ABC News: A Surge in Whistle-Blowing -- and Reprisals

[PhilipShore]

ABC News
A Surge in Whistle-Blowing -- and Reprisals
Feb. 19, 2006

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/CSM/story?id=1623906&page=1

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19, 2006 — Dissent often carries a price in official Washington, especially in the war years of the Bush presidency.

Since the Sept. 11 attacks, the number of insiders alleging wrongdoing in government — either through whistle-blower channels or directly to the press — has surged, as have reprisals against them.

[Coexist]

1. great article - all the way up to, and including the end

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"The CRS has been severely compromised," says William Weaver, a political scientist at the University of Texas in El Paso and a founder of the National Security Whistle-blowers Coalition.

Says Fisher himself: "For the last 33 years my job was to defend legislative prerogative and constitutional government, and suddenly that's a bad thing to do. There are mixed signals inside this house. People are hunkered down."

[CatWoman]

2. Bunnatine Greenhouse comes to mind

http://www.whistleblowers.org/OpEdNews_Com_Progressive__Tough_Liberal_News_and_Opinion.htm

[Humor_In_Cuneiform]

3. There was a House Subcmte hearing on Whistleblowers mostly protecting them

House Hearing on National Security Whistleblowers
House Subcmte. hearing on "National Security Whistleblowers in the post-9/11 Era: Lost in a Labyrinth and Facing Retaliation by Security Clearance Revocation"
2/14/2006: WASHINGTON, DC: 4 hr. 51 min.

I watched a fair amount of this, it was very interesting, good.

[Yoda Yada]

4. Tighten up Whistle-Blower Protection Laws

Didn't Al Gore mention this as one of the things the US needs to do? (I think he mentioned it in his last speech.)

Anyone remember this?

[FreedomAngel82]

7. I believe so too

[Twist_U_Up]

5. Corporate media folks Rater up nt

[FreedomAngel82]

6. Good article

Whistleblowers are very important right now in our history. I'm very saddened how they've been treated, especially those like Sibel Edmonds who has such important information that could save our country who's been kept silent. :cry: They don't want them speaking because it will be very damning.