Whistleblower News from the Inside - May 27, 2014

May 27, 2014

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

Snowden coming home? — Snowden’s lawyer says there are currently negotiations to bring the former NSA whistleblower back to the US and that he will return home if certain conditions are met, including at least a partial pardon from prosecution.  The Washington Times

VA whistleblower says 2 vets killed themselves while waiting for treatment — Margaret Moxness, a former VA psychiatrist, claims to know of at least 2 vets who committed suicide while waiting for treatment, the latest allegation in the unsettling VA hospital scandal.  The Fiscal Times

Corruption interfering with Nigeria’s efforts to rescue kidnapped schoolgirls — Sarah Sewall, the Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, says security forces “must overcome entrenched corruption and incompetence for it to rescue the over 200 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram on April 14.”  FCPA Blog

Idaho National Laboratory whistleblower speaks out — Dennis Paterson, a former ethics officer at the facility, is going public with allegations of retaliation at the lab.  Watch the video here.  News Channel 8

Employee fraud losses often are not recovered —  A new survey from the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners reveals that 58% of companies failed to recover any money lost through employee fraud in 2012 and 2013, up 9% from the previous study released in 2012.  The Wall Street Journal