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babylonsister

(171,073 posts)
Mon Jan 30, 2017, 10:12 PM Jan 2017

The Dissent Channel-'no reprisals'. Maddow.

Over 100 complaints from government employees, and Spicer dissed it, threatened to fire people.

Dissent Channel

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissent_Channel

The Dissent Channel is a messaging framework open to certain employees within the United States foreign service, through which they are invited to express constructive criticism of government policy. The Dissent Channel is reserved for "...consideration of responsible dissenting and alternative views on substantive foreign policy issues that cannot be communicated in a full and timely manner through regular operating channels or procedures."[1] Messages sent to the Dissent Channel are distributed to senior members of the State Department's Policy Planning Staff, must be acknowledged within 2 days, and must receive a response within 30-60 days.[1]

The Dissent Channel was established in the early 1970s, as a response to concerns that dissenting opinions and constructive criticism were suppressed or ignored during the Vietnam War.[2] In February 1971, the right of foreign service officers to dissent was explicitly codified in the Foreign Affairs Manual.[3]

Foreign service members who make constructive use of the Dissent Channel may be eligible to receive the American Foreign Service Association's Constructive Dissent Awards.

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The Dissent Channel-'no reprisals'. Maddow. (Original Post) babylonsister Jan 2017 OP
The Trump thugs never even bothered to read the user manual. madaboutharry Jan 2017 #1
Yup. Lucinda Jan 2017 #2
We can be sure that Spicer got the OK to hit on these diplomates directly from Trump! riversedge Jan 2017 #3
No. Bannon. dt hasn't a clue. nt babylonsister Jan 2017 #4
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