In Their Own Words . . . .

In Their Own Words — Clinton

-- “He could have been a whistleblower. He could have gotten all of the protections of being a whistleblower."

Claim made by Hillary Clinton about Edward Snowden, which have been once-again called into question, this time by a report arguing that new whistleblower protections are needed to help national security whistleblowers who currently are exposed.

In Their Own Words — McLaren

-- "THIS LEVEL OF CORRUPTION ATTACKS SPORT AT ITS CORE."

Richard H. McLaren, a Canadian lawyer and an author of the World Anti-Doping Agency report which found widespread, state-sponsored doping by Russian athletes.  Click here for more.

In Their Own Words — Birkenfeld

-- “I think I did it out of courage, and doing the right thing for my country. And I think people see that, and certainly I did go to prison for 2.5 years, but the vindication of getting the $104 million, really makes me smile.”

UBS tax-whistleblower Bradley Birkenfeld when asked if exposing the tax practices was worth it.  Click here for more.

In Their Own Words — Garrett

-- “This could open up years of litigation and settlements in the same way that tobacco litigation did…in some ways, the theory is similar — that the public was misled about something dangerous to health.”

Brandon L. Garrett, a professor at the University of Virginia School of Law, commenting on NY investigation of Exxon Mobil for possible climate change lies.

In Their Own Words — McKessy

-- “This award recognizes the value of the information and assistance provided by the whistleblower while underscoring the need for whistleblowers to report information to the agency expeditiously.”

Sean X. McKessy, Chief of the SEC’s Office of the Whistleblower, announcing a $325,000 Whistleblower Award to Whistleblower who’s information led to a successful SEC enforcement action against an investment firm. ...

In Their Own Words — Felt

-- “The whole thing is going to explode right in the President's face.”

Mark Felt, a.k.a Deep Throat, commenting on corruption in the Nixon administration.  You can read more about his story in this Vanity Fair article published around the time he went public with his identity.

In Their Own Words — Ban

-- "Our ultimate goal must be to turn hands thrust out in hope of payment into hands joined together against this pernicious crime." United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, speaking to a UN anti-corruption forum in St. Petersburg, Russia, on the need to "act decisively to strengthen the global fight against corruption and bribery."  Click here for more.

In Their Own Words -- Mizer

-- “The provision of Medicare benefits must be dictated by patient need, not by Medicare providers’ efforts to maximize profits by pressuring their employees to provide medically unnecessary services.” 

Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Benjamin C. Mizer of the Justice Department’s Civil Division, commenting on the government’s intervention in cases against SavaSeniorCare.  DOJ

In Their Own Words — Burns

-- “This is a red letter day for integrity. This needs to happen more often.”

Patrick Burns, head of Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund, commenting on arrest of former Warner Chilcott executive on kickback charges.

In Their Own Words — Baumann

-- “You have documents that are on the privilege log that are not the greatest, but I really didn’t see a huge number of smoking guns.”

Attorney Linda Baumann discussing the merits of settling the DOJ’s claims of Medicare fraud by Broward Health with