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Army Colonel says he was retaliated against for blowing whistle on $43 million gas st

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...or-blowing-whistle-on-43-million-gas-station/

An Army Colonel who blew the whistle on a task force that was responsible for building a $43 million gas station in Afghanistan says he is being retaliated against, according to a prominent U.S. senator. Army Col. John Hope was the director of operations for the $800 million task force when he questioned its lack of accountability, and then said he had “been singled out for retaliation and retribution” for “speaking truth,” according to a letter Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) sent to Defense Secretary Ashton Carter last week. The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction recently released a scathing report on one of the task force’s programs — the $43 million compressed natural gas station, which the IG said should have cost closer to $500,000.
 
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Anomalism said:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...or-blowing-whistle-on-43-million-gas-station/

An Army Colonel who blew the whistle on a task force that was responsible for building a $43 million gas station in Afghanistan says he is being retaliated against, according to a prominent U.S. senator. Army Col. John Hope was the director of operations for the $800 million task force when he questioned its lack of accountability, and then said he had “been singled out for retaliation and retribution” for “speaking truth,” according to a letter Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) sent to Defense Secretary Ashton Carter last week. The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction recently released a scathing report on one of the task force’s programs — the $43 million compressed natural gas station, which the IG said should have cost closer to $500,000.
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I'm not surprised. My career came to a screeching halt - I was able to stay in but had no hope of further advancement - because I embarrassed the chief engineer by pointing out that yes, we did have a lot of asbestos down in the engine room. My whole next year was, well, pretty shi**y, and afterwards the command senior chief told me that what I was going through was precisely because of me blowing the whistle.
 
Re: Army Colonel says he was retaliated against for blowing whistle on $43 million ga

Anomalism said:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...or-blowing-whistle-on-43-million-gas-station/

An Army Colonel who blew the whistle on a task force that was responsible for building a $43 million gas station in Afghanistan says he is being retaliated against, according to a prominent U.S. senator. Army Col. John Hope was the director of operations for the $800 million task force when he questioned its lack of accountability, and then said he had “been singled out for retaliation and retribution” for “speaking truth,” according to a letter Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) sent to Defense Secretary Ashton Carter last week. The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction recently released a scathing report on one of the task force’s programs — the $43 million compressed natural gas station, which the IG said should have cost closer to $500,000.
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We absolutely need a number of confidential offices for whistle blowers to inform of illegal activities. It must be a number and they must be in the executive, legislative and judiciary branches.
 
Re: Army Colonel says he was retaliated against for blowing whistle on $43 million ga

Colonel Hope better be careful. He could meet the same fate as Kiriakou, Drake, Snowden and others. I'm pretty sure the record shows Obama to have prosecuted zealously more whistle blowers than any other administration.

The career of CWO Thompson of My Lai fame shows what happens when one does not toe the line. And Glen Contrarian too.
 
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