Blowing the whistle on Iraqi contractors nets no thanks

Kansas City Star by DEBORAH HASTINGS, Associated Press | Aug. 25, 2007 (News Analysis)

One after another, the men and women who have stepped forward to report corruption in the massive effort to rebuild Iraq have been vilified, fired and demoted.

Or worse.

For daring to report illegal arms sales, Navy veteran Donald Vance says he was imprisoned by the American military in a security compound outside Baghdad and subjected to harsh interrogation methods. Full Story »

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Topics: Civil Liberties, War in Iraq
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Posted by: Posted by Chris Finnie - Aug 27, 2007 - 10:43 AM PDT
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 by Chris Finnie - Oct. 1, 2008

This is a truly shocking story! I've known for years that the U.S. was headed toward a police state. Clearly we've arrived. Without people who have the courage to speak out against corruption, we are truly doomed. Without media that will report on it, we can no longer exist as a free country. I can't believe the Kansas City Star was the only newspaper with the courage to pick this story up. But I haven't seen it anywhere else.

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