Australian Federal Police raided the headquarters of Australian broadcast ABC News Wednesday, seeking files related to a 2017 expose of abuses by Australian forces in Afghanistan, including alleged killings of defenseless children. The search warrant named three ABC journalists and…
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Brave whistleblowers still face overwhelming odds
by Donald Soeken • • Comments Off on Brave whistleblowers still face overwhelming odds
In a recent article, “Democrats on Capitol Hill ask White House not to gag federal employees“, the Washington Post quotes from a Congressional letter to President Trump. “As the new Administration seeks to better understand what problems exist in this area,…
Whistleblowers testify that VA whitewashed healthcare scandals, retaliation persists
by Linda Lewis • • Comments Off on Whistleblowers testify that VA whitewashed healthcare scandals, retaliation persists
[Cross-posted from Whistleblower Support Fund] At a hearing of the Senate Appropriations committee Thursday, whistleblowers testified on Veterans Affair’s investigation of the concerns about healthcare deficiencies at Veterans Affairs hospitals–investigations they characterized as a collective whitewash.
FBI Whistleblower Protection Program ‘Broken’ – US NGOs
by Guest Author • • Comments Off on FBI Whistleblower Protection Program ‘Broken’ – US NGOs
Published 3.16.2015 by Sputnik International. Republished with permission. Non-profit whistleblower organizations say that the US Department of Justice has laws in place to protect FBI whistleblowers from retaliation, but the system does not work as intended. WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The…
Double standard for leaking endangers the nation
by Linda Lewis • • Comments Off on Double standard for leaking endangers the nation
Reportedly, investigators have recommended indictment of disgraced former Central Intelligence Agency Director, David Petraeus on charges of leaking classified information.
FIlm Review: ‘Top Priority: The Terror Within’
by Linda Lewis • • Comments Off on FIlm Review: ‘Top Priority: The Terror Within’
“Top Priority: the Terror Within” tells the true story of whistleblower Julia Davis, a former DHS/ICE officer who conscientiously tries to prevent a bureaucratic SNAFU from turning into another 9/11.
NSA whistleblowers vindicated; surveillance empire strikes back
by Linda Lewis • • Comments Off on NSA whistleblowers vindicated; surveillance empire strikes back
You may be a whistleblower and not know it
by Linda Lewis • • Comments Off on You may be a whistleblower and not know it
The public image of a whistleblower is of an employee who witnesses wrongdoing and takes the information public. Subsequently, the world comes crashing down on them as their employer retaliates. But, that’s not always how it plays out. Some workers…
Another whistleblower dies unnoticed
by Linda Lewis • • Comments Off on Another whistleblower dies unnoticed
The New York Times reports that Charles D. Varnadore, a former nuclear laboratory technician and whistleblower, has died at the age of 71. Varnadore died on March 7, in Tennessee, but it “went unreported except for a classified advertisement in the…
AG Holder tells Russians Edward Snowden would not be executed or tortured
by Linda Lewis • • Comments Off on AG Holder tells Russians Edward Snowden would not be executed or tortured
Attorney General Eric Holder has written the Russian government to allege that NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden is not entitled to asylum. In a July 23 letter, Holder was dismissive of fears that Snowden would be tortured or executed.