A Whistle-Blower’s Story

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/03/opinion/letters/whistle-blowers-federal-government.html

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To the Editor:

Re “Whistle-Blower Did the Unexpected: She Returned to Work” (news article, April 2), about Tricia Newbold, a manager in the White House Personnel Security Office, who said officials had overruled career staff members who denied security clearances:

Why are you surprised that a whistle-blower went back to work? I was a whistle-blower at the Environmental Protection Agency and went back to work for 20 years and continued to blow the whistle, as did several of my whistle-blowing colleagues. That’s the law.

The law also requires every civil servant to report any cases of waste, fraud and abuse. Therefore, it is Ms. Newbold’s superiors who should not be returning to work.

William SanjourPortland, Ore.The writer, who worked at the E.P.A. from 1972 to 2001, is a member of the National Whistleblower Center.