VA Spying On Whistleblowers REPORT The Veterans Administration scandal erupted in 2015 with the public coming to know the backlog issues involved with veterans not being able to get timely appointments with physicians. One report even told of the number of veterans who died waiting for appointment. Now, the people who brought attention to the VA scandal are telling the world of another scandal within the scandal: they believe that the VA is diverting emails from the whistleblowers to administrators in Washington and Atlanta. The House Veterans Affairs Committee has received a complaint from an anonymous VA whistleblower who had trouble sending a work email to her personal email, after which an IT worker told her the VA was blocking certain email functions. A further investigation revealed a list of other VA employees with similar restrictions, which appears to include known VA whistleblowers from around the country. The list of names was titled Sec Divert Internal, and the anonymous whistleblower told the [Washington]Examiner that the IT worker believes emails from those workers are being sent to the VA secretarys office in Washington, D.C. Naturally, the VA denies this is the case. However, the Sec Divert Internal list includes the name of an employee, Scott Davis, who testified before Congress on incompetence at the VA and is a regular on news shows covering the VA scandal story. A screenshot provided to the Washington Examiner confirms that his emails are going to someone, somewhere, in addition to his intended recipient. Coincidence? Its a possibility, but considering not all whistleblowers are known names, and the reality that they have been threatened and NOTHING has happened in the Veterans Administration to fix the problems brought to light by the people disgusted enough to speak up, not really likely. Scott Davis claims to have had email problems for a while. So do others who have reported on abuses in the VA, which have not dissipated. The VA says that the list title has been changed, claiming that the word divert was misleading, and that they were HELPING the heroes. Davis isnt buying it. Davis said outright it was horse st. Its clear in my estimation that none of this had anything to do with helping whistleblowers, he said. I would argue it had the exact opposite intent, which is retaliating. Davis added some other news that is rather telling in this entire affair. He sends email complaints directly to VA Secretary Bob McDonald. Davis provided the Examiner with another screenshot of the delivery status of the emails. Note that they have not been read. Another screen shot proves that Davis emails are going toDebi Bevins, staff director for the office of the secretary in Washington. In the Examiner article, another whistleblower claims that employees are watched for interaction between them and members of Congress. This person claims to have been put on unpaid leave after a recent meeting. This whistleblower added that its disturbing to be on a special list of emails that appear to be going to VA headquarters in Washington, and said that seems to go directly against the VAs pledge not to harass or intimidate whistleblowers. And while the VA says its trying to help, this whistleblower said he takes no comfort in that. Should I be flattered or creeped out? this whistleblower said in an interview. Are they spying on my work email, or keeping me from reporting abuses to Secretary McDonald? These whistleblower experiences are VERY disturbing to the general population who were all hoping that with the exposure of the less than best practices at the VA, the abuses would be investigated and stopped. But no. The entrenched bureaucrats are more interested in protecting themselves and running interference with the boss than they are actually fixing the culture they perpetuate. The House of Representatives Veterans Affairs Committee is investigating the whistleblowers claims. We will see where this leads. 