Whistle Run Dry

March 25, 2005

When federal employees blow the whistle on corruption, incompetence, or other abuses of power, they are entitled to protection from retribution by the U.S. Office of Special Counsel. But according to several watchdog groups, the OSC has been behaving more like a dead letter office than an ally in exposing government wrongdoing. Bob is joined by one of the complainants, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility executive director Jeff Ruch. He also hears from Special Counsel Scott Bloch, who sees things from a very different perspective.


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