A VA whistleblower uncovered evidence that his detractors were digging through his medical records as a means to discredit the information he released regarding the mishandling of treatment for suicidal veterans.
“Digging through whistleblowers’ medical records for ammunition? That’s low.”
Whistleblower Alleges Continued Retaliation by VA
Reason
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“A former U.N. official declared Thursday that the way the U.N. handled allegations of child sexual abuse by French soldiers in the Central African Republic proved how the organization took down its own whistleblowers.”
“James Wasserstrom, a former top anti-corruption official and veteran U.S. diplomat, condemned the U.N.’s ‘reckless disregard for serious allegations of wrongdoing’” regarding the sexual exploitation of innocent children in the Central African Republic.
UN Accused of Harboring Vendetta Against Whistleblowers
RSN
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“Multiple whistleblowers in the US Marshals Service have informed Republican Senator Chuck Grassley’s office that leadership is allegedly using Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to retaliate against them for seeking to report systemic abuses of power.”
Jesselyn Radack, the director of the Government Accountability Project’s (GAP) National Security and Human Rights program, stated:
“I haven’t seen government officials filing FOIA requests about individual whistleblowers to get information to retaliate against them,” Radack stated. “Certainly, it’s a creative way to retaliate, and I wouldn’t put it past an official who is out to get a whistleblower.”
US Marshals Service Whistleblowers Allege Officials Use Freedom of Information Act to Retaliate Against Them
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