1. A PhD doesn't imply lack of political prejudice. Military service doesn't imply lack of political prejudice. High school as highest completed education doesn't imply existence of political prejudice. This is an extremely ill-conceived argument and really only reveals the author's own elitism.
2. The whistleblower in this case is a past employee of the CIA and current (well, I guess not anymore) contractor for the NSA. He did not even complete high school. The characterization of the NSA only hiring "PhDs with military service" is objectively wrong.
>The rank and file of the NSA is not your enemy. They carry out the mission that politicians give them, and do not cross the line with an almost religious fervor. It’s the politicians who have moved that line.
Ph.Ds with military service?
I can only imagine that that is a very very short list of people. Everyone I've met with a Ph.D. is as far from the mentality of the military people I've met and vice versa.