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“Several classified-information charges should apply only to people with official classified access, secrecy agreements, and authorization to receive certain national defense materials. One national defense information charge should apply only to foreign agents.”
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“Someone sued or criminally charged because of protected whistleblower activity should be allowed to argue in court that the activity was legally protected.”
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“Covered agencies should create and use common procedures within 180 days to keep whistleblower reprisal investigations and decisions as free from conflicts of interest as reasonably possible, and should update complaint procedures so those safeguards apply.”
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“Federal officials should not be allowed to pressure contractors or grant recipients to punish whistleblowers, and officials who cause that kind of retaliation should be able to face discipline.”
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“FBI officials should not pressure anyone to do political work or give political money, or punish an FBI worker or job applicant because someone refused.”
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“FBI officials should not punish workers or job applicants for filing a legal complaint, appeal, or grievance, helping someone else with one, or legally cooperating with an Inspector General, internal investigator, or the Office of Special Counsel.”
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“FBI whistleblower retaliation cases should cover a broad list of job actions, allow appeals from dismissals and other key decisions, route some corrective-action requests through the investigating office, and use the standard federal whistleblower proof rules.”
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“FBI workers should be told about whistleblower rights, remedies, probation-period protections, and oversight offices; new hires should get that information within 180 days, and the FBI should post it on public and employee websites.”
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“Federal workers and intelligence employees should be better protected when they report wrongdoing, object to blocked scientific or technical information, or face retaliation such as identity leaks.”
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“The Attorney General should be responsible for preventing banned retaliation and other improper FBI personnel actions, and Justice Department officials given FBI personnel authority should be responsible for the whistleblower job tasks assigned to them.”
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“Employers and federal award recipients should not be able to make workers give up whistleblower rights or force whistleblower claims into arbitration through agreements signed before any dispute exists.”
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“People connected to federal contract or grant work should be protected if they report serious waste, abuse, lawbreaking, or specific health or safety dangers to the proper government or oversight office, or if they refuse an order that would make them break the law.”
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“A person charged under covered classified-information laws should be able to argue they should not be convicted if they disclosed information to the public to expose illegal conduct, serious mismanagement, major waste, abuse of power, or a specific health or safety danger.”
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“A person charged under covered Espionage Act or classified communications laws should be allowed to tell the court why they acted, including when they say they were trying to expose wrongdoing or danger.”
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“Whistleblower protections should cover more people tied to federal contract or grant work, including contractors and grantees, some former workers, personal services workers, and people working through state, local, tribal, territorial, or certain intelligence-related entities.”
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“The new chance to explain why a person acted and the new public-interest defenses should apply only to covered Espionage Act and classified communications charges, not automatically to every federal crime prosecutors might charge after a classified-information disclosure.”
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“People inside intelligence agencies should be able to report wrongdoing without being punished for it.”
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“For several classified-information crimes, prosecutors should have to prove the person meant to harm the United States or help another country. For some national defense information charges, prosecutors should also have to prove the information was properly classified and tied to national defense.”
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