Enhanced interrogation used on US citizen whistleblower

[Lanya]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20430153/

[hnumpah]

Our government at work.

Aren't you proud?

[BT]

Thre are two sides to every story. I guess we wait for the civil trial to hear the other side.

[Plane]

Deep Throat leaked anonymously , this might have been a good idea for him and might be the way to go when the corrupted ones you are blowing the whistle on are powerfull.

[Universe Prince]

Our government at work.

Aren't you proud?

Don't you get it? These whistleblowers, they're just idealists with no understanding of the practical aspects of the situation. They have no understanding of the pressure involved in making the kind of day to day decisions which these people who are being reported have to make.

(That wasn't too sarcastic, was it?)

[Lanya]

Deep Throat leaked anonymously , this might have been a good idea for him and might be the way to go when the corrupted ones you are blowing the whistle on are powerfull.

Deep Throat wasn't anonymous to Woodward and Bernstein.

Who should this guy have trusted?

[hnumpah]

(That wasn't too sarcastic, was it?)

Naaah.

Nothing this administration does surprises me anymore. I mean, after 'losing' hundreds of millions of dollars in cash that was distributed with no records kept, 'losing' thousands of weapons, paying exhorbitant amounts for no-bid contracts that provide dubious services, and on and on, ad nauseum, what else would you expect? Fraud, waste and abuse is always going to be around when government bureaucracies are involved, but this gang has taken them to new highs. Or lows.

[kimba1]

well whistleblowers rarely do well in life
the only one whistleblower in life that ever became a hero
is linda tripp
even though having her tape the conversation is illegal
it`s a dangerous game
take a lesson from the streets
stop snitching
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-03-28-stop-snitching_x.htm

you can learn alot from rappers

[Amianthus]

the only one whistleblower in life that ever became a hero
is linda tripp

Karen Silkwood, Frank Serpico, there are many others.

[kimba1]

silkwood?
didn`t she accidentally get cancer?

[Amianthus]

silkwood?
didn`t she accidentally get cancer?

Yeah. She had also previously testified to the AEC about lax safety standards at the nuclear plant she worked at.

[Richpo64]

>>the only one whistleblower in life that ever became a hero is linda tripp<<

Say what?

LMAO!

[kimba1]

most whistle blowers get hurt.
serpico was shot
silkwood is dead
pretty much ever IRS snitch has mysteriously tax problems
linda at best got fired from a traditionally temporary job.
lets just say she doing much better than any snitch I recall

[Amianthus]

most whistle blowers get hurt.
serpico was shot
silkwood is dead
pretty much ever IRS snitch has mysteriously tax problems
linda at best got fired from a traditionally temporary job.
lets just say she doing much better than any snitch I recall

Now this is different than your original comment. You stated that they don't become heroes. Those DID become heroes.

Many just get new jobs (sometimes in different careers) and / or settle with their former employers for multi-million dollar amounts and live a life of quiet obscurity. Based on this comment ("doing much better") - the whistle blowers in this category, the ones you never hear from again, are meeting that goal of "doing much better."

[kimba1]

I`ve never of any of them doing better in life.
maybe serpico