Said the anonymity and there are people in our community that are talking about the named whistleblowers versus the unnamed so on you tube someone writing in live he says the real whistleblowers are the ones you never hear about so thats one persons view another person writing to us on twitter also picking up on that point how as if you blow a whistle on me i have every right to see you tom whats your take on that view an anonymous whistleblowing versus named whistle blowing. Well 1st of all many legal regimes many laws guarantee anonymity so that last statement is nonsense. With this is simply not true the ideal world scenario is for a whistleblower not to be named because when they come forward and lose or lose it anonymity that is quite often a career suicide were looking at 2 people highly qualified extremely ethical extremely able will never work again in their chosen fields and that is 99 percent of the cases that ive looked at in my book 99 percent at least never work again this
Party the reminder that there is a segment of the Republican Party known as the neo conservatives that are constantly drumming and thumping the drums for war namely senator Lindsey Graham republican lives cheney who is father with Vice President dick cheney of course very instrumental in the architect many would argue for that 22003. 00 u. S. Invasion of iraq those in the United States that support the military Industrial Complex as a means of continuing war in order to create jobs except so there is a little bit of increasing support i would say theres still a feeling that the United States has done this announcement has been very impulsive and has been very disloyal to say the least but there is also a bit more traction for that argument that the u. S. President is making when he tries to make this pledge his 2016 Campaign Promise that the u. S. Does not need to be in a conflict that is not only expensive but perhaps they shouldnt have been there in the 1st place complete thanks for
Well, after yesterdays washout, the weekend is looking a bit more promising. Sunshine and showers, but quite windy at times too. Its saturday, 17th august. Our top story detectives investigating the killing of a Police Officer in berkshire have sealed off a nearby caravan site. Pc Andrew Harper, who only got married four weeks ago, died after he was dragged along by a vehicle as he was attending reports of a burglary. Our correspondent ben ando has the latest. Roughly three miles from the crossroads where pc Andrew Harper lost his life, caravans behind a fence at a site now linked to the investigation into his death. Ten people are in custody and are likely to face questioning today. All male, ranging in age from 30 down to 13. Pc harper died near the a4 between reading and newbury in berkshire. He was responding to reports of a burglary when he was apparently struck by a vehicle and dragged beneath the wheels. Some reports suggest he was subsequently hit by a police car arriving at th
About it before. Ive been a longtime student of the conduct of the office of the presidency. I knew mr. Reagan, both bushes. I was involved in both of mitt romneys campaigns, so not a stranger to the general have a lot of, i domestic experience, a lot of International Experience which i will tell you about but im not running because i think im the only person who can make a difference, im running because im troubled by the situation of our country and i think we are at something of an Inflection Point and i think the most urgent duty facing the next president is to seek to unify the country as opposed to dividing it. [applause] a bunch ofthere are things you can do there. One is to do what Ronald Reagan and certainlyshes eisenhower who i dont really remember, but a past generation wanted to make all americans feel good about being americans and thats not what the Current Administration is doing. Being is lackts of unity is washington is trying to divide this as opposed to unifying it s
Experiment has been so successful, that much of the rest of the world would like to come here and be a part of it, and thats at the root of the Immigration Crisis at the southern border which once again dominated headlines. On monday a delegation of democrats including alexandria ocasiocortez went to visit the official Detention Centers housing many wouldbe americans at the southern border. Now, ms. Ocasiocortez who has famously described these facilities as concentration camps didnt find any gas chambers or evidence of torture, but she did claim to find conditions. She described as indefensible. They put them in rooms with no running water, and these women were being told by officers to drink out of the toilet. They were Drinking Water out of the toilet. Gerry now, border officials deny these allegations, and they say the people are being treated as humanely as possible, but no one denies the facilities are absolutely overwhelmed. Now, theres a simple reason for that, a surge in peopl