While Bradley Manning gets inhumanely treated, the Senate tries to turn the screws on all WHISTLEBLOWERS!
“Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. These words are enshrined in our Bill of Rights in the 8th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. They apply to every American. They apply to Private First Class Bradley Manning.”
http://www.capwiz.com/whistleblowers/issues/alert/?alertid=35297516
I wrote the following note (below) this afternoon to local senators. I encourage you to do so also.--KAS
Please ensure that FY 2011 Intelligence Authorization Bill does not include a provision that will give the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) and the heads of other intelligence agencies, such as the CIA and NSA, the power to strip whistleblowers of their pensions if they are accused of leaking classified information.
This provision is so dangerous because intelligence agencies often retaliate against whistleblowers by accusing of them of leaking information. For example, prominent whistleblower Dr. Frederic Whitehurst, who blew the whistle on forensic fraud and misconduct at the FBI crime lab, was falsely accused of leaking information.
Allowing a provision like this will create a massive chilling effect on all federal employees who want to lawfully expose waste, fraud and abuse and cause them to lose their life savings and be forced into poverty.
Whistleblowers’ Pensions Threatened By Intelligence Committee
This action request came from the best Whistleblower support group in the USA.
http://www.capwiz.com/whistleblowers/issues/alert/?alertid=35445501
Tomorrow in a “closed” mark-up, the members of the Senate Intelligence Committee plan to slip into an appropriations bill a provision that will give the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) and the heads of other intelligence agencies, such as the CIA and NSA, the power to strip whistleblowers of their pensions. The appropriations mark-up is scheduled for Tuesday, March 15, 2011 at 2:30 pm EST.
The provision empowers intelligence agency bureaucrats to strip whistleblowers of their hard-earned pensions, simply by accusing them of leaking classified information.
This provision is so dangerous because intelligence agencies often retaliate against whistleblowers by accusing of them of leaking information. For example, prominent whistleblower Dr. Frederic Whitehurst, who blew the whistle on forensic fraud and misconduct at the FBI crime lab, was falsely accused of leaking information.
TAKE ACTION! Protect whistleblowers’ pensions!
The government also retroactively classifies information as way of targeting whistleblowers. For example, in the case of FBI whistleblower Sibel Edmonds, who blew the whistle on national security breaches in the FBI’s translation division, the FBI retroactively marked as classified information about her allegations long after the same information had been publicly released by the FBI.
The Obama administration’s recent announcement targeting whistleblowers as part of its campaign to prevent leaks to the news media and Wikileaks makes situations such as Dr. Whitehurst and Ms. Edmonds more likely to occur.
TAKE ACTION! Time is of the Essence!
Stripping pensions based on accusations of classified leaks will be yet another way that the government can retaliate against whistleblowers. It will also increase the existing chilling effect and deter federal employees from lawfully exposing waste, fraud and abuse. On the whim of the DNI, whistleblowers will lose their life savings and be forced into poverty.
The whistleblowers who lose their pensions will not be able to take their case to court. Instead, they will be forced to use the DNI’s Mickey Mouse administrative procedures to try to defend themselves. In other words, the DNI will be the prosecutor, the judge and the jury to strip pensions from whistleblowers.
Please take a minute to Call Senator Diane Feinstein, Chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, and tell her to stop threatening whistleblowers and withdraw such harmful language from the Intelligence Authorization Bill.
Senator Diane Feinstein (202) 224-3841
http://www.capwiz.com/whistleblowers/issues/alert/?alertid=35297516
I wrote the following note (below) this afternoon to local senators. I encourage you to do so also.--KAS
Please ensure that FY 2011 Intelligence Authorization Bill does not include a provision that will give the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) and the heads of other intelligence agencies, such as the CIA and NSA, the power to strip whistleblowers of their pensions if they are accused of leaking classified information.
This provision is so dangerous because intelligence agencies often retaliate against whistleblowers by accusing of them of leaking information. For example, prominent whistleblower Dr. Frederic Whitehurst, who blew the whistle on forensic fraud and misconduct at the FBI crime lab, was falsely accused of leaking information.
Allowing a provision like this will create a massive chilling effect on all federal employees who want to lawfully expose waste, fraud and abuse and cause them to lose their life savings and be forced into poverty.
Whistleblowers’ Pensions Threatened By Intelligence Committee
This action request came from the best Whistleblower support group in the USA.
http://www.capwiz.com/whistleblowers/issues/alert/?alertid=35445501
Tomorrow in a “closed” mark-up, the members of the Senate Intelligence Committee plan to slip into an appropriations bill a provision that will give the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) and the heads of other intelligence agencies, such as the CIA and NSA, the power to strip whistleblowers of their pensions. The appropriations mark-up is scheduled for Tuesday, March 15, 2011 at 2:30 pm EST.
The provision empowers intelligence agency bureaucrats to strip whistleblowers of their hard-earned pensions, simply by accusing them of leaking classified information.
This provision is so dangerous because intelligence agencies often retaliate against whistleblowers by accusing of them of leaking information. For example, prominent whistleblower Dr. Frederic Whitehurst, who blew the whistle on forensic fraud and misconduct at the FBI crime lab, was falsely accused of leaking information.
TAKE ACTION! Protect whistleblowers’ pensions!
The government also retroactively classifies information as way of targeting whistleblowers. For example, in the case of FBI whistleblower Sibel Edmonds, who blew the whistle on national security breaches in the FBI’s translation division, the FBI retroactively marked as classified information about her allegations long after the same information had been publicly released by the FBI.
The Obama administration’s recent announcement targeting whistleblowers as part of its campaign to prevent leaks to the news media and Wikileaks makes situations such as Dr. Whitehurst and Ms. Edmonds more likely to occur.
TAKE ACTION! Time is of the Essence!
Stripping pensions based on accusations of classified leaks will be yet another way that the government can retaliate against whistleblowers. It will also increase the existing chilling effect and deter federal employees from lawfully exposing waste, fraud and abuse. On the whim of the DNI, whistleblowers will lose their life savings and be forced into poverty.
The whistleblowers who lose their pensions will not be able to take their case to court. Instead, they will be forced to use the DNI’s Mickey Mouse administrative procedures to try to defend themselves. In other words, the DNI will be the prosecutor, the judge and the jury to strip pensions from whistleblowers.
Please take a minute to Call Senator Diane Feinstein, Chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, and tell her to stop threatening whistleblowers and withdraw such harmful language from the Intelligence Authorization Bill.
Senator Diane Feinstein (202) 224-3841
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