Feder could have written a thousand letters as a private citizen using his home address.

2006
VonEschenbach Orders Data on Ketek Suppressed, Threatens Staff
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/12/13/cbsnews_investigates/main2259865.shtml

…In an exclusive interview with CBS News, Ross, who reviewed Ketek’s safety for the FDA, says he warned his superiors that the drug was, in his words, a “time bomb,” and was shocked last summer when the acting head of the agency, Dr. Andrew Von Eschenbach, told employees to keep concerns about the drug in-house — and out of the press.

“He said, ‘If you don’t follow the team, if you don’t do what you’re supposed to do, the first time you’ll be spoken to, the second time you’ll be benched, and the third time, you’ll be traded,’” Ross says.

…Grassley’s letter to von Eschenbach:
http://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/pdf/Letter_Eschenbach_Ketek.pdf

http://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/pdf/Letter_Eschenbach_Ketek.pdf
http://ketek.martinandjones.com/
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Feb07
VonEschenbach - “Won’t Tolerate Whistleblowers”
http://www.ahrp.org/cms/content/view/483/28/
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November 2007
Senator Charles Grassley:
“We get press releases listing accomplishments rather than a meaningful revamping of the way things work inside the FDA. My staff investigators continue to hear from FDA employees who believe in their agency and … want to do the right things, but experience intimidation, suppression and reassignments when they raise concerns about the integrity of the FDA’s work.”
http://www.newstarget.com/022282.html

It can’t be so… you must have mixed up your meds. Andy V. himself has said actions like those will not be tolerated.

“Let me assure you that I do not condone or tolerate intimidation or retaliation of any kind in this agency, and I will take every opportunity to reinforce that message.”
Andy V.