Office of Special Counsel's War On Whistleblowers
OSC is investigating Karl Rove's political machine. But until recently OSC head Scott Bloch's policy was to ignore whistleblowers' tips on murder, espionage, and terrorism, while vigorously rooting out any signs of the "homosexual agenda."
it looked as if leroy smith was going to get some recognition after all. A safety manager at a federal prison in California, he had challenged his bosses, risked his job, and endured threats of retaliation to expose hazardous conditions in a prison computer recycling program where inmates were smashing monitors with hammers, unleashing clouds of toxic metals. Now the federal government was flying him to Washington, D.C., as a whistleblowing hero. The Office of Special Counsel (osc), the federal agency charged with protecting government employees who expose waste, fraud, and abuse, had scheduled a catered event honoring Smith as "Public Servant of the Year." The office's director, Scott Bloch, had prepared a flowery speech that was later posted on the agency's website, referencing Sophocles and The Shawshank Redemption: "In the end, Morgan Freeman's character truly becomes what his name implies—a Free man," it read. "One person can root out corruption and abuse of power. Once he understands this, he is redeemed and can break out of the trap of fear, and break free into the light of integrity and justice. That is the effect of seeing a brave whistleblower stand up and win; it inspires the rest of us."
Only Bloch never delivered that speech. Just minutes before the September 7 ceremony was to begin, Smith received word that the event was off because a relative of an osc staffer had died. It seemed "kind of fishy" to Smith; indeed, an osc source told me the excuse was so transparent as to be "ludicrous." The real problem, the source said, was that Bloch—a Bush appointee who, employees say, shares his boss' antipathy for dissent—had learned that Smith was planning to speak at a press conference sponsored by the whistleblower group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (peer), a persistent critic of the osc. The peer event went forward as planned, and at it Smith told the press that he felt the osc "bears some examination." True, he had been vindicated, but many of his colleagues who'd made similar disclosures had been ignored, and the prison conditions had not changed. "I cannot help but feel that my experience is a beacon of false hope for public servants who are trying to correct wrongdoing," he said.
Then again, given the current climate for whistleblowers, false hope might be all the hope there is. A series of court rulings, legal changes, and new security and secrecy policies have made it easier than at any time since the Nixon era to punish whistleblowers; the climate has deteriorated in recent years with the Bush administration's emphasis on plugging leaks and locking down government information. Bloch's tenure—he is the first director of the whistleblower office to face a whistleblower complaint of his own—has only added insult to injury.
It's come to the point where some advocates now counsel federal employees against coming forward, period. "When people call me and ask about blowing the whistle, I always tell them, 'Don't do it, because your life will be destroyed,'" says William Weaver, a professor of political science at the University of Texas-El Paso and a senior adviser to the National Security Whistleblowers Coalition. "You'll lose your career; you're probably going to lose your family if you have one; you're probably going to lose all your friends because they're associated through work; you'll wind up squandering your life savings on attorneys; and you'll come out the other end of this process working at McDonald's."
Weaver says that most of the people who contact him are so determined, they go ahead with their disclosures anyway. "I see what the result is," he sighs. "It's destruction from one end of their lives to the other."
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This is our "Democracy" in action. We need to wake up our fellow citizens.
Good reporting but very discouraging and depressing. What can we do?
For the past 30 years I have counseled and been an expert witness for whistleblowers and I have never found a time like the present in terms of the retaliation suffered by them. This administration has set back truth telling to the dark ages and there is more bad news to come when the present Supreme Court gets more whistleblower cases.
However, this administration will not silence whistleblowers but they will suffer great harm to themselves and their family. If Congress does not act then hundreds of cases will be dismissed in the court system slapping the whistleblower in the face for his/her integrity.
www.whistleblowing.us
It'svery depressing indeed to read these reports. But then, I can't stop asking myself who in hell elected those bums.
