Whistleblowers Soar To Record Levels Under Obama; Being Punished For Speaking Out: "Government workers speaking out in the face of security lapses and corruption have soared to record levels, while many are being retaliated against and punished by higher ups for daring to report misconduct. The Washington Times reports that The Office of Special Counsel, which oversees government whistleblower complaints, has experienced an “unprecedented rise” in its caseload. The OSC notes that 5,200 complaints were filed in fiscal 2014. That figure constitutes a 17 percent increase on 2013 cases, as well as a 30 percent rise in three years." | Nemtsov report: 220 Russian soldiers died in Ukraine battles | “Russia has engaged in a rather remarkable period of the most overt and extensive propaganda exercise that I’ve seen since the very height of the cold war,” Kerry said in February. “And they have been persisting in their misrepresentations, lies, whatever you want to call them, about their activities to my face, to the face of others, on many different occasions.” - Kerry set to meet Putin in first visit to Russia since start of Ukraine crisis
"Government workers speaking out in the face of security lapses and corruption have soared to record levels, while many are being retaliated against and punished by higher ups for daring to report misconduct. The Washington Times reports that The Office of Special Counsel, which oversees government whistleblower complaints, has experienced an “unprecedented rise” in its caseload. The OSC notes that 5,200 complaints were filed in fiscal 2014. That figure constitutes a 17 percent increase on 2013 cases, as well as a 30 percent rise in three years." Whistleblowers Soar To Record Levels Under Obama; Being Punished For Speaking Out “Russia has engaged in a rather remarkable period of the most overt and extensive propaganda exercise that I’ve seen since the very height of the cold war,” Kerry said in February. “And they have been persisting in their misrepresentations, lies, whatever you want to call them, about their activities to my face, to the face of others, on ma