[IP] more on CRS Report finds govt whistleblowers lack adequate protections
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From: "David P. Reed" <dpreed@xxxxxxxx>
Date: January 11, 2006 7:51:50 PM EST
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Cc: ip@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [IP] CRS Report finds govt whistleblowers lack adequate
protections
Bush, in his signing statement on Sarbanes-Oxley, also completely
gutted the protections that act afforded whistleblowers, by stating
that he would only enforce it in extremely narrow special cases (when
there was an active Congressional hearing already under way prior to
the whistleblowing).
(of course, that is of extreme benefit to the corporate managements
who paid for Bush's election - future Enrons, for example, need not
fear Sarbanes-Oxley blaming CEOs for shenanigans, if the
whistleblowers have to fear retribution without protection).
For an understanding of what Bush has done in numerous signing
statements that assert will not enforce any laws, I suggest the paper:
Christopher S. Kelley, Miami U, Ohio: "Rethinking Presidential Power
-- The Unitary Exectuive and the George W. Bush Presidency" - to be
presented at the Midwest Political Science Association, April 7-10,
2005.
It's eye-opening. Bush apparently truly believes that he can read
the laws Congress passes almost any way he feels like.
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