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"Touting itself as one of “the world’s most ethical companies,” Booz Allen..."

Isn't Booz Allen the same place another infamous whistleblower worked for? Not really sure how ethical this place can really be




In fairness they've had a good culture of whistleblowing.


okay, that made me smile. i'd love to see that on a slide in a pitch deck


The SEC rewards whistleblowers very handsomely — you could call it part of total compensation!


.... The ones it likes.


Where was the SEC's payment to Edward?


That quote gets even more oxymoronic if you continue:

> … Booz Allen has counted former senior U.S. intelligence officials among its corporate officers.


True story: I worked at a company that moved into office space that Booz Allen had rented prior to us. Someone at Booz Allen left behind a desk nameplate that said "Ethics Advisor". I still have it somewhere.

Remember, Snowdon raised concerns internally ten times prior to going rogue. I like to think there's a story in there about Snowdon raising his concerns to the ethics advisor who advised him to go rogue, after which the advisor was fired and they dropped the title. Why else would someone leave behind their nameplate title? Anyway it's fun to hypothesize.


> Why else would someone leave behind their nameplate title?

The position was held by some guy named Pepe Silvia. The mailroom could never find him to deliver Snowden's stack of concerns.


That is one way to refer to Snowden lol




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