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Talking With Kathryn Bolkovac About Her Experience as The Whistleblower

Posted: 08/16/11 07:48 PM ET

 

After seeing (and reviewing) The Whistleblower, I contacted Kathryn Bolkovac, whose story is the basis of the movie, and interviewed her. Her answers speak for themselves, but also give such a sense of her persona, grit and determination.

FOSTER: You were faced with a situation where the people you worked with were engaged in something very shocking. Do you have any insight as to how or why they got involved with trafficking?

I really do not think there is clear cut answer for this. Everyone is an individual and is accountable to their individual behavior and potential illegal actions they committed and continue to commit in current missions. I think most people are truly just plain complicit in their thinking and tend to not get involved or look the other way to avoid any form of accountability, especially if they think that something does not directly affect them for their position. Then there is the group of people who can easily be swayed to join in on a pack mentality, who are morally and mentally weak or ignorant. When conditions are right as they have been and still are in many overseas missions around the world, or if they think they will not be caught or judged then it is easy for them to engage in illegal and corrupt behavior. They try to justify and minimize their actions. Finally, there are individuals who are just plain evil and corrupt, they see the money making potential of preying on the helpless and needy, and exploit every opportunity they can to make a buck, especially in an industry that involves sex. They are very good at dehumanizing, denial, and lying about what is going on.

FOSTER: What do you think needs to be done to address the trafficking issue? What can government do?

The trafficking issue at large is too complex to tackle with sweeping reform. There are so many different types of human trafficking each with different dynamics of funding the corruption. Obviously, many adults choose to be trafficked... or illegally transported across many borders to escape horrendous conditions in their own countries. These issues cannot be convoluted with organized criminal syndicates who are providing services to internationals all over the world, in the form of trafficking for forced prostitution. They are involved in the recruitment, abuse, desensitization, and sale of human flesh, into international missions as sex workers. This is what I want to discuss and what I think we can make a huge impact on based on my experiences as a former law enforcement officer, former UN employee, former representative of our U.S. government overseas, and as a former employee of one of the largest private government contractors in the world DynCorp.

FOSTER: What can our government do?

First, in the short term, the United States needs to take a serious look at why we are willing to allow private companies to engage in the profession of law enforcement. Government contractors are a needed and viable means to get many logistical and re-construction efforts accomplished. They are not a viable means for a protection force or as a mechanism for the use in training law enforcement officers in emerging democracies. Law enforcement is not a business. Policing is a calling. Does anyone really believe that private corporations are in this policing and operational mission business for anything but the money? We need to set an example with our own federal police selection units, perhaps via the Department of Justice as an example, why can we not recruit and most importantly train our own community police officers before we send them into these missions? My book accurately describes the pathetic training offered by the private company who sent me overseas, which I am sure was heavily subsidized with my tax dollars. It was a disgrace; none of us had even the minimum knowledge or idea of what we were supposed to be doing once we got into Bosnia.

If we are to continue to send "rent a cops " overseas with inadequate knowledge and inadequate protections from corrupt private companies, some of whom had serious questionable policing backgrounds we might want to stop and think about how this damages our reputation and our goals. The private company who fired me had free reign to treat me however they saw fit, no one was in authority to stop them. They were exempt from all U.S. government accountability and have never been held accountable for what they did to me to this day. How has this changed? It has not.

Second, get the Civilian Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act (CEJA) out of committee and get it passed. It has been more than 12 years overdue. [NOTE: CEJA would allow the U.S. Justice Department to prosecute government contractors and employees for certain crimes committed overseas. It would complement the Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act (MEJA), which provides similar criminal jurisdiction over Department of Defense employees and contractors but does not clearly apply to U.S. contractors working overseas for other federal agencies.]

Third, make government contractors accountable for their employee actions, by putting a clause in their contracts that require them to facilitate and allow oversight of both external and internal investigations by outside government agencies, when probable cause exists that employees are suspected, or implicated in criminal offenses. They must cooperate in the facilitation of prosecutions. They can no longer just fire people, and hope the problem goes away, which automatically curtails any further investigation.

Fourth, set examples by having the means available to prosecute and convict with meaningful sentences.

FOSTER: What can individuals do?

Learn, read, report, and stop burying your heads in the sand. Many of the people involved in these crimes could be your next door neighbor.

Get local law enforcement initiatives started, and ask your police chiefs this question. What kind of training is being offered to your new recruits and officers on the streets to recognize and investigate all forms of human trafficking?

Do you think a local police chief in the hills of Northern New Mexico, or in the farming community of southern Illinois, is even going to know what we are talking about? Does the local hotel have young female Hispanics working in the housekeeping department? They do not speak English, they have no documents, does he know what wage they are being paid and in what form? Think about it. I have been in these places have you?

 FOSTER: Many of the women and girls who are trafficked are promised jobs that don't materialize. What do you think would be effective to get the word out to them so that fewer of them fall prey to these types of promises?

The only effect we can have on this is to stop the demand.

FOSTER: How did you sustain yourself?

Continued faith in our justice system, lots of hard workouts and sweat, many tears and my husband would make me a strong gin tonic with lots of lemon and ice once in a while.
 



