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Changes to the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act currently working its way through the Senate would cover up intelligence failures and civil liberties abuses in the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) by repealing existing protections for FBI whistleblowers and strengthening the state secrets privilege. Mary Jane Wilmoth: truthout reports WPEA being “hotlined”   The bill is currently being […]

The Whistleblower Protection Act (S. 372) is pending in the Senate and seeks to clarify the rules and protections that cover whistleblowers. Some, however, think it will have the opposite effect, and it’s drawing fire from some whistleblower groups.   Frederick Whitehurst is with the National Whistleblowers Center and has written a letter of opposition […]

March 9, 2010 (Politico). In a bid to secure a much-needed bipartisan victory, the Obama administration is trying to secure passage of protections for government whistleblowers. But some advocacy groups are complaining that the legislation does not go far enough to protect government employees in the national security field and, in fact, would roll back […]

(“US Internal Revenue Service Pays First Big Whistle-Blower Award,” published at 11:57 a.m. ET, incorrectly stated the amount of the award. The correct version follows.) A three-year-old U.S. Internal Revenue Service program that promises hefty bounties for information on big tax cheats has paid out what appears to be its first substantial reward. The office […]