withhold his identity during the Congressional hearing. In the hearing, it was stated that anything Convertino stated was “not on public record, either in court documents or news reports” (“Whistleblower,” 1). However, the fact that this testimony was found in the Federal Document Clearing House and was easily accessible shows that his identity was not withheld. In addition, the component of repercussions for revealing the identity was not applied either. Convertino, however, was still able to find employment afterwards, although not the caliber of work that he had with the Department of Justice. Another aspect that was lacking was education. If Convertino was informed of the proper methods of filing a whistleblower suit, his first charge would not have been dropped because it would have been filed properly with the Office of the Special Counsel. Even someone with his level of education could not navigate the process. Another example of an individual whistleblower within a federal agency was that of Sibel Edmonds with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. A week after the September 11th attacks, Sibel was hired by the FBI to be a Turkish and Fasi translator. As part of Edmonds’s employment, she had to listen in on phone conversations between Turkish, Pakinstani, Israeli, and American officials. At one point, Edmonds reported that a supervisor took translation that were meant for her, forged her signature, and declared the translation were not of any use (Sheehly, 5). After going through her supervisors expressing her concerns, she eventually contacted the Department of Justice and Senator Grassley and Senator Leahy. Grassley stated that his belief was that “the F.B.I. is ignoring a very major internal security breach and a potential espionage breach” (Sheehly, 3). Two weeks after doing so, however, Edmonds was fired from the FBI (Giraldi, 1). In addition, her home computer was taken and her family was threatened by police in Turkey.
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