Dems want whistleblower protection to avoid contract abuse
Tags: reconstructionSen. Byron Dorgan of North Dakota wants better protection for whistleblowers to help prevent fraud involved in rebuilding. He doesn't have a problem with spending all the billions of dollars, he just wants to make sure they aren't misspent.
"We simply must ensure accountability for these massive expenditures — so that these dollars don't just wind up lining the pockets of unscrupulous contractors, as we've seen all too often in Iraq," Dorgan said at an unofficial hearing held by the Democratic Policy Committee, a congressional group.
"One of the keys to ensuring accountability is to have civil servants who witness fraud, waste and abuse to blow the whistle," Dorgan said.
Two cases of whistleblowers allegedly being fired because of their actions were discussed.
