Tom Devine, Legal Director of the Government Accountability Project (GAP), discusses the US government’s attempts to silence whistleblower Robert MacLean, a former air marshal; Maclean’s exposure of critical DHS security lapses and generally stupid policies in 2003-2006; the “civil war” within the Obama administration on free speech/whistleblower protection measures; and MacLean’s significant – and surprising – victory in court.
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