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Interview With A Whistleblower: "The Spirit of Resistance is Alive and Well"

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Hutcheson has now joined the swelling ranks of administration enemies who have seen the DOJ loosed upon them by what may very well be the most vindictive regime to ever occupy Washington. Prosecuting people like Hutcheson serves a dual effect. It dissuades other would-be whistleblowers and dissenters by serving notice that Eric Holder and his legion of lackeys stand ready to perniciously punish those targeted by the administration.   But perhaps more important, it transforms these targets into convicted felons, thus delegitimizing their claims and deflecting attention away from the wrongdoing that whistleblowers like Hutcheson first identified. The DOJ's ability to control how the story is reported all but assures that a convicted person's whistleblowing will be sent down the memory hole, while their "crimes" will remain front and center. 

 


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Attorney General Eric Holder is overseeing what many consider to be the most vindictive and pernicious DOJ in U.S. history


 

Hutcheson's interview reveals deep insight into exactly how the system of justice in the U.S. has been hijacked and used as a weapon of political oppression. He understands that the tactics employed against him are hardly unique and that his case is simply one of many such travesties playing out in federal court on a daily basis. The idiom "don't make a federal case out of it" is rapidly losing its meaning as even the most innocuous, well-intentioned conduct can cause one to be hauled into federal court on serious charges. The government's ubiquitous use of federal prosecution may be working against it, however, as a growing number of people begin to recognize federal trials for the scripted theater they have become. Meanwhile, the disgraceful war on whistleblowers continues and citizens like Hutcheson face tremendous peril in return for their laudatory acts of courage.

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