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I just want to salute you and your public work in uniform, military uniform as well as civilian clothes. I heard you say you were committed to protecting whistleblowers. I was wondering what your definition was. Im thinking of edward snowden. My dear brothers and sisters, chelsea manning, my dear brother jeffrey sterling. Two in jail, one outside of the country. Would you define them as whistleblowers or in a different way . Dr. West i put you on the spot too much. Very penetrating question. I appreciate your reflections. I would define whistleblowers as those individuals who come forward consistent with the statutes for the appropriate authorities with the appropriate clearances to adjudicate. Its my understanding that our government has designated mr. Snowden and before him, private manning to be not whistleblowers. To be in one case someone accused of violating the military justice and someone accused of violating federal law. I believe there is a pathway through the chain of comman ....
People acknowledge on the matter tell nbc news that he was forced out. City hall gave us a copy of his resignation email. You can see it runs one long paragraph. Im going to read part of it and former chief of Oakland Police and he writes, i am truly honored to have worked with and led the officers over the last three years. Having made so much progress, i believe the timing is good for me to move on and to explore other opportunities. What those opportunities is or are has not yet been made clear. Under what the department did for his leadership the city of oakland has seen a 39 decrease in murders since 2013 and under chief wentds leadership, four officers were suspended for Sexual Misconduct involving an underaged woman. A federal judge was so displeased with how internal affairs was handling the investigation that he appointed an independent monitor to take over. Do yo ....
Tropical storm colin is lashing the gulf coast with high wind and heavy rains. Watches and warnings extend the all the way to the outer banks of north carolina. David begnaud in clearwater, florida for us tonight. David. Tropical storm colin expected to make landfall in the gulf coast within two to three hours. Here on Clearwater Beach where we are, relentless rain band hatch brought wind gusts 50 niles per hour. Significant flooding in cedar key, florida. In the tampa bay area, reports of flooding. Nearly 7 inch in 12 hours. A funnel cloud touched down on bonita beach today. No matter where you live in florida you saw rain part of the tropical system. Floridas governor, declared state of emergency in half the counties here in the state. Along the beaches, red flag warnings have gone up. But that has the not deterred tourists and thrill seekers. Scott, the storm tonight is starting to peck up speed. We are told remnants could be ....