against from a from a workplace in a job standpoint. so, you know, for me i think this whistle-blower does need to publicly testify and be subject to cross-examination, which is consistent with the american legal traditions that we all believe make this a great country. so, maya wiley, is the former chief law enforcement officer of the united states telling the truth there? is there a confidentiality understanding with whistle-blowers? so there s a yes and a no. so i want i want to be very straight up with the public on this. the yes part, of course there is an assumption on the part of a whistle-blower that was built into what was a trump i mean an obama-era policy directive that not only that as long as you re going through the process that we ve laid out, if you re
matthew whittaker appeared on fox news as well yesterday and said the whistle-blower has no right to anonymity. if we break something, if we let politics interfere with outing a whistle-blower? well, a whistle-blower is never guaranteed anonymity. and all they re guaranteed is that they won t be retaliated against from a workplace, in a job stand point, so you know, for me, i think this whistle-blower does need to publicly testify, and be subject to cross-examination which is consistent with the american legal traditions that we all believe make this a great country. so according to the new york times, this is only partly true. part of the inspector general act of 1978 states that agency watchdogs quote shall not, after receipt of a complaint, or information from an employee, disclose the identity of the employee, without the consent of the employee, unless the
you know, i got screwed up there. sorry about that. and david jolly, a former republican member of congress from the great state of florida who has since left congress and the republican party, come to think of it. maya wiley, i want to talk to you about whistle-blowers in general, but i have one more thing to show you. this is former attorney general whitaker on fox news. do we break something if we let politics interfere with outing a whistle-blower? well, a whistle-blower is never guaranteed anonymity and, you know, all they re guaranteed is that they won t be retaliated against from a from a workplace in a job standpoint. so, you know, for me i think this whistle-blower does need to publicly testify and be subject to cross-examination, which is consistent with the american legal traditions that we all believe make this a great country. so maya wiley, is the former
republican member of congress from the great state of florida who has since left congress and the republican party, come to think of it. maya wiley, i want to talk to you about whistle-blowers in general, but i have one more thing to show you. this is former attorney general whitaker on fox news. do we break something if we let politics interfere with outing a whistle-blower? well, a whistle-blower is never guaranteed anonymity and, you know, all they re guaranteed is that they won t be retaliated against from a from a workplace in a job standpoint. so, you know, for me i think this whistle-blower does need to publicly testify and be subject to cross-examination, which is consistent with the american legal traditions that we all believe make this a great country. so maya wiley, is the former chief law enforcement officer of the united states telling the truth there? is there a confidentiality understanding with whistle-blowers? so there s a yes and a no.
them arguing that there is no law that shields whistle-blowers from identification. let me play some of that. yeah, okay. so as we know, the statute does not provide for the whistle-blower to remain anonymous. it protects them from retaliation and that retaliation is really about retaliation in terms of their job. well, a whistle-blower is never guaranteed anonymity. all they re guaranteed is that they won t be retaliated against from a workplace and a job standpoint. so let s be clear, harry, once and for all. are they protected? can their anonymity be protected? and if it s not, would exposing the identity of a whistle-blower open you up to criminal charges? yes, we hope so but not criminal charges. so in brief, look, it s sinister what s out there, right? we know that they don t want to get the whistle-blower s