The CIA this week terminated a woman whose whistleblower account of being assaulted in a stairwell at the spy agency’s headquarters prompted a flood of colleagues to come forward with their own complaints of sexual misconduct.
Carroll, the woman’s attorney, said she had been given protected whistleblower status before speaking with Congress. But those familiar with the Whistleblower Protection Act cautioned that such protections can be limited, especially at the CIA.
Tom Devine, a longtime whistleblower rights advocate who is legal director for the Government Accountability Project, said CIA employees don’t have the same rights as other federal employees because of national security concerns.
“You can blow the whistle, but only within the intel community,” Devine said. “So when she went to the police, she was very much on her own. It’s an obnoxious loophole.”
Such a classic - “You can only complain to the people who won’t do anything”
Such a classic - “You can only complain to the people who won’t do anything”
I get the whole “national security” bit, at least to a degree…
But if America’s national security is at risk because a woman told the cops she was assaulted, something is very wrong.
What kind of secrets are there that voters must not be aware about? Not one.
“You can blow the whistle, but only within the intel community,”
That is absolute bullshit. Classified intel and missions are irrelevant to sexual harassment in the workplace.