Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Hero pleads guilty

Remember Stephen Heller?

He's the guy who worked for Jones-Day, the attorneys for Diebold. In the course of his duties, Heller uncovered documents indicating that Diebold had installed uncertified machinery and software in California. Heller went public with this find.

Our society ought to give a medal to guys with that sort of public spirit. Instead, Heller was sued for revealing privileged documents. Even though those documents provided evidence of a conspiracy to break the law, Heller was finally forced to plead guilty pursuant to a plea bargain.

More at Bradblog.

Write your congressperson and insist on legislation to protect whistleblowers fighting for clean elections.

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