tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982981413278241287.post5013136112494914616..comments2023-10-28T17:54:39.467-06:00Comments on The Golden Truth: While "The Cliff" Approaches, Congress/All Federal Workers Get A Nice Pay Raise Dave in Denverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03016238915167131989noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982981413278241287.post-48771450889438851522012-12-30T13:37:07.524-07:002012-12-30T13:37:07.524-07:00Ron Paul, one of the best presidents America will ...Ron Paul, one of the best presidents America will never know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982981413278241287.post-73151118531207818302012-12-30T12:42:20.330-07:002012-12-30T12:42:20.330-07:00US Whistleblowers on Being Targeted by the Secret ...US Whistleblowers on Being Targeted by the Secret Security State<br /><br />The pivotal moment for her was when she realized the Justice Department was concealing work on the case from her. A judge had issued a court order for all communications but only handed over two of her emails. She went to a hard copy file to look for her emails, which included an assessment that the FBI had committed an ethics violation in its interrogation and torture of Lindh. Those emails were missing.<br /><br />“My heart sank,” Radack states. “I literally felt sick. They were seeking the death penalty for this person and the relevant evidence had not made it to the court, evidence that would have a bearing on whether or not his confession would be admissible against him.”<br /><br />She was eventually able to recover the missing emails. Under the Whistleblower Protection Act, which ultimately gave her no protection, she handed over evidence of misconduct and wrongdoing to Newsweek. She had no idea what would happen as the ”full force of the entire Executive Branch of the United States government” was unleashed.<br /><br />Radack was forced out of her job at a private law firm, fired from another job after the government told them she was a criminal, placed under criminal investigation but never told what for and no charges were ever brought against her, referred to a state bar based on a secret report that she didn’t have access to, which made it very hard to fight the secret charges and she was put on a “No Fly” list.<br /><br />The experience led to her deciding to dedicate her life to representing whistleblowers.<br /><br />All hell broke loose within the government” when Eric Lichtblau and James Risen wrote a story for the New York Times on the warrantless wiretapping program at the NSA. A criminal leak investigation was launched of which he became subject. FBI agents raided his home and applied immense pressure to him for two and a half years trying to get him to plead out. It was a nightmare.<br /><br />He concludes, “Besides fearing for the future of the United States I do fear the creation of a universal wiretap record of a person’s life—the ability to have vast access to databases and on the fly be able to profile anybody at anytime anywhere.”<br /><br />http://dissenter.firedoglake.com/2012/12/29/us-whistleblowers-on-being-targeted-by-the-secret-security-state/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7982981413278241287.post-79742586736209766622012-12-30T11:06:08.966-07:002012-12-30T11:06:08.966-07:00what's the beef-it's "only" abou...what's the beef-it's "only" about 1.5 billion in base pay--<br /><br />in our faces, baby, in our facesHalnoreply@blogger.com