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Post-WikiLeaks, Army Now Requires Troops To Report Suspected Leaks

AP | ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON — The Army has updated its 17-year-old rule book on espionage to specifically require that troops alert authorities if they suspect c...

WikiLeaks Plans To Release CIA Paper

AFP | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

WikiLeaks on Wednesday released a CIA memo analyzing the risks of terrorists operating from the United States, but the document offered no dramatic re...

Julian Assange: Rape Allegations Part Of 'Smear Campaign'

Posted 05.25.2011 | World

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has slammed Swedish authorities who issued a now-revoked warrant for his arrest Friday on charges of rape and molesta...

NYPD: Protecting the Connected

Len Levitt | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Len Levitt

Welcome to Ray Kelly's police department, where cops get punished, even if they are in the right, and the connected are protected.

Biotech Propaganda Cooks Dangers out of GM Potatoes

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Jeffrey Smith

Don't worry your little heads over the gene-spliced foods on your plates. Just trust companies like Monsanto when they tell you their genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are perfectly safe.

The Next Financial Reform Floodgate

Mark V. Vlasic | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Mark V. Vlasic

The financial reform bill's whistleblower provisions require that any whistleblower providing "original information" leading to a penalty over $1 million shall receive between 10 and 30% of that collection.

Wikileaks Might Release Footage Of Deadly U.S. Airstrike On Afghan Civilians This Week

washingtonpost.com | Ellen Nakashima | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

Wikileaks.org plans to release as soon as this week documents related to a U.S. airstrike that killed Afghan civilians last year and plans to release ...

WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Surfaces In Belgium After Month In Hiding

The Guardian | Ian Traynor | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

The elusive founder of WikiLeaks, who is at the centre of a potential US national security sensation, has surfaced from almost a month in hiding to te...

The SEC's Biggest Whistleblower Blunders (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Nathaniel Cahners Hindman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

How did they not hear about this sooner? That's the question burned investors were asking the SEC in December 2008 when regulators charged Bernie Mad...

Obama More Aggressive Than Bush In Targeting Whistleblowers

New York Times | SCOTT SHANE | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Hired in 2001 by the National Security Agency to help it catch up with the e-mail and cellphone revolution, Thomas A. Drake became convi...

WikiLeaks Teams Up With Icelandic MPs To Create a Press Haven

Alda Sigmundsdottir | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Alda Sigmundsdottir

Simply put, the new law would make Iceland into a press haven in the way that the Cayman Islands and other offshore sites are havens for tax evaders.

Iceland Aims To Become Offshore Haven For Journalists

Nieman Lab | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media

On Tuesday, the Icelandic parliament is expected to introduce a measure aimed at making the country an international center for investigative journali...

Siegelman Blasts DoJ and Judge In 'Final' Reply Seeking Hearing

Andrew Kreig | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Andrew Kreig

Facing a sentence of 20 additional years in prison recommended by Bush Justice Department holdovers, former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman has finally taken off the gloves against his prosecutors and the judge.

Wendell Potter and Health Insurance Industry Misinformation

Jake Whitney | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Jake Whitney

Potter was vice president of corporate communications for Cigna, the fourth biggest health insurance company in America, when he decided to resign and become a public advocate for reform.

Senate Committee Okays Bill To Protect Whistleblowers

AP | RICHARD LARDNER | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON — A Senate committee on Wednesday unanimously approved legislation to protect federal employees from being punished for blowing the w...

CIGNA Exec Whistleblower Puts Wind in Health Care Reform Sails

Jamie Court | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Jamie Court

Wendall Potter may be the secret weapon that wins passage of health care reform in America.

Arthur Delaney

Keep Blowing The Whistle: Tell HuffPost About Bailed Out Firms Wasting Money

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

On Feb. 4, we asked HuffPost readers to send us tips if they knew of wasteful spending by banks that had benefited from taxpayer funds through the TAR...

WATCH: Madoff Whistleblower Testifies, WSJ Blew Chance To Break Story

MSNBC | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

***UPDATE 2:20PM*** The Wall Street Journal blew its chance to break open the Madoff ponzi scheme three years ago, according to whistleblower Harry M...

My 2008 "McLaughlin Awards" [Part 2]

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Chris Weigant

Love her or hate her, you have to admit that John McCain's selection of Sarah Palin for the Republican ticket this year was without any doubt the boldest political tactic of the year.

Top Protector Of Whistleblowers, Under Investigation, To Resign

AP | LARA JAKES JORDAN | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

WASHINGTON — The nation's top protector of whistle-blowers, who himself is being investigated for allegedly retaliating against employees, said ...