Is transparency, disclosure, accountability, and whistleblower safety better off with the latest NDAA FY 2023?
Is the cause of transparency, disclosure, accountability, necessary public education, and whistleblower safety better off with the latest NDAA FY 2023 version? It was filed in the U.S. Congress on Dec 06, 2022.
Click on the following LINK to read the latest NDAA version that is about to be signed by the House of Representatives and then by the Senate and President Biden: https://rules.house.gov/sites/democrats.rules.house.gov/files/BILLS-117HR7776EAS-RCP117-70.pdf
SOME NEW DETAILS:
"UAP" now refers to UNIDENTIFIED ANOMALOUS PHENOMENA and (as the previous version) it includes transmedium objects.
The current office "AARO" (ALL ANOMALIES RESOLUTION OFFICE) will keep its name and will not be renamed "UAPJPO."
The sentence "temporary nonattributed objects or those that are positive identified as man-made," that forced AARO to focus on non-manmade objects has been erased from the final bill.
The historical, comprehensive UFO study that had been assigned to the Government Accountability Office (GAO), an arm of Congress, is now being assigned to AARO, with GAO only performing a later "audit" and congressional briefings. However, the historical study concerning how the USG related to "to unidentified anomalous phenomena" has been extended to January 1, 1945. It might include research into the so-called "Trinity UFO crash."
The latest NDAA may force the Secretary of Defense (SECDEF) and the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) the obligation to listen to and protect whistleblowers. But a provision stating their right to engage in a private cause of action against the USG was eliminated.
However, the new NDAA also forces a deadline on the Secretary of Defense to retransmit whistleblower information to the appropriate Congressional Committees and leadership in 72 hours or less:
"Not later than 72 hours after determining that an authorized disclosure relates to a restricted access activity, a special access program, or a compartmented access program that has not been explicitly and clearly reported to the congressional defense committees or the congressional intelligence committees, the Secretary shall report such disclosure to such committees and the congressional leadership."
We must also keep in mind that the information given to the U.S. Congress may not necessarily reach the general public if it is considered too sensitive.
Giorgio Piacenza
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