f we want government to run efficiently and in the public’s best interest, it’s time we demand that it stop cracking down on the people who want to ensure it runs properly by reporting waste, fraud and illegality.
Report: FBI system can chill potential whistleblowers
Washington Post
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“The government had the chance to hold Petraeus out as an example on the same felony Espionage Act charges they’ve leveled (unfairly) against every conscientious whistleblower they’ve indicted. Their answer? Leaking should no longer be a felony. Let’s make sure we hold them to that, and not only for CIA Directors.”
Petraeus won’t serve a day in jail for his leaks. Edward Snowden shouldn’t either
The Guardian
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While organizations such as GAP and a newly formed bipartisan coalition of U.S. Senators are “stalwart in recognizing the importance of protection for whistleblowers in government, and the consequent implication that similar protections ought to be developed and strengthened for whistleblowers in corporate America and in the nonprofit sector alike,” a great deal of work needs to be done. “As weak as protections are, despite the law, for whistleblowers in government practice, the fear of retaliation convinces many whistleblowers in the private sector to make their revelations anonymously.”
Sens. Grassley & Wyden Dig Back into Whistleblower Protection
The Nonprofit Quarterly