[Dave S]

I believe the gentleman who blew the whistle on the prison abuse sent photos FIRST to 17 Senators and got no response so he contacted Hackworth and got action

Wrong. The whistleblewer slipped a CD under the door of his CO. Others may have done what you said but the whistleblower went public in January.

[RGSpincich]

Wrong. The whistleblewer slipped a CD under the door of his CO. Others may have done what you said but the whistleblower went public in January.

Exactly correct. The blackmailer and his buddy, Hackworth, went public recently. Ivan "Chip" Frederick got caught, his Uncle Bill tried to blackmail the military by threatening to expose the whole deal to the public. The military would not look the other way for Chippy boy so Lawson started shopping his story around and found a taker in Hackworth.