Who wouldn't want to protect Whistleblowers?

Government crooks, of course!

Government Accountability Project:

"WASHINGTON - April 28 - Today, the Government Accountability Project (GAP) denounces David Dreier's (R-CA) Rules Committee for twice denying the House of Representatives the opportunity to vote on protections for national security whistleblowers. The Rules Committee rejected whistleblower rights amendments submitted by Tom Davis (R-VA) and Henry Waxman (D-CA) for Wednesday's consideration of the intelligence authorization bill. A similar amendment will not receive an up or down vote during debate today on lobbying reform.

'Whistleblowers are necessary for Congress to fulfill its constitutional responsibility to conduct effective oversight,' said GAP Legislative Representative Adam Miles. 'While passing an intelligence authorization bill that condemns leaks of classified information, House leadership refused to even consider alternatives that would allow intelligence employees to bring their concerns to the Congress.'

The lobbying reform bill, H.R. 4975, which the House may vote on later today, has been largely criticized as too weak to reform the legislative process. In adopting a rule in the early morning hours that limits today's debate on the lobbying bill to nine amendments, the Rules Committee did little to quash this criticism. Among the 65 amendments rejected by the Rules Committee was H.R. 5112, an ethics and accountability proposal that includes landmark protections for national security whistleblowers. It was approved unanimously by Chairman Davis' Government Reform Committee on April 6. "