It is time that we take responsibility for the actions of our government. We elect these people (Bush only on the basis of his fathers name the first time) without considering their abilities but based upon their rhetoric. Those who voted in this administration probably are reading this column or Mother Jones at all and most probably aren't even investigating what they are being told only being led like lambs. We need to be the voices of reason and intelligence, speaking with facts if we wish to make changes in this country.
This is exactly right. I contacted an sttorney and he advised me against telling what I know and I did it anyway and they forced me out of the job. I was reporting how my boss was stealing dtugs from elderly people and they swept it under the rug. It is still happening--this world is a sad place to live.
Having worked for the federal government at a very highly respected museum back in the nineties, I was asked by the director to give her my thoughts on retail division of the museum. I submitted my thoughts that implied I thought it would have been better to merge our museum shop operations with the Smithsonian's for numerous cost savings to the museum. Several weeks later I was charged with giving a "too generous" tip for an employee's cab ride home (we were required to stay late) and then a month later charged with not signing a void slip that was not brought to my attention ( a violation) although signing the slip would in itself have been a violation. I was fired. The D.C. unemployment bureau said the claims were frivilous and suggested I file a lawsuit. Why bother. I will never work for the Feds ever again.
I knew the situation in this Administration was bad, but as information leaks out, it is abhorent.
Eisenhower warned us of the Military Industrial Complex and the fear this should invoke. It is hard to conceive that your country is as corrupt as those that are third world nations. The French Government is afraid of the people, in the United States, we should be very afraid of the Government. Lately, I have been considering moving to Canada. In the past, I never thought I would ever consider such an idea. My father fought in WWII and believed strongly in this country, I am glad he does not know it now.
rumsfield is more evil than i thought. he knew he was outting Darby when he publicily commended him. what a sleazebucket.
I filed a complaint against the "Premium" agency I worked for. Ordered to take case aginst victim of police misconduct. OSC did nothing. Agency Internal Affairs turned complaint against me. Never will speak up again. Lesson learned. Oh, I called OIG Justice and was told to call/contact my Congressional represenative. Thanks for nothing OSC and I hope the case wasn't prosecuted and an innocent man was not imprisoned.
oh, thank you, Jesus, that Nancy & Hillary are coming to fix this for us, because we've forgotten how to do it for ourselves.
I was fired after whistle blowing on a utility public service company. I had received national recognition for saving lives and was given various awards by the company. I also received the highest evaluations each week.
The day OSHA raided the plant, I ceased working for this company. I was put in an empty warehouse and told to stand there. The next day, I was fired.
OSHA investigated and ruled in the company's favor. I sued and won. OSHA is useless in protecting you.
Click on "Legal Proceedings" to read how the IRS retaliates against their own employees that blow the whistle on the IRS' illegal actions.
who came out with the idea of retaliation?
I blew the whistle on the Department of Commerce for illegally releasing federal employees 3 hours early BEFORE virtually all federally declared holidays without them using any type of leave, or leave without pay. They stayed on work time, but were not present at the workplace,or performing any type of government work. I filed a whistleblower complaint with the OSC on that matter, and wound up being furloughed for two years. During that time, I competed for many jobs that I ranked highly for, was interviewed for, but non-select for them all. No fear should be termed no use to waste your time with this farce of a complaint system.
The most corrupt ''ADJUDICATORS'' are ARBITRATORS like RHONDA HOLLANDER of RESOLUTIONS,INC....... their office is not ADA accessible,lawyers are encouraged to carry in firearms to intimidate consumers and HOLLANDER requires pre-payment with ''a check in blank''........ kangaroo arbitration.com.
BROWARD COUNTY JUDGE JAY SPECHLER and his crony ARBITRAITOR RHONDA HOLLANDER....... support racist housing patterns and prevent the elderly/disabled from attending outsourced,privatized,biased ''HEARINGS''. KANGAROO ARBITRATION.COM.
