Started with a phone call with the a doctor that retired from the Veterans Affairs department. A new twist in the National Outrage about those allegations that some veterans hospitals delayed care and covered up the consequences. Today we learn that the Bush White House was so concerned about this back in 2008 that it warned the incoming obama administration. Another whistle blower is claiming she witnessed the same delays and incompetence at the va that may have cost dozens ocho v of veterans their lives. How does the media decide what is and isnt a story . In a moment, ill talk with drew griffin but first, lets bring in the whistle blower himself, dr. Sam foot to explain what led him to make the one call that led to countless headlines. Dr. Foot, thank you for joining me. Thank you for having me on your show. Im so eager to hear your story as a whistle blower. So many times he hear the news coverage. So tell me when you first saw a problem at the va in phoenix. Started to see things
The first hour-plus feels like the neatly assembled research material for a depiction of ambition, corruption and realpolitik rather than the finished article