27.07.2012 - 19:21 [ techdirt ]

Senate Intelligence Committee A Lot More Interested In Punishing Whistleblowers Than In Investigating Why They‘re Blowing The Whistle

A few weeks back, we noted how ridiculous it was that Senator Dianne Feinstein seemed a lot more upset that information about questionable US activities abroad was being leaked than she was about the fact that the US was involved in questionable activities abroad. And, now the Senate Intelligence Committee (of which Feinstein is the chair) has pushed out new rules targeting those who leak information to the press (what most of us call whistleblowing).