 

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莫妮卡在里面看着好老啊，皱巴巴的T_T
嗯，其实类似题材的电影看过不少，无非是一个有正义感的人敢于冒着生命危险揭露某些阴暗面，并且以正义最终战胜邪恶为结局，一句话，煞笔，但是这部片子亮就亮在结尾处的几行字啊，Kathy揭露了丑陋的现实，却没有人为这样的罪恶买单，这个邪恶的组织并没有受到惩罚，不过是把公司解散了而已，换个名字照样接单干活，鬼知道他们是不是继续这样的勾当，并且Kathy从此没有能再参与类似的工作，再一次证明“未被同化”的人是为体制所不容的啊！！！哪里都有黑暗啊摔！！！

你只要21岁高中学历就能被录取
你能辨认出谁是塞族克族或波族吗 种族仇恨引发了这个国家的战争 我们来此是为了监督不是调查 有时让步也是这项工作的一部分
战争使我们这儿一半的男人死了 所以这些女孩被拐进来是为谁服务的 她们体内有硬币像狗一样被虐待
联合国是在奥斯维辛的尸体上建起来的 要维护尊严必须要做的是不使联合国强暴那些我们必须保护的人而遗臭万年 那些女孩就是军妓我们不会也不能受道德准则的摆布
面对着本土 维和人员 政府和政府官员巨大的利益关系网的革职和威胁 内政部官员的无间道使她取得了贩卖人口被逼卖淫的证据 凭借一些政府官员的良心 她成功了
许多维和人员被解职无人在本国遭到犯罪指控 嘉芙再也没能再国际组织中任职

去年加拿大和德国合拍了一部 The Whistleblower。讲波黑地区妇女被贩卖和遭受性暴力问题。实际上这些贩卖和暴力的活动却由美国官方以及与美政府合作的私人公司背后操作。

其实影片最后表达的还是这场抗争以失败告终，这个世界还是男权的社会。尽管有那么一些人被开除了，尽管katie最后把证据拿出来公布于众了，不要告诉我在波黑那些地方女孩们已经不再饱受欺凌。

有战争的地方就有军队，有军队的地方就需要军妓。可是，有哪一些人自愿来作军妓的，于是产生了贩卖和暴力。美国一向以维护世界和平为幌子践踏他国主权，把军队开到那里，产生直接的种族拼杀，衍生出各种复杂的社会问题。

由真实事件改编的好片子， 蕾切尔·薇兹 和 莫妮卡·贝鲁奇两大美女的演出，也透露了她们不只是利用身体来博得演出的机会，证明她们也在思考作为有影响力的女性应该传播的信息和价值应该是什么。

隐藏在世界某些角落的晦垢，只有用作为女性的眼能够看到。

像这样一部黑色现实题材的片子
我不给5星都难啊

故事不做累述。
若想质疑其真实度，可以稍稍wiki，再买书看。
虽然我也没看过，但以史为鉴，可以辨别。

我要说的不是这个现实问题怎么解决，
也不是对我们有什么启示，
毕竟说了也没多少人会在意，
更何况还说不清楚。

我依然喜欢提的还是关于人的问题。
你说为什么有些人可以丧心病狂，有些人可以十恶不赦，
有些人可以视而不见听而不闻？
嘿，但终究还是有些人可以fight for Justice。尤其还是one women's fight for Justice

嘿嘿 要我说，这还是生命力的问题。
这也是我标题的意思。
如果说，我们腐朽的体制和环境会慢慢腐蚀人的心灵，那么生命力越是旺盛的家伙，越是难以被蚕食和消灭。

所谓死人脸，影片中给的很到位。
就是满脸颓废，或者面瘫样，或者呆滞，或者害怕和恐惧。
死人的世界不消说就是——地狱。

不过这是在人间，所以还不全是死人。
还有几个骷髅头。
稍微注意一下：影片里给我们这正派的镜头角度都是有棱有角的“骷髅头”形象。

一脸死气是因为灵魂中缺少了点东西，
或者说内心早已被蒙蔽，一种将死未死的状态。
而骷髅头，就是死过的人，而且死的非常彻底，以至于历经多年都没有消失的白骨。

到底有着多么重的怨念啊~
2次失败婚姻，被判给丈夫的女儿，再加一次异域的有妇之夫.....
这个骷髅真是太硬了。够硬，所以够英雄。

所谓生命力，总是在自然法则中运行的。
自然界有着同化和异化作用，但是最终还是有无法同化的东西
可以同化的就被吸收，不能被同化的就被排泄到外界去更自由也更辗转的循环。而我们的社会也差不多。
所以顺便说一句，如果以后有人骂你是一坨屎，可以把它当做赞赏。

让我想掐死你。

一帮中学毕业只经过狗屎训练的人应承包公司所聘来到了一个满目疮痍的国家做联合国高级人。

于是，为了体现自己的高级，就践踏别人。为了自己感觉良好，为了满足自己的变态，为了钱。

呵呵呵呵呵呵

女主角在raid那个oasis酒吧的时候，正准备带走那些女孩子的时候，突然来了一帮人，一个人五人六的小伙子，面带得意的贱笑站在那里。

那是个什么心理？是不是真的觉得自己好高级啊！！

在解雇女主的时候，右边那个黑人警卫脸上的贱笑，也挺到位。

虽然这都是演的，但是这是根据真实事件改编的电影，所以我相信当时那些人的贱笑也是很到位的。

因为人嘛，不管你是黑红黄白，都是一个德行。






由于被数位高端深刻的社会精英抱怨看我写的这些话是浪费时间，所以我不得不不加一句：我写的都是废话，请“高端”“深刻”的人不要看，谢谢！！！书包背背好，不要再掉了。