i don't think anyone wants to be a whistle blower. reporting your colleagues who may be your friends for actions that look like waste fraud abuse or others isn't an easy decision for most people. and life after you've blown the whistle isn't easy either, but the job that whistle blowers do is tremendously important and valuable. that's why when courageous men and women feel compelled to speak out, we do not want to silence them. we want to give them a process that allows them to report that without fear of retaliation. before the hearing began, i took the opportunity that hear from miss busche and dr. tamosaitis. i also heard from mr. carpenter who represents many more workers. they describe an atmosphere in which they and other individuals face severe real grags for raising issues about han jr. ford. f whether they or any other individuals who have come forward to the sub committee is right about the science behind the stafty at hanford is not a matter at which i or the people in the hearing they will be able to reach a final conclusi

usually these types of wrongdoing come to you or the fppc from a tip, from a whistle blower. and the wrongdoers who are exposed by whistle blowers instinctively try to ferret out who it is and toize the threat, just a threat. if this case came about through a whistle blower, i would be concerned about am i ellis' return to her position because that would constitute a risk, a threat to the whistle blower if there was one. ~ neutralize thank you. >> no voter action on number 5. so, moving on to number 6, discussion and possible action on the minutes of the commission's meeting of february 24, 2014. ~ on the minutes. i have one change i'd like to disclose. on page 4 of 6, it states that -- i think it's suggesting that i seconded the motion relating to the closed session, and i don't think i did. i thought i recused myself for that item. okay. you have me rejoining after that so it's hard to see how i could have seconded it. so, i think that should be changed. any other -- >> do we adopt the minutes as amended? >> second. ~ move that we -- >> public comment? seeing none, all in f

i don't think anyone wants to be a whistle blower. reporting your colleagues who may be your friends for actions that look like waste fraud abuse or others isn't an easy decision for most people. and life after you've blown the whistle isn't easy either, but the job that whistle blowers do is tremendously important and valuable. that's why when courageous men and women feel compelled to speak out, we do not want to silence them. we want to give them a process that allows them to report that without fear of retaliation. before the hearing began, i took the opportunity that hear from miss busche and dr. tamosaitis. i also heard from mr. carpenter who represents many more workers. they describe an atmosphere in which they and other individuals face severe real grags for raising issues about han jr. ford. f whether they or any other individuals who have come forward to the sub committee is right about the science behind the stafty at hanford is not a matter at which i or the people in the hearing they will be able to reach a final conclusi

but we don't want employees to become whistle-blowers. these folks didn't want to become whistle-blowers. they simply were doing their jobs. and that's the case for most people out there and then suddenly they're finding themselves on the wrong side of their company. we'd like to change that culture so that concerns are welcomed. addressed. and we move on and we have a better plant because of that. it's the third anniversary of the fukushima accident today. and i think it's fitting and appropriate that we're here talking about protecting nuclear whistle-blowers, and talking about nuclear safety. at the fukushima plant, engineers there wanted to build and recommended the building of a higher tsunami wall. to protect the plant against that event. and they also recommended that the emergency diesel generators be moved from the flood plain to on the hill behind the plant. engineers tell us that the earthquake itself did not cause the fukushima accident. it was the tsunami. and so, because the utility that runs fukushima didn't listen to, and

or intentionally by a whistle-blower.in fact we know that over the years on multiple occasions the staff have asked the c.i.a. about documents made available for our investigation. at times the c.i.a. has simply been unaware that these specific documents were provided to the committee. and while this is alarming, it is also important to note that more than 6.2 million pages of documents have been provided. this is simply a massive amount of records. as i described earlier, as part of its standard process for reviewing records, the committee staff printed copies of the internal panetta review and made electronic copies of the committee's computers at the facility. the staff did not rely on these internal panetta review documents when drafting the final 6,300-page committee study. but it was significant that the internal panetta review had documented at least some of the very same troubling matters already uncovered by the committee staff, which is not surprising in that they were looking at the same information. there is a

