This makes me wonder how a Hacker News-for-politicians variant would fare, if political managers at various levels in the chain could post under a pseudonym to bring high level attention to some broken or un-oiled cog. Not necessarily for civilians to find out but for other political operatives to learn about and pull whatever levers they can pull to resolve issues internally. My understanding is that the government (at least the US Fed) is very top->down information wise, and e.g. a town clerk in Kansas has no available way to interact with INS even when they need to for their job.

Let's say one day you stumble upon some nuclear centrifuge in the middle of a field. Who do you even call and how do you do it in such a way that you don't end up on the no-fly list for the rest of your life?