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Mr. Snowden may well be going to jail for exposing practices that should never have been secret in the first place.
Criminal prosecutions, exhumations, coroner's inquests, reparations and compensation procedures can all contribute to exposing practices and impacts of serial violations of human rights.
Though the editorial dismisses the absurd notion that Snowden has committed treason, it concludes with this observation, which comes across as semi-sympathetic but contains toxic implications: "Mr. Snowden may well be going to jail for exposing practices that should never have been secret in the first place".
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And in Britain, an investigative television program, "The Great Ticket Scandal," exposed practices by the major resale companies.
Repeatedly now, in one industry after another, he has exposed practices as dishonest or even illegal that have long been accepted and often tolerated by regulators.
Some of Snowden's documents expose practices that don't fit with the government's assertions that it was working within the law, unless some very common words don't mean what one thinks they do.
And there were plenty of occasions when The Industry Standard and others did diligently expose practices of tech and financial companies that seemed less than above-board; we wrote about questionable sales tactics at America Online and tried to curb enthusiasm for Priceline's discount grocery service, which has since failed.
They enlisted the help of a plant insider to help them expose practices at the plant.
What are we willing to do to expose practices that disregard the dignity of others?
As a result boards are too cozy with management and, not surprisingly, often fail to ask the hard questions that might expose practices that put the company at risk.
Has Snowden done a service in exposing intrusive practices?
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