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9/11 whistleblower warns against new defense spending bill listen

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Tags: national defense authorization act, 9/11 attacks, 9/11 Commission, whistleblower, whistelblowers, FBI, NDAA

Americans are entitled to a fair trial under the Sixth Amendment of the US Constitution, but the new defense spending bill that passed by an overwhelming majority in the Senate last week excluded an amendment to prohibit the military from indefinitely detaining US citizens.

Former FBI agent Colleen Rowley is now an anti-war activist,...

Stronger Whistleblower Protection Bill Passes Senate Committee

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Good afternoon, welcome to Radioactivity on WMNF. I'm Rob Lorei. Coming up we'll talk about stronger protection for government whistleblowers. But first some listener comments about last Thursday's discussion on health care reform.

According to the Associated Press,

Last week a Senate committee unanimously approved legislation to protect federal employees from being punished for blowing the whistle on waste and corruption.

The bill allows many government workers to take reprisal ...