THE BAR and courthouses in BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA are blatantly racist and openly corrupt........ JUDGE JAY SPECHLER and his crony arbitrator RHONDA HOLLANDER misuse FLORIDA'S MANDATORY ARBITRATION Scheme to abuse,harass and defraud the elderly/disabled and other vulnerable citizens via FEE-GOUGING, BIASED and inaccessible ''HEARINGS'' that are designed to continue the reign of JIM CROW,ESQUIRE........ KANGAROO ARBITRATION.COM.
whistleblowers proved that JUDGE JAY SPECHLER and arbitrator RHONDA HOLLANDER were guilty of abuse of the elderly/disabled, witness tampering and fee-gouging in BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA..... result... harassment of the whistleblower and a AWARD from THE FLORIDA BAR to the crooked judge SPECHLER.
I am living an "Operation Greylord" type situation in south Florida with multiple Judges, Prosecutors, ect.. Under Federal investigation. www.leecountyconspiracy.com
JUDGES THOMAS LYNCH and JAY ''weasel'' SPECHLER are JIM CROW JUDGES.
The US Dept. of Injustice continues to suffer from the influence of corrupt lawyers recruited by JOHN ASHCROFT..... ALBERTO GONZALEZ... MICHAEL MUKASEY...... SLICK CHENEY..... MONICA GOODLING..... ROBERT COUGHLIN..... JACK ABRAMOFF... etc..... judge pimping and arbitrator bribing is taught by THE BAR........ ex-judge JAY SPECHLER of BROWARD COUNTY,FL... spent much taxpayer time raising money for spy JONATHAN POLLARD...... much of what SPECHLER does is treason. END JUDICIAL IMMUNITY..... J.A.I.L. JAY SPECHLER.
There are other Whistleblowers that I know should be part of your list but aren't. I was in a family for more than 26 years who's directly involved in this extremely wide spread corruption criminal system and there's a whole lot more that many don't know about too.
Marty Didier
Northbrook, IL
soon Bloch will go to jail for fraud and pimping the USDOJ for john ashcroft, alberto gonzalez, michael mukasey, rhonda hollander, et al.
The politics of law in this country have overridden JUSTICE! The rule of law is something that is MANIPULATED by legislative and financial incentive, instead of American representatives having ANY regard for the welfare of the American people whom they are entrusted with this responsibility. They have failed MISERABLY on both sides of the "political spectrum", by lining their pockets and PERPETUATING wrong doing and government waste! I have seen how politics do NOT ADDRESS OR RESOLVE KEY ISSUES and PROBLEMS, especially here in Hawaii! In Hawaii County, selective enforcement by police, undue influence by prosecutors and a myriad of injustice has DIRECTLY contributed to the suffering of LAW ABIDING CITIZENS! Hawaii County has become a CRIMINAL HAVEN, especially with those who have ties to police and other "county officials." Children here will NEVER have a fair chance at a clean lie, drug dealers will be free to continue their adverse impact on society (specifically, last week Judge Hara gave a cocaine dealer 60 days of house arrest instead of the required 20 year felony sentence!!!) Police are stealing cash evidence in excess of $50,000 in one case of another drug dealer they had to "release, or drop the case against, and the list goes on!
After writing over 10 complaints to police departments, mayor, governor, attorney generals, both state and federal, and a MYRIAD of other "legislators, etc., Hawaii County CONTINUES misfeasance, malfeasance, selective enforcement and color of law violations, KEEPING THOSE SAME OFFICERS ON THE FORCE! I would rather see the "Guardian Angels" over here than some of these corrupt cops, which incidentally, make the job hell for those cops who DO ACT WITH INTEGRITY, and are shot down by the "good ole boy network", that continually defies the rights of citizens and upholding of laws in this county..evidently ALL of Hawaii State has this problem, and the policy makers are rolling in the dough for the big pie...they are getting ENTIRE PIES, not just "a piece" of the pie!
Shame on DOJ, shame on our representatives...I hope they realize before it is too late, that heaven will NOT be a crowded place, thanks to their corrupt souls!!!
Our citizens know. They are just to stupid and lazy to do anything about it. They have let the Bush administration get away with murder for 8 years.
