Whistleblower and currently Senior Research fellow at the cato institute. Thank you for being here. Lets talk about your story. Why did you become a whistleblower during the gulf war . Guest those of us whove actually been through this kind of experience when you look at different whistleblower cases, a lot of commonalities come out and theres a new book out, whistleblowing in age of fraud by my friend entered was tom mueller. He takes you through these cases and i briefly mentioned there in connection with another episode of what you buy with most whistleblowers is they tend to be very interdirected. You tend to have a loyalty essentially to a higher purpose or calling and and i spent 26 s in government either fulltime or pipe parttime service between the National Guard and the cia, my ten plus years on capitol hill. Ive taken the same oath about five times in my life to preserve and protect and defend the constitution. I take deadly seriously. I will to that i die and thats what drov
Of conscience whistleblowing in an age of fraud. He takes you through these cases. What you find with most whistleblowers is they tend to be very interdirected. You tend to have a loyalty essentially to a higher purpose or calling. I have spent 26 years in government either full or parttime service between the national guard, the cia, 10 plus. Ears on capitol hill and so on i take it deadly seriously, i will until the day i die and that is what drove me in that circumstance because it was very clear during the war there was an amount of intelligence flowing out of the theater in the early days of the conflict potentialated chemical agent attacks had taken place or alarms had been going off. I was working at the equivalent imagery Headline News operation at the time, very. Uick turnaround reporting every time during that war, that six week period these reports , we would call the headquarters in riyadh and asked the question is this real . Every time, we would be called false alarm, don
Democrats impeachment inquiry and how could impact congressional races in 2020. At 9 00 a. M. , the american syria. Ative editor, james host good morning, everyone. The 12 Democratic Candidates are swearing off in another primary debate. Elizabeth warren will be placed in the center next to joe biden. He will we will kick off the conversation with your thoughts on Elizabeth Warren even if she is not your candidate now, could you support her in the primary or if you are a republican, could you support her in the president ial election against President Trump . Yes or no. If you think you could support Elizabeth Warren for president , 2027488000. If you say no, 2027488001. You can join the conversation on twitter at cspanwj or tell us on facebook. Com cspan. If you text us with your first name, city and state, we will take those responses as well, 2027488003. Lets begin with the latest polls. This is from real clear politics. The average shows Elizabeth Warren just two percentage. Oints
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