I believe that this was an appropriate level of protest on his part.
The reason that I posted this AMA on HN is that a lot people with influence peruse this website, and it would appear that this person went to intel agencies first, then went to State, and was shut down on all counts. Not just shut down for his personal validation, but shut down as far as potential operations.
I posted this in the hopes that someone with influence would see it, and work to prevent this from ever happening again. This guy tried to go through all the right channels. The US gov failed him, and all Americans, at every level.
Ideally, an intel contact would have responded with: "thanks, I'll make sure that the proper people know about this. Await a reply." Reply: "Please come in... OK yes, we know and will save it for an emergency. Never mention this again. Here is your monetary award, as advertised."
For unknown reasons, that did not occur. After this all happened and got written up in Wired, he is finally getting contact from the appropriate people. Let's not let this go this far in the future.
The reason that I posted this AMA on HN is that a lot people with influence peruse this website, and it would appear that this person went to intel agencies first, then went to State, and was shut down on all counts. Not just shut down for his personal validation, but shut down as far as potential operations.
I posted this in the hopes that someone with influence would see it, and work to prevent this from ever happening again. This guy tried to go through all the right channels. The US gov failed him, and all Americans, at every level.
Ideally, an intel contact would have responded with: "thanks, I'll make sure that the proper people know about this. Await a reply." Reply: "Please come in... OK yes, we know and will save it for an emergency. Never mention this again. Here is your monetary award, as advertised."
For unknown reasons, that did not occur. After this all happened and got written up in Wired, he is finally getting contact from the appropriate people. Let's not let this go this far in the future.