To be vey clear, I do not agree with Snowden's actions.
However, it is now more than a decade later and the whistleblower process is STILL terribly broken. If the whistleblower is a contractor, there are no real protections. It's hard to conclude this isn't by design.
Regardless of the details of this phone call, there's no question Gabbard broke the law here. Everyone involved in covering this up broke the law.
The whistleblower is killing a career and honestly is risking their safety bringing this forward. It isn't nothing.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/07/nsa-foreign-intelligence-trump-whistleblower