The Growing War Against Whistleblowers

TS Radio Network

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Whistleblowers are not “leakers” as you claim Mr. Trump. They have not threatened national security nor revealed any government secrets that would jeopardize the public safety. And, they do it knowing full well that the full force of that agency will come down on them with every intention of destroying every last day of their lives. Whistleblowers are people with enough integrity, character and courage to speak up about all the wrong-doing that costs us all in one way or another. And in government, these are rare individuals. Have some respect, please.

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We have a president who appears to be unable to differentiate between whistleblowers who expose massive mismanagement, dysfunction and abuse of federal agency positions which cost the American taxpayers billions, as opposed to those who “leak” national security secrets that expose the ugly underbelly of a government that is obviously terrified, and which despises its own population.

As a career businessman, it would seem far more likely that you, Mr. Trump, would have an appreciation for those who expose the gross mismanagement of federal agencies that affect the bottom line for all of us, including you. Instead, as the President it appears that you are agitated and determined to lump these people in with those who have exposed so-called national security secrets. Consistently referring to whistleblowers as “leakers”, you constantly put one in mind of the spoiled, privileged child. Temper tantrum to follow.

Note to President Trump: Whistleblowers who expose the mismanagement and waste and abuses occurring across all federal agencies have exposed no national security secrets. They are not leakers as you claim. They are doing their jobs with more integrity and character than the majority of individuals who have secured a cushy federal position and who have proceeded to abuse that position. I would think you, as a businessman, would appreciate more than most the financial impact of allowing these kinds of activities to continue. Or, are you wanting us to believe that exposing the abuses of public trust has some unknown tie to keeping us all safe? From what?

But then again, what do these abusers have to worry about? All their legal fees are paid by taxpayers. When the evidence is so massive that there is no denying the charges against them are valid, they are allowed to resign their position in order to retain all their federal benefits.

But what happens to that whistleblower who stepped forward and did the right thing?

They are usually immediately suspended. If not suspended, they are isolated in small cubical with no computers, no phones, no work…and forced to sit there all day at taxpayers expense doing nothing.

Their co-workers often times join in the ostracizing of the employee.

Fake documents and reports are entered into their employee file.

Once terminated, and they usually are, there is no end to the retaliation, intimidation and harassment of the former employee. This can and does go on for years. Every effort is expended to ensure the former employee never again finds gainful employment.

Employment in a federal agency requires the employee to report fraud, abuse, waste, misuse of funds, and discrimination of all kinds. This is an integral part of the position being offered and once the individual accepts that offer of employment they are bound by these provisions. If any one, or all of these issues occurs, the employee is required to report it immediately. If they do not report it and it is exposed at a later date and it is determined that the employee knew, or should have known these issues were occurring, they are deemed to be just as guilty as the perpetrators. It is a carefully laid trap that leaves the employee vulnerable.

After more than four years of broadcasting Whistleblower radio shows, highlighting the rampant dysfunction across virtually every federal agency, I am able to come to a few conclusions that make any sense whatsoever. The managerial dysfunction, the sexual harassment, misuse of funds, abuses of offices, abject failure of offices such as civil rights, equal employment opportunity, inspector generals, and other in house creations that supposedly exist to oversee these agencies, are a massive waste of taxpayer funding. They are simply obstacles put into place to impede any positive corrective action that would correct the reported abuses, and many times blatant criminal acts that occur each and every day in federal agencies.

The massive funding supplied to federal agencies at the expense of taxpayers should at the very least allow the public to have some say in how these agencies operate. These are government businesses that we make possible via our taxes. And these businesses are allowed to contract against the public interests for profits as each of them is a privately owned corporation contracted to the federal corporation and operating as a “governmental services” agency. But the fact is, not even congress can control what these agencies do or how they operate. Which is why most of them sit on their collective behinds and play dumb.

No individually owned business would be allowed to operate at such a low level of efficiency, much less at the extreme levels of mismanagement and abuses of all kinds, that occur daily in those under the supposed control of the government. They would be shuttered and put out of business immediately and those responsible would be held accountable. But that doesn’t happen in these federal agencies, does it?

Whistleblowers are not “leakers” as you claim Mr. Trump. They have not threatened national security nor revealed any government secrets that would jeopardize the public safety. And, they do it knowing full well that the full force of that agency will come down on them with every intention of destroying every last day of their lives. Whistleblowers are people with enough integrity, character and courage to speak up about all the wrong-doing that costs us all in one way or another. And in government, these are rare individuals. Have some respect, please.