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Whistleblower News From The Inside -- April 28, 2016

Posted  April 28, 2017

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

Coast Guard suspends practice of shooting, stabbing and dismembering animals in trauma training — The U.S. Coast Guard said Thursday that it has suspended a longtime practice in which it used live animals during trauma training. The suspension will last at least six months, giving the Coast Guard time to examine non-animal alternatives, such as using dummies, during what the military calls “live tissue training,” Coast Guard spokeswoman Alana Miller said. Animal protection activists have for years decried using live animals in military medic drills and called on the government to find more humane ways to train the troops. Washington Post

Barclays CEO says he won’t resign after trying to identify whistleblower — Jes Staley, the chief executive of Barclays, says he won’t resign despite multiple investigations into his attempts to unmask a whistleblower. Staley has been under pressure since Barclays acknowledged that the industry veteran had tried to identify the author of an anonymous letter that the bank was treating as an attempt to report wrongdoing. U.K. financial regulators are investigating Staley’s behavior and the bank’s approach to whistleblowers. New York’s Department of Financial Services is also investigating. CNN

Risen From the Grave, Keystone XL Pipeline Again Divides Nebraska — The fight seemed over. Plans to bury an oil pipeline in the Nebraska dirt, through hilly grazing land near the Elkhorn River and flat expanses of corn farther south, had been halted. Farmers and ranchers who spent years opposing the project moved on with their lives. But suddenly the pipeline from Canada to Nebraska, known as Keystone XL, is back on the table. As President Trump promised on the campaign trail, he has cleared the way for the project, which his predecessor had blocked. Republican politicians, many union members and some landowners are cheering the pipeline as a way to create jobs and bring more North American oil to market. But in spots along the proposed route through Nebraska, including here on the sandy soil of the Crumly family farm, the president’s decision is being met with frustration and resolve to resume the fight. NY Times