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Whistleblower Complains Re: Firing

ORG XMIT: FX101 In this photo provided by the subject and taken in Dec. of 2006, Gary Strader is seen with his dog and horse in Glendive, Montana. Strader, a former professional hunter for the U.S. government claims in a whistleblower complaint he was fired in retaliation for reporting that two co-workers illegally shot two mountain lions from an airplane in northeast Nevada. (AP Photo/Gary Strader) ** NO SALES ** (Gary Strader / The Spokesman-Review)
ORG XMIT: FX101 In this photo provided by the subject and taken in Dec. of 2006, Gary Strader is seen with his dog and horse in Glendive, Montana. Strader, a former professional hunter for the U.S. government claims in a whistleblower complaint he was fired in retaliation for reporting that two co-workers illegally shot two mountain lions from an airplane in northeast Nevada. (AP Photo/Gary Strader) ** NO SALES ** (Gary Strader / The Spokesman-Review)

In this photo provided by the subject and taken in Dec. of 2006, Gary Strader is seen with his dog and horse in Glendive, Montana. Strader, a former professional hunter for the U.S. government claims in a whistleblower complaint he was fired in retaliation for reporting that two co-workers illegally shot two mountain lions from an airplane in northeast Nevada. (AP Photo/Gary Strader)

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D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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