Intelligence Community

Whistleblower attorney Mark S. Zaid, who represented the government whistleblower whose complaint led to President Trump’s impeachment proceedings, was dropped by his malpractice insurer last month.  The insurer, the Hanover Insurance Group, claims that it did not renew Zaid’s coverage...

Lt. Col. Yevgeny Vindman, the twin brother of Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, launched a whistleblower retaliation complaint against President Trump and senior white house officials. Yevgeny Vindman worked on the National Security Council (NSC) as an ethics official and lawyer...

Alexander Vindman, the retired lieutenant colonel who testified at Trump’s impeachment hearings, recently released a statement explaining his retirement and encouraging others to step forward when they see corruption in the federal government. On August 1, Vindman published an opinion...

Reality Winner, the National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower convicted of leaking details of a 2016 Russian cyberattack on U.S. voting software, has tested positive for coronavirus in a Texas federal prison, along with over 500 women. Almost 40% of the...

Reality Leigh Winner (inmate number 22056-021) is currently incarcerated at the Carswell Federal Medical Center, P.O. Box 27137, Fort Worth, Texas, 76127.  She is an Air Force veteran, and later, became a federal NSA contractor.  Winner disclosed to the Intercept,...

Last week, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Acting Chairman Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Vice Chairman Mark Warner (D-VA) issued a joint statement supporting whistleblowers within the intelligence community.  The statement reads: “Consistent with its mandate to oversee the activities and...

On June 17, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) introduce introduced legislation aimed at protecting inspectors general. The Washington Post published an Op-Ed by Sen. Grassley in which he discusses the purpose of the bill. According to Sen. Grassley, the bill will...

Oversight should have no political bias. That was the message sent yesterday by Republican Senator Chuck Grassley. He announced that he would delay the confirmation process of two Trump nominees until he receives a sufficient explanation for President Trump’s recent...

The lawyers for WikiLeaks whistleblower Chelsea Manning have renewed the effort to get the former U.S. Army intelligence analyst out of prison. Manning, now incarcerated for a year after refusing to appear before a federal grand jury, is being fined...

In November 2019, federal prosecutors in Michigan indicted a man on charges of making death threats against Mark Zaid, the attorney representing the whistleblower at the center of the Trump impeachment proceedings, according to recently unsealed court filings. The message...