or intentionally by a whistle-blower. in fact we know that over the years on multiple occasions the staff have asked the c.i.a. about documents made available for our investigation. at times the c.i.a. has simply been unaware that these specific documents were provided to the committee. and while this is alarming, it is also important to note that more than 6.2 million pages of documents have been provided. this is simply a massive amount

binney, what would you most like to see change for the next whistle blower who goes through a process like this? >> i would like to see a real program run by the administration that would actually do something about what whistleblowers are talking about. after all they are trying to address problems that exist inside the government, either corruption, fraud, waste abuse or ill legality. if they don't do something, there's no real protection there whatsoever for any of us. after all, the fisa court oversight of nsa is a joke as is the senate and house intelligence committees. those people have no way of verifying what nsa is telling them. >> there have been reveal questions raised by the transparency of those courts and we'll watch closely to see whether that's a subject of

but i don't think he's a standard whistle blower.n he talks to the government, they say we are following the rules and talking to the fisa court -- >> he ran up against a wall. >> he did and i think at that point, what is a supervisor do when they say the judges are involved and congress is involved? he's not the sort of whistle blower we normally think about, a rule is being broken here. >> i'm going to push back on the idea that his being a contractor isn't that relevant. he is saying he leaked because of protections he wasn't afforded, the protections the president said are at the center of preventing leaks. and i can tell you in my own experience, staffing and office at the state department, for instance, you know as well as i, it's contractor after contractor after contractor. we gave that number earlier, 1.1 million have security clearance. they do go through the same vetting process but then don't have the same channels to blow wistles. my question to you, do you think there are too many contractors and why do you think that i

thank you so much. >> thank you. >> tomorrow, we will talk to transcanada whistle-blower.ight on the keystone xl pipeline. "politicsnation" with reverend al sharpton starts right now. good evening, rev. >>> good evening, ed. thanks to you for tuning in. tonight the gop's alternate reality on obamacare. with less than three weeks until the deadline for americans to sign up for health insurance, the right wing is in overdrive to do something, anything to try to undermine the law. house republicans have announced they will hold their 51st vote against obama care, yes, sure, 51st time is the charm. give me a break. and outside washington, many conservatives are trying to spread as much misinformation as possible. the billionaire koch

and clear message for the employees of the city, don't report wrong doing and don't trust the whistle blower program and don't trust the people that you work for who are doing the illegal actions that you are trying to report. follow the example of this ethics commission and just look the other way. the ethics commission handles of this matter at best was incompetent, my personal opinion it was nothing less than the collusion with other city entities to cover up wrong doing and illegalties. the final out come, not one city employee was held accountable. they took retribution against dr. kurr and fired dr. kurr and did not give him three quarters of a million dollars because he was treated well. the only losers in this whole evolution were the citizens of san francisco, who ended up paying $750,000 in a lawsuit, and god only knows how much in legal fees to bring this matter to a conclusion. my question to you is, if this is the way you chose to handle it, what the hell are we paying you for? >> i myself have experienced coming before this board, you have even heard items where you had a confl

this afternoon defended the commissioner and criticize the dog whistle blowers produced riveting confidential and personal doctor of the gospels computer system. when you recognize the value of the actions taken by the employers in making the report and irregularities in the penalty points system warns that reportedly made an action being taken and it was no presently sits for them accessing the old sister karen and even more so that using information from it. at any given to the commission is expected to take action to limit and things in east texas. the data protection commissioner good of all the books after it emerged that individual guardian and accessing information on the system about high profile media and sporting figures the records of one person in the modeling industry or accessed over eighteen times another figure was checked over fifty times. the report published today found disturbing instances of improper access scheduled all that i've not been carried out. it expects strong and appropriate disciplinary action but overall they found a professional police force operating in com

