GovEXEC.com - House lawmakers spar over whistleblower protections

[cascadiance]

Fresh off the presses a few minutes ago... Looks like they're now trying to get rid of whistleblower protections that protect those like Sibel Edmonds, Karen Kwiatkowski, etc. Folks we're seeing the Nazis at work here!!


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DAILY BRIEFING
June 16, 2005

House lawmakers spar over whistleblower protections
By Chris Strohm
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A bill moving through the House would allow the president to exempt employees working on homeland security issues from whistleblower protections, prompting heated opposition from Democrats and a coalition of national security whistleblowers.

The House version of the Federal Employee Protection of Disclosures Act includes a provision that would give the president authority to exempt any agency that primarily performs "foreign intelligence, counterintelligence activities or homeland security" from whistleblower protections.

Agencies that primarily conduct foreign intelligence and counterintelligence activities, such as the FBI, CIA, Defense Intelligence Agency, National Imagery and Mapping Agency, and National Security Agency, have never had whistleblower protections. But House Democrats and whistleblower advocates object to language that would disqualify homeland security employees from those protections. That would apply to employees throughout the Homeland Security Department and could affect workers at other agencies, such as the Energy Department.

The House Government Reform Committee was scheduled to mark up the bill Thursday, but it was pulled from the agenda at the last minute. Committee spokesman Robert White said this was done because committee Democrats were "confused" about the language relating to homeland security workers.

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[AuntiBush]

1. How much more can Americans take? Are Americans that Blind?

I suppose they will continue to be blind to this, when the MSN (I know, I do not like referring to them as such) continue NOT to show the truth on ABC, CBS, NBC, MNSBC, CNN and Fox which is what most Americans watch.

If 1 Demorat votes for this, it will be noted! This is sad. Really, really sad.

America is NOT a Democracy... it died November 2000 and got way worse on November 3, 2004.

People need to awaken their friends and neighbors.