Justice Department Report Notes Defense Department Sucks At Protecting Whistle Blowers
As large segments of the US government go ballistic over the Wikileaks issue -- potentially caused by a military whistleblower -- is it any surprise to find out that the government is admitting it sucks at protecting whistleblowers? The Justice Department has put out a report saying that the Defense Department has pretty much failed in its effort to protect whistleblowers in the military. The report also found that the military has also seen nearly double the amount of "retaliations" for whisleblowing as it had in the past.
Of course, what's most interesting about this is that this is the sort of thing that leads to situations like Wikileaks. If the Defense Department can't protect whistleblowers who go through the official process to report problems, those whistleblowers are going to go to third parties... like Wikileaks.
2010 Holiday Tech Gift Recommendations List
So many of my readers, family, and friends come to me around the holidays, and throughout the year, asking for tech gift buying advice. Starting in 2009 I simply compiled a list of various tech gadgets that I could think might be interesting to people and wrote a paragraph or two about each of them.
I've now completed my 2010 Holiday Tech Gift Recommendation List and linked to it in the top navigation above. As stated on the page, I've owned or currently own all of these items with a few exceptions. In the case of the exceptions, they are items that I've used before extensively or want for myself. You can't go wrong by buying any of these items for yourself or a friend/loved one.