company and therefore the profits of the companies. >> reporter: carpenter will accompany the whistle-blowers to a senate hearing on tuesday where the two main contractors on the project, bechtel national and u.l.s. had been ordered to testify. both companies have told cbs news the firings were personnel matters and have nothing to do with any safety concerns. carter evans, cbs news, los angeles. >> jeff: today's the fifth anniversary of the start of the bull market on wall street. the low point on march 9, 2009, the s&p 500 is up 175% or nearly, that means if you had 100,000 in an s&p index fund your total return today would be nearly $309,000. for more we're joined by jack otter, the editor of baron's.com. the stock market has only had five bull runs this long. what went into this one? >> well, first of all, just as what goes up must come down, it works the other way too. generally if the stock market in the u.s. loses more than half, you have probably got a bull market around the corner. but the federal government was leaving nothing to chance. first of all there is the stimulus program, m

we begin with wikileaks, a website that publishes classified and suppressed material from whistle-blowers around the world. in the late summer of 2011, wikileaks made news when someone--it's not clear who-- dumped 250,000 unredacted and classified state department and pentagon documents, which had been in wikileaks' possession, onto the internet. when we interviewed assange, he was already under investigation by the justice department for publishing classified material and possible violations of the espionage act. he was also under house arrest in britain, fighting extradition to sweden in connection with two sexual assault cases, which he has called part of a smear campaign against him. in what is still his most extensive television interview, assange talked to us about the idea behind wikileaks and the prospect of facing criminal charges in the united states. i mean, you've been called a lot of names. you've been characterized as a hero and as a villain, a martyr, terrorist. >> i'm not yet a martyr. >> right. >> let's keep it that way. >> for now, julian assange is holed up on this buco

evan vokes was the third whistle-blower on transcanada.sing substandard welding practices and not inspecting the pipelines. he was a pipeline engineer. it was his job to make sure the company complied with court orders. at a hearing on the keystone xl pipeline back in april, he spoke candidly. >> transcanada operated a culture of intimidation and coercion to meet its construction objectives when weld acceptance impacted construction schedule. >> the "toronto star" reports the canadian national energy board found transcanada noncompliant in four areas. the report says transcanada has taken action to correct these issues. we reached out to transcanada about the allegations. here's what they said. mr. vokes has said many things, and when he raised concerns, we took them seriously. most of the items were already identified through normal review processes and steps were taken to address them, especially the ones of immediate concern. we also put action plans in place to improve processes for the future. transcanada has had to adhere to an accep

in that particular bunch one-tenth goes to one single whistle-blower. the government and which is $3 million but to get back to where does that money go for those that are burned in the transactions but in the meantime with the of ukraine. follow this scenario. it owes russia $1 billion for natural gas contracts. along comes up house branding in a could russians say you have a million dollars a you paid to us then everything is okay. and then the money that we gave to the ukraine goes to vladimir putin. to the woman who does not want to see that happen. >> 100,000 ukrainians in the district? >> roughly 1.2 million there are four churches in with 12 differ ukrainian organizations all were in washington yesterday. >> you voted for this. >> absolutely. now what gives them the billion dollars? >> with huge economic problems the ruble fell to lowest car industry -- lowest in history. >> to the economy and sovereignty of the nation. neil: how do you know that? >> they have not voted yet but i am sure there will add that to a package that goes to the fed. >> y

the whistle blower program will screw you, and the ethics commission will screw you, i will give you this the sunshine task force will, listen to you and give you an order of determination but they will send it here and you will dismiss it. you are here to protect the city employees from the citizens of this city that is all that you are here for. now, i think that the citizens probably expect a lot more. but in reality, that is all they get. and if you think that i am just a nasty old man and unpleasant old man, you ought to sit home and watch yourself on sfgtv you don't do much of anything, you come in here, and you have a meeting, and you go through the motions, and at the end, this city is just as bad a shape as it was when it started. >> thank you. >> mr. hartz, i am not sure why there are not more people here, but i would note for the record that you spoke by far, more than any member of the commission did tonight. and many times. >> any further public comment on matters appearing or not appearing on our agenda? >> okay. with that, do i hear a motion it adjourn? >> i move that

