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Obama order protects intelligence community whistleblowers

President Barack Obama signed an executive order last week creating new protections for national security and intelligence community whistleblowers, effectively sidestepping a congressional impasse provoked by the reservations of congressional Republicans. The order — formally known as “Presidential Policy Directive 19” and signed by Obama out of public view on Oct. 10 and without a […]

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