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If you were to file a whistleblower report with the intelligence community inspector general, up until Sept. 24, the conduct you were blowing the whistle on officially had to be witnessed firsthand. The “Disclosure of Urgent Concern” form — the channel by which one reported such things — specifically stated that any kind of second-hand information about alleged wrongdoing wouldn’t do. This appears to have changed at 4:25 p.m. on Sept. 24, when a new form was uploaded to the Director of National Intelligence’s website. On the new form, individuals who “heard about [wrongdoing] from others” can also report it. That date is pretty significant because it was just two days before the biggest whistleblower report in the intelligence community’s history was released to the public.
The Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989, 5 U.S.C. 2302(b)(8)-(9), Pub.L. 101-12 as amended, is a United States federal law that protects federal whistleblowers who work for the government and report the possible existence of an activity constituting a violation of law, rules, or regulations, or mismanagement, gross waste of funds, abuse of authority or a substantial and specific danger to public health and safety. A federal agency violates the Whistleblower Protection Act if agency authorities take (or threaten to take) retaliatory personnel action against any employee or applicant because of disclosure of information by that employee or applicant.[1]
originally posted by: HanyManny
Looks like a lot of barracks lawyers who never served are chiming in here.
Take it from me, even a rumor among the troops of a fragging is heavily investigated, and punished if true. Put on some boots sometime if you want to find out what it is like.
originally posted by: HanyManny
I find it funny that so many of the right put "I support the troops" stickers on their cars but when they meet an actual troop they try to diminish them for their knowledge and service.
Shameful.