efficiently and practically as possible as this commission is tasked with working on audits and the whistle blower program and i will work so the city is run free and unwarranted of practices and procedures. thank you for your consideration. i will be happy to answer any questions. >>supervisor norman yee: any questions? seeing none, lucky. is there any additional public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, any recommendation? >>supervisor david campos: move this item forward with a positive recommendation and thank you to mr. seville for his interest in serving. >>supervisor norman yee: with no objection, the motion passes. congratulations. okay, moving on. city clerk: item 6. item 5: 140135: [appointment, citizens general obligation bond oversight committee] hearing to consider appointing one member, term expiring november 21, 2014, to the citizens general obligation bond oversight committee. vacant seat 2, succeeding robert muscat, term expired, must be active in labor organizations, for the unexpired portion of a two-year term ending y clerk: item 6. sf 51234 singa, c'mo

they passed a whistle-blower edict asking players to report on other players who on the field seemed to have problems with concussion. they had stronger return to play concepts. all of this was new for a league that had not recognised it. then along came the lawsuit, which sort of stopped everything. because it was a question of admission. and i now believe this - that when an offensive lineman hits a defensive lineman, he produces a low-level concuesive ech. an offensive lineman can walk out of football with 10,000 subconclusive hits, none of which were diagnosed or he was aware of, but the aggregate of which was impactful than having three knock out blows. we are going to see a mass of impacted athletes as time went on. the problem is outrunning the changes that football has made. and that's why i call it an exo sen shall threat. if 50% of mothers across the country realise what those impacts do, and tell their kids "you can play any sport except tackle football", it won't kill football, it changes the socioeconomics so the people who play football will be like the people who box.

>>reporter: free convenient app of modern digital life but amid leak from whistle blower snowed ep there'shey are not as private weighs thought. >> george washington the founder of our country we need a strong social city. private correspondence without the government prying eye and freedom of information without government censorship. that was the original beginning of the u.s. post office. >> history of the post of the it turns out also one way the government justifying some surveillance tactic. we all know what is in here is private what about what is written on the outside. government look at who you are writing to or who you are calling applying the third party doctrine. >> that dock trip originates in this idea when you mail the letter had you no expectation of privacy. information from the outside of the envelope. >> electronic frontier foundation says the digital he equivalent of envelope is data address postmark phone call carries with who you called and when. nsa says it has right to look at. >> the government wouldn't want it if it wasn't useful. >>reporter: that brings us to th

. >> reporter: the whistle blower mike geffrey sees more problems. >> the tank is breaking down. >> reporter: one of the clean up bottlenecks out of handfor hanfe they can take this waste, solidify it and store it on track. but that's not scheduled to go online until 2019, and not scheduled to be finished unti until 2047 and design and building problems with that plant put even those timelines in question. >> alaallen schauffler for us. thank you very much. >>> on wall street stocks struggle to snap a two-day session. right now the dow is down 36 points concerns about the global economy putting pressure on the market. big bonuses, though, back on wall street. the new york stay comptroller said swelling 13% for 2013 and employees are taking home an average cash bonus of $164,000. that by the way is the largest payout since the financial crisis and third largest on record. tessla hitting a roadblock, wa warning to stop direct sells to customers. forcing a dealer. new jersey is the third sit to o make that move. >>> and the value of the company at $7.5 billion. >>> libya's economy is failing. t

