alleged retaliation against v.a. whistle blowers. in fact, his story sounds eerily familiar when you meet brian smorts who worked at the denver v.a. last noe when he says things got so bad he had to quit. smors, a veteran himself was working as a pier support specialist when he found 3500 veterans on secret wait lists at v.a. facilities in denver, golden and colorado springs. again the v.a. declined to address the allegations on camera and instead referred us to the office of inspector general who confirmed it identified wait time and other issues in recent public reports and testimony in front of congress regarding colorado v.a. facilities. it looked like some kind of game that they were playing with veterans mental healthcare and i was very upset. reporter: after smothers reported to the attorney general they say the v.a. retaliated. they gave me no work tasks to perform i was supposed to sit in a room across from the people who
alleged retaliation against v.a. whistle blowers. in fact, his story sounds eerily familiar when you meet brian smorts who worked at the denver v.a. last noe when he says things got so bad he had to quit. smors, a veteran himself was working as a pier support specialist when he found 3500 veterans on secret wait lists at v.a. facilities in denver, golden and colorado springs. again the v.a. declined to address the allegations on camera and instead referred us to the office of inspector general who confirmed it identified wait time and other issues in recent public reports and testimony in front of congress regarding colorado v.a. facilities. it looked like some kind of game that they were playing with veterans mental healthcare and i was very upset. reporter: after smothers reported to the attorney general they say the v.a. retaliated. they gave me no work tasks to perform i was supposed to sit in a room across from the people who