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Whistleblower Employed By Federal Whistleblower Protection Program Fired For Blowing The Whistle
During the first Democrat presidential debate, Hillary Clinton was asked about Edward Snowden and what she thought of his actions. Her response: "He could have been a whistleblower. He could have gotten all of the protections of being a whistleblower. He could have raised all the issues that he has raised. And I think there would have been a positive response to that."
Three points here:
First, as a mere contractor, Snowden was not covered by whistleblower protections.
Second: he did in fact try going through established channels, but as expected, nobody cared.
The third point is perhaps most important. To illustrate it we use the example of Darrell Whitman who worked as a San Francisco-based investigator for the Whistleblower Protection Program - the very Federal agency tasked with offering protection to whistleblowers - when he went public with claims that the agency failed to defend workers who faced retaliation for reporting illegal activity and public safety concerns.
In an interview with NBC Bay Area earlier this year, Whitman said he tried to warn OSHA leaders that his managers pressured investigators to close complaints without proper review to clear a backlog of cases.
Whitman said his supervisor altered his reports by changing his conclusions and dismissed cases even when Whitman found they had merit.
It didn't stop there: Whitman wrote letters to OSHA leadership and to the U.S. Secretary of Labor, Thomas Perez. "I had gone through every conceivable channel and what I saw was inaction," Whitman said.
In the end Whitman told NBC Bay Area that he was fired as retaliation for raising red flags about the agency.
"They got rid of the squeaky wheel," Whitman said. "I was going to report what I thought to be violations of law and policy. They were going to have to answer to those reports and they didn't like that."
The letter announcing his termination said Whitman had been fired for six separate reasons, including "lack of candor during an investigatory meeting" and "unauthorized release of government documents."
Whitman said the "real reason" he was fired is because he took his concerns public.
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To summarize: a whistleblower who worked for the Federal Whistleblower Protection Program was fired for blowing the whistle on his employer: the very agency that was supposed to protect him.
And now, back to Hillary who told the nation with a straight face that the person who was about to expose the most Orwellian espionage nightmare in US history, should have followed the proper channels and that there "would have been a positive response to that."
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You just have to blow the Federal whistle. Then everything is fine.
The bad part is the Federal Whistle is considered to be Stanley Fischer's skin flute.
Yeah. Blow the Federal meat whistle.
You fucked up, you trusted us.
Seriously, do we here at ZH have to brief every possible employee of the government as to what the role of their job is?
What next, a BLS worker gets fired because he is upset that they are pulling stuff out of their asses?
It's the government. I am more scared to think there are still people who believe that the government is here for our benefit.
pods
Relax, dude. I work for the government, and I'm getting paid an hourly wage to post here.
Believe me, I take this job SERIOUSLY.
You'll get no down vote from me, no sireee
Hey bro, me too!
I am being 100% serious here. IS there ANY branch or agency of the gov't that the US wouldn't be better off if we shut it down completely? Maybe the Dept of Defense?
Are you going to take away their 'black' budget?
I was going to give you an up arrow, but something is impeding me. Cue the Twilight Zone theme.
I up arrowed some others before and after trying yours----weird, man!
Same thing here, and it just happened on the thread I looked at just prior to this one. I had posted a comment similar to yours on that thread.
There's alot more flute playing than working going on in those .gov offices.
When are people going to learn, it's not transparency politicians want, it's the appearance they are after.
Every company I've ever worked for that had some sort of 'Complaint Department' or 'Open Door HR Policy' it was always just a tool for management to weed out "complainers" who were stupid enough to self-report. Nice to see that's a universal thing everywhere.
Guess nobody told him it was a rape whistle. He blew the whistle and got fucked. Anybody suprised.
Pinned him down and jammed it in like a fat salamander.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hY3W9Z4bdS8
One of the best, Doug Stanhope.
Classic. Love Stanhope. Possibly the smartest comic out there.
I thought the feds preferred a flute player over a whistler.
"I thought the feds preferred a flute player over a whistler."
So of, they are the piper that forces people to follow thier marching orders.
ironic, ain't it?
Gave 5 points only for the headline! Didn't bother to read the text...
Hillary always lies.
Now that seems a little harsh, "always", really? If you don't believe me ask Vince Foster.
How many whistles could a whistle blower blow, if a whistle blower could blow whistles?
At least they didn't torture him........
He must've missed the fine print regarding Whistleblower Protection Program* in his employment contract.
* Whistleblower Protection Program is not available to Agency employees and/or other members of their families.
