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

e-mails, correspondents, as they've sent you redacted things you have back what they will whistle-blowerswith the two documents, so you know what they are up to. >> absolutely. >> sean: you also 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 why it? >> 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 candid. they've been candid because atf and for that matter the other law enforcement agencies were involved in this the fbi, dea and others, they don't do business this way. this was anomaly created maybe locally, but promoted by political appointees at a high level that should have known better and should never have al

most whistle blower says that whistle blower protection wherever they are is pretty bad. have to keep personnel records that might be required later on if there is some dispute. there is a sense on the hill that there is an appeals process if you feel that you are going discriminated against or passed over for promotion unfairly. >> why would this be in place? was this something intentionally done in your opinion? why is this -- >> it's unclear because this office which essentially serves as the eeoc or the hr office for capitol hill has been pushing lawmakers to do this for years. >> okay. >> but, you know, just like everywhere else -- and this has always been the big complaint, it creates a lot more work, more paperwork, more red tape and why should they have to do it? for whatever reason, through the year, they have ignored the pleas to fix this problem, i think mostly on the belief that, you know, there aren't workplace issues up there. if you look at the numbers, just a fraction, not even really a fraction of hill staffers have reported complaints as far as discrimin

>> well, let me go back, when you introed me, you called me a whistle-blower. that's very kind of you, except i don't think i've blown the whistle. i think that most people in america, and especially people in washington, d.c., have noun that this is the sick game we've been playing for decades. so i'm not really a whistle-blower, i'm just kind of fed up. to answer your question, however. listen, it's simple. politicians, by nature, are not corrupt. lobbyists, by nature, are not corrupt. there are always going to be low-hanging fruit. you're going to have the mark foleys of the world or the jack abramoffs of the world. but by and large, most politicians, per se, federal politicians, are not corrupted individuals. they are, however, operating in a corrupt system. a system where under no circumstances should anybody in america think that a single piece of legislation that takes place in the build behind me, and that's a live shot of our capital right now, by the way, with nobody in it, but not a single piece of legislation is not affected by how much you get as a

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.

first in your history and if that is going to lead to lawsuits, the cab drivers will be the whistle- blowers when that happens. don't approve anything on item number 12. they are not of interest to the cab company in were put there in this proposal to you through sheer politics. only the people that say it is a good idea are those responsible for the presence of those items. it would only be the 35 regular routine medallions, but that is debatable. it is the only thing that makes any sense. the city of toronto has 1300 of those medallions and they are very unhappy with them. those drivers are unable to keep up on their payments. their vehicles are completely addressed at all times, and they feel like second-class citizens. if you bring a third class citizens into this scenario, you will really have a messy situation. i am against it, but everything else doesn't make any sense at all. with regard to the proposed flag drop that you have, the feeling that we have is a good thing. it is turning the powers back to where they were eight years ago. most of us are just estimating. [chime] >> [readin

book tour and i ran into officers in communities to were very upset because they had been whistle-blowers. what they were telling me is, look, the officers are taught properly in the academy. once the go to work, the training officer or the supervisor says "forget everything you've been taught in the academy." "this is how we do it in the streets here? [applause] this is a reality. you have to look at the training, that the trainee is being imposed and the people are following it, and to have to hold them accountable for. if you do not hold people accountable, all we are doing is wishing past a graveyard. accountability is the most important and it starts at the top. it goes all the way down to the supervisors and ultimately you hold police officers accountable. if you do not do that, the culture will never change. culture changes slowly anyway. [applause] >> let me ask your gavotte chiefs -- two chiefs about this code of silence. we see it in the movies. uygur about it in books. -- we hear about it in books. >> i think there is peer pressure, to be sure. within the police department, we

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he would have campaigns, whistle blowers, he had stocking bag stuffers. there was an extrodinary house, lucky house, very grateful for all of that who is hilariously funny. he is holder sister, anita brenner was older, worked in the "new york times" in the 1930s. there are many pictures of anita in those family scrapbooks. unfortunately my father hated his older sister, rather than getting to have wonderful times of gertrudestein in mexico, all i heard was she is a monster. they didn't speak. the idea of her, the largeness of her loomed large in the house. >> so you start out, you become a writer for all of these reasons and you are someone who compulsively takes notes and packages what you see in story form, as you decide you are going to climb into your own life and own family story, how did you figure out what was true? >> that was a tough one. first of all, being a reporter, so often it is about a way with of finding our own stories and the stories we write about. one of the aspects so interesting for so many of us, if you are an introverted extrovert

. >> he also introduced the clinical laboratory compliance act designed to protect whistle blowers who alert authorities to bad conditions in labs. >>> it's almost flu season. health is certainly on many people's minds, perfect timing for baltimore to kick off the second yearly healthy city days initiative tomorrow. the goal is to give baltimore information about eating right. exercise and having a healthy mind and body. there will be free health screening, fairs and workouts in public parks. >> this event is the first in the kickoff for the week. we have been doing it every year for eight years and it's the 10th year. next week there is a walk with the mayor, exercise events, you can go on the city's website and get information and a calendar for all of the events during the week. >> help the city day also continue through october 7th. abc 2news.com is your place for all the health care news you need. you will find headlines and different categories to help you find the information you and your family need about your health. >> now, maryland's most powerful doppler radar and the forec

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two years ago we made three whistle-blower complaints to the ethics commission, and i would like to tell you about each of them. the first one involves a conflict of interest between a contractor and the department of public health. two years went by before we took matters into our own hands and covered the dr. john had received a $1.9 million contract from the comptroller's office and the department of public health, but his wife, high-level department of health manager had written and was intimately involved with. after sending numerous memos to the comptroller's office and ethics commission, the contract was revoked and the city save $400,000. then we reported the gift fund, a charitable trust for patients that was plundered by the book could haunt the administration to pay for staff amenities. -- by the lagunahonda hospital administration to pay for amenities. last week, we complained to ethics about the financial relationship between the health director, and another for-profit consoles that help management. this was a straight forward violation of the city charter. the health direct

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