The Food and Drug Administration has been found to have launched a
massive surveillance campaign targeting its own scientists for writing
letters to journalists, members of Congress and President Obama. The
scientists were expressing their concern over the FDA’s approval of
medical imaging devices for colonoscopies and mammograms that could
endanger patients with high levels of radiation. The covert spying
operation led the agency to monitor the scientists’ computers at work
and at home, copying emails and thumb drives and even monitoring
individual messages line by line as they were being composed in real
time. The agency also created an enemies list. We’re joined by the FDA
whistleblowers’ attorney, Stephen Kohn, executive director of the
National Whistleblowers Center. "For the first time, we now have a
glimpse into what domestic surveillance of whistleblowers looks like in
this country with the modern technological developments," Kohn says.
"The agency [sought] to destroy the reputation of these whistleblowers
forever."Video
Source: Democracy Now!
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