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Toothless Deterrence Redux

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That’s because administration apparatchiks know from experience that they can retaliate against whistleblowers and House Oversight Republicans will make self-serving noises but no one responsible will actually end up accountable and punished.

Pecking Orders

The whistleblower claimed that shortly after Abbate’s appointment in February 2021, Abbate threatened agency employees concerned about the bureau’s overblown response to the Jan. 6 Capitol demonstrations that same year. [More]

He couldn’t have done that without the express approval of his T r u m p –a p p o i n t e d boss.

[Via bondmen]

A New Oxymoron

Mike and I were not real journalists, they said, but “so-called journalists.” Steve and his fellow agents “are not, in fact, whistleblowers”… [More]

There’s something seriously cognitively dissonant about “authorized whistleblowers”…

[Via Michael G]

We’re the Only Ones Excuse-Making Enough

“The number of guys who say, ‘I don’t agree with what’s going on here, but I’ve got three years to retire,’ it’s heartbreaking,” he told podcast host Dan Bongino. [More]

Gee, they should have tried that defense at Nuremberg.

They get no sympathy from me.

I’ve quit jobs before when I couldn’t stomach what was going on. I’ve refused to do things that could have gotten me fired when they conflicted with my principles. All with a family to support and no guaranteed lifeline visible.

And I’ve known men who have put their careers on the line to expose institutional corruption.

[Via bondmen]

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