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The Dissenter: FBI’s Culture of Hostility Toward Whistleblowers

The FBI’s whistleblower protection program is broken, allowing systematic retaliation against employees who report misconduct rather than shielding them from workplace hostility.

by Joseph Orr
Photo by Matthias Mullie on Unsplash
Photo by Matthias Mullie on Unsplash

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On March 5, Kevin Gosztola wrote the below article about the FBI’s failed whistleblower program and the recent Senate hearings, forThe Dissenter on Firedoglake.

FBI’s Culture of Hostility Toward Whistleblowers—And How Justice Department Permits Policy of Retaliation

On March 6, Sputnik News also published an article about the failure of the FBI to protect whistleblowers.

FBI Whistleblower Protection Program ‘Broken’ – US NGOs

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