even as an attorney, he represented a whistle-blower, and work on a case for a whistle-blower. think he really does understand the value of whistle- blowers, but i do not know that everybody got a memo in the administration. the memo they did get after wikileaks was shocking. so, at the end of last year, well, actually, it was january 3 when the memo came out, but they were scrambling between christmas and new years to come out with something. omb came out with a reasonable response -- please develop how your handling information, supervision, your employees, and your management of employees, your reviews -- ok. this all seems like a reasonable response, until you look at the checklist the attached which said "hey, agencies, do you ask your employees if they are grumpy? do you evaluate their pre and post-employment and visits to web sites like wikileaks?" alarm bells go off, and we sent a letter to some of our partners and said are you really asking agencies? is this the guidance you are giving? we have civil liberties concerns, employee rights concerns, whistleblower rights co

when we have had whistle-blowers come to us the first thing we say is stay anonymous if you can. you probably can't. then think about what you are risking. the office of special counsel will fulfil its role in feeding complaints and doing investigations in a way that has been not happening for a really long time. there's the office of special counsel, the inspectors general, seeking legal counsel and help from organizations like government accountability project or coming to make disclosures. also meeting with members of congress and making them aware of the problem and members of congress, some committees even if they don't have on their web site hot lines, some committees and some members of congress in particular work very hard to -- with whistle-blowers on their disclosures and others not so much. so it depends on what your issue is, whether you are going to have luck with congress but congress needs to fix the ball so mr. sanchez has better protection. >> the second half of that question is the magic wand part. the way the law is now, what needs to be done to change it so th

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i was -- i guess you could say "a whistle-blower." i put together a case in which three officers i have worked with had been nearly to deaf a game and what they were off duty. -- nearly two -- to death a gain man -- a gay man when they were off duty. i dealt with the consequences for many years. it was very lonely in that position. very lonely getting death threats. very lonely worrying more about the people behind you than the crooks in front of you. not a nice situation. very lonely when you do not get the backing of your fellow officers, at least some of them. or some of them kept quiet. or particularly the administration when there is no investigation. times have changed the lot. -- a lot. there is a saying we have. we do not expect what you do not inspect. and if you don't put into place policies that encourage -- i am not saying being a whistle- blower, but encourage proper at 6, and i think -- proper ethics, and i think greg suhr stated very properly its starts in the police academy. u.s. no other position probably in the unite

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of the whistle-blower. if subpoenaed the times would have to finger the source. wiki leaks partially repairs a gap in the first amendment protection. if there were a meaningful first amendment protection reporters that would be sources could rely on wiki leaks might be superfluous. congress almost passed a federal shield law in the last congress. a bipartisan bill passed the house and was approved by the senate judiciary committee and never brought to the floor of the senate before the congress went home. the most recent wiki leaks disclosures, state department cables seems to have antagonized enough senators to torpedo any chance of that any time soon. you want to take a break? yes? take five or ten minutes and we will pick up from there. [applause] >> the question that confronts wiki leaks and julian assange now is whether he can be criminally prosecuted under the espionage act or whether the wiki leaks disclosures are protected by the first amendment. right after the state department cables were released

do you blow up the leaf blower or flip the switch.e're stuck in the reverse position where the banks are taking money out of our country as opposed to putting it into play. >> the way you've laid it out i'm sure a lot of people at home would say this sounds like what we saw in 2008 and 2009. same old game. >> yeah. that's quite simply what it is as you know and as a lot of folks at home know, as a country we really gave away the farm to that banking -- that extracting banking system in 2008 and made no changes in the way that banks actually do business. president bush did whatever he had to do and, in fact, to kick the can down to the road to barack obama because it was happening in september, election in november, whatever i have to do to not deal with this and make it his problem. president obama gets the problem and doubles down on the bush plan because he wants to do health care. doesn't want to get involved in this stuff. people saying listen, it's under control, it's fine as a result, wall street was allowed to continue as they

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punishment against the whistle blower seems more likely than those who are corrupt. what the protest will do is bring this to the street. you cannot discuss the finer points. a lot of people come out onto the street who do not know the finer points. >> but, mr. sekri, the politicians are just talk, talk, talk without any action. do you think there's the political will in india to pass an anti-corruption long? >> -- law? >> political will is like a sleeping conscience that can be woken up. it has been there and exercise for other things. they just need to be shaken out of their complacency. there has been another legislation that has been drafted and passed. as of now, when things are so comfortable for project in the lawmakers themselves, they will not be very keen to make a law that makes life or make themselves more accountable and makes life a little difficult for them therefore, a gentle nudge is welcome and is required. i think anna and his movement is directing that nudge. >> alright, we will have to leave it there. thank you, sir, for your insights. we have de

you had back channel whistle-blowers so you know what they are up to. >> absolutely. >> sean: on the have agents that are showing up that want to tell you the truth. they are not showing up with justice department attorneys, they are showing up with their own attorneys. do you feel like you have fully gotten to the both of this yet? >> no, but we wouldn't have gotten where we've gotten if it wasn't for very brave men who have come forward and risked their jobs, their careers to give us information as whistle-blowers. i'm very proud of all the people who have come forward without the justice department attorneys so they can tell us what they really believe. they've been pretty can -- pretty candid. atf for that party the other law enforcement agencies, involved, fbi, dea and others, they don't do business this way this was an anomaly created maybe locally but promoted by political appointees at a high level. that should have known better. right now we have no faith they wouldn't allow it to continue. >> sean: unbelievable. congressman, thank you for our time. >> any precedent for a sc