I wanted to let everyone know that I am continueing my work, but hiting 2 other cities. This time I have help.Politicle power, and feels the same and has made the time to meet me and we are going to have a very nice chat. The healing water that was also sold at Rallys in a few states, and that is a possible epidemic. I seen people go hide. I now have some interesting information that so happens to be right where I work.Lowest kind of humanitarian I have seen yet.I am part that got grants out there and boy some people will be surprised.I am located now in liveleak.com and Craigslist.com also myspace.com LIGHTED PATHWAY MINISTY. I post comments and try to let all my people know whats going on. Los Angeles County Board Of Supervisors has taken my Segment out. Juy 15th 2008. I stood accusing them of being Criminals and corrupt. They put my name and Zeb asking me IS THAT YOU MIS DICKEY? I am in his very neighborhood in the Valley. I see alot of Police Harrassment in this neighborhood.The Vaudio. These familys dont deserve this. The kids do smoke but they are nothing near as bad as they say. The gangs are dead or moved. Pure harrassment.I have stories Im taking on myspace, and these are really very good. My main storie will start with a man they call "FAT FRANK". Very sad story. They even list his name that way. He does have integrity.Tearing a man down is a Pathedic way to distroy a person.The very Family that I started my work, were Foster and Family Children Services. They have the Rarest ever seen of EDS. Ehlers Danlos Syndrome. They have a Classic Type Called: Ehlers-Danlos-Syndrome. PAPER SKIN. They have found that very family to distroy.I took down the EDS Foundation, a couple months back they ran. Then I also came up against them with an exteam amount of money. Gone Why? And they cleared out. 4 vpeople remained and I have been asked to tell my story.Two Publishing companys have asked me to write my stories. I plan to do my work, as a writer, because of so many things.So, I will be back, as I will have something very interesting to share. As for My viset to Van Nuys Supervisor ZEB? I have yet to get my appointment.My protection is UCC1-207.9 (without Predjudice). Oh! I went after the very Welfare Office including Cps Fostercare, and They still wont and havent paid us what is owed, for Foster children with Medical needs. F4 Rate in the MEDICAL PLACEMENT UNIT.No one knows about this usally. Kids with medical needs.The Severity, I have the proof. GENETICS in the Group. F1 F2,F3,F4. These catagories.I was told where they moved to, as I was accusing them of Major Fraud. They were followed. The Crimes are majoe, and Mistameaners, felony, Major Fraus, Embezzlement Medicak neglect.More. They have been caught, and the proof going to the right place.Evidence.I will tell next time who tried to help me and Her name. The warning?.......Brenda Dickie.
Help!Help!!Help!!!.
get up and fight the DCFS is coming into our home and declares you unfit to take care of your own child. Most of you know the story so get up and fight do not take it liying down,because the same people who took your children will brain wash you into believing that you really abused or neglected your child and prosecute you. this happened to us i dont know about you or your case. I'm just saying we need to come together as people helping people and believe we can change things that are wrong. Our new President said it Well; "YES WE CAN" THE PEOPLE TOGETHER YES WE CAN. LETS FIGHT FOR OUR RIGHTS AND TAKE OUR CHILDREN BACK. TOGETHER WE STAND!!!.
who knew , TEXAS has honest citizens who indicted ALBERTO GONZALEZ and slick cheney ............... long overdue ...... next JAY SPECHLER and the Broward thieves.
scott bloch is a partner at MOMBACH PERFIDIOUS HUMAWAY ........ He set up the infamous BROWARD COUNTY JUDGE PIMPING SEMINARS and blocked polygraphs and drug tests for lawyers , judges , arbitrators and other white collar criminals .
Judge Jay Spechler is one of the best judges South Florida has ever seen. They do not get any better
the only people who liked ex-judge jay spechler are THE BAR and the lawyers who found him so easy to bribe .
