What STAGE of the Whistleblower incident reporting are you in? (not everyone uses all of these LOEs but some are required, see below)
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1st Line of Effort – Initial Notification of Immediate Chain of Command
2nd Line of Effort – Initial Report Incident to Inspector General (coming soon!)
If Applicable LOE – Report Incident to Provost Martial Office (Military Police) (coming soon!)
3rd Line of Effort – Engage Echeloned Chain of Command (coming soon!)
4th Line of Effort – Initiate Congressional Overwatch and Questions (coming soon!)
5th Line of Effort – Ensure Internal Rebuttal (coming soon!)
6th Line of Effort – File Agency complaints. (coming soon!)
7th Line of Effort – Submit Freedom of Information Act requests (coming soon!)
8th Line of Effort – File Article 138s for internal redress (coming soon!)
9th Line of Effort – File a Legal Course of Action (coming soon!)
10th Line of Effort – Board of Corrections of Military Records (coming soon!)
Overall Line of Effort – Vigilance and awareness of any attempted ENTRAPMENTs must be maintained to avoid the traps laid by the Command Teams for the Whistleblower!
1st Line of Effort – Initial Notification of Immediate Chain of Command
Forbes notified the Chain of Command an absurd amount of times (directly and indirectly through agency complaints) and they refused to stop the retaliation.
(see timeline of the Cause of Action Violations thru Psych Sworn Statement, below, and timeline of all notifications below, coming soon!)
- REMEMBER; the entire system is built to serve and protect the Commanders. That said, this step must be completed to answer the first question from the Inspector General, which is, “Did you address this with your Chain of Command?” BE PROFESSIONAL! BE CLEAR! BE QUICK! Get it over with because these Commanders and Officers (BDE and below) usually cover for each other and you are most often a meaningless chess piece on the gameboard of accessions, to them. The argument, no matter how right you are, will rarely be won here; only honorable and humble leaders listen. Most are too hyper-focused on their career progression and the protection of it, that they will protect it at all costs (even if it costs them their integrity and you your career). They can be so focused as to commit retaliatory actions, conflicts of interest and/or undue influence (see immediately below)
Timeline #1- Forbes v. US. Cause of Action Violations thru Psych Sworn Statement
2nd Line of Effort – Initial Report Incident to Inspector General (coming soon!)
Forbes notified IG every step of the way with no action, except moving him after all of their contrived entrapments were completed; this is largely (not completely) due to Congress’ 2017 “affirmative defense” clause added to the MWPA (10 USC § 1034) that rendered the law feckless. (see timeline of all IG reporting below, coming soon!)
- They used to be effective, but with the right adjustments can, one day, they may be effective once again. They investigate and quietly fix things by convincing the Commander of the wrong that occurred and how to fix it. In this case, regardless of the blatant nature of the significant violations of law, regulation, policy, executive orders or licensure principles, the IG seemingly did nothing or was ignored in the same manner the Chain of Command ignored the whistleblower. It was the Army Human Research Protection Office that identified the problem and eventually (after nearly a year and a half) issued a new policy. (click the link immediately below)
(Timeline #2 here – the never-ending Whistleblower Reprisal investigation and all others, coming soon!)
If Applicable LOE – Report Incident to Provost Martial Office (Military Police) (coming soon!)
If it is a criminal act, it is highly advised to report it immediately!
- If a crime occurred, use your own moral compass and report it as soon as possible. I thought my Chain of Command was rational, therefore I only reported the assault to IG the day after the incident and after I had a chance to mentally deal with being assaulted and humiliated in front of my entire Battalion. I thought they would internally address the issue with the CSM and me. I was wrong! I couldn’t stand a second sleepless night and went in the wee hours of day two after the assault to the PMO to report it. THE COMMAND FAILED TO ADDRESS THIS IN A TIMELY MANNER. REPORT THIS ASAP at the speed of your moral compass. But REPORT IT; we must get accountability back in our military.
(Timeline of PMO investigation here, coming soon!)
*** Plus this BONUS ‘INVESTIGATIONS’ timeline ***
Timeline of the COL’s 15-6, with overlapped USASOC MWPA IG and 1SFC Assault (started immediately after eCDBHE), as well as the incredibly delayed start to the Plaintiff’s ‘corrupted investigations complaint’ to SAIG on October 9, 2023 (started immediately after filing of CFC case, over one year later), investigations here, coming soon!)
