Rep. Darrell Issa, who had previously supported the whistleblower protection bill, later raised concerns that it could help WikiLeaks and enable disclosures of classified information.
Sources
- Which Senator Secretly Sabotaged the Popular Whistleblower ... (propublica.org)
- https://www.pogo.org/analysis/how-red-herring-about-wikileaks-killed-whistleblower-protections (pogo.org)
- https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/wikileaks-furor-causes-defeat-of-rights-bill-with-las-vegas-ties/ (reviewjournal.com)
- https://truthout.org/articles/how-a-red-herring-about-wikileaks-killed-whistleblower-protections/ (truthout.org)
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