My 9/11 story in a nutshell:

From 2001 to 2003, as a 35-year United Airlines pilot and former naval aviator, I attempted to speak out about the 9/11 farce. After numerous face-to-face and phone conversations, and emails/letters to union and management officials, I sent in federally-mandated safety and security reports that implicated the Federal Aviation Administration.  I was immediately removed from the flight schedule without just cause. ALPA, my pilot union, refused to legally represent me in this matter.
Subsequently, I attempted to arrange meetings to include my personal attorney with my union and United management to no avail. They refused.   Shortly thereafter, I received a call from my JFK flight manager that the chief flight surgeon at United had ordered him to put me on sick leave without warrant and without my having seen an aeromedical physician.   Running out of sick leave time and desperate, I called my chief pilot as I was about to go nonpay, which I considered it to be punitive for speaking the truth. He advised me that before I could return to flying, I would be required to see a United flight surgeon with the stipulation that I would agree to do whatever the company demanded of me. Reluctantly, I agreed knowing that my next step would be to file an FAA Whistleblower Protection report after the meeting.