The FTC targeted businessman James Douvas for ruin in $216 million lawsuit. It’s yet another case of federal officials with too much power, an unlimited budget, and a need for a scalp.
The National Whistleblower Center last month held its annual gathering of whistleblowers from both the public and private sectors in the Kennedy Caucus Room of the Russell Senate Office Building.
National Whistleblower Day is always a good event, a celebration of the people who put their careers on the line in the name of transparency. The speakers are always interesting, there’s strong bipartisan support for whistleblower protections, and it’s easy to make great connections there.
I stay in touch with a lot of whistleblowers, both in and out of government. We have something of a “community,” lending the occasional helping hand and moral support. Well, in the course of those discussions, I’ve come to realize that there is a parallel group of innocent victims of federal, state, and local authorities, and I would equate them to whistleblowers.
A fellow Greek-American, James Douvas, is, in my opinion an innocent victim of a government gone out-of-control. His case is not difficult to understand. Jimmy is a 52-year old father of three. His elder daughter graduated recently from a prestigious university, his second daughter is a junior at an equally prestigious place, and his son is in prep school in Chicago.
Jimmy freely admits that he got into trouble with drugs as a teenager, served time in...
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