- Remember, the lack of transparency of the ‘military machine’ is the self-preservation capability that is built in to it. There exist plenty of examples of how ‘the machine’ has spent countless hours, and has provided myriad excuses, to delay FOIA requests. And as we have seen, ‘the machine’ can even fight in court to resist exposure of their decisions. They sometimes couple this delay tactic with an investigation tactic; have you ever read or heard a journalist or public affairs representative convey “an investigation is ongoing?” These concepts are not to be confused with the standard “lost confident in a [Commander’s] ability to lead” commentary when an officer is relieved; it is far beyond boilerplate stone-walling. The varsity level tactics employ investigations to protect prior corrupted investigation or commander violations. The ferocious fervor of the tactics available in the system has been honed over the years and is utilized to protect the autocratic and subjective decisions of the Commanders and IG that would be difficult to reasonably explain away. They must be able to purport and protect an acceptable level of objectivity to present trustful messaging to our citizenry. After all, they serve as the ‘watchdog’ for the citizenry and the stakes (publicity) couldn’t be higher. This makes ‘the machine’ highly reactionary once it realizes that an outside entity (a journalist, a court, or an advocacy group, etc.) may become privy to their decision making. See below!
The SAIG letter was emailed to the Plaintiff as an answer to a FOIA request. It was dated or prepared, on February 6, 2025, the day after the Court clerk docketed the Entry of [the Defendant’s) Default. Then, ‘the machine’ emailed it to the Plaintiff, on February 14, 2025, a little over a day after the Plaintiff’s Response in Opposition to the Defendant Motion to Vacate…), in the below the timeline.
(Timeline of all Plaintiff known investigations in the Forbes case here, coming soon!)
(Court clerk, Entry of Default here, dated February 5, 2025, here, coming soon!)
(SAIG letter written or signed here, dated February 6, 2025, coming soon!)
(Plaintiff Response in Opposition to the Defendant Motion to Vacate… dated February 12, 2025 here)
(SAIG letter emailed here, dated February 14, 2025, coming soon!)
3rd Line of Effort – Engage Echeloned Chain of Command (coming soon!)
Plaintiff in the Forbes case never got to see a General.
- DO THIS! But DO NOT expect to even see the General. They hide behind “Preserving Objectivity” because they need “Plausible Deniability!” If you are a whistleblower you will only see the feckless CSM that had said to me the essence of the following message, in both cases, ‘Well I can’t speak to you about this because I am not the General and I may need to advise him if your case reaches his level. But thank you for bringing it to my attention.” (see the nearly a year long dance with the USASOC civilian Secretary of the General Staff (SGS) by clicking immediately below)
(Timeline #3 here – stalled and denied OPEN DOORs with General Officers)
4th Line of Effort – Initiate Congressional Overwatch and Questions (coming soon!)
Congressmen were integral in getting needed information from the Army in the Forbes case.
- This does not fix anything! Do not EVER think it does. This LOE is for questions to be asked by the Congressman to the offending Agency and answers to be given back to the Congressman and sent to you (and it is not always timely, see below). This is crucial to garner needed information that is being stonewalled from you by the Chain of Command and the Inspector General; this can identify lies and corruption of the Officers perpetrating the retaliation so that the Plaintiff has a chance to fight and win in other venues.
(Timeline #4 here – multiple Congressmen contacts)
If Applicable LOE – Offender Credential Request and Research (coming soon!)
If Applicable LOE – Offender Credential Request and Research
What is the Military notorious for will be discussed here? (coming soon!)
For opinion pieces on the state of readiness in the Military (click this link to be sent to the Resources Page ‘Pinocchio’)
(Timeline Licensed Provider Credential Request here – multiple requests denied for Psychologist credentials)
5th Line of Effort – Ensure Internal Rebuttal (coming soon!)
(Timeline #5 here- HHS, DHA, HRPO, FBI, etc.)
6th Line of Effort – File Agency complaints. (coming soon!)
