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Media Silent When Administration Targets News Sources

Edward Wasserman | Posted 05.09.2012

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Edward Wasserman

When President Obama addressed the American Society of News Editors convention last month, the real news was what didn't happen. The watchdogs didn't bark.

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Loren Berlin

JPMorgan Chase Whistleblower: 'Essentially Suicide' To Stand Up To Bank

HuffingtonPost.com | Loren Berlin | Posted 05.08.2012

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When Linda Almonte alerted her boss at JPMorgan Chase about potential fraud in a major deal she was helping to close, she expected him to applaud her ...

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Is The Air Force's F-22 Fighter Jet Making Pilots Sick?

Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Video, Whistleblowers, Military, Jeremy Gordon, Jeffrey Haney, 60 Minutes, Stealth Fighter, Whistleblower Protection, Adam Kinzinger, Josh Wilson, F-22 Raptor, Air Force, Politics News

Two elite Air Force pilots are seeking protection under the federal whistleblower law for revealing safety problems on the F-22 Raptor, and refusing t...

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Joining the Whistleblowers' Club

Peter Van Buren | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Obama Iraq, Iraq War, Whistleblowers, Iraq War Funding, Whistleblower Protection, Patriot Act, U.S. Whistleblowers, WikiLeaks Cables, Obama Patriot Act, Wikileaks, Politics News
Peter Van Buren

As our government accumulates ever more of what it thinks the American people have no right to know about, there will only be increasing persecutions as prosecutions.

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Health Insurer To Pay Big Over Whistleblower Claims Of Overcharging

Reuters | Posted 05.23.2012

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March 23 (Reuters) - WellCare Health Plans Inc said on Friday that a $137.5 million deal to settle a whistleblower suit became effe...

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Even JPMorgan Chase Takes Cover When 'Mt. Saint Almonte' Explodes

Jerry Ashton | Posted 05.19.2012

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Jerry Ashton

You just don't mess with Linda Almonte. By punishing one of its own for actually doing her job, JPMorgan Chase set into motion the legal and ethical foundations for the case which she has prepared.

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Ever More and Ever Less: The Unstoppable Legacy of the War on Terror

Karen J. Greenberg | Posted 05.19.2012

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Karen J. Greenberg

Those who imagine the era of overreach in the name of national security coming to an end any time soon would do well to remember that some spectacular national security trials are on the horizon -- and that we may be entering a new age of governmental vindictiveness.

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Moody's Analyst Blows Whistle On Mortgage Debt Ratings, Allegedly Gets Pay Cut

Reuters | Posted 04.29.2012

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* Ilya Eric Kolchinsky may pursue retaliation claim * Moody's wins dismissal of defamation, other claims * Kolchinsky we...

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Big Bank Whistleblower Claims It Cost Him Major Bonus Money

The Huffington Post | Jillian Berman | Posted 02.21.2012

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One banker is claiming that blowing the whistle on his colleagues' inappropriate behavior cost him millions. Edward Williems, a former senior inve...

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Silent State

Peter Van Buren | Posted 04.10.2012

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Peter Van Buren

There is a barely visible but still significant war raging between a government obsessed with secrecy and whistleblowers seeking to expose waste, fraud, and wrongdoing.

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Hear the Lonesome Whistle Blow: Workplace Retaliation

Janice Harper | Posted 03.09.2012

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Janice Harper

We love to romanticize the whistleblower. But rarely does that admiration extend to the worker beside us, regardless of our labor values.

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Why Was A Marine Whistleblower Punished After Helping Save Lives?

Marcus Baram | Posted 01.21.2012

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Marcus Baram

Last week, Franz Gayl was given his life back. The Marine Corps veteran, who made waves in 2007 when he blamed top military officials for failing to speed the shipment of life-saving vehicles to Iraq, has spent the last few years seeing his vaunted career ripped to shreds.

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Labor Dept.: Bank Of America Used 'Illegal Retaliatory Tactics' Against Worker

Posted 11.14.2011

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bank of America Corp must reinstate a Countrywide whistle-blower fired shortly after the two companies merged in 2008 and p...

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Whistleblowing Laws and Culture Need to Change to Save Taxpayer Dollars

Project On Government Oversight | Posted 10.02.2011

Read More: Transparency, Whistleblowers, Project on Government Oversight, Sunlight Foundation, Micah Sifry, Whistleblower Protection, Whistleblower, Office of Special Counsel, Politics News
Project On Government Oversight

Calling out waste, fraud and abuse should be seen as a positive act that strengthens government. Unfortunately, in the current climate, whistleblowers are seen as insubordinates for calling attention to failure.

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Obama Opens the Oval Office to Good Government Groups

Project On Government Oversight | Posted 05.29.2011

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Project On Government Oversight

When we met with him yesterday, President Obama did something remarkable: He said the issue of transparency in government is incredibly difficult, and he asked us to work with his office to improve the status quo.

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Beyond WikiLeaks: A Leak "Arms Race"

Greg Mitchell | Posted 05.31.2011

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Greg Mitchell

Leaks have always played an important part in journalism, but this direct-to-the-public approach championed by WikiLeaks is new. Now there's a new kid on the block. Or rather, kids.

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How Top Secret America Misfires

Coleen Rowley | Posted 05.25.2011

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Coleen Rowley

Why has Congress not yet awoken to the fact that since 9-11 we have been sailing into a perfect storm? Here are just some of the turbulent winds blowing and pushing officials in the wrong direction.

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