Whistleblowers' "Dirty Dozen"

The National Security Whistleblowers' Coalition announces their "Dirty Dozen": lawmakers who, through inaction or resistance, have done a disservice to the cause of open government and accountability.

Their announcement reads: 

"The following members of Congress, by their action or inaction, have stood against real investigations, hearings, and legislation dealing with government whistleblowers who have exposed waste, fraud, abuse, and or criminal activities within government agencies.

These representatives of the People are not only standing against whistleblowers, but against the public’s right to know, effective oversight, accountability, and ultimately against the democratic processes that underpin our society. We, the National Security Whistleblowers Coalition, together with whistleblower members of our partner coalitions, consider it our duty to advise Americans of these representatives’ collusion with government and private interests to the detriment of the People.

Our position is based on our concern for our nation’s security, for accountable government, and the People’s Right to Know what their representatives and government are doing in their name, all of which depend on vigorous congressional oversight.

Our stand is not based on any political ideology or party – our coalition members include Republicans, Democrats, Libertarians and Independents. We do not ask you to vote for or against these individuals; nor do we ask you to choose a particular candidate over another.

All we ask is that before you decide to vote, you consider the true positions of these representatives with regard to their lack of candor or courage on core issues that matter to our country’s well-being. Over the years, time and again we have informed these representatives about illegal government actions, agency fraud, and lying to Congress by administrators and bureaucrats. Yet these representatives have consistently refused to take any action and have instead betrayed the People they have taken an oath to serve.

We hope that by appealing directly to the American people, we can help bring about needed reforms, since we have proven unsuccessful in our appeals to the following representatives: the Whistleblowers’ Dirty Dozen.

» Read an interview with NSWBC founder and president Sibel Edmonds on the "Dirty Dozen"

The Whistleblowers' Dirty Dozen list is as follows (in alphabetical order):  

    Senator Hillary Clinton
    Senator Mike DeWine
    Rep. David Dreier
    Rep. Dennis Hastert
    Senator Orrin Hatch
    Rep. Peter Hoekstra
    Senator Jon Kyl
    Senator Joseph Lieberman
    Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger
    Senator Rick Santorum
    Rep. James Sensenbrenner
    Rep. Mark Souder