[Orangedog]

And more and more of those "good people" in those agencies have learned to go along and get along after seeing how others are treated who try to draw attention to the abuses and dereliction of duty. Has anyone heard anything about the fate of the most recent whistle-blowers at the FBI lateley? Like the one agent who put down in writing before 9/11 that the way The Bureau was NOT investigating terrorists was going to get a lot of people killed...something tells me he isn't going to get promoted any time soon.

Yes, these people have children and grandchildren. They also have mortgages, college for those kids to pay for, retirement to think of, etc. Most of them are not going to risk wrecking the future of their families by sticking their necks out.