$2.3 trillion dollars missing from Department of Defense prior to 911. If we can't trust them with our money, how can we trust them with our lives and liberties?

Michael is a public policy consultant who works on health, education, privacy, foreign policy, national security and food-related issues. His clients include but are not limited to: The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons Swankin & Turner law firm and the Arlington Institute.

In one of the worst examples ever of the federal government creating a problem, purporting to solve the problem and then making it much worse, the Congress and the Bush administration have made it all but impossible for you to maintain the confidentiality of your most personal information.

Congress could vote soon to pass H.R. 4157, deceptively titled the “Health Information Technology Promotion Act.” A somewhat different Senate version, S. 1418 (“Wired for Health Care” has already passed, lead by sponsors Ted Kennedy and Hillary Clinton.

The Liberty Coalition, a transpartisan network dedicated to defending Americans’ liberties, applauds hearings on whistleblower protection to be held today before the House Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations. Russell Tice (National Security Agency) and Professor William Weaver from the Liberty Coalition partner organization National Security Whistleblowers Coalition (NSWBC) will be heard in the proceedings. Former members of the intelligence community will tell Congress about the retaliation they have experienced since they came forward to expose problems in their respective agencies.

By Sibel Edmonds (a.k.a. whistleblower)

Dear Mr. Goss, the timing of your recent op-ed in the New York Times interestingly coincides with the upcoming congressional hearing by the House Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats & International Relations on National Security Whistleblowers. Your comments are predictably consistent with the pattern of “preemptive strikes” you and the administration have been keen on maintaining. I do not blame you for your opposition to legislation to protect courageous whistleblowers, which will enable the United States Congress to reclaim some of its authority and oversight that it has given up for the past five years. No sir, you have all the right and reason to be nervous. However, I must take issue with your attempt to mislead the American public - another habit of your heart - by presenting them with false information and misleading statements.