Iraq Whistleblowers Vilified, Demoted

[RamboLiberal]

Source: CBS News

One after another, the men and women who have stepped forward to report corruption in the massive effort to rebuild Iraq have been vilified, fired and demoted.

Or worse.

For daring to report illegal arms sales, Navy veteran Donald Vance says he was imprisoned by the American military in a security compound outside Baghdad and subjected to harsh interrogation methods.

There were times, huddled on the floor in solitary confinement with that head-banging music blaring dawn to dusk and interrogators yelling the same questions over and over, that Vance began to wish he had just kept his mouth shut.

He had thought he was doing a good and noble thing when he started telling the FBI about the guns and the land mines and the rocket-launchers — all of them being sold for cash, no receipts necessary, he said. He told a federal agent the buyers were Iraqi insurgents, American soldiers, State Department workers, and Iraqi embassy and ministry employees.



Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/08/25/national/main3203792.shtml

[noel adamson]

1. American heros; we should reward them in a major way.

"He had thought he was doing a good and noble thing when he started telling the FBI about the guns and the land mines and the rocket-launchers — all of them being sold for cash, no receipts necessary, he said."

And his treatment is proof that he was doing a very good thing indeed.

[mallard]

3. Re: rank corruption

Well it's obvious that the legacy of this Iraq campaign is still unfolding, that there should be some points of evidence regarding a wider conspiracy to corner legal authority through corrupt regulation enforcement, treason I think they call it - and this is evidence.

'Silver lining' only? Hopefully not, or we're all screwed.

[FreeStateDemocrat]

2. Democratic controlled congress needs to become involved in this miscarriage.

[IndianaGreen]

9. Reid and Pelosi's Congress serve the same corporate interests as the GOP

They won't do nothing! They won't even impeach Gonzo!

[Nightjock]

4. WTF has happened to this country?!

History will not only judge bushco to be evil. Most of our Dem congress will be villified for not impeaching

[IndianaGreen]

10. We lost the Republic awhile back. She died a bipartisan death!

Impeachment is off the table. The Constitution be damned. We don't need our freedoms. The unitary Executive is Lord and Master over us all.

:puke:

[ginnyinWI]

5. Criminal.

Our government is being run by a gang of criminals.

[brentspeak]

6. Our tax dollars are paying for Halliburton thugs to retaliate against whistleblowers

[brentspeak]

7. kick

:kick:

[badgervan]

8. I Just Hope....

... that one day, hopefully soon after January 2009, this crew in OUR White House gets what they deserve for what they have done to so many good, loyal citizens. And we don't even know most of the story - and probably never will. "Compassionate Conservatism", remember? I really despise this bunch.

[dailykoff]

11. Kick to link to the crash that killed witnesses story (n/t)