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The debate over whistleblower protection shifted to the impeachment trial, where another attempt was made to reveal the name of a person some think is the Ukraine Whistleblower. But, an important disclosure didn’t get much attention during the partisan sparring...

Edward Snowden, the noted NSA whistleblower, last night spoke up in defense of his partner in...crime? Concern is growing that journalists who use leaked documents are starting to be pursued more aggressively as criminals. Snowden fled the country after he...

"This all supposedly started because of a whistleblower,” President Trump's attorney Jay Sekulow said Tuesday during the first day of the Senate impeachment trial. "Where is that whistleblower?" he added as he closed his notebook and walked away from the Senate...

Just before the holiday, the American Bar Association published a statement on its "Legal Fact Check" webpage concluding that the whistleblower's identity is NOT Protected by the law. The lawyer for the White House whistleblower has asked that the person’s...

The Washington Post reports that Congressional staffers worked through the holiday to complete a report on the House Intelligence Committee's  Ukraine investigation. It is expected to go to the Judiciary Committee Tuesday. That committee will meet Wednesday review the report and...

All potential whistleblowers face a choice. Report through official channels -- their agency's whistleblower program or a company's compliance office. Or, go to Congress or the press. In yesterday's post, an accounting professor made the case for using inside channels....

Turns out hearsay can be pretty reliable. The validity of secondhand information about President Trump’s dealings with Ukraine reemerged as an issue at Wednesday's impeachment hearings. The president’s supporters initially dismissed the whistleblowers' revelations as unreliable “hearsay.” They are now...

 John Kostyack is the executive director of the  National Whistleblower Center A national conversation is underway about whether the President’s actions on the Ukraine matter warrant impeachment – a question on which the National Whistleblower Center does not take a...

I was punished for telling the truth. You hear that a lot from whistleblowers. Not what they expected for doing the right thing. Some organizations see whistleblowers as disloyal. So, when they fire, harass, demote, dox, or professionally blacklist a...

Major news outlets aren't naming the rumored Ukraine whistleblower despite disclosure of a name on social media and the Real Clear Investigations website. From The Washington Post.  The mainstream media’s silence is puzzling to Tom Kuntz, the editor of Real Clear...