Ms. Alicia Dabney, former US Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service employee, is the feature story at the web site Full Measure News. The show will talk about sexism, attempted rape, sexual assault, bullying, harassment, intimidation, reprisal and more that is going on inside USDA. Ms. Dabney, a Native American, served as an Apprentice firefighter, Sequoia National Forest. Alicia details the bullying, harassing ill-treatment she received as a firefighter once employed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service. [C4C NOTE: USDA Coalition of Minority Employees reports that Alicia Dabney was terminated from the Forest Service as an act of reprisal days after attending a whistleblower conference in Washington, DC. A horrific sexually charged voice mail was once left for Ms. Dabney by a male colleaque. Reportedly, rather than remove the perpetrator, USDA officials terminated Ms. Dabney. Ms. Dabney has reported to C4C that she was fired from Federal service for filing EEO complaints, speaking to Robin Heard, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Departmental Management, speaking out publicly about Region 5 civil rights issues, and her participation in the Vercruysse Class Complaint.]
Mr. Michael McCray, a former USDA employee who filed a discrimination complaint against the USDA Office of Civil Rights, is also featured in this interview. Mr. McCray, an African American, is a civil rights lawyer and Federal whistleblower. Michael became known as the “$40,000,000 Whistleblower” when he reported over $40 million in government waste, fraud and abuse at the United States Department of Agriculture. Later, Michael became a Judicial Reform Activist when he reported significant judicial misconduct against U.S. v. Microsoft Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson and the Ashcroft Justice Department. Over the last several years Attorney Michael McCray has served as a key organizer in the Annual Whistleblower Summit in Washington, DC.
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Full measure is "a broadcast focusing on investigative, original and accountability reporting unique in today’s media and will be dedicated to pursuing Untouchable Subjects through Fearless Reporting." The host is Sharyl Attkisson. This will be Atkisson's second Whistleblower Summit generated interview. Ms.Attkisson is a five-time Emmy Award winner and recipient of the Edward R. Murrow award for investigative reporting.
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