Whistleblower Savagely Beaten

From CNN:

SANTA FE, New Mexico (AP) -- A Los Alamos lab whistle-blower scheduled to testify before Congress was badly beaten in an attack outside a Santa Fe bar.

Tommy Hook was in a hospital recovering from a fractured jaw and other injuries, his wife, Susan Hook, said Monday.

Hook's wife and his lawyer believe the attack was designed to keep him quiet.

Susan Hook said the assailants told her husband during the attack early Sunday that "if you know what's good for you, you'll keep your mouth shut."

Tommy Hook has a pending lawsuit against the University of California alleging whistle-blower retaliation. He had been scheduled to testify before the House Energy and Commerce Committee later this month about alleged financial irregularities at the nuclear weapons lab.

Police and the FBI said they are investigating.

Stop and think about how whistle blowers have been treated under Bush II. Colleen Rowley. Paul O'Neill. Richard Clarke. Former Ambassador Joseph Wilson whose CIA wife's cover was deliberately blown by a ranking White House operative. Then just dismiss this as an isolated incident.