Click here to access article by Annie Machon from her blog Using Our Intelligence (British).
This former whistle-blower and M15 intelligence officer offers her views on Snowden's revelations and The Guardian's role.
However, if you really want to know in depth about whistle-blowing in general and observations about Snowden's experience with The Guardian in particular, it is absolutely necessary for you to listen to a fascinating one hour audio interview with two experts on whistle-blowers--Sibel Edmonds and John Young (via telephone connections) arranged by Peter Collins and posted on his website.