www.multipull.com...
On another thread/area it's explained that the act wasn't removed, it was relocated to another point in the White House archive:
www.padrak.com...
The full text of the order is this:
Executive Order 13039
Executive Order 13039
EXCLUSION OF THE NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE DEVELOPMENT GROUP FROM THE FEDERAL LABOR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS PROGRAM
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 7103(b) (1) of title 5 of the United States Code, and having determined that the Naval Special Warfare Development Group has as a primary function intelligence, counter-intelligence, investigative, or national security work and that the provisions of Chapter 71 of title 5 of the United States Code cannot be applied to this organization in a manner consistent with national security requirements and considerations, Executive Order 12171 of November 19, 1979, as amended, is further amended by adding the following at the end of section 1-205: "(i) Naval Special Warfare Development Group."
WILLIAM J. CLINTON
THE WHITE HOUSE,
March 11, 1997.
...and you can see it in a law archive here:resource.lawlinks.com... ntent/Legal_Research/Executive_Orders/1997/military/executive_order_13039.htm
The Naval Special Warfare Development Group oversee the U.S. Navy SEALS. I don't see any Navy Seal being intimidated into backing down on a good whistleblowing if he or she thought it was justified.
And I don't think there's any reason for the Navy Seals and the other similar units to be unionized.