new protecitons for whistle blowers. will it encourage employees to speak up... plus...words of warning you need to hear before turning in your taxes. and.... the company that orchestrated the most famous re-tweet ever... first business starts now! you're watching first business: financial news, analysis, and today's investment ideas. good morning! it's wednesday, march 5th i'm angela miles. in today's first look: the s&p rises to a new record high as the standoff between russia and the ukraine becomes "less tense". it's the 49th record set by the index. the dow- also had a positive reaction jumping 228 points, the nasdaq 75 and the s&p 28 gold scaled back $15 dollars and oil.. $1.63. caterpillar's ceo says he is guardedly optimistic about the global economy...which added into the buying blitz on wall street. and the power of the plug. yesterday we told you about the fuel cell stock plug power that surged 24% monday well on tuesdays it rallied 15% more.. trader daniel stecich of athena advisor services joins us now. there was a collective sigh of relief in the ma

why didn't he come to us as a whistle blower? there are examples of previous whistle blowers who have had a pretty rough time. one of the n.s.a. officials said, listen, if we really were wrongdoing, if we were abusing the information there, the people who work here wouldn't stand for that. they would go to the inspector general's office and there would be a line as long as disneyland blowing the whistle on us. and what's happened with the previous whistle blow ares, they would be in for eye ride i wouldn't want to have. host: can the u.s. government fix this problem? guest: in a sense, the government's hands are tied. one government official told me, if the u.s. went to these consumer thinks trizz that are having to roll off their internet and said don't do this, that would increase their suspicions, maybe more likely to do it. they may say it is up to the countries to convince these consumer thinks trizz that they would be damaging the internet itself and hurting their citizens in terms of giving them access to the internet if t

>>reporter: free convenient app of modern digital life but amid leak from whistle blower snowed ep there's a growing sentiment they are not as private weighs thought. >> george washington the founder of our country we need a strong social city. private correspondence without the government prying eye and freedom of information without government censorship. that was the original beginning of the u.s. post office. >> history of the post of the it turns out also one way the government justifying some surveillance tactic. we all know what is in here is private what about what is written on the outside. government look at who you are writing to or who you are calling applying the third party doctrine. >> that dock trip originates in this idea when you mail the letter had you no expectation of privacy. information from the outside of the envelope. >> electronic frontier foundation says the digital he equivalent of envelope is data address postmark phone call carries with who you called and when. nsa says it has right to look at. >> the government wouldn't want it if it wasn't useful. >>reporter

>>reporter: free convenient app of modern digital life but amid leak from whistle blower snowed ep there's a growing sentiment they are not as private weighs thought. >> george washington the founder of our country we need a strong social city. private correspondence without the government prying eye and freedom of information without t was the original beginning of the u.s. post office. >> history of the post of the it turns out also one way the government justifying some surveillance tactic. we all know what is in here is private what about what is written on the outside. government look at who you are writing to or who you are calling applying the third party doctrine. >> that dock trip originates in this idea when you mail the letter had you no expectation of privacy. information from the outside of the envelope. >> electronic frontier foundation says the digital he equivalent of envelope is data address postmark phone call carries with who you called and when. nsa says it has right to look at. >> the government wouldn't want it if it wasn't useful. theings us to the tiny lab at stanfo

mr budge off this island chopper apologizes to the dog whistle blowers was never my intention to stay inside the super pit. i apologize to both stores to its mate. but no let up for the opposition who insist on unstoppable step down. she could on this occasion. take the right decision. make your friend martin cullen on presiding you've overstated. there were no longer fit for office the father of missing teen amy fitzpatrick has been charged with her brothers brothers who were there david knott has been remanded in custody two nights but the fatal stabbing of dean fitzpatrick president of windsor castle and address to parliament and the royal albert hall on the chair. one of the key connections use the huge number of irish people to cope with country to contribute so watch this great program to highlight that was huge. you will welcome to six one five months after accusing the god of whistleblowers of failing to cooperate with the investigation into the penalty point system minister for justice on shoppers the cb admitted he was wrong and has apologized to the two man of the political

