Whistleblowers

Employees in the intelligence community have been singled out by the White House for whistleblower protection. President Barack Obama signed a policy directive that aims to prevent retaliation against people who point out waste, fraud and abuse in the 17 intelligence agencies. The directive gives those agencies until July 2013 to update their personnel policies. The director of national intelligence has a year to issue guidance on precisely what disclosures will be protected. The House recently passed a bill to overhaul whistleblower protections, but it omitted employees of the intelligence community.