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Joe Davidson of the Washington Post contacted three former national security whistleblowers whose stories of “official revenge are a frightful warning to the CIA staffer. Yet all three would do it again, in service to their country.” One of them...

Every journalist who has ever worked with a whistleblower knows these are fraught relationships. The journalist wants the story. The whistleblower wants justice. Or, maybe revenge. Whistleblowers can be heroic, brilliant, paranoid or deceptive. Journalists can push for too hard...

Sen. Chuck Grassley spoke out in support protecting the IC whistleblower on Tuesday. No surprise here. Below find his most recent remarks for National Whistleblower Day. From Politico The most senior GOP senator has fashioned a career on protecting whistleblowers...

From The Washington Post on concerns over protections for the IC whistleblower. Dave Colapinto Federal laws offer only limited protection for those in the intelligence community who report wrongdoing — even when they follow all the rules for doing so....

Rep. Adam Schiff confirmed on ABC's This Week that the Ukraine call whistleblower will testify before a Congressional committee. Lawmakers plan to ensure the anonymity of the witness,  said the California Democrat, who is chair of the House Intelligence Committee. Adam Schiff...

The past day’s demonization of the intelligence community whistleblower has been harsh. But, not surprising. Whistleblowers always face blowback. And calls for the whistleblower to come forward suggest a lack of understanding of the need for anonymity. Tom Mueller is...

A bill strengthening anti-retaliation protections for wildlife whistleblowers made it out of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Wednesday, marking another move to improve protections for insiders who expose wrongdoing. The Rescuing Animals with Rewards (RAWR) Act improves the reach and...

The job of the investigative journalist is to look at how things are supposed to work and report when something is amiss. Sometimes they can follow a paper trail and talk to enough people on the record to get the...

Not all the recent whistleblower news from Capitol Hill involves the president and the Ukraine.  The House last week passed a bill that would add a whistleblower protection provision to rules governing a national accounting oversight board. And on Monday,...

9/25 update: David Colapinto, general counsel of the National Whistleblower Center, spoke about the disputed intelligence community case on NPR and C-SPAN's Washington Journal. Click here for the NPR audio.   "If you work in the intelligence community you must bring your concern...