surveillance of the ge stock offices and his use of the word disgusting in relation to the dog whistle blowers the controversy escalated last thursday. minister for transport said he should withdraw the remark. and in spite of that the shock saying that ministers should reserve their opinion for covenant. labour ministers continued to voice their concerns. the former commissioner had said privately he knew his use of the board was wrong and considered was going to remark last friday following the publication of the doctor protection commission's report into the post system however fourteen news has learned. the martin government consulted with a number of officials here at the department of justice was advised not to withdraw the remark. he was informed that if he did so. it would probably not be enough. more would be sought from him the controversy would continue. he decided not to withdraw the remark. last week and the attorney general told that the show. according to the attention of telephone calls and all the stations all over the country. the g shock said. he then sends the most senior o

the fugitive and whistle blower, scheduled to speak at the south by southwest festival in austin. >>>oversial, lorie segal. >> lots of buzz around edward snowden. he will be appearing via te teleconference from russia. i will have some insight into what he is going to sachlt these layers deeper than other mouthwashes, killing bacteria all the way down to the bottom layer. so for a cleaner, healthier mouth, go with #1 dentist recommended listerine®. power to your mouth™. also try new listerine® naturals. the only mouthwash that combines the power of listerine® with naturally sourced ingredients. where their electricity comes from. they flip the switch-- and the light comes on. it's our job to make sure that it does. using natural gas this power plant can produce enough energy for about 600,000 homes. generating electricity that's cleaner and reliable, with fewer emissions-- it matters. ♪ >>> checking our top stories at 12 minutes past the hour, a series of earth quakes shook the west coast. 6.9 struck 50 miles west of eureka. there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage >>> os

but there is a significant number of americans that blue him as a whistle blower and many significant portions of americans, as a patriot, approve of the conduct. what do you think we need to do to counter that impression the american people have when i am sure you and i are in agreement this individual violated an oath he made not to reveal this information and damaged our ability to defend this nation >> yes, sir, i would agree with your assessment. there is a couple things. the idea of transparency as senator udall mentioned. the idea we have we have to have a dialogue that talks about whau we are doing and why. we have ensure strict accountability and we have to make sure we follow the processes appropriately and when we make a mistake, if we fail to meet the requirements, we are up front about the how and why. >> do you have any thoughts about the allegations that the fisa courts are a rubber stamp for the administration? >> i don't believe that to be the case. >> you believe they are exercises sufficient oversight? >> yes, sir. >> so you do appreciate the fact that we have at le

. >> whistle blower mike geffery sees more problems. >> the inner tank is breaking down. >> reporter: there are 28 of those double-walled tanks out here at hanford. 177 buried waste tanks all together. a lot of them are older, single-walled tanks. the material is moved out of them into the double-walled tanks. that's why there is so much concern about how those newer, double-walled tanks will fare down the road. >> how long will this take to get this all cleaned up? >> reporter: we're talking about a long time frame. the most recent government timeline is that they would have a plant built by 2019 to glassify and stabilize this waste to be stored, and they would finish stabilizing all the major toxic waste here at the hanford reservation by 2047. but there have been design problems with that plant, and it's likely that those deadlines won't be met although the federal government said they're still trying to meet those deadlines. >> allen schauffler for us in richmond, washington. coming up onal jazeera america, the fda approves what is called the strongest painkiller yet. anandand ano

. >> whistle blower mike gefrey though sees more problems. >> continuous evidence that the inner tank is breaking down. >> and one of the issues that the state has, that the first leak was discovered at this specific tank ay 102 in 2012, presented with a plan where it won't begin to be pumped for two years, that's four years from the time the first leak was discovered. john. >> sounds like a race against time, and the concern to the columbia river which is right behind you. tell us how long it would take before any leakage gets into that river. >> they are taking a lot of steps in regard to groundwater, to get to the river. they worked very hard at pumping out and treating that groundwater and creating a sort of underground barrier to keep water, contaminated water from getting to the river itself. that's just one of the things that they're trying to do out here in a really complex really dangerous environment, john. >> interesting report, allen schauffler, thanks very much. >>> we have the latest on the missing passenger plane 370 coming up. china releasing satellite images from what