189-1, score of US intell bureaucrats vs. whistleblowers

2-11-18     watchdog investigated 190 cases alleged retaliation against whistleblowers—found intell bureaucrats only once ruled in favor of whistleblower   
The report was near completion following a six-month-long inspection run out of the Intelligence Community Inspector General Office.  It was aborted in April by the new acting head of the office, Wayne Stone     
https://www.thedailybeast.com/us-intelligence-shut-downs-damning-report-on-whistleblower-retaliation
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2-20-18   Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s administration offered $162,000 in state tax breaks to bring to South Florida the manufacturer of the Kalashnikov AK-47 assault rifle, even though the U.S. had imposed sanctions against Russian-made military assault weapons.

FL Department of Economic Opportunity signed the tax refund deal with the owner of Kalashnikov USA – RWC Group LLC – in October 2015.  Taxpayer money was offered under the department’s qualified target industry program that looks to create jobs in exchange for state benefits.  In this case, the target industry the governor was trying to attract is listed as “small arms manufacturing.”    http://www.floridabulldog.org/2018/02/gov-scott-skirted-russia-sanctions-to-offer-tax-breaks-to-maker-of-ak-47-assault-rifle/

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LAS VEGAS -- A Pennsylvania firm (RWC Group) plans to begin manufacturing the AK-47 Kalashnikov in the U.S. this spring to skirt sanctions that ban imports of the iconic Russian rifle, an official said.     https://www.military.com/daily-news/2015/01/22/firm-set-to-manufacture-russian-ak47-kalashnikov-rifles-in-us.html