Whistleblower News From The Inside -- May 12, 2015

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

Former CIA whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison — He was convicted in January for leaking details of a secret mission to thwart Iran’s nuclear ambitions and government prosecutors were seeking a much harsher sentence.  MSNBC

NFL suspends Tom Brady 4 games over Deflategate scandal — The star Patriots QB will sit out the first four games of the 2015 regular season without pay, the NFL says, citing “conduct detrimental to the integrity of the NFL.”  ESPN

Defense Department moves too slowly on whistleblower retaliation investigations — According to a Government Accountability Office report, the agency’s average investigation time in 2013 and 2014 was 526 days, almost three times the agency’s internal 180-day requirement.  Fierce Gov

Open letter to UN claiming response to sex abuse whistleblower is “deeply unsatisfactory” — “We, the undersigned civil society organizations, call for immediate action to address revelations about the sexual abuse of children by French, Chadian and Equatorial Guinean troops in the Central African Republic, and the United Nations’ handling of the situation.”  Guardian

Whistleblower claims cybersecurity firm hacks clients to extort them — “The P2P cybersecurity firm Tiversa is making headlines again, but this time it’s because a former whistleblowing employee claims Tiversa ‘faked hacks and extorted clients to buy its services.'”  Network World