Obama Admin's PPD-19 protects this whistle blower

I like it

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PPD-19 creates whistleblower protections for two traditionally vulnerable groups of federal workers: those within the intelligence community and those with access to classified information. Under PPD-19, intelligence workers are protected from various forms of retaliation including demotions, reassignments and termination. However, workers do not have a private cause of action to enforce their rights. Instead, they must need to rely on nonbinding recommendations from an external review panel.

The first provision applies to members of the intelligence community, defined by PPD-19 as “any executive agency or unit thereof determined by the President under section 2303 (a)(2)(ii) of title 5 ... to have as its principal function the conduct of foreign intelligence or counterintelligence activities.” PPD-19 specifically names the following:

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence

The Central Intelligence Agency

The National Security Agency

The Defense Intelligence Agency

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

The National Reconnaissance Office

PPD-19 embraces those agencies not covered by the WPEA.

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PPD-19 contains an expansive definition of “protected disclosure.” An employee is protected if they make a disclosure to any supervisor in the employee’s direct chain of command, as well as to the inspector general of the employing agency or intelligence community element; the director of National Intelligence; the inspector general of the intelligence community; or to an employee designated by any of the above officials for the purpose of receiving such disclosures.

To be protected, the employee must reasonably believe that their disclosure evidences a violation of any law, rule or regulation or gross mismanagement, a gross waste of funds, an abuse of authority or a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety.

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I'm admittedly behind on the whole "muh Russians" thing but are we now saying leaking classified info is "whistleblowing"?

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Who was it leaked to?

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Why does it matter?

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Why does it matter?

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It matters because going to the Chariman of the fricking House Intel Committee and informing him of classified material on a classified fricking server that he is authorized to view exists is not leaking anything you stupid motherfricker.

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The chain of command was followed.

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How do you know? signed Rexcatur

What you are claiming occurred and what PPD-19 protects are two different things. The language of PPD-19 is pretty clear. Not sure how you got confused.

I agree with you nothing was done inappropriately. However unless you are saying the info was first submitted to a committee for a review PPD-19 doesn't apply.