Whistleblower message from Sibel Edmonds

[lukery]

the following message is from Sibel Edmonds:

In the next few days you'll be reading or hearing about a 'Fantastic Whistleblower Bill' sponsored by Senator Collins (Senate Homeland Security Committee). The senate & some organizations will represent this bill as a solution to whistleblowers. That is not True. Here is why:

1- Intelligence & Law enforcement agencies are all exempt from this bill. Meaning: the so-called protection does Not apply to us.

2- They sneaked in this paragraph to legalize/legitimize retaliation against any government employee who goes to congress (Please see the link below for more information).

3- The bill does not address the broken system: OSC, IG, MSPB...

4- The bill does not address secrecy, gag orders, and various privileges that can be invoked/applied by the executive branch against whistleblowers in courts.

Here is the letter we (together with National Whistleblower Center) sent to Collins before she moved the bill forward; her office went ahead with the bill:

http://whistleblowers.org/dearsenatorsrevised.pdf

It will help to let the media know about these facts/points.

We will try to fight these issues between now until the conference (Senate Vote). Please let your media contacts know; otherwise, they'll fall for the trap and believe that whistleblowers protection issue has been taken care of.

x posted at http://wotisitgood4.blogspot.com/2006/06/sibel-beware-fantastic-whistleblower.html

[bonito]

1. Thank you, kick n/t

[Gold Metal Flake]

2. The bill is a trojan horse.

Thanks for this info!

[juajen]

3. Shouldn't this be a DU activist issue?

I believe we need an effort to send messages, one way or another, to our congress critters. Probably someone's already on it. I'm glad this was posted.

[acmejack]

4. Solidifying the authority of the State

The State becomes more inscrutable by the day. The mere fact that Collins chose to move forward tells one all they need to know.

[Old and In the Way]

5. Sue Collins: Tool n/t

[NV Whino]

6. kick

[me b zola]

7. k&r for Sibel

Now for a question just a little OT:

Does anyone remember the Los Alamos whistleblower who was beaten so badly he was hospitalized with serious injuries? What has happened to him and that case?



edited to spell Sibel's name correctly :blush:

[kaygore]

8. Thank you for the heads up

[lukery]

9. interview

btw - i promised you guys a new sibel interview this week. it looks like it'll have to wait till next week.

'pologies.

[Roland99]

12. Thanks for this news and can't wait for that interview!

[lukery]

13. cheers

apologies again. my bad.

[fooj]

10. What do you have to do to speak TRUTH in this country?

WTF?????

[Nothing Without Hope]

11. K & R n/t

[Amonester]

14. K & R

:kick:

[Joanne98]

15. I've never trusted Susan Collins. Moderate my ass!