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Stephen Kohn Discusses Snowden Interview on MSNBC
Stephen Kohn, Executive Director of the National Whistleblower Center, joined Chuck Todd to discuss Brian Williams’ extensive interview with NSA leaker Edward Snowden, and the various legal challenges that the former NSA contractor faces. Click link below to watch the...
FBI Crime Lab Whistleblower Featured on “The System with Joe Berlinger”
FBI Crime Lab Whistleblower Featured on “The System with Joe Berlinger” Washington, D.C. May 29, 2014. This Sunday, June 1, Dr. Frederic Whitehurst will be featured on “The System with Joe Berlinger.” Dr. Whitehurst appears in the third episode of...
Moral Courage Project Features FBI Whistleblower
Dr. Frederic Whitehurst, who blew the whistle on misconduct in the FBI Crime Lab, is featured in a short video by the Moral Courage Project. Dr. Whitehurst was the first successful FBI whistleblower. His case exposed forensic fraud in the...
Senator Grassley Announces Senate Whistleblower Protection Caucus on 25th Anniversary of the Whistleblower Protection Act
Today Senator Charles Grassley, the leading champion of whistleblower protection on Capitol Hill, announced that the formation of a Senate Whistleblower Protection Caucus at the start of the 114thCongress. Later today he will give a speech on the floor of...
Report Reveals Federal Agencies’ Non-disclosure Policies Violate the WEPA
A report released today by Senator Charles Grassley, Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, reveals that most of the fifteen executive branch departments’ nondisclosure agreement policies violate the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act. The law requires such agreements to contain...
Obama Administration Uses Privacy Act To Limit Congressional Oversight
The Washington Times reports today that the Obama Administration is accused of using a broad interpretation of federal privacy statutes to block Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley from pursuing investigations such as "'Fast and Furious' gun-running scandal to the questioning of judicial nominees,"...
Joint Senate/House Report Slams FDA Surveillance
Washington, D.C. February 26, 2014. Today Representative Darrell Issa, Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and Senator Charles Grassley, Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee issued a highly important Joint Staff Report carefully analyzing the...
Seattle Ordinance Expands Whistleblower Protection
The Seattle City Council, in collaboration with the Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission (SEEC), significantly expanded the City’s Whistleblower Protection Code. The changes went into effect on January 16, 2014. The revised code grants employees protection from retaliation for reporting...
DOJ Ignores Key Whistleblower Provision
According to a Senator Charles Grassley, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is potentially in violation of the anti-gag provision of the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act (WPEA). Sen. Grassley brought this issue to the attention of Department of Justice Inspector...
Michael Kohn exclusive RT TV interview on President Obama’s NSA Speech
Michael Kohn exclusive RT TV interview on President Obama's NSA Speech
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