(06-06-2020, 05:52 PM)Tsunamy Wrote: This needs to be reworked. Someone can only be considered a whistleblower if they are doing to someone with power in an attempt to fix something; if they are just telling a friend about questionable behavior, that wouldn't be a whistleblower — nor should it have protection.

I suggest we change 'another individual' to 'a person with authority.' We'd need another section to define "person with authority' - I guess it would be different depending on the identity of the whistleblower, so (for example) a Cabinet member raising concerns with another Cabinet member wouldn't be considered whistleblowing, but a legislator raising concerns with a Cabinet member would.

I also think there needs to be a 'good faith' element to the act of whistleblowing, so that you're not entitled to whistleblower protections if your concerns are not genuinely held.

Finally I suggest that outing an anonymous whistleblower, if it is to be a crime at all, should be a separate offence rather than considered an act of espionage.