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A D.C. Superior Court judge recently released Donald E. Gates, who spent 28 years in prison for a murder and rape he did not commit. The court also expunged Mr. Gates' conviction after it was determined that the government's expert,...

The National Whistleblowers Legal Defense & Education Fund's teleconference on National Security Whistleblowers is underway.  Shown here are Sibel Edmonds of the National Security Whistleblowers Coalition, Stephen M. Kohn, Executive Director of the National Whistleblowers Center, David Colapinto, General Counsel...

The information that will be covered is valuable to any national security whistleblowers, anyone who represents these clients in their practice, or any advocate dedicated to preserving the rights of national security employees.

The CIA has decided to pay Richard Horn $3 million for a unique settlement of a fifteen (15) year-old spying case. The government not only wants Horn to dismiss the case and release the CIA and State Department officials who...

Peter Stockton and David Burnham answer questions from the audience at the Whistleblower Film Festival last night.  After the showing of Silkwood, Burnham recounted his experience as the New York Times reporter waiting to meet with Karen Silkwood on the...

Even federal agencies use independent contractors and skirt the protections provided to "employees." This month, a federal judge in Washington, DC, held that a former translator can sue the Voice of America officials who terminated her contract after she made...

Last Wednesday, Robert Mueller, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigations, appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee for an oversight hearing.  Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) used the opportunity to question Dir. Mueller about how the administration's proposed whistleblower bill (S....

On the 8th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, FBI whistleblower Coleen Rowley has issued a call to action for the White House and Congress to pass effective legislation protecting national security whistleblowers.

By keeping a promise, Mr. Obama by happenstance found his voice in the primaries and his campaign was re-energized all the way to the White House after adopting that chant. It is now time for Mr. Obama to keep another...

U.S. District Court Judge Lamberth has ordered the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to grant security clearances to the lawyers on both sides of a case so they can participate in the adjudication of what relevant evidence is properly classified.  As...