May 30, 2006

Whistle-blowers have no rights to free-speech

Court rules no whistle-blower free-speech right - Yahoo! News
Steven Shapiro of the
American Civil Liberties Union said, "In an age of excessive government secrecy, the Supreme Court has made it easier to engage in a government cover-up by discouraging internal whistle-blowing."

Other ACLU officials predicted the ruling will deter government employees from speaking out about wrongdoing for fear of losing their jobs.

So now it is even easier for the Bush administration to attack whistle blowers. As we are now plunging ever deeper into what can really only be described as the beginnings of a police state, this is one more blow people trying to keep the government honest.

Posted by pqbon at May 30, 2006 3:47 PM