Posted on 08/19/2006 3:48:15 AM PDT by Laverne
If ever government whistle-blowers needed protection from official retaliation it is now, in the secrecy-obsessed Bush administration. Federal employees daring to disclose fraud and abuse in their bureaucracies have been under virtual siege, isolated as pariahs and shipped off under gag orders to lesser jobs in far-off places. Appeals to court review under the 17-year-old Whistle-Blower Protection Act have proved fruitless, with the Supreme Court ruling in May that workers have no right to First Amendment protection when they warn lawmakers and taxpayers of government waste and folly. The ruling has thrown the issue back into the lap of Congress. Fortunately, there is enough anger emerging on both sides of the aisle to raise hopes for remedial legislation.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
Strange that this story appears in the NYT just when the "Judge" in Michigan is forcing the country's attention on the subject of the NYT leaking of a story that may turn around and bite the Democratic Party.
Just imagine the problems in the election if Congress is forced to address these two issues in public. If the timing is right, the Democrats just may have to vote to allow or disallow these phone taps and that sure would be a hard one for their lefties to swallow.
"Fraud and abuse" was not what I saw splashed on the NYT's front page. It was national security secrets.
"fraud and abuse "
What fraud and abuse? If someone will be kind enough to refresh my memory on who, what, and when, I'd appreciate it.
Did I miss it somehow?
Would Linda Tripp be considered a whistle blower?
NY Times should have had the more accurate headline:
"Save the MSM Traitors".
Great idea until you come to the EPA paperwork.
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