Hey Whistleblower, Prepare to Be Threatened
Whistleblowing upsets people in an intense manner. You can expect those being exposed to send a hostile reaction in your direction in a clear effort to silence and punish.
Most whistleblowers know this before they communicate.
They can however still be shocked and traumatized by how damaging and frightening the “retaliation.” It is unethical, immoral aggression against important facts, evidence and truth in most all situations.
The former head of the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP), Lue Elizondo, claims that he too has been threatened, for advocating for UFO transparency. It’s bad. He worries for his life.
“I would like to make this perfectly clear to the American people,” Elizondo said. “I am not prone to accidents. I am not suicidal. I am not abusing drugs. I am not engaged in any illicit activities.”
Elizondo made his statement to “The Good Trouble Show.”
If someone feels compelled to get out in front of possible violence against them and communicate their concerns or anxiety in a precise, public manner, it seems to be reasonable that there is an understandable and possibly, logical trigger and need.
The former U.S. Army counterintelligence special agent was employed by the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense to work on intelligence projects, reports Ben Campbell, writing at Past Chronicle.
Elizondo however has what many whistleblowers don’t, a friend in higher places.
“There is whistleblower protection,” Congressman Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., says, “but it’s a joke and we know it’s a joke.”
This should not be a surprise. The assistance might be in name only, not practice, in cases of whistleblowing. It may come across as overly dramatic but in reality, it is truly a case of who can you trust and how much can you trust who is claiming to protect you? And maybe, is the help there at all?
The U.S. government and Pentagon officials have dismissed Elizondo’s claims and he’s not at peace with it, for different reasons, including one very troublesome one.
“If something happens to me or my family members in the future, you will know what happened,” Elizondo said.
He isn’t alone in his work and backlash received and being endured.
“Last year, David Grusch testified to Congress, explaining dark figures had threatened his life,” Campbell writes. “Grusch was also warned against speaking about the government UFO retrieval program he had previously been involved in.”
Grusch, a former U.S. intelligence officer and Air Force veteran, likely not easily scared, had been shaken too by what he experienced.
“I’ve faced brutal, unfortunate tactics” of retribution he claims, which he has labeled “administrative terrorism.”
Of course he did and I am sincere when I write it. That type of defense mechanism is common when people with power of any type want certain information hidden for reasons, good or nefarious. This is a figurative battlefield that whistleblowers knowingly or unknowingly have to traverse.
The government insists what is being claimed by different sources in the military and investigative leaders is not valid.
“… there was no credible evidence of aliens, UFOs or secret government programs to investigate reverse engineering,” Campbell writes about the government report. “This portion of the report left many experts and scientists outraged, as they argued it was incomplete.”
Convenient. The government says “no” but scientists and experts who society wants the public to trust are disillusioned.
I have a question for you, one that I declare, deserves ongoing time and consideration.
What are you going to do to prepare for the scorching-hot blowback — the retaliation — intended to intimidate or scare you to death, if you come forward with information that the powers that be (government, business, a company or someone in your personal life) don’t want communicated?
How will you absorb the first painful blows and threats of far worse?
It’s critical to develop the legal, moral, strategic answers beforehand to fight the good fight and mitigate the risk of an all-out offensive against you.
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Michael Toebe is specialist for trust, relationship, communications and reputation. He provides consulting, advisory, professional opinion and specialized communications at Reputation Intelligence — Reputation Quality, assisting individuals and organizations with further building trust, relationships and reputation as assets and ethically and responsibly protecting, restoring or reconstructing them.
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