In an op-ed for Politico, “The Police Are Still Out of Control: And I should know,” Frank Serpico shares his insights on dealing with bad cops. Serpico, a retired police detective, famously exposed graft and corruption in the New York…
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Remembering Rick Piltz, climate change whistleblower
Rick Piltz, a familiar face in the whistleblower community, died October 18 of cancer at a Washington, D.C., hospice. A policy analyst and climate change whistleblower, Piltz leaves behind a legacy of principled activism, a wife, Karen Metchis, and a daughter, Shayne Piltz. He…
MacLean garners impressive support in Supreme Court case
Last week, supporters filed eight more “friend of the court” (amicus curiae) briefs in support of Robert MacLean, the whistleblowing former air marshal whose case, DHS v. MacLean, is now before the US Supreme Court.
GAP Praises Settlement of Marine Corps Whistleblower Case
By Sarah Damian. Published September 25 by the Government Accountability Project. Reposted with permission. Today, U.S. Marine Corps whistleblower Franz Gayl and his attorneys since 2007 at the Government Accountability Project (GAP) praised the Marine Corps and the U.S. Office…
Amicus brief filed with SCOTUS in DHS v. MacLean
Washington, D.C. At the National Press Club, on September 11, attorney David B. Nolan, Sr., introduced an amicus brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of whistleblower Robert MacLean, a former TSA air marshal.
Snowden awarded “Alternative Nobel Prize”
A Swedish charitable foundation announced today that NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden is a co-recipient with Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger of the Right Livelihood Award, also known as the “Alternative Nobel Prize.”
Dodd-Frank doesn’t protect whistleblowers overseas, Second Circuit rules
Whistleblower protections of the Dodd-Frank Act do not apply outside the United States, an appellate court has ruled. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued the ruling on August 14 in the case, Liu Meng-Lin v. Siemens…
Snowden granted 3 years residency in Russia
The Russian government has granted intelligence whistleblower Edward Snowden a residence permit, valid for up to three years from August 1. Snowden previously had been granted a one-year grant of temporary political asylum that expired July 31. Residency status, says Snowden’s lawyer Anatoly…
Snowden in “precarious” position after asylum status expires
Edward Snowden’s temporary asylum authorization from Russia expired yesterday, a development that puts him in a “precarious” position according to Amnesty International. Available information indicates that Snowden currently has “temporary leave to remain” while he waits for the Russian government to approve…
Snowden’s asylum set to expire July 31
Edward Snowden’s current grant of asylum from the Russian government expires on July 31, but his request for a one-year extension has not yet been granted. Snowden’s attorney, Anatoly Kucherena told the Interfax news agency, “We have filed documents to extend…