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allow agency employees to blow whistle by talking to Congress

President Obama's signing statement in the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009, used opague criteria to preserve a gag on the ability of federal employees to talk with Congress "where such communications would be unlawful or would reveal information that is properly privileged or otherwise confidential." It's hard to know what categories of communications are being gagged when someone resorts to squishy language like "proper" and "otherwise confidential." Agency employees' access to Congress is crucial if we want whistleblowers on illegal, unethical, or improper behavior by political appointees and the president. Currently, employees can be retaliated against for talking with Congress.

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