On the 40th anniversary of the "IG Act"

IG Horowitz is speaking to the good folks in civil service to the DOJ & FBI, contract recipients, grantees, and presumably NSA, in highlighting the coordinated efforts to root out waste, fraud, misconduct, mismanagement, etc.

My take away is: "Our mandate is broad, and we could use your help from the bottom up. If you've seen something, say something." Whistleblowers have protection and speaking truth to power is the foundation of trust in our American institutions.

>>3079986

Not to start a JP slide here, but "hierarchies tend toward tyranny." As they rigidify over time, bureaucratic SOP can become oppressive to the point of becoming the "old tyrant too blind to see what's happening under his nose;" co-opted, perverted, taken advantage of, and eventually so corrupt are the inhabitants of what was once a living ideal, the perceived ethos of the hierarchy becomes that of corruption, in totality. Reaffirming the safety/protection of whistleblowers in today's world is certainly significant.

In the minutiae, however, nuanced is the difference, between a subversive leaker and patriotic whistleblower.

>>3080330

Good find. Ref to NYPD