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Thursday, November 1, 2007 12:00 AM

The war on whistle-blowers

U.S. officials have long retaliated against employees who speak out, burying the dangers they expose. Now, Congress wants to give whistle-blowers greater protection -- but President Bush vows to stop it.
By James Sandler

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  • Thursday, November 1, 2007 02:38 AM

    Sinister

    "George Randall Taylor, a chief of police at a Navy base in Bermuda, exposed coverups of rapes on the base. He was then forced into a psychiatric hospital."

    And that's what used to happen in the darkest days of the Soviet Union - criticize officialdom and you were declared insane and carted off to a psychiatric institution.

    —David W Read David W's other letters

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