With no where left to turn an employee of Lockheed Martin decided to blow the whistle on his company by posting a video describing unethical practices that he discovered. He claims he discovered ”startling security flaws” and then when no one took him seriously he decided to look to the power of YouTube. He shot a video of himself outlining the problems and then posted it to see if it would find an audience. It has since been picked up by a lot of press, much more so than if he would have attempted normal avenues to get his story out there. I wonder if this will entice more whistleblowers to share their stories…
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August 30th, 2006 at 11:27 pm
Only 8,000 views. It seems that the more access and rights you give citizens, the more apathetic they are. I guess overwhelming the herd just knocks’em down.