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YouTube Used for Whistleblowing

fightmaster writes "A Lockheed Martin engineer with concerns about the safety and security flaws in a fleet of refurbished Coast Guard patrol boats turned to YouTube in order to publicize concerns he felt were being ignored by his employer and the government. From the article: 'The 41-year-old Lockheed Martin engineer had complained to his bosses. He had told his story to government investigators. He had called congressmen. But when no one seemed to be stepping up to correct what he saw as critical security flaws in a fleet of refurbished Coast Guard patrol boats, De Kort did just about the only thing left he could think of to get action: He made a video and posted it on YouTube.com.'"

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  1. I don't know where else to post this but... by Rockinsockindune · · Score: 0, Troll

    The night manager at the Taco-Bell I work at has been taking home 2 packets of the mild sauce and 1 packet of the hot sauce home every time she works. I've tried calling the District manager, and the corporate office, but no one is doing anything. Should I put a video up of her taking them?

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  2. Re:Or... QWZX by Pendersempai · · Score: 0, Troll

    No, obviously not, because the government has a clear incentive to deploy strategically defective voting machines, while no analogously perverse incentive exists for them to deploy defective gunboats.

  3. Re:A Fine Example... by SpaghettiPattern · · Score: 0, Troll

    Background 6 years Navy Comm Tech 1.5 years US State Dept Comm Eng - 8 months Comm Eng for Counter Terrorism group 12 yeas LM - Syst Eng, PM amd Eng Manager. Including SW PM for an Aegis BAseline and SW Eng Manager for LM NORAD projects

    We non-us citizen notice this urge you us-guys have to measure up and compare your thingies in several postings in this thread. Really, this is a bit pathetic.

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