i learned the hard way, you cannot trust any of the internal supposed mechanisms that are there for oversight. the chain of command, the i.g. s office, even at the d.o.d. i.g. i found was basically trying to put a knife in my back. the whistleblower protection act does not apply to the intelligence community. they re exempt from it. most people in the intelligence community, they don t realize that. so you can t even go to the office of special counsel because they re exempt from that, too, and the merit system protection board. so even if you use the intelligence community whistleblower protection act, the only thing that gives you is the right to go to congress. it doesn t have any teeth there to protect you against retribution from the agency that you re reporting abuse on. russell tice, former nsa analyst, whistleblower. thank you very much. what happens to a city when
he did? oh, absolutely. i learned the hard way, you cannot trust any of the internal supposed mechanisms that are there for oversight. the chain of command, the i.g. s office, even at the d.o.d. i.g. i found was basically trying to put a knife in my back. the whistleblower protection act does not apply to the intelligence community. they re exempt from it. most people in the intelligence community, they don t realize that. so you can t even go to the office of special counsel because they re exempt from that, too, and the merit system protection board. so even if you use the intelligence community whistleblower protection act, the only thing that gives you is the right to go to congress.