think a 25 year old contractor in her position has any idea what is and isn't being done in certain areas of the government.

Since when were these criteria established that define whistleblowing? Answer: never

One possibility - perhaps the government had reasons for keeping the fact that they know about the Russian hacking attempts secret. Now the Russians know we are onto them. Just one off the cuff reason why this is dangerous.

Plausible.

Another plausible scenario is excessive classification.