If you believe has I do that to every action is a reaction, then you will probably agree that when heroes are punished rather that rewarded, we get less Heroes. For a couple years now I have been waiting, praying for some Patriot to step forward with that all important Smoking Gun that would bring down Bush and Cheney. You can pick the issue of your choice, there are so many. The one in the news today is the Domestic Wire Tapping of Americans Without a Warrant. The Court has said since those who sued can't prove they they were being spied on, they have no standing before the Court. It would only take one Patriot/Whistleblower to make this case have standing, yet none have come forward. There are many reasons for silence and this story is about one of them.
Federal investigations found Barlow was unfairly fired, winning him sympathy from dozens of Democratic and Republican lawmakers and public interest groups. But for 17 years, he has fought without success to gain a federal pension, blocked at every turn by legal and political obstacles also faced by other federal intelligence whistle-blowers.
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