bush administration exempts itself from whistleblower protections
Bush Declares Eco-Whistleblower Law Void for EPA Employees [ YubaNet.com 2006.09.04]As a result of an opinion issued by a unit within the Office of the Attorney General, federal workers will have little protection from official retaliation for reporting water pollution enforcement breakdowns, manipulations of science or cleanup failures.
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“It is astonishing for the Bush administration to now suddenly claim that it is above the law,” said PEER Senior Counsel Paula Dinerstein
no, not really. the bush administration has been acting as if it was above the law for… years.
the real question is: what ecological disaster does bushco have planned for the next two years that made this opinion valuable?