One more story about the shabby way whistle blowers are treated. In this case the fellow who exposed his company for taking 45 tons of goods donated after the destruction of the World Trade Towers is fired after death threats.
Too often we confuse whistle blowers, who are often the only people willing to keep the rest of us honest, with school yard tattle tales.
This shortsighted thinking seems to explain the Supreme Court’s recent descision to weaken the protection of government employees who blow the whistle when government goes bad.
