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GAP Releases Statement on Snowden and the NSA
June 17, 2013 -
NSA Leak Prompts Talk of Limiting Contractor Access to Secrets
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Intelligence Contractors like Snowden Excluded from Whistleblower Protections
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POGO Supports Bill to Declassify Surveillance Court Opinions
June 12, 2013 -
Senate Intelligence Panel Moving Toward Transparency
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CIA Nominee Got Big Check Before Joining White House
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Wyden Pumps the Brakes on Anti-Leaks Legislation
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Pentagon Intensifies Efforts to Plug Leaks, Catch Leakers
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Victory for National Security and Intelligence Community Whistleblowers
October 11, 2012
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June 6, 2013
Conservative Report Finds $1.8 Trillion in Pentagon Savings
In a report released Tuesday, the fiscally conservative organizations
R Street Group and National Taxpayers Union found over $1.8 trillion
in potential savings at the Pentagon.
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Topics: National Security
June 6, 2013
Shielding the Whistleblowers
An amendment offered by Reps. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) and Mike Coffman (R-Colo.) that would go a long way to address the shortcomings of the current law to ensure that service members are protected from retaliation when they report sexual assaults and oth
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Topics: Whistleblower Protections
June 5, 2013
House Votes Today on Whistleblowers in the Military
As the House Armed Services Committee marks up the National Defense Authorization Act, POGO and others urge Members to support the Speier-Coffman Amendment for military whistleblower protection enhancements.
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Topics: Whistleblower Protections
June 5, 2013
Senate Should Support Cardin Amendment to Farm Bill Over Grassley-Donnelly Amendments
There is a clear and important divide between two amendments to the Farm Bill currently under consideration in the Senate.
Topics: Open Government
June 5, 2013
Unreleased: Probe Finds CIA Honcho Disclosed Top Secret Info to Hollywood
In a new article, POGO revealed a previously unreleased Defense Department Inspector General’s office report that says former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta disclosed top secret information at an event attended by a Hollywood executive working on the movie
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Topics: Government Accountability
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