Whistleblowers are the conscience of society, yet suffer gravely

Re:Whistleblowers are the conscience of society, yet suffer ... by shrubble on Sunday April 30, 2023 @12:54PM (#35764381)

It's even worse than it appears... https://www.zerohedge.com/political/over-10000-fbi-agents-ca...

Over 25 per cent (at the least) of FBI employees can access secret databases on people.

'In his investigation, Horowitz found that none of the 29 randomly chosen queries had been carried out properly or legally. Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) said from an earlier conversation with Horowitz that in 25 of the cases, “there was unsupported, uncorroborated, or inconsistent information.” The FBI couldn’t even produce the relevant investigative files in the other four.'

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Re:Whistleblowers are the conscience of society, yet suffer ... by cde-v on Sunday April 30, 2023 @03:36PM (#35765890)

Any better sources than Zerohedge/Epoch Times?

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Re:Whistleblowers are the conscience of society, yet suffer ... by boomboomsubban on Sunday April 30, 2023 @08:39PM (#35767900)

The video of the hearing is available, https://twitter.com/JudiciaryGOP/status/1651588376196182016

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Re:Whistleblowers are the conscience of society, yet suffer ... by Spooky23 on Sunday April 30, 2023 @05:32PM (#35766810)

Any query made by the FBI of this sort of data would at minimum be CJI exempt from most disclosure. For FISA stuff, even more controls would be in place

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Re:Whistleblowers are the conscience of society, yet suffer ... by Phileosopher on Monday May 01, 2023 @01:16PM (#35775978)

Who, exactly, is responsible for the FBI, CIA, NSA, et al. if they over-reach?

We tend to believe there's an implicit checks-and-balances system in place, but the most dramatic historical time time a government official wanted to defund a secret-holder of the government was JFK.

In other words, how is this not a quiet dictatorship by another name?

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