A Whistleblower's Story

[housewolf]

(Note: I received this in a private email. The source was not included nor could I obtain the source. I do not know who or where this came from and cannot vouch for its authticity. I post it for your consideration with the cavaet that it's not verifiable.)



I am a whistleblower. Over the past five years I attempted to deliver
disaster message, in turn, to the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial
branches. It took over four years to find a forum in which I could
communicate that message. After the message was delivered the agency
stopped what it was doing, but the stonewalling has continued to take place.

I don't want to get into what the message was about, but I would like to share my views of the nature of the group illusion.

It seems to me that the operation of the Federal government is tribal in nature. With the various clans all aligned to protect the reputation and status of tribe and clan.

I characterize the operation of the three branches as the three monkeys.
The Executive branch does not speak, in that if you try to deliver a
disaster message no one will tell you anything about what you can do.
Representatives will only handle the complaint of people that they
personally represent. Mine told me that they don't get involved in
complaints like mine, but would pass on my complaint to the agency that I
complained about. The Legislative branch is the monkey that won't see. The
monkey that does not hear is the Judicial branch. The law is res judica,
judicial decisions are based on decisions that have been made in the past.
In the past the judges served the King.

This is a state of affairs that each one us would probably prefer to operate
under, as it would free us to express and pursue our psychological impulses
without very many restraints. The end result of this is that our government
is relatively free to be incompetent, irresponsible and lawless.

The war on terrorism provided the government the justification to set aside
even those few restraints.

The whistleblower is despised by all the branches of government, by the
people generally, and by the news media. They are turncoats against the
agency that employed them or parasites who want to get money for doing
nothing, or people who were rightly fired for doing something wrong. Of
course this isn't always the case, and because of this Congress passed the
Whistleblower Protection Act.

When a whistleblower has been subject to a personal action they have
recourse to the Office of Special Council (OSC), which is an Executive
branch agency that investigates allegations of retaliation as a result of
whistleblowing. One office head set up a course to teach agencies how to
fire whistleblowers. Another is quoted as saying that "whistleblowers
should have their heads blown off." About 5% of the cases are resolved
favorably in some fashion as a result of an OSC investigation. Of those who
appeal their cases to the Merit System Protection Board about 5% are in some
way favorably resolved there. If a whistleblower wants, they can then appeal
to the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals (FCCA). Such an appeal is limited,
about 5% win. It takes about two and half years to get a decision, from the
time of an initial complaint to the OSC, to the point in time when FCCA
denies your appeal.

Deep throat was not a whistleblower whose acts were subject to the
protection of the Whistleblower Protection Act. He was not fired. None of
the famous whistleblowers of recent years was an individual whose acts were
subject to the protection of any of the whistleblower laws.

The illusion is that there is any protection under whistleblower protection
laws. The purpose of setting up the system, to hear whistleblower
complaints, is to create an illusion that there is a process to protect
whistleblowers. Of those who win under this system the majority are not
working for the Federal government within three years of winning their
complaint at any level.

Having been through the process I would suggest that if anyone had an
impulse to put their family through it, they would be better served to take
the advice of the former head of the Office and blow their own head off, in
the long run it would be less traumatic for your family, unless you have
hundreds of thousands for attorney's fees.

The people, ignorant of governments actual operations are not fit to
understand or judge,and the so the illusion of the reputation of the United
States is protected.

The government while not speaking, seeing, or hearing complaints is able to
maintain an image of itself and for the people that it is competent,
responsible and law-abiding.

Yet, the reality is that our government operates as series of iron triangles
formed between businesses, the executive, and congress, who using the power
granted to them by the people and acting under immunity are free to be
incompetent, irresponsible, and lawless.

CE

[Carolab]

1. Right.

As a former government employee, I can vouch for this.

Blowing the whistle only draws negative attention to yourself. It doesn't stop anything. It's a buddy system, and they protect each other.

"Deep Throat" worked through the media. The problem we have now is complicit media. So how to get around it?

If our elections are fixed, our representatives aren't really responsible to us. We are like slaves in a feudal system, allowed to occupy and work his lordship's land, at his direction.

[LightningFlash]

2. Right, but there is away getting around it.

By waking up the people, and as the more people wake up, the more the scales fall away and dissapear.

Fox News is now down so low they are going bankrupt. Now is not the time to throw in the towel anywhere, not when progress is happening.

Finally, we do have the media. The new alternative media, and they are awake to everything that's going on. All you have to do is spread that message, and get it to the right ears by applying the pressure and channeling that energy.

Then, the revolution will take effect.

http://conyersblog.us

[Carolab]

3. I work at this and keep the faith.

It's just such a huge right-wing conspiracy, you know?

[LightningFlash]

4. How huge is it?

It's only as huge as you make it out to be. Remember the people have all the power, always will. Less than 1/4 country listens to CNN or Fox News, the grip of their power is far far less, more insignifcant, and not even tangible than people over-exaggerate it as.

[Carolab]

5. Problem is, the people don't seem to know it.

And unless/until they do, they are mere captives of this evil empire.

[LightningFlash]

6. Now you got it.

The people everywhere simply need to find out about it, and wake up to the fact that yeah, they can sure as hell make a difference. It's been a long time the U.S. has been asleep, and now it is waking up to its own circumstances.

[Carolab]

7. Yes.

I spend a lot of time telling friends, family and associates the truth and where to go for more of it. It's a real thrill when they get it and get involved, because you know you've just recruited another foot solder who will recruit more...