For example, a contractor was terminated just days after coming forward to ODNI as a whistleblower. Another example, Those who advocated for the lab leak hypothesis or expressed dissenting views were reminded by their managers that leadership would determine which analysts would be promoted and which would not. The message was clear, Go along or be punished. Senior leaders also sought to undermine whistleblowers by removing anonymity, which is required in the whistleblower process as they made their … (03:57–04:09)
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Asserts that dissenters of the lab leak hypothesis faced career threats.
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