Los Almos whistleblower brutally beaten, he was due to testify this month

[housewolf]

Los Alamos Whistleblower Assaulted

Los Alamos whistleblower "Tommy Hook is still hospitalized today after being brutally assaulted over the weekend," the Project on Government Oversight is saying. "A group of three to four assailants threatened Hook to keep silent, in apparent reference to his upcoming Congressional testimony on fraud at Los Alamos."

Mr. Hook was slated to testify before the House Energy and Commerce Committee this month. Congressional staff from the Committee were already scheduled to arrive Tuesday, June 7th to investigate Tommy Hook's allegations. Also flying out tomorrow is the Project On Government Oversight's Senior Investigator Peter Stockton who investigated the 1974 murder of nuclear whistleblower Karen Silkwood in his previous position as a Congressional investigator.

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http://www.defensetech.org/archives/001590.html

[merh]

1. Damn

Poor fellow, I'll say some prayers for him.

[FreedomAngel82]

2. This is awful

How people treat whistleblowers is disgusting. :mad: If your government was doing something illegal (whether locally or nationally) wouldn't you want to know about it? I know I sure as hell would. Even if it was someone I supported. I would disappointed of course but at least I'd know the truth of the ordeal. The people who beat him should get some jail time or something. They could've easily murdered him! I still hope he goes forward with what he has.

[Democrat 4 Ever]

4. Where was Rove at the time of the attack? n/t

[Sal Minella]

6. Probably in church with four credible witnesses & a cellphone.

[Coexist]

3. This is terrible

I hope they work to protect him now and after the testimony.

[SpiralHawk]

5. The Goon Squads are Unleashed

The prophesied "Seven Plagues of Bush & Cronies" are upon the nation. The Goons are but one -- on the loose in savage service of BushCo's Homeland* State.


* Barf. I am not a Homelander. I am an American, a citizen of the United States of America. I don't want no steenkin public-relations "Homeland" Republican propaganda pumped at me and paid for with my own tax dollars.

[annabanana]

7. I think I saw this on CBS tonight........

(I was walking by the room and didn't catch the details) I surely hope he has some protection now.

[whatgives]

8. Just damn

This is horrible.:cry:

[Sperk]

9. Smiry's hit men are getting sloppy....run out of bathtubs for suicide

(slit wrists) victims. No more windows to fall out of? Small plane crashes overdone? I hope he makes a full recovery and nails the bastards. Then writes a book about it and makes millions!

GOD why is it so hard for good guys to survive in America?!?!?!?!

[libhill]

21. Seems to me

The Government boys are screwing the pooch with crap like this. When the dumb fucks kill a man or beat him up, it only serves to draw more public attention to what ever he has to say. Why don't they leave these people alone, ignore them? For many of us, the fact that he's been attacked lends that much more credibility to anything he says. In much the same way, that the Government has tried to cram Oswald down our throats as Kennedy's killer for 40 odd years, and yet witnesses and whistle blowers died by the dozens. Uncle Sam just ain't as bright as he thinks he is.

[lostnfound]

29. Double-edged: serves as a warning to others

Part of being turned into a 3d rate dictatorship. Get used to it. NOT!!

[ancient_nomad]

10. CBS Evening News.....

did a report on this tonight. (I checked their site and it is not
there) They had a lot of video in the report. It showed a close-up of Mr.Hook's face. He was not recognizable. The quote was "you can see
heel imprints on his face"! and you could. This is just terrible - beyond words. I hope he recovers COMPLETELY. Prayers for him.

[BrklynLiberal]

11. Never occurred to anyone to have him protected??

[in_cog_ni_to]

12. He's still alive?

Wow. The "suiciders" are losing their touch!

[walldude]

13. Yeah he's alive..

Broken jawbone... hopefully this will solidify his resolve to testify.

[lonestarnot]

14. Don't we have laws to protect whistleblowers? Oh worthless you say...

yeah Repukes ruined them like they've ruined everything else they've touched.

[ohtransplant]

16. Whistleblower protections have been systematically dismantled

over the last 4-1/2 years. As evidenced here, they truly take their lives in their hands in today's environment.

Wonder if anyone will be prosecuted?

Tragically, it's another brick in the alter of those who worship *, his minions, and their dark purposes.

Those of you lurking who voted for * and his thugs, does this give you a warm, rosy glow? Be careful, they could come for you next!

God bless America.

[lonestarnot]

18. and if you lurk hard enough you fucking freaks you can gaze at his

picture on another thread...something for you jack.

[libhill]

23. We can only hope -

who knows, if a few of these Bush sycophants had their teeth knocked down their throats, it might knock some sense into them.

[bobthedrummer]

15. OK-you can't make this up, it's the BFEE style.

:tinfoilhat:

[burrowowl]

17. The Brown Shirts

are here in force.
And Pete Dominici is probably their local NM leader.
This is BAD!

[ailsagirl]

19. That is disgusting... but not surprising :(

When I hear the name "Karen Silkwood," my skin crawls. Clear message: THAT'S what happens to whistleblowers...

I hope he'll testify regardless. Poor guy

[me b zola]

20. The nation has become desensitized to the crimes of the BFEE

As new facts are revealed about the bfee's thuggery, fraud, and assorted crimes, it strikes me that it is so prevalent that it appears to be normal.

The national nightmare, and disgrace, continue.








I WANT MY COUNTRY BACK!!!!!!!

[wtmusic]

22. The silver lining to this: he has powerful testimony to unleash

and he'll be OK (for the meantime) :scared:

[Straight Shooter]

24. OMG.

I pray that he will have the courage and the resolve to testify. His family must be scared out of their wits.

I hope Peter Stockton isn't tipping anybody off as to which plane he'll be on. This is freaky. It's like we're dealing with the g'damned Mafia.

[libhill]

26. The Mob

is pretty small potatoes, compared to the fucking cabal that really runs this country. I think Smirky is really nothing but a puppet figure. Some one else is pulling his strings. But this has been the case since 11/22/'63.

[anarchy1999]

25. "They" are sending out Karen Silkwood's investigator?????

"Mr. Hook was slated to testify before the House Energy and Commerce Committee this month. Congressional staff from the Committee were already scheduled to arrive Tuesday, June 7th to investigate Tommy Hook's allegations. Also flying out tomorrow is the Project On Government Oversight's Senior Investigator Peter Stockton who investigated the 1974 murder of nuclear whistleblower Karen Silkwood in his previous position as a Congressional investigator."

You have just got to be kidding me!

I feel all kinds of better now. NOT!

:nuke: :argh: :nuke:

[dutchdemocrat]

27. Beaten

[JNelson6563]

28. Anyone know where Liddy and Buchanan

were this past weekend? :shrug:

[bobthedrummer]

30. They are criminals hiding behind the "national security" shield.

They have names.

[libhill]

34. I hope to see them

hunted down, and hanged from the nearest available lamp post. Mad as hell, and I'm not gonna take it any more.

[bunny planet]

31. We really do have the Sopranos in the WH.

Awful, just awful.

[Pawel K]

32. I live in New Mexico and didn't even think this would reach national media

it is absolutely sick that something like this can happen in our country.

[seemslikeadream]

33. Is there a guard at his hospital room door?