Time Line of Dr. Hufnagel
   Victim of Retaliation for Whistle Blowing:

   Qui Tam - RICO
   A Study in Whistle Blowers

 

Dr.Vikki Hufnagel -Quick Overview: Late 70's/Early 80's

  • Dr. Hufnagel creates/develops Female Reconstructive Surgery (FRS)
  • She implements the use of laser (decades before everyone else)
  • She teaches women about their condition (instead of telling them they need a hysterectomy)
  • Dr. Hufnagel is very vocal about the abuses she see in women's health care.
  • She authors a best selling book, No More Hysterectomies, and Informed Consent Laws.
  • Dr. Hufnagel establishes herself as a whistle blower.

Books have been written and movies made of conspiracies and cover-ups. Some examples are The Constant Gardner, The Insider, Karen Silkwood, and Erin Brocovk. These real events when presented to us cause us to be outraged and fearful. Our hearts jump a beat and we say, "gosh, that really happened". At the end of these movies we feel a sense of relief that the conspiracy or wrongdoing was exposed, that the story was told, and that the wrongdoers were stopped or punished.

When comparing past conspiracies and cover-ups no two stories are the same. The real life events and the circumstances surrounding each event are unique and different depending on the people involved and the industry, but all have one thing in common, there is a whistle blower. What makes us fearful is we see what tactics the wrongdoers take in retaliation to the whistle blower.

One such story, which has not yet been published or made into a movie, is that of Dr. Vikki Hufnagel. Her story is unlike any story you will ever hear of and she is unlike any other person you will ever meet.    The following time line  is an outline of what has occurred to Dr. Hufnagel throughout her career.  

Dr. Hufnagel is today is strikingly beautiful. As a young women she was drop dead gorgeous. She attended Berkly, received her medical degree at the School of Medicine at the University of California, and completed resident training at the Albert Einstein School of Medicine in New York.  

She was very active in the women rights movement. Being a feminist woman obgyn made for a unique mix. She was one of the original writers for the "Our Bodies, Ourselves", which originally called Boston Women?

As a young women she was hardworking, outspoken, direct, and to the point, as she is now. Then as now, Dr. Hufnagel never sits idly by but takes continuous action. She has little tolerance for injustices, lies, and stupid questions.

Dr. Hufnagel is an obgyn surgeon by trade.
The industry that she exposed (and still is exposing) is primarily that of medical abuses
in women's health care.

Before you read the Hufnagel time line, it is suggested that you read The Twenty-Five Ways To Suppress Truth:  The Rules of Disinformation (Includes The 8 Traits of A Disinformationalist)
by H. Michael Sweeney. You will be able to recognize many of the rules being used against Dr. Hufnagel in the attacks that have been waged against her.

We also suggest that you familiarize yourself with with the Bolen Report and Tim Bolen.
Bolen is the nemesis of the now failing "quackbuster"   (AKA healthfraud group) operation  whose aim has been to discredit cutting edge doctors, such as the case with Dr. Hufnagel.  The original operation, Bolen believes, has fallen, because of losses in Court and other humiliations, on hard times and has been replaced by one run directly out of a New York ad agency.  What New York ad agency is it?  What reasons did this group have in attacking Dr. Hufnagel? 

What is known is this group was involved in activities that resulted in conspiracies and attacks  against Dr. Hufnagel. Bolen has written about various doctors who have been attacked by this group.  Bolen best explains how this group operates to destroy doctors and silence whistle blowers.     

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Whistle Blowers
For A Study in Whistle Blowers see the following links:

Twenty-Five Ways To Suppress Truth: The Rules of Disinformation (Includes The 8 Traits of A Disinformationalist)  THIS IS A MUST READ ARTICAL -

MDs study law on peer review. Question its use to stop 'whistleblowers'
http://foi.missouri.edu/whistleblowing/oregonmds.html

Time Magazine's Persons of the Year 2002:
Cynthia Cooper, Coleen Rowley & Sherron Watkins -
An inside look of what occurred to Women of Exon when they blew the whistle.
http://foi.missouri.edu/whistleblowing/whistle2002/persons.html

The Cost of Courage: How the tables turn on doctors - Part 1
http://foi.missouri.edu/whistleblowing/cost.html

The Cost of Courage: When right can be wrong. Part II.
http://foi.missouri.edu/whistleblowing/cost2.html

The Cost of Courage: Centre County hospital critics soon unwanted
http://foi.missouri.edu/whistleblowing/cost3.html

The Cost of Courage: Doctor says whistleblowers need more protection
http://foi.missouri.edu/whistleblowing/cost4.html

Federal whistleblower quits, alleges politicization of science
http://foi.missouri.edu/whistleblowing/fedwquits.html

Drug Expert Seeks Whistleblower Status
http://foi.missouri.edu/whistleblowing/drugexpertseeks.html

Health officials kept mum on flaws in research for nevirapine,
sent to Africa to protect newborns  
http://foi.missouri.edu/whistleblowing/usknewofaidsdrug.html


Qui Tam
Qui Tam - RICO and Whistle Blowing Information

Where RICO laws might be applied:

Although some of the RICO predicate acts are extortion and blackmail, one of the most successful applications of the RICO laws has been the ability to indict or sanction individuals for their behavior and actions committed against witnesses and victims in alleged retaliation or retribution for cooperating with law enforcement or intelligence agencies.

The RICO laws can be alleged in cases where civil lawsuits or criminal charges are brought against individuals or corporations in retaliation for said individuals or corporations working with law enforcement, or against individuals or corporations who have sued or filed criminal charges against a defendant.

Anti-SLAPP (strategic lawsuit against public participation) laws can be applied in an attempt to curb alleged abuses of the legal system by individuals or corporations who utilize the courts as a weapon to retaliate against whistle blowers, victims, or to silence another's speech. RICO could be alleged if it can be shown that lawyers and/or their clients conspired and collaborated to concoct fictitious legal complaints solely in retribution and retaliation for themselves having been brought before the courts.


Updates to the time line: here
Corrections to the time line: here
Disclosure about the time line: here