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prorected freedorn of speecn. constitutionally have vrol.ared Mr. Conroy's reporting alleged Mr- Conroy has done an outsLanding 1ob of truthfully he has mrsconduct in tne DHS, and iCE in parcicuiar. Speci fically, filed class acEion lawsuit d:scrirntnaEron covered ext-ensrvely the federal which is currenCly being the former U.5. Ctlscoms Serviee. sga:nst rn U.S. Distr.r.cc Court in t^Jashrngron, D.C. )rtrgaced must be answered in this t{e bel }eue rhere are a nurnber of quest }ons that Mr. conroy's spouse rnatcer such as who auchorized the agents to contact Also, at che San Anconio III II. and n: s :mmedraEe superior acEions by governrnent whac are che rnoErves behind these drscurbrng cc send a nressage Eo DHS employees i.n agerrcs? i{ere these agent.s cryrno mrsconducr and wasce, f raud orcer Io rnt rrnr,late t hem rnto nor reportrnq a n c a b u s e r n c h e g o v e . r n r n e n c? of F o r o o l n q h ) s l l o b ' ^ ' e II a s a n r n v e s E ) g a I r v e r e p o r c e r , t o r c h e b e n e f i t (or refaliation by Mr Conroy has now been r:rqeted che eniire nat:on, of drsplay )n whaE can only be de-"crrbed as a blatant DHS bur3aucrais thaI t.he i ntrrn:dc,f ion, and abuse cf auEhority threaten bu) I y lecrics, It carr oe argued that. t.hese agents ani freedorrs aII funeri;ans hold rJear cherr 51r.r:crrors have now becorne dornescrc enemres of cire ConscrCuE.ron chey haveswC}rrrcoProte(:f.InrevJ'el.,rngtheaEtachedartic]euvffi Cated l4ay 2tt, ?O05, and by Conroy hrmself dared Aprr-I 7, 2005, our Board of rhe OPR nas Cont-l-urjedEhet the ul"Irrnate obiect)ve of Drrecrors t-or'roy r.lds to obtain of Mr the rtames of the federai "rntervrew" ernplo'/ees',rho n,ade prr-ltecCed whtsf leblOwer djscJOSureS Co Che preSS/ tO and to get hinr fired frorn his job Ln:tmrdace Mr. Conrov and hrs famrly, wrth cne San Anronio |lll| are reprehensrb.l.e These ac[]ons -r. ro say che Ieasc. prJ.or Eo As f eder.rI !aw errforcement of f rcers we are we1l aware that conCucIrrr! ]nvesEigatrons of members of che press such as or rnterviews Mr Conroy, a serles nus. be obcerned from the inuesrigative of approvals a g e n c v ' s h e a d c r ' t a r t e r s a s w e l .I a s f r o r n t h e U n r t e d S t . a r e s A t . t o r n e y , These policr es are in place wirn alrnost every federal agency because of [he sensrr ivrt ies in'rc,tved, issues deali.ng with "rhrch rnclude ccnstrt.ut. lonal ou. trisrq- freedorns such as freedom of speech. We ncIe:har t h e I ' ' l 1 Si r s c o n c r n u e d ]cs requiremenC that deparEmenE pledge prohrb-ttrng ernp,Ioyeessiqn a se.recy sensicive !hem from sharrng but rrrclassifr*cj prlDJrc. co the . : . r1r o r r r : a I i . o n t r r t h ' * h e AccorCing a g r e P r T r Q r,) f a r ) V r n l C , : n r a t i O n E h a C , l O " : ] t l C o r n p r o r n I S e C h e P r t v a C y o f rndrvtluals incerest or "aCverseLy af fecr the natiorra] or conducr of feCera.i. progr:ams" lras consrdered according ro New York Times sensrcrve, Prror rlsked r0lll3/35). to Lhrs polrce chanqe, violators penalties ;:dninrstrai ive, disr:rplrnary, criminal One and cruil prov)slon requrred rnSpections s - i( l r r e r s t c c o n s e r : t f o g o v e r n n e n t "aE any r.me or place' Eo ensure cornp).j-ance. In rhe rnstanc case. the OPR agents descrrbed t h e d o c u r n er r t i n q u e s E i o n a s b e r n q n o n - c l a s s i f i e d Frnal iy, aJ I an s rr. you know, protected reporced drsclosures t.o you, or t-o any aLll:ncrlzpr) r,lclprent, t'aII under tl'\e Federal Employee Protecilon lfJrli c{ Or.:closures Act d S.494} vrhich amencjed lhe lfomeland Securrcy Act o f ; C r t r 2 . I a s l . c l - . a r _y ' o u d r r e c r DHS supervrsors and rnanagement of f j.cials co obey the Isvr and .';toP reta). iating againsr employees f.Or making prot:.ecced drsclosure::. 8y exercrs.!.ng cauf ion and comrnon sense r,uhen d e a ) .i n g w r E h e r n p l o y e e s / a n d b y t a k r n g a p p r o p r . r a t e s t e p s E o e l i m i n a r e the potenr-iaL for reta i iacory your organrzacion can effectively conducf, of Iawsurt.s and damages, reCuce rhe risk best wj.shes Thank you F"or your Lrme, and knovr chac your have our sincere jn whaE we aii posf tion. know .rs a diffrcult but very importanf Sr nce re I y,

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