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big savings -- it's a good look for you. [ blower whirring ] [blower stops] the safety was off. out there with a better way. now, that's progressive. >>> you're looking for the soul of the republican party these days, you have to look in two places. this is the part of the republican party we've been hearing so much about over the last couple of years, the tea party, which is really a proxy for the base, republican base, low government, no taxes, fend for yourself. the base is where congresswoman michele bachmann lives with the rank and file who've had enough of whatever or something. ms. bachmann left her presidential campaign in iowa today so she could vote on raising the debt ceiling, but she phoned the folks in iowa and called for a show of hands. >> let me ask you this question, raise your hands, do you want me to vote no on raising the debt ceiling? raise your hands. very good. they'll tell me the results, i can't see it, but i know if you're -- if you're raise of hands is anything like the rest of the country, it is a very strong no. >> the second slice of the republican

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big savings -- it's a good look for you. [ blower whirring ] [blower stops] the safety was off.here with a better way. now, that's progressive. >>> his fate rests with the jury. talking about warren jeffs. convicted of sexually sauling young girl who belong to his religious sect today. a jury in st. angelo, texas, is deciding how to sentence him. beth is there. what on earth can the jury hear today that they haven't already heard today during the guilt or innocence phase? >> reporter: well, right now, the jury is hearing testimony about other pacts warren jeffs engaged in that weren't the subject of the two sexual assault crime he's already been convicted of by this jury. those acts include specifics involving group sex, and homosexuality, swhaels the mandates of his father, who preceded him as prophet of the flds church said about marriages. for example, he said 20 years and older was the proper age to marry. we now know that warren jeffs had 24 wives under the age of 17. out of his toll of 79 wives. the jury is about to hear from a now adult nephew who is going to tell them ab

big savings -- it's a good look for you. [ blower whirring ] [blower stops] the safety was off.a better way. now, that's progressive. >>> do you think you're my conscience? you're even sicker than i thought. >> april 4th, 1984, you stole hatty's lunch and then her deaf mute twin. >> that was a clip from a show that's been airing on directv for the last few weeks in america. it's been a huge hit in canada, which is your birth country. >> yes, sir. >> congratulations. >> actually the show was nominated for 16 geminis. >> wow. tell me about that. what is the premise of the show? >> the show is about richard fitzpatrick, the character that i play. and actually as you saw in that clip, ernie shows ernie's character -- larry shows up in the pilot claiming to be fitz's conscience. he's a used cars salesman, of course: fitz is a bit of a charlie sheen character. it's a lot of drinking and hookers and blow. and there is a little bit of charlie in there. >> you and charlie ever per used together? >> back in the day, you know, i used to go down to charlie's house in malibu. this is going b

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whistle-blowers were asked to bring more claims for work.there was a successful return of government funds, they would get a cut, a small percentage. after that, we averaged about $1 billion in returns. it was mentioned that studies have shown that whistleblowers are incredibly effective. a price waterhouse cooper survey found 5000 corporations world wide showed that whistleblowers catch more fraud than auditors and compliance officers combined. you will hear from christian and his attempt to stop wasteful accounting. partners of ours like the national taxpayers union and more than 400 other ngo's across the ideological spectrum -- the proposed budget for fiscal year 2012 has a nonsensical proposed cut of about 20 -- about $2 million for the office of special counsel. we think that is the wrong way to begin to heal the agency and restore it. it is the wrong way to save taxpayer dollars. every dollar we put into the office of special counsel will multiplied the taxpayer dollars that we can say. i think the president and congress are serious a

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big savings -- it's a good look for you. [ blower whirring ] [blower stops] the safety was off.a better way. now, that's progressive. >> shepard: got to cut somewhere. if the cut is happening at your place, you don't like it. with that in mind. congress doesn't come up with a way to cut the deficit. the nation's security will be at risk. or that's the warning from the secretary of defense. he says the debt limit bills doomsday feature triggers unacceptable cuts in spending. >> if it did happen, it would result in a further round, a very dangerous cuts across the board. defense cuts that i believe would do real damage to our security, our troops and their families. and our military's ability to protect the nation. >> shepard: well, secretary panetta also said the country does not have to choose between fiscal responsibility and national security. of course, they could just cut a little bit. jennifer griffin at the pentagon. jennifer, this is an example of smoke and mirrors when it comes to defense budget cuts or what is it? >> well, in a word, yes, shep. the pentagon, the buildin

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maybe bring in glass blowers and show them how to make things, work with the people. i have not talked to anybody, so i do not want to get ahead of myself. but you see the strategy i am talking about that goes right to the root of community. that engages everyone as a participant. and i do not just mean, here you go, susie. cut this, and we will slap it on. you participated. in the new year, we are going to be ready with things you want to do. we want them to be expressive, interactive, collaborative. i do not know if everyone is an artist, but they can express themselves. >> i look forward to that. some credi>> what is burning a's relationship right now with empire, nixon, burlap? how has that evolved over time, do you have twitter set up with them? >> we have been out there for 20 years. we know the folks out there. we have a ranch there where we used to stage our event. we brought it -- we bought property in the community. derleth, nevada is a tiny place. the empire you mentioned, that is a neighboring town which does not exist anymore. it was a classic company tow