The USASOC AHRPO actually put out a new policy in July, 2024, that directly related to Forbes February, 2023 complaint to them. The Plaintiff in the Forbes case was separated regardless of being correct about the issue; an issue that was the cause of action of his lawsuits.
- They can fix the underlying problem, which provides proof that the whistleblower was correct. One would think this would be added to the calculus regarding a Soldier’s administrative separation, but it usually does not. See below.
(Timeline #6 here- HHS, HRPO, FBI, etc.)
7th Line of Effort – Submit Freedom of Information Act requests (coming soon!)
(Timeline #7 here – each investigation, include denial of MWPA due to SAIG)
8th Line of Effort – File Article 138s for internal redress (coming soon!)
(Timeline #8 here- OPORD, GOMOR and improper separation)
9th Line of Effort – File a Legal Course of Action (coming soon!)
Let’s discuss the Tucker Act first; then we’ll discuss the APA and the Privacy Act here (coming soon!).
However, for questions like “What does money-mandating mean?” and “Is a money-mandating Act coupled with the Tucker Act necessary to win?” (click this link to be sent to the Resources Page ‘Tucker Act Analysis’)
- IF ALL COMMON-SENSE EFFORTS TO INTERNALLY CORRECT THE VIOLATION OF LAW FAIL (above) AND YOU HAVE STANDING (you were the damaged party under the law in question), AN OUTSIDE 3RD PARTY IS THE ONLY OPTION. There is because there is NO INTERNAL CHECK AND BALANCE TO AUTHORITATIVE CORRUPTION and/or COGNIZANT IGNORANCE OF THE LAW (the latter of which is known to Commanders as “Plausible Deniability”), WHICH MEAN THERE EXISTS NO AVENUE TO RIGHT THIS WRONG INSIDE YOUR AGENCY.
- Do this in the Court of Federal Claims (CFC) (link to court goes here) if damages are over $10,000 (or will eventually be over that amount) and your local Federal District Court if damages are static and will remain under $10,000.
- Do not condone the long-term internal ‘Deny, Depose and Delay’ strategies of remediation of your controversy within the system that was built by them, to insulate them.
- (link to shared jurisdiction of CFC and USDCs based on damages here, coming soon!)
- Why file in this Court first? Four reasons:
- Statute of limitations of 6 years strictly applied to the CFC.
- Courts have scheduling order timelines; boards do not!
- The timing of your filing with a Board and the Boards’ adjudication timelines (which are extensive) of your case can delay your filing with the court past the legal statute of limitation (immediately above).
- Court has jurisdiction and authority over Agencies.
(Timeline #9 here – of cases and their links regarding apropos Cases used in Court of Federal Claims here)
10th Line of Effort – Board of Corrections of Military Records (coming soon!)
Timeline #10 will only appear if needed and the 6-year statute of limitations for the Tucker Act and, more importantly, the 2-year statute of limitations coupled with no requirement for ‘exhaustion of administrative remedies’ associated with the Privacy Act, precludes and trumps this internal board that answers to no one regarding timelines. This lack of structure can arbitrarily string out cases for long periods and, in many cases, renders their rulings partially feckless as some of the damage done by Commanders can never be remediated given the time it takes for any remediation to occur.
Overall Line of Effort – Vigilance and awareness of any attempted ENTRAPMENTs must be maintained to avoid the traps laid by the Command Teams for the Whistleblower!
- They will likely lie to you. They will likely lie to your Congressmen. They will likely attempt to convince you that you did something wrong. They will likely attempt to forge their opinions into facts. They will likely do anything to protect themselves from guilt, even though they are guilty and they violated our laws. They are incapable of objective assessment and redirection of a program that is violating laws. Therefore, they will attempt to entrap you until they can shift the blame of their violations being brought forth on to the whistleblower; this will occur until you are removed from their grasp by the Inspector General or an honorable Officer in your Chain of Command. You are a whistleblower; THEY HATE WHISTLEBLOWERS! THEY HATE CHANGE! THEY HATE TRUTH! THEY HATE CORRECTION! They are arrogant. They are toxic. They are poisonous. STAY VIGILANT! WATCH FOR ENTRAPMENTS!
See the multiple entrapment attempts in the case that spawned this website (click the link below).