What STAGE of the Whistleblower incident reporting are you in? (not everyone uses all of these LOEs but some are required, click to jump intra-page immediately below)
1st Line of Effort – Notifying Immediate Chain of Command
2nd Line of Effort – Report Incident to Inspector General
If Applicable LOE – Report Incident to Provost Martial Office (Military Police)
Timeline #1- Forbes v. US. Cause of Action Violations thru Psych Sworn Statement
3rd Line of Effort – Engage Echeloned Chain of Command
(Timeline #2 here – stalled and denied OPEN DOORs with General Officers)
4th Line of Effort – Initiate Congressional Overwatch and Questions
(Timeline #3 here – multiple Congressmen contacts)
If Applicable LOE – Offender Credential Request and Research
(Timeline #4 here – multiple requests denied for Psychologist credentials)
5th Line of Effort – Ensure Internal Rebuttal
6th Line of Effort – File Agency complaints.
(Timeline #5 here- HHS, HRPO, FBI, etc.)
7th Line of Effort – Submit Freedom of Information Act requests
(Timeline #6 here – each investigation, include denial of MWPA due to SAIG)
8th Line of Effort – File Article 138s for internal redress
(Timeline #7 here- OPORD, GOMOR and improper separation)
9th Line of Effort – File a Legal Course of Action
(Link to Cases page here)
10th Line of Effort – Board of Corrections of Military Records
Overall Line of Effort – Vigilance and awareness must be maintained to avoid the traps laid for the Whistleblower!
Timeline #8- Forbes v US. Entrapments Guantlet!
1st Line of Effort – Notifying Immediate Chain of Command
- 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; they are too hyper-focused on their career and protecting it, and each other, at all costs (even if it costs you your career). (see immediately below)
2nd Line of Effort – Report Incident to Inspector General
- They used to be effective but with the right adjustments can, one day, be effective again. In my experience (and I have experience), 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 and ignored the whistleblower. It was the Army Human Research Protection Office that identified the problem and issued a new policy. (click the link immediately below)
If Applicable LOE – Report Incident to Provost Martial Office (Military Police)
- 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.
3rd Line of Effort – Engage Echeloned Chain of Command
- DO THIS! But DO NOT expect to even see the General. They hide behind objectivity! 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)
4th Line of Effort – Initiate Congressional Overwatch and Questions
- 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 to fight and win in other venues.
If Applicable LOE – Offender Credential Request and Research
5th Line of Effort – Ensure Internal Rebuttal
6th Line of Effort – File Agency complaints.
- They can fix the underlying problem, which provides proof that the whistleblower was correct. See below.
7th Line of Effort – Submit Freedom of Information Act requests
8th Line of Effort – File Article 138 redress
9th Line of Effort – File a Legal Course of Action
- 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, for them.
- (link to shared jurisdiction of CFC and USDCs based on damages here)
- Why file in this Court first? Three 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.
10th Line of Effort – Board of Corrections of Military Records
Overall Line of Effort – Vigilance and awareness of any attempted ENTRAPMENTs must be maintained!
- 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 4 entrapment attempts in the case that spawned this website (click the link below).