This article is another must read…

Years after blowing the whistle on Countrywide, a firm so bogged down with evidence of fraud that finding it was, “like finding a haystack on a pile of needles…Impossible to miss,” Michael Winston is mired in court battles and fighting for his life. All for exposing practices that some say nearly lead to a global financial meltdown.

“One of America’s ugliest secrets is that our own whistleblowers often don’t do so well after the headlines fade and cameras recede.” Many face jail time, exile, or “years of harassment and financial hardship…” “People won’t worry about it now,” says Winston. “But one day they’ll wonder why their air is polluted or their drinking water isn’t safe. And this will be the reason why.”