“Whistleblowers is another aspect that needs to be addressed. We have to restore the protections of whistleblowers and also the encouragement and rewards. It shouldn't just be that they don't get crucified; it should be that they are again folk heroes, or celebrated for bringing critical matters to public attention, as opposed to traitors.” NeedsShouldMatterAttentionHeroAspectEncouragementRewardsFolksCriticalProtectionTraitorWhistleblowers Author:Ted Gup
“One of the things that will probably need to be addressed is in the treatment of history, i.e. the Presidential Papers Act. If they can act with impunity, if they know that what they're doing is not going to see the light of day anytime in their lifetime, if they have the right to withhold information from the public, then presidents are given a vastly freer hand.” IfsKnowsNeedsHandsLightGivenPresidentInformationPaperLifetimePresidentialTreatmentPapersImpunity Author:Ted Gup
“If all these guys think that nothing is going to come out for 100 years, they're going to act a whole lot more boldly. So we need to get back into the declassification business. This notion of overclassification is not just a bleeding-heart liberal issue. When everything is classified, nothing is classified.” IfsThinkingNeedsYearsHeartWholeGuyIssuesNotionGet BackBleedingBleeding Heart Author:Ted Gup
