Judge to Fannie Mae's Attorneys: Federal Agency or Private Employer?

``U.S. District Court Judge Rosemary Collyer has denied Fannie Mae's second attempt to dismiss a wrongful termination suit brought against the mortgage giant by a purported whistleblower... Fannie Mae is being sued by Caroline Herron, a former Fannie Mae vice president who left the corporation in 2007 but came back as a consultant in 2009 to assist with the Treasury's Homeownership Preservation Program. Herron, in her complaint (PDF), claims that she found evidence Fannie Mae officials were focusing on maximizing incentive payments at the expense of taxpayer dollars and efficiency, and was fired in early 2010 after reporting her concerns to Fannie Mae and Treasury officials. ''