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Intelligence Chief Publishes New Training Guide to Teach Whistleblower Rights
By Jenna McLaughlin
Intelligence chief James Clapper this week published a new training curriculum on whistleblower rights for all federal employees and contractors with access to classified information, even as critics point out that effective recourse for reporting problems remains limited.
The four-part course fulfills a promise Clapper made in the fall of 2015 and is designed to train all government employees, from analysts in intelligence agencies to Postal Office workers, in reporting “illegality, waste, fraud, and abuse while protecting classified national security information,” according to a blog post shared on the intelligence community’s Tumblr page, IC On The Record.
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https://theintercept.com/2016/12/09/intelligence-chief-publishes-new-training-guide-to-teach-whistleblower-rights/