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In the battle for the support of DC's newspapers, whistleblowers are winning 2-1. As we reported yesterday, the Washington Post has come out against the comprehensive whistleblower protection provisions included in the economic stimulus package passed by the House of Representatives last week. The Post went so far as to say that the provisions should be pulled from the bill, and that protecting national security whistleblowers is "just plain wrong." (click here for a rebuttal to the Post editorial) Although this is disappointing, there are at least a couple of newspapers around town who got it right.

Today, the Washington Times endorsed the whistleblower provisions, highlighting a number of important and heroic whistleblowers in the article. Check it out here.  Earlier this week, the Washington Independent also carried a lengthy article highlighting the proposed whistleblower laws, and even pointing out that there should probably be MORE protections included in the bill. 

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Yesterday, as some of you may know, the Washington Post ran an ill-informed editorial criticizing House Congressional leaders for their inclusion of a government employee whistleblower rights provision in the economic stimulus bill that they passed the House of Representatives last week. (see response to the editorial) The Washington Post says that including whistleblower provisions in the legislation was "disengenous," and that whistleblower protection for national security employees is "just plain wrong;" however, it's the Washington Post that is wrong on this issue.

We are very close to a major victory for employee whistleblowers, and we cannot give in. There are many so called leaders in this country who would rather honest employees keep their mouths shut, bury their heads in the sand, and ignore unethical and illegal actions in the workplace. We have seen that they are determined to fight our efforts to protect these brave individuals - But this time we will not be defeated. Right now our country needs whistleblowers more than ever. The will of the American people, and hopefully the will of the Obama administration is on our side.  

Whistleblower support and advocacy groups have put together a point-by-point response to the editorial, which you can view here.

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