Saturday, August 25, 2007
More Whistleblowers
Another whistleblower-getting-stomped-by-big-government-thugs story, this one from a while back. Actually, it turns out that the Sibel Edmonds story has been out for a while, so this isn't exactly a breaking story. But it's new to me and this is exactly the kind of story that needs to get out, so I'm blogging it.
Some of it is almost laughably absurd, for instance the part where "even information about her birthday and the schools she had attended became classified, a so-called matter of national security too dangerous to disclose."
But this part should send chills down your spine:
She's got a website, by the way, which you ought to check out. See also the Let Sibel Edmonds Speak blog for further information, including the recent airing of information regarding her case that was previously classified.
Meanwhile, Pardon My Paradox looked up Bunnatine Greenhouse, one of the whistleblowers mentioned in the article linked to below, and her story appears to check out. He also found that Donald Vance received this year's Ridenhour Truth-Telling Prize (awarded annually to a whistleblower "for bringing a specific issue of social importance to the public’s attention").
http://www.forret.com/tools/trackback.asp?title=More Whistleblowers&blog_name=Decline and Fall&url=http://www.declineandfall.net/2007/08/more-whistleblowers.html
Some of it is almost laughably absurd, for instance the part where "even information about her birthday and the schools she had attended became classified, a so-called matter of national security too dangerous to disclose."
But this part should send chills down your spine:
"My attorney stood up and argued the case about the state secret's privilege. Then the court asked [us] to step out of the court...while the government argued its side. Can they do this? This is the United States of America. The guards escorted us out and they locked the doors. We don't know what [the FBI attorneys] told the judges. My attorneys could never know what they argued. As far as we know, they could have made the most outrageous lies. There was no one there to challenge them. We assume that they did because a few weeks later the court upheld the lower court's ruling."Just another day in the War on the Enemies of Freedom.
She's got a website, by the way, which you ought to check out. See also the Let Sibel Edmonds Speak blog for further information, including the recent airing of information regarding her case that was previously classified.
Meanwhile, Pardon My Paradox looked up Bunnatine Greenhouse, one of the whistleblowers mentioned in the article linked to below, and her story appears to check out. He also found that Donald Vance received this year's Ridenhour Truth-Telling Prize (awarded annually to a whistleblower "for bringing a specific issue of social importance to the public’s attention").
