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The spy who tried to stop a war
Spy Symposium, American University, Washington DC, September 24, 2008
PoliPointPress present Katharine Gun and the Secret Plot to Sanction the Iraq Invasion. Gun will be appearing at the Spy Symposium tonight alongside Vietnam-era whistle-blower icon, Daniel Ellsberg; veteran CIA analyst, Ray McGovern; Boston University professor and former CIA officer Arthur Hulnick; clinical psychologist and author Dr. Peter Whitmer; and International Spy Museum executive director Peter Earnest. Martin Bright, the London Observer editor who risked prison to publish the leak, will be a special guest.
This high-profile symposium at the American University will focus on controversial global ethics issues versus "national security."
Host: Peter Kuznick, Associate Professor- American Unversity
Time: Speakers:
10.40 Marsha Mitchell, Journalist and Associate Director at Film Institute
16.40 Katherine Gun, GCHQ whistle-blower
29.02 Martin Bright, Journalist and Political Editor for NewStatesman
48.45 Daniel Ellsberg, Veteran CIA analyst
01.11.00 Peter Earnest, Executive Director-International Spy Museum
01.25.00 Ray McGovern, Former CIA officer
01.44.00 Norman Solomon, Journalist and Media Critic Spy Symposium, American University, Washington DC, September 24, 2008 ... more -
Fox News Whistle Blowers
A video I was sent today about the practices of Fox News. It's seemingly quite old, but interesting nonetheless.
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Over 900 whistle-blower fraud cases in limbo at DOJ
A Washington Post story Tuesday reported that there are over 900 whistle-blower cases in limbo at the Department of Justice that allege government contractors and drug companies have defrauded taxpayers out of billions of dollars.There have been 300-400 new cases brought each year since 2001 but the branch of the Justice department assigned to investigate them has only been able to get through approximately 100 per year. A Washington Post story Tuesday reported that there are over 900 whistle-blower cases in limbo at the Department of Justice that alleg... more
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U.S. Military Contractor 'Used Armored Cars To Transport Prostitutes'
Some explosive testimony this afternoon from a panel of whistleblowers testifying before the Senate’s Democratic Policy Committee on contractor abuse in Iraq.
A contractor died when a DynCorp manager used an employee’s armored car to transport prostitutes, according to Barry Halley, a Worldwide Network Services employee working under a DynCorp subcontract.
“DynCorp’s site manager was involved in bringing prostitutes into hotels operated by DynCorp. A co-worker unrelated to the ring was killed when he was travelling in an unsecure car and shot performing a high-risk mission. I believe that my co-worker could have survived if he had been riding in an armored car. At the time, the armored car that he would otherwise have been riding in was being used by the contractor’s manager to transport prostitutes from Kuwait to Baghdad.“
Other revelations:
- Kellogg Brown & Root contractors used to destroy countless quantities of still-usable equipment that was difficult to transport in “massive burn pits” that were “burning 24 hours a day.”
- KBR’s ice foreman “was cheating the troops out of ice at the same time that he was trading the ice for DVDs, CDs, food and other items at the Iraqi shops across the street.”
- When KBR whistleblower Frank Cassaday reported weapons looting, he was placed in a jail tent by KBR security.
- KBR employees looted Iraqi palaces for treasure to sell on eBay. Some explosive testimony this afternoon from a panel of whistleblowers testifying before the Senate’s Democratic Policy Committee on c... more -
Whistle-Blowers not allowed to tell the American People what is really going on.
After watching this video, go out and see if you can find a book called Spider's Web. All designed to hide the real truth behind what these so called public servants are doing as they pass through the revolving door.
The wrong doing seems to know no limits. All as they tell the American People that we have no right to know what they are doing while serving in Public Office. After watching this video, go out and see if you can find a book called Spider's Web. All designed to hide the real truth behind ... more -
Those who blow whistle on contractor fraud in Iraq face penalties
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. This is so sad and scary. One after another, the men and women who have stepped forward to report corruption in the massive effort to rebuild Iraq have been vil... more
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