So it's no surprise that the proposed Homeland Security Department will be exempt from the Freedom of Information Act and from whistle-blower protection.

The House has approved an overdue remedy that would strengthen whistle-blower protection and the penalties for retaliators.

As a result, whistle-blower protection is compromised.

Federal law gives "whistle-blower" protection to employees of airlines, much like the protection given federal employees, if they can show that they are being penalized for reporting improper activity.

"Workers will retain whistle-blower protection, collective bargaining rights and protection against unlawful discrimination."

Among other things, he would give whistle-blower protection to plant employees, and provide for stricter policing of other pathogens implicated in food-borne illness.

"None of the changes to which we have agreed detracts in any way from Congress's intent to strengthen the whistle-blower protections."

The US Supreme Court has stripped whistle-blower protections for most government workers.

Private companies and non-profit organizations benefit when whistle-blower protection is included in company policies and bylaws.

And as soon as the bill was passed, the administration began issuing "guidance" to federal prosecutors that will undermine the law's intent on whistle-blower protection, document shredding and more.