Yesterday, President Obama signed a law that provides intelligence community employees with whistleblower protections. The bill creates the first enforceable statutory whistleblower rights for government workers at intelligence agencies. New protections are listed on a recent GAP press release.
RT: NSA Surveils Americans Without Court Warrants
Follow-up coverage from this past weekend’s media reports detailing how the NSA surveillance program collects far more data on innocent American citizens than targeted individuals. GAP National Security & Human Rights Deputy Director Kathleen McClellan examines these issues in this television discussion.
In related news, an article from the Atlantic shows how, in the wake of the latest media exposé, the NSA’s narrative that it “carries out its mission lawfully, honorably, and without unduly compromising the privacy of innocents,” which it has been stating all along, “now contradicts itself.”
Washington Post: VA Panel Focuses on Whistleblowers
The House Veterans Affairs Committee holds a hearing this afternoon focusing on whistleblowers who have reported fraudulent practices in Veterans Affairs hospitals.
Dylan Blaylock is Communications Director for the Government Accountability Project, the nation’s leading whistleblower protection and advocacy organization.