http://washingtonguardian.com/whistleblower-video-chill
Seems to me that agents tried, mightily, to raise concerns internally but got ignored. Seems to me that the agents who turned whistleblower recognized their duty to the country, the citizens, and their oath of office as opposed to some misplaced loyalty to the agency above all else.
Seems to me that even the military teaches the responsibility to not obey illegal orders and to report illegal behavior to the point of going over heads and outside the service if attention cannot be obtained via the chain of command.
Seems to me a "Changecast" telling employees they can expect to get steamrollered may be instilling a new culture but it hardly tells them that morale will improve. Reminds me of that poster seen in many offices: "Floggings will continue until morale improves".
stay safe.
The federal prosecutor brought in to reform the embattled Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in the aftermath of the Fast and Furious gun scandal distributed a videotaped message to employees this month warning there would be “consequences” for reporting wrongdoing outside their chain of command.
The video, obtained by the Washington Guardian, immediately raised alarm among agents in the field, members of Congress and whistleblower advocates.
“Choices and consequences means simply that if you make poor choices, that if you don’t abide by the rules, that if you don’t respect the chain of command, if you don’t find the appropriate way to raise your concerns to your leadership, there will be consequences,” Acting Director B. Todd Jones told the employees in a video distributed July 9 by email and closed-circuit TV and obtained by the Washington Guardian.
The 3 minute, 22 second videotape was the last of eight “Changecasts” that Jones distributed to ATF employees in recent weeks to describe how he planned to run the agency, improve morale and instill a new culture in the aftermath of one of the agency's worst scandals.
Seems to me that agents tried, mightily, to raise concerns internally but got ignored. Seems to me that the agents who turned whistleblower recognized their duty to the country, the citizens, and their oath of office as opposed to some misplaced loyalty to the agency above all else.
Seems to me that even the military teaches the responsibility to not obey illegal orders and to report illegal behavior to the point of going over heads and outside the service if attention cannot be obtained via the chain of command.
Seems to me a "Changecast" telling employees they can expect to get steamrollered may be instilling a new culture but it hardly tells them that morale will improve. Reminds me of that poster seen in many offices: "Floggings will continue until morale improves".
stay safe.