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Section 1: The introduction could use more background information and cover the sections that we are going to add to the body paragraphs. This would include a brief history and the importance of congressional action on signing a bill, as well as support from the President. There will be an addition of the history leading up to the necessity of the WPA of 1989 such as specific cases of whistleblowers being reprimanded for speaking out, which will be added within the History section of the article. An addition to the legal cases and their holdings, such as Samuel Shaw, Thomas Drake and Daniel Ellsberg. There should also be new changes that include the Presidential Policy Directive. Overall, the current article needs more history, specific cases of whistleblowers, legal cases, and an introduction that covers the new areas that are being added. Adding a “History” section and adding more information to the sections already provided within the original article will accomplish this. Section 2: I. Intro a. Add ellsberg, manning and Thomas Drake and the Pentagon Papers and shaw, and the fact that he was the first American whistleblower cases and the related legislation that has been enacted before and since the WPA 1989 II. History To enhance the information that is and will be included in the history section or this Wikipedia page, we will be using sources such as a book called Protecting Uncle Sam's Whistleblowers: All-Circuit Review of WPA Appeals, this source gives us clear examples of the different appeals that many people made that got them labeled as a “Whistleblower”, this book gives specific examples of the work environments and situations that people were placed into and why they chose to speak up. Also using another reference, we will analyse how safe Whistleblowers really are by looking at clear cases and examples where the protection act was exercised and how efficiently it was executed. A great reference we will use to cover the history and development of this article is a book called Whistle Where You Work? The Ineffectiveness of the Federal Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 and the Promise of the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2012. Review of Public Personnel Administration a. Add information about how and why there was a necessity for congress to pass and the President to sign such a bill. We can also add a small elaboration and analysis of why the president chose to sign the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act in 2011, offering even more safety to those who choose to come forward. By doing this we can make the article more current. https://www.whistleblower.org/press/president-signs-whistleblower-protection-enhancement-act-wpea III. Authorized Federal Agencies To give further depth to what a whistleblower might experience in the process of exposing a governmental entity or program we will include two or more websites that offer alternate information. The first is standing against whistleblowers and encourages the user to expose a whistleblower. http://www.meyersonfirm.com/qui-tam-cases/ The second encourages whistleblowing and offers free case advice and evaluation. http://whistleblower.robbinsarroyo.com/?keyword=%2Bwhistle%20%2Bblower%20%2Bprotection IV. Legal Cases Legal cases involving whistleblowers against the government stretch back to 1777 when Samuel Shaw gave information to the press that the Continental Navy was torturing British POWs. Soon after his revelations, the Continental Congress enacted the first whistleblower protection legislation in the United States. Probably one of the better-known leakers was Daniel Ellsberg. Ellsberg leaked the Pentagon Papers in 1971 revealing that endemic practices of deception by previous administrations, and contributed to the erosion of public support for the war. The release triggered a legal case concerning government efforts to prevent the publication of classified information that was heard by the U.S. Supreme Court in New York Times v. U.S. Ellsberg was also the target of retaliation by the Nixon administration for the leak. Thomas Drake is another well-known whistleblower whose revelations shed light on illegal practices performed by the NSA. Thomas Drake worked at the NSA in various analyst and management positions. He blew the whistle on the NSA's Trailblazer Project that he felt was a violation of the Fourth Amendment and other laws and regulations. He contacted The Baltimore Sun which published articles about waste, fraud, and abuse at the NSA, including stories about Trailblazer. In April 2010, Drake was indicted by a grand jury on various charges, including obstructing justice and making false statements. After the May 22, 2011 broadcast of a 60 Minutes episode on the Drake case, the government dropped all of the charges against Drake and agreed not to seek any jail time in return for Drake's agreement to plead guilty to a misdemeanor of misusing the agency's computer system. Drake was sentenced to one year of probation and community service. Chelsea Manning is probably the most well known whistleblower in recent memory. Chelsea, formerly Bradley, was an intelligence analyst for the United States Army. She is responsible for the largest leak of American classified information in history, mostly through the site WikiLeaks. There was disturbing video released of airstrikes, classified cables, and war logs. Ms. Manning was convicted under the Espionage Act and was sentenced to 35 years in prison. "A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774–1875". loc.gov. p. 732.
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