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Whistleblowers

ReThink Interview: Daniel Ellsberg -- the Most Dangerous Man in America Speaks, Part Two

Jonathan Kim | Posted 10.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: The Battle of Algiers, Nationalism, Henry Kissinger, Afghanistan, The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers, Rethink Reviews, Daniel Ellsberg, Film, Jonathan Kim, Movies, Paul Wolfowitz, Movie Reviews, Insurgency, Whistleblowers, Jonathan Kim Movie Reviews, Judith Ehrlich, Rick Goldsmith, Richard Nixon, Occupation, Vietnam War, Documentary, Movie Critic, Counterinsurgency, Pentagon Papers, Machiavelli, Torture, Entertainment News
Jonathan Kim

The second part of my interview with Daniel Ellsberg, the true American hero who leaked the Pentagon Papers in 1971.

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FBI Whistleblower: Hastert, Burton, Blunt, Other Members of Congress 'Bribed, Blackmailed'

Brad Friedman | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Douglas Feith, Turkey, Valerie Plame Wilson, Lobbyists, Roy Blunt, Ohio, State Secrets, Sibel Edmonds, Dan Burton, Fbi, Valerie Plame, Blackmail, Tom Lantos, Bribery, Armenian Genocide, Dennis Hastert, Paul Wolfowitz, Whistleblowers, Nuclear Weapons, National Security, State Secrets Privilege, Marc Grossman, Stephen Solarz, Jean Schmidt, FBI Surveillance, Politics News
Brad Friedman

The broad criminal conspiracy is said to have resulted in, among other things, the sale of nuclear weapons technology to black market interests including Pakistan, Iran, North Korea, Libya and others.

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Embassy Whistleblower Fired For Exposing Afghanistan Scandal

The Washington Independent | Spencer Ackerman | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Whistleblowers, Armorgroup-North-America, Project on Government Oversight, State Department, Pogo, US Embassy Kabul, Politics News

The Project on Government Oversight has just learned that one of its sources for exposing apparent acts of physical and sexual harassment by a State D...

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Formerly-'Gagged' FBI Whistleblower Details Congressional Blackmail, Bribery, Espionage, Corruption in Remarkable Videotaped Deposition

Brad Friedman | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Douglas Feith, House of Representatives, Turkey, Valerie Plame Wilson, Roy Blunt, State Secrets, Dan Burton, Sibel Edmonds, Fbi, Blackmail, Valerie Plame, Justice Department, Armenian Genocide, State Department, Dennis Hastert, Paul Wolfowitz, Whistleblowers, National Security, State Secrets Privilege, Marc Grossman, Stephen Solarz, Nuclear Proliferation, Jean Schmidt, Politics News
Brad Friedman

Just over two weeks ago, FBI translator-turned-whistleblower Sibel Edmonds was finally allowed to speak about much of what the Bush Administration spent years trying to keep her from discussing publicly.

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UBS Whistleblower Sentenced to 40-Month Prison Term Puts Chill on Whistleblowing

Gary S. Chafetz | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gold Banc, Fraud, Ubs, Whistleblowers, Irs, False Claims Act, Fca, Swiss Bank Accounts, Bradley Birkenfeld, Farmers, Abraham Lincoln, Swiss Numbered Bank Accounts, National Whistleblowers Center, U. S. Treasury, Qui Tam, Politics News
Gary S. Chafetz

Bradley Birkenfeld may be one of the most effective whistleblowers in the nation's history. His reward? A 40-month prison sentence.

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Blocked Whistleblower Protections Put Obama Transparency Promises at Risk

Rob Kall | Posted 08.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Whistleblowers, Justice, Barack Obama, Government Accountability, Unions, Politics News
Rob Kall

For the last 30 years, whistleblower protection laws have been a sham, and whistleblowers need the opportunity to appear before a jury.

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SEC Pushed To Reward Whistleblowers With Cash

ft.com | Joanna Chung in New York | Posted 08.01.2009 | Business

Read More: Whistleblowers, Sec, Cash for Whistleblowers, Madoff, Enron, Business News

Regulators should pay whistleblowers for information about frauds, according to an official investigating the US Securities and Exchange Commission's ...

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There is Nothing to Fear but Staying Silent

Rev. Lennox Yearwood | Posted 06.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Environment, Environmental Protection Agency, Congress, Whistleblowers, Civil Rights, Government Accountability Office, Epa, Politics News
Rev. Lennox Yearwood

NoFear II and its tougher language is needed to grant protection to Dr. Marsha Coleman and the pitiful few left in government with the courage to blow the whistle on waste, fraud and abuse.

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Why Should I Care About the Nice Guys When the SOB's Have Screwed Up the Economy?

Russ Edelman | Posted 03.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Economy Nice Guys, Financial Crisis, Whistleblowers, Freddie Mac, Silent Employees, Business Ethics, Bailout Outrage, Business News
Russ Edelman

By learning how to speak up, confront situations and make choices, overly nice guys can help break the downward slide in this economy.

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Unearthed: News of the Week the Mainstream Media Forgot to Report

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle | Posted 07.19.2008 | Green

Read More: Gas Prices, Foreclosure Crisis, Fuel Efficiency, Bush Iran, Clean Air Act, Racial Profiling, Dick Cheney, Stopping Coal Power Plants, Whistleblowers, Voter Disenfranchisement, Extinction, Chemical Weapons Stockpile, Guantanamo Torture, Whale Hunting, CDC Climate Report, Global Warming, Wildlife, Green News
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle

Home foreclosures could affect voting rolls, Judge blocks coal plant due to global warming, Japan automakers control 34.7 percent of U.S. market, and U.S. exports to Iran grew tenfold under Bush.

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Thousands of Whistleblowers Silenced By Bush DOJ!

Rob Kall | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Whistleblowers, Justice Department, Bush Corruption, Corruption, DOJ Corruption, Tenet Health Care, Political Corruption, Washington Post, Health Care, Politics News
Rob Kall

The DOJ rejected or bottled up thousands of whistleblower complaints and reports throughout the Bush administration. Even the ones they accepted, they kept unprocessed for years.

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Justice Department Fraud Cases On Huge Backlog

Washington Post | Carrie Johnson | Posted 07.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Justice Department Whistleblowers, Whistleblowers, Justice Department, Whistleblowers Backlog, Politics News

More than 900 cases alleging that government contractors and drugmakers have defrauded taxpayers out of billions of dollars are languishing in a backl...

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FAA Inspectors Say Concerns Ignored

AP | DAN CATERINICCHIA | Posted 04.12.2008 | Business

Read More: Southwest Airlines, Faa, Whistleblowers, Douglas Peters, James Oberstar, House Hearings, Federal Aviation Administration, Congress, Business News

WASHINGTON — The whistleblowers who exposed maintenance and inspection problems at Southwest Airlines told Congress their jobs were threatened a...

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CVS to Pay $37.5 Million to Settle Pill Switching Case

Wall Street Journal | Jacob Goldstein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: CVS, Medicaid, CVS Pharmacies, Whistleblowers, CVS Lawsuit, Zantac, Ranitidine, Business News

CVS is paying $36.7 million to settle allegations that the company defrauded the government by improperly switching patients taking generic Zantac to ...

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