Mealey's (March 8, 2018, 11:03 AM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — An auditor suspended by the federal government and given a poor performance rating after he allegedly made protected disclosures about misconduct failed to show that, minus his whistleblowing, he would not have been subjected to adverse personnel actions, a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Feb. 26 (George Duggan v. Department of Defense, No. 16-73640, 9th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 4622)....