"For the courts to protect behavior like this is a great injustice," Mr Chabasinski told the judge in the letter.
He pointed out that his clients and Mr Gottstein are now facing the possibility of being jailed for contempt of court if they violate the injunctions and asks the court to consider this scenario:
"Whistleblowers circulate documents which show incontrovertibly that the executives of a corporation have, with careful deliberation, engaged in a course of action that they know will lead, and does lead, to the death and injury of thousands of people, that is, they have committed heinous crimes."
But yet the whistleblowers end up going to jail for violating an order which protects the criminals. Mr Chabasinski also notes the absurdity of the end result of a situation like this:
"The criminals go completely unpunished with the protection of the courts and are allowed to continue to profit from their wrongdoing."
Based on the Mr Chabasinski's letter to the court, a hearing for reargument on the extension and modification of the December 29, 2006, temporary injunction has now been scheduled for January 8, 2007, at 2:00 pm.
