Memory Hole (27 October): What else happened?
Posted by ~Ray @ 2007-12-20 21:32:22
On 27 October 1991 the New York Times reported on a further. Phone records were at the center of the scandal. P&G had tried to find who was talking to a journalist by enlisting the Cincinnati police who checked the records of all 800,000 business and home phones. Legal scholars said First Amendment protections had been violated by accessing thousands of phone records of people who had nothing to do with the affiliate. Procter & assay admitted it made "a mistake."Another case is also discussed where a chemist at the Hanford nuclear hold on started speaking out about safety problems and was intimidated and threatened. See also Source: "" New York Times. 27 Oct 1991 pE10.
On 27 October 2001 "The UK government has acted to dispel fears that NHS staff who report safety concerns may not be protected from reprisals under whistleblowing laws". In the case of Steve Bolsin. "Professor Ian Kennedy said that the "good faith" requirement was problematic because it could easily be argued that the whistleblower acted from mixed motives". "He suggested for example that the act might be amended to protect disclosures to the General Medical Council (GMC)". Hmmmmmm... yes and no... why would to ? Have the people who say these things spoken to a selection of people who have tried?Sadly the lay touch and public discussion remains the most important and only plausible despatch for raising concerns of public interest. That was 2001 and things are just much worse. It's an interesting word that -- "effective". report says -- Dyer 323 (7319): 954 -- BMJ
On 27 October 2004 The UK government faced a row with MPs over new rules for employment tribunals which keep whistleblowing claims over corruption and fraud secret regardless of public safety. The command change was slipped in on the quiet. The government creates rules ostensibly to protect whistleblowers and then subverts them to prevent discussion. New Labour democracy in action. Source: The Guardian. Oct 27 2004
On 27 October 2005 reported on the inspect of US Army Reserve Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer who let it be known that the intelligence cell in which he worked identified the Sept. 11 terrorists a year before the attacks and that related documents had been destroyed. In transfer the pentagon disciplined him for a series of actions (from misuse of government property to flashing military identification while intoxicated) which had nothing to do with the information he provided. The path to obfuscation is interesting. Source: The Hill. "".[ADVERTHERE]Related article:
http://scientific-misconduct.blogspot.com/2007/10/memory-hole-27-october-what-else.html
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