I don't really disagree with the principle, but it seems to more or less be a statement of the idea of "whistleblowing". Snowden is a high-profile current example of a whistleblower, but it might be going a bit too far to credit him with the principle itself! Even sticking to relatively contemporary U.S. history, you could call it the Buxtun principle, among other names.
On the topic of naming: I didn't realize until some googling just now that "whistleblower" itself is a neologism, dating to the '70s, and coined by Ralph Nader. He wanted to give the concept a positive spin by analogizing it to a referee pointing out dirty play, vs. alternatives like "leaker" and "informant" that have negative connotations. I'm not much of a fan of Nader's subsequent political career, but in retrospect that was a pretty successful move.
I don't really disagree with the principle, but it seems to more or less be a statement of the idea of "whistleblowing". Snowden is a high-profile current example of a whistleblower, but it might be going a bit too far to credit him with the principle itself!
On the topic of naming: I didn't realize until some googling just now that "whistleblower" itself is a neologism, dating to the '70s, and coined by Ralph Nader. He wanted to give the concept a positive spin by analogizing it to a referee pointing out dirty play, vs. alternatives like "leaker" and "informant" that have negative connotations. I'm not much of a fan of Nader's subsequent political career, but in retrospect that was a pretty successful move.