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Not the first time something like this has happened. In fact it is the leakers are usually prosecuted instead of the perpetrators, even if they told the truth.

For example, the leaker of the FinCEN files [0] was sentenced to prison for helping to expose the regulators and large banks allowing illicit transactions from criminals and drug cartels. [1]

[0] https://www.icij.org/investigations/fincen-files/fincen-offi...

[1] https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/jasonleopold/fincen-fil...




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