In the last episode of What The Politics?!, we dove into the topic of whistleblowers; people who expose what they believe to be evidence of wrongdoing. In this week’s episode we wanted to venture a little deeper, and discuss national security as a whole.  We’ll talk about transparency, and what role the government has in divulging information pertaining to national security to the public. What is that fine line between the “need-to-know” for public safety, and keeping information under wraps? On this episode we speak with an attorney specializing in national security, who tells us about his experience addressing legal issues related to this topic. He gives us his thoughts on controversial people like Edward Snowden and Julian Assange. We discuss concerns about legislation, and protection acts when it comes to whistleblowers and national security criminals.