Aujourd’hui c’est le 235ieme anniversaire de la « whistleblower protection law » ▻http://dissenter.firedoglake.com/2013/07/29/bradley-manning-to-be-convicted-on-a-day-of-significance-in-w
The law passed by the Continental Congress on July 30, 1778, declared that it was the “ duty of all persons in the service of the United States, as well as all other the inhabitants thereof, to give the earliest information to Congress or other proper authority of any misconduct, frauds or misdemeanors committed by an officers or persons in the service of these states, which may come to their knowledge. ”
Mais il n’y a pas de quoi se réjouir, ▻http://blogs.fas.org/secrecy/2013/07/prosecutors-burden
In a new interpretation of the Espionage Act, a federal judge made it easier for prosecutors in leak cases to meet their burden of proof, while reducing protections for accused leakers.
Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly ruled that the prosecution in the pending case of former State Department contractor Stephen Kim need not show that the information he allegedly leaked could damage U.S. national security or benefit a foreign power, even potentially. Her opinion was a departure from a 30-year-old ruling...
A ce rythme, le bon #whistleblower sera celui qui dénoncera le voisin qui ne consomme pas des OGM.