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In Their Own Words - Drake

-- “THE GOVERNMENT'S MESSAGE IS CLEAR...WHISTLEBLOWING IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST WILL BE PUNISHED, WHILE DISCLOSING CLASSIFIED INFORMATION DEVOID OF PUBLIC VALUE WILL GET YOU A PASS.”

NSA whistleblower Thomas Drake commenting on Petraeus plea deal.  Read more here.

Whistleblower News From The Inside - March 4, 2015

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Senate holding hearing today on FBI whistleblowers -- The Senate Judiciary Committee will hear testimony from current and former FBI agents and the Executive Director of the National Whistleblower Center describing how FBI whistleblowers are subjected to illegal retaliation, and how the system designed to protect them is “broken.”  GAP FBI bluntly told a potential...

In Their Own Words - O’Reilly

-- "The public needs to know that the EU institutions welcome whistleblowing and protect whistleblowers against retaliation to make sure that serious misconduct or wrongdoing in the EU administration are brought to light.”

European Ombudsman Emily O’Reilly on the failure of several European bodies -- including the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the Court of Justice of the European Union...

Whistleblower News From The Inside - March 3, 2015

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Superstorm of fraud reported in denial of Hurricane Sandy claims -- FEMA executive acknowledges fraud in engineering reports used by insurance companies to deny storm victims insurance relief.  CBS SEC makes new Dodd-Frank whistleblower award -- The SEC announces a whistleblower award payout between $475,000 and $575,000 to a former company officer “who reported original,...

In Their Own Words - Kozlowski

-- "I was piggy. But I’m not that person anymore."

L. Dennis Kozlowski, the Tyco executive convicted in 2005 for looting nearly $100 million from the company, who State parole officials informed last week that for the first time in nearly a decade he is entirely free of penal supervision. Click here for more.

Monthly Roundup -- February 2015

  By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Here is our look-back at the key whistleblower and fraud developments we have written about over the past month: FEATURED POSTS AND COMMENTARY This month's featured posts and commentary included: DOJ Gets Failing Marks For Treatment Of FBI Whistleblowers (here); New York AG Proposes Financial Frauds Whistleblower Act (here); Seventh Circuit Gives Broad Read To What...

In Their Own Words - Stewart

-- "Of the 11 times in our entire history that the Espionage Act has been used against government workers sharing information with journalists, seven of them have been under this presidency."

Jon Stewart on the February 26, 2015 airing of The Daily Show.  Click here for more.

Whistleblower News From The Inside - February 27, 2015

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team Jon Stewart stands up for whistleblowers – On last night’s Daily Show, Jon Stewart ran a “Blazing Tattles” segment in which he criticized the Obama administration on its treatment of whistleblowers, including the administration’s use of the Espionage Act.  The Daily Show Senate approves auto whistleblower bill --  A measure that would offer financial incentives for...

DOJ Catch Of The Week -- MetLife Home Loans

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team This week's Department of Justice "catch of the week" goes to MetLife Home Loans LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of MetLife Inc.  On Wednesday, the Texas-based mortgage finance company agreed to pay $123.5 million to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act.  Specifically, the government charged that MetLife Bank knowingly originated and underwrote mortgage loans...

DOJ Gets Failing Marks For Treatment Of FBI Whistleblowers

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team The Government Accountability Office (GAO) this week released its much anticipated report on the Department of Justice's treatment of FBI whistleblowers.  The GAO's findings do not speak well of the government's treatment of this particular class of intelligence whistleblower.  In short, the GAO found the DOJ has not properly handled complaints of FBI whistleblower...