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Since passage of the 1994 amendments, 20 encouraging patterns are beginning to emerge. New trends suggest that respect for the WPA's good government free speech mandate 21 may be taking hold. Based on traditions to date, however, the price of progress will be eternal persistence. The legal system's schizophrenic perspective on dissent reveals the inherent consequences of secrecy -- sharp contradictions between policies set in the public eye and those implemented outside it. This Article will summarize how Congress's 1978 attempt at executive branch whistleblower protection failed, and analyze the significant changes adopted in 1989 and 1994 to strengthen the law of dissent. Finally, the Article surveys results since the [*536] latest legislative revision, with recommendations for loopholes that must be filled in order for the rhetoric of whistleblower protection to be credible. (Description from Source) |