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A TSA agent checks a bag at a security checkpoint area at Midway International Airport in Chicago. Two TSA managers say they were punished after exposing major security problems at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. (Associated Press)

Obama oversees surge in whistleblower complaints; TSA managers latest to claim retaliation

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Carolyn Lerner, special counsel, U.S. Office of Special Counsel, testifies before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee hearing on the Department of Veteran Affairs supplying inadequate services, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Investigator: VA whistleblower cases remain ‘overwhelming’

By MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press

VA Secretary Robert McDonald, who took over in July amid a scandal over delayed care and phony waiting lists at VA hospitals, has pledged to stop the agency's pattern of punishing whistleblowers. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

VA whistleblowers tell of retribution, raise fresh concerns about employee intimidation

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Dr. Katherine Mitchell
(AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

VA settles complaints by 3 Phoenix whistleblowers

By MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press

**FILE** U.S. Border Patrol Agents listen to U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson speak during a press conference in Edinburg, Texas, on June 30, 2014. Johnson said he is sending an additional 150 Border Patrol agents to the Rio Grande Valley Sector to help with a recent spike in immigrants crossing the border through the area. (Associated Press/The Monitor, Nathan Lambrecht)

Ousted official accuses Border Patrol of cover-up

Associated Press

Tea Party supporters gather for a rally outside the IRS headquarter in Washington, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. A few dozen tea party activists and their supporters have gathered outside the IRS headquarters in Washington to protest extra scrutiny of their organizations. (Associated Press) **FILE**

IRS employee suspended for pro-Obama activities

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Bob Brown, an 87-year-old World War II veteran from Perry Kan., speaks with U.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins, left, and U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran, right, during their visit to the Colmery-O'Neil Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Friday, June 13, 2014, in Topeka, Kan. Some Kansas veterans can't get medical appointments at U.S. Veterans Affairs facilities and are having scheduled checkups canceled as the dates approach, the two members of the state's congressional delegation said after touring the in Topeka VA medical center. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

50 VA hospital workers claim retaliation for blowing whistle on the horrors they saw

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy holds up a pen before signing new emission guidelines during an announcement of a plan to cut carbon dioxide emissions from power plants by 30 percent by 2030, Monday, June 2, 2014, at EPA headquarters in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

EPA watchdog says federal board blocking probe into retaliation

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

** FILE ** President Barack Obama speaks at Fort Bonifacio in Taguig city, outside of Manila, Philippines, Tuesday, April 29, 2014. This is the last leg of president Obama's four-nation tour through the Asia-Pacific region. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

FEC lawyer used government job to campaign for Obama, investigation shows

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Government watchdog complains of DHS hiring issues

By ALICIA A. CALDWELL - Associated Press

B. Todd Jones, nominated to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, faces a claim that he retaliated against a whistleblower. (Associated Press)

Grassley sees rush to confirm ATF chief facing probe

By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

B. Todd Jones, President Obama's nominee for director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee, which was conducting his nomination hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, June 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Justice Department rarely prosecutes ‘straw buyers,’ ATF nominee Todd Jones says

By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

FILE - In this April 30, 2011 file photo, the King George County, Va. Landfill is seen. Military sources, speaking on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to release the information publicly, have confirmed that the King George County, Va. landfill was used to bury cremated portions of war remains, a practice halted three years ago. (AP Photos/The Free Lance-Star, Peter Cihelka)

Military mortuary draws scrutiny

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Visitors leave the Charles C. Carson Center for Mortuary Affairs at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware after opening ceremonies in October 2003. (AP Photo/Dee Marvin, File)

Pentagon taking closer look at Dover mortuary

By Robert Burns - Associated Press

Illustration: Airlines by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

BLOCH: Aircraft safety requires constant vigilance

By Scott J. Bloch - The Washington Times

Illustration: Hatch Act by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

BLOCH: Some Bushies had it coming

By Scott J. Bloch - The Washington Times