If JAY SPECHLER and MICKILICKY MOMBACH are the best legal minds in FLORIDA ............. Then we are the most corrupt state in the union and THE BAR earns JUDGE PIMPING KUDOS .
Broward County has nationally renowned JUDGE PIMPING ACADEMIES for CLE . THE BAR has 84,000 lawyers and loads of corrupt judges calling the GRAFT SIGNALS ...... Ex-judges David McCain and JAY SPECHLER are contenders .
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ; BERNIE KERIK , Bernard Madoff , JAY SPECHLER , robert lance andrews , SKIP CAMPBELL , Cuda HOllander , MIKILICKI HAMAWAY , Goof Mombach , dorki horki AND the judge pimping classes at THE BAR ...... FL. Statute 44.103 ....... THE ARBITRATION CORRUPTION LAW .
why did the ABA send MARY NOEL PEPYS to europe to pretend that overseas judicial corruption is worse than in the USA ....... OPERATION GREYLORD , JAY SPECHLER , OPERATION COURTBROOM .
ARIEL SHARON LAW SCHOOL is well-funded by BERNARD MADOFF , BERNIE KERIK , Jay Spechler , Gerald Garson , miki hamaway , toni horki , ADOLF MOMBACH , Rhonda HOllander , michael raphan , michael nifong and julia luyster .......... 08-61130 SDFL , ................ USA vs. THE BAR CORRUPTION FACTORY .
WOO! HOO! I hit The Nose On The Button! Lets See What Happens To Los Angeles Criminals In Power?! I Cant Wait! The Shoe Will Soon Be On The Other Foot!. Hey Supervisors You Are Going To finally Have To Stand Up To The Wrong You Have Committed To So Many Innocent People! I Just Got The Word People. I Even Get To Be A Part Of It. Your Gonna need All The Help Staying Out Of The Jail, U can Get. What A Blessing To See Justice Coming Finally! People I Will Rejoice FOR you, And With You.UCC1-207.9 (without Predjudice). Brenda Dickie.AGAIN: WOO-Hoo!!!!!
BALANCE THE STATE BUDGET ....... Close the courthouses and fire the expensive , self-dealing , corrupt judges ......... chief judge VIC TOBIN reassigned absurd , wingnut judge JAY SPECHLER and mickilicki hamaway to SATELLITE TRAFFIC COURT ....... The volatile parasites quickly quit ......volunteer mediators would replace that flatulent judges and arbitrary arbitrators .......... KANGAROO ARBITRATION . COM ....... 08-61130 SDFL ......... JAY SPECHLER MOMBACH vs. THE CHRISTIANS .
Judge Jay Spechler is one of the most outstanding jurists to ever preside in South Florida. There should be more judges like him. He is fair, honorable and kind.
JAY SPECHLER IS AN OUTSTANDING, INTELLIGENT AND FINE JUDGE.
We are fortunate to have Judges like Spechler and Arbirators like Hollander.
you are wrong. Everybody loved Jay Spechler
My zero list includes edward nekritz , meyer lansky , jay spechler , robert lance andrews ,evabraun luyster ,fredo behul , michelle hamaway , jonathan pollard horky and GENE MOSS ....... 08-61130 SDFL , HEIL SPECHLER vs. DONNA BALLMAN .
Judge Jay Spechler is one of
Judge Jay Spechler is one of the greatest judges South Florida has experienced in decades. We need more judges like him. Everybody gets a fair day in his courtroom and he is kind, considerate and hard working. Kudos to Judge Spechler.
OSC ignores violations of federal laws by M.S.P.B.
The Office of Special Counsel, or as I call them the M.S.P.B.'s personal ass-lickers, has refused to investigate allegations of the M.S.P.B. interfering with delivery of mail to M.S.P.B. personnel in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1701 (OSC file number MA-09-0939).
It appears that the OSC has become increasingly worthless and needs to be abolished, and all the so-called attorneys employed by that agency need to get one of the "shovel ready" jobs, like digging latrines for the troops in Afghanistan though that might be above their level of intelligence.
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