Summary
Hampton Dellinger, head of the Office of Special Counsel, sued Donald Trump, claiming his dismissal was unlawful.
The agency, which protects whistleblowers and enforces the Hatch Act, allows presidential removal only for cause.
Dellinger, appointed for a five-year term, argues Trump’s firing lacks legal justification and is part of a broader effort to dismantle federal agencies.
His lawsuit challenges Trump’s push to remove civil servants. Legal experts see this as a test of long-standing job protections.
They weren’t whistleblowing, they were going public. IIRC Snowden did use the whistleblowing path first but got nowhere. I guess, because he wasn’t outed at that point, his identity was protected. Nothing else happened though.
Snowden has a warrant out for his arrest. His passport was revoked while on a connecting flight through russia. Then we put the full force of our media against him telling everybody he was a Russian agent. How is than for protecting a whistleblower… great work. Land of the brave… erhm, home of the free, i guess…
Free to pay taxes at least. Well and some other rather nasty stuff.