The comeback on that is a couple of things: one, that he certainly believes that as a contractor, the avenues that would have been available to him as an employee weren't available, two, there's a track record of other whistleblowers, like [Thomas Andrews Drake] being treated pretty harshly, by some views, and thirdly, what he was taking on was not one specific flaw that he'd discovered, but programs that had been approved by all three branches of government.
Во-вторых, мы в курсе, чем закончились истории других разоблачителей, например, Томаса Эндрюс Дрейка, к которым отнеслись жёстко. И в-третьих, то, о чём он говорит, — это не просто мелкий недочёт, но целые программы, одобренные всеми тремя ветвями власти.