Jeffrey Sterling, a whistleblowing former CIA employee, emerged from prison last month after serving most of a 42-month sentence. Like his trial, his release drew little media attention, but his case has important implications for all Americans at a critical…
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Intelligence officials leak surprise decision in whistleblower case
The Project on Government Oversight reports that a three-person panel authorized by Obama’s Presidential Policy Directive 19 concluded last May that the National Security Agency’s inspector general retaliated against a whistleblower. Based on that information, Director Michael Rogers sent IG…
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
Reportedly, investigators have recommended indictment of disgraced former Central Intelligence Agency Director, David Petraeus on charges of leaking classified information.
Supreme Court hears arguments in whistleblower case, DHS v Robert MacLean
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments yesterday in a whistleblower case, the Department of Homeland Security vs. Robert J. MacLean.
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…
National security experts appeal for return to Constitutional government
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.
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…