by pablonite » Tue 16 Mar 2010, 10:07:31
http://wikileaks.org/$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', ' ')15. Mar. 2010: U.S. Intelligence planned to destroy WikiLeaks, 18 Mar 2008
This document is a classifed (SECRET/NOFORN) 32 page U.S. counterintelligence investigation into WikiLeaks. ``The possibility that current employees or moles within DoD or elsewhere in the U.S. government are providing sensitive or classified information to Wikileaks.org cannot be ruled out''. It concocts a plan to fatally marginalize the organization...
Hmmm. Looks like the attack against whistleblowers is escalating!
S.372 is being rammed through or the correct term is "hotlined"? Don't know much about the US senate process...
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2010/03/03-3$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'W')ASHINGTON - March 3 - Nationally recognized FBI whistleblower Dr. Frederic Whitehurst issued a letter today strongly opposing the repeal of FBI whistleblower rights contained in the current Senate version of the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act (S. 372). This bill is currently being "hotlined" for unanimous consent.
In the 1990's Dr. Whitehurst blew the whistle on scientific abuses in the FBI crime lab. He won his cases and as a result, President Clinton signed an order protecting FBI agents who blow the whistle. The current Senate bill repeals the Clinton order and the law it was based on. It will result in the dismissal of numerous pending whistleblower cases, including that of FBI Counterterrorism Unit Chief Bassem Youssef...
I can see some need to restrain government employees from the ability to distribute electronic information willy nilly anonymously but from what I gather this bill seeks to close many doors that are still open.