Whistleblower Staff Blow The Whistle On Special Counsel

[Mnemosyne]

Whistleblowers have been being fired quite freely in this administration, as with Sible Edmonds and Kevin Ryan.

Kevin Ryan is the 911 "whistleblower" who worked for Underwriters Laboratories and dared to question the NIST´s findings that jet fuel melted the steel in the WTC.

If people with the courage to speak out continue to be silenced this easily, we are in major trouble folks.

Let's keep focused on what happens with this case. It will be a critical sign as to how far the neo-cons are willing to go to hold on to the power they have stolen.

Bless the brave souls from OSC, may they have the courage and fortitude to not back down.



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Whistleblower Staff Blow The Whistle On Special Counsel; OSC Staff Want Independent Investigation of Illegal Personnel Practices

http://www.commondreams.org/news2005/0303-03.htm


“Scott Bloch as Special Counsel is like discovering that your fire chief is a closet arsonist,” stated PEER Executive Director Jeff Ruch, whose organization is suing Bloch in federal district court to obtain information about the “special consultant” job Bloch gave to his son’s former Catholic boarding school headmaster and about other no-bid contracts. “This complaint asks Scott Bloch to do the bare minimum – step aside so that his own employees can exercise the same rights that other civil servants enjoy.”

The complaint also details other highly questionable actions by Bloch, including –

· Targeting Gay Employees and Failing to Investigate Allegations of Sexual Orientation Discrimination. Bloch selected the only two openly gay employees at OSC for forced transfer. By contrast, Bloch promoted the only senior staff member who agreed with Bloch’s position that his office lacked jurisdiction to enforce bans against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation – a position at odds with that of the Bush White House. In addition, he refused to investigate a gay whistleblower’s charge of blatant sexual orientation discrimination and retaliation; and

· Dumping Whistleblower Cases. Bloch instituted a rule forbidding his staff from contacting a whistleblower if their disclosure or complaint was deemed incomplete or ambiguous. Instead, OSC would simply dismiss the matter. As a result of this gag on communicating with whistleblowers, hundreds of valid whistleblower cases may have been prematurely closed.

“The mission of this office is too important not to have an independent review of the Special Counsel’s conduct,” added Danielle Brian, Executive Director of the Project On Government Oversight, noting that Bloch is supposed to protect whistleblowers but has vowed to punish “leakers” who disclose problems in his office. “This office needs to remain above reproach in its handling of employees.”

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Sorry if this is a dupe.

[Liberty Belle]

1. Kick! An article the other day said 1,000 whistleblower cases dismissed.

This is the ultimate case of the fox guarding the henhouse. It's high time for a special prosecutor. Dems should raise Cain over this issue, loudly and publicly. We should all hassle our legislators, especially the REPS, to go along with the appointment.

Of course, once a special prosecutor was appointed, he'd have to look into government corruption, where that might lead. . . .

[lonestarnot]

2. Whistle while you work ....bushitler is a jerk lalala lala la n/t