US Gov't E-Mail Snafu Exposes Whistleblowers

The House Committee on the Judiciary last week apologized to would-be government whistleblowers for accidentally exposing their e-mail addresses to other individuals who, like them, had used a committee Web site to secretly submit tips about alleged abuses at the U.S. Department of Justice.

Many of the more than 150 e-mail addresses in the distribution list included portions of the names of the whistleblowers. Also on the list was the public e-mail address of Vice President Dick Cheney, according to a statement released by the Judiciary Committee.

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