SUPREME COURT MAKES GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION EASIER
AP - The Supreme Court made it harder Tuesday for whistleblowers to
share in the proceeds from fraud lawsuits against government
contractors. The court ruled 6-3 that James Stone, an 81-year-old
retired engineer, may not collect a penny for his role in exposing fraud
at the now-closed Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant northwest of Denver.
Writing for the court, Justice Antonin Scalia said Stone was not an
original source of the information that resulted in Rockwell
International, now part of aerospace giant Boeing Co., being ordered to
pay the government nearly $4.2 million for fraud connected with
environmental cleanup at the Rocky Flats plant. Rockwell must pay the
entire penalty anyway. The only question before the court was whether
Stone would get his cut. . . The False Claims Act allows individuals,
acting on the government's behalf, to file fraud suits against companies
that do business with the government. If they prevail, they receive a
portion of what the contractor must pay the government. Lower federal
courts ruled in Stone's favor.
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1603358,00.html?xid=rss-nation
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justice over the course of his 83 year lifetime. As a prominent
musician, his songs, messages and performance style have worked to
engage other people, particularly the youth, in causes to end the
Vietnam war, ban nuclear weapons, work for international solidarity, and
ecological responsibility. His work has had great influence and global
reach. His work has been not only a medium of entertainment but also of
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AP - The Supreme Court made it harder Tuesday for whistleblowers to
share in the proceeds from fraud lawsuits against government
contractors. The court ruled 6-3 that James Stone, an 81-year-old
retired engineer, may not collect a penny for his role in exposing fraud
at the now-closed Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant northwest of Denver.
Writing for the court, Justice Antonin Scalia said Stone was not an
original source of the information that resulted in Rockwell
International, now part of aerospace giant Boeing Co., being ordered to
pay the government nearly $4.2 million for fraud connected with
environmental cleanup at the Rocky Flats plant. Rockwell must pay the
entire penalty anyway. The only question before the court was whether
Stone would get his cut. . . The False Claims Act allows individuals,
acting on the government's behalf, to file fraud suits against companies
that do business with the government. If they prevail, they receive a
portion of what the contractor must pay the government. Lower federal
courts ruled in Stone's favor.
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1603358,00.html?xid=rss-nation
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PETER DREIER - Pete Seeger has been a crusader for peace and social
justice over the course of his 83 year lifetime. As a prominent
musician, his songs, messages and performance style have worked to
engage other people, particularly the youth, in causes to end the
Vietnam war, ban nuclear weapons, work for international solidarity, and
ecological responsibility. His work has had great influence and global
reach. His work has been not only a medium of entertainment but also of
education, compassion and activism. Please join me and many others in
this campaign. Sign the petition to help persuade the American Friends
Service Committee to enter Pete Seeger as their nominee for the Nobel
Peace Prize 2008
PETITION
http://www.petitionthem.com/default.asp?sect=detail&pet=3774
PETE SEEGER WEBSITE
http://www.peteseeger.net/
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