"How many whistles could a whistle blower blow, if a whistle blower could blow whistles?"
In the case of the Federal gov't the answer is Zero!
If you want to be protected you have to "blow the whistle" alright . . .
Happy 5 year anniversary Bastiat!
Whoa! Didn't realize that! Do I get a chip or something? or do those come after I quit?
is this anything like the "ship-shipping ship shipping shipping ships?"
"I shipped my pants."
"We blew the whistle on some folks..."
WOAH!! Shocked! /SARC!
Hillary needs a whistle enema, so she can blow it out her ass...
Fugly, POS, lying, evil, whore.
... or a magical queef whistle
saw it in Tijuana, squinting through one eye with the hiccups
She's just awful....
I think this is, as you say, irony.
Yeah, Hillary Clinton looooves whistleblowers.
And carpet munchers
Didn't he get the Memo? Its a Criminal Fraud System, run by Criminals & owned by Criminals.
Look up the word retard and you see the Clinton family Portrait, right along side the Obama toilet paper
Welcome to the USSA BITCHEZ
Speaking of whistle blowers, the latest from our favorite whistleblower. Snowden releases treasure trove about drone strikes at The Intercept
https://www.rt.com/usa/318767-obama-drones-papers-leak/
https://theintercept.com/drone-papers
If you are going to link at least link to The Intercept and give Glenn Greenwald and Jeremy Scahill some props:
https://theintercept.com/drone-papers
I did
Ok
+100 Amazing, much worse than we could have imagined.
Police suppose to protect and serve, politicians suppose to serve people, financial institutions suppose to serve your financial interests, schools suppose to teach, health care suppose to CARE when you are sick...
For uninformed, this is how the fall of an empire looks like.
America: The Farce
He's lucky he only got fired - a lot of whistleblowers have nail gun depressive episodes.
Or they have an episode where their car in good working order "accidentally" steers off the road into a utility pole.
Remember, kids:
See something, say nothing.
Dog whistle blown out by Long Rang Acoustic Hz frequency device.
Long Range Acoustic Device (LRAD) G20 Pittsburgh ...
He shoulda knowed better.
We have a saying posted on the garage wall... "What is said or done in the garage stays in the garage." I think this applies to most government agencies.
I suppose if you are going to blow the whistle better have a job lined up. A couple of days ago a client of mine was fired in what appears to be a clear case of retaliation for attempts to unionize. I am doubtful the NLRB does much in those cases either.
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Ripped from the pages of the Onion… When you can't tell reality from satire, you know we're in big trouble.
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V-V
An operative to expand Unions opposed to free enterprise witch hunts. Look beyond the fog bank of deception.
Just another example of why people think corruption is one of the biggest problems with the Government.
I've seen first hand how OSHA basically covers up safety violations for constrution companies and big developers OR shakes them down if they won't "play ball". The LAST friggin thing OSHA cares about is worker safety. Good for this guy for standing up to it. Small chance he actually wins.
"Hillary who told the nation with a straight face that…… [Snowden] should have followed the proper channels."
Like she should have done with her emails too. But hey, she’s special, and to question her actions is to be labeled an unfair bully while she receives accolades from HuffPo and otherMSM for simply refusing to even acknowledge you. It’s beyond madness.
Is it time to cut off all their fking heads NOW?!?!?!
Are you guys paying attention? The Snowden thing was staged to give Obama legal cover for all the illegal shit he was doing. Everything he was doing illegally is now legal. Everyone involved has been questioned during his administration, while they have gov't protection.
When will we see "Whistle Blowers" .... on all the government compensation, welfare, expense accounts, retirement .... we are not all equal ?
WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE
Hey, Edward,
Where did Boozer send your termination notice?
And, just another reason to consider staying put or getting ghostier. You'll never see the light of day in the Good Ole' USA
Any other questions?
Plenty of people here have you in their thoughts.
No COLA for us Social Suckers .... so why the drastic increases in EBT cards and rent subsidy .... every "nigger" should wear a collar with LED screen .... flashing his total compensation package .... with instant updates .... transparency and FOIA now !
You aren't paid much for this, obviously.
"Whistleblower Employed By Federal Whistleblower Protection Program Fired For Blowing The Whistle"
Example #999,999,999 of why it's all just one big farce. One more and we'll hit a billion.
I got dizzy after reading the title.
Story of my Life.
Uncle Sam and the Navy decided to get me framed as some sort of "Person of Interest"; and kept on launching Investigations against me ever since.