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To: Neeka who wrote (117552)6/1/2005 3:33:23 PM
From: Ilaine  Read Replies (2) of 794334
 
There's a slew of statutes on whistle blowing, and I have no idea what the statutory scheme was in 1972. However, blowing the whistle to the news media is protected by the First Amendment, according to the SCOTUS.
PICKERING v. BOARD OF EDUCATION, 391 U.S. 563 (1968)
caselaw.lp.findlaw.com

I have handled several whistle blower cases -- even though you are protected by law, once you go public, you're dead meat. The usual punishment is to be put someplace where you don't have any work to do, and left like that until you quit or retire. They rarely get fired anymore because if they are, they can collect a ton of money.

But whistle blowing is the classic case for "no good deed goes unpunished."

Look at what happened to Linda Tripp. That's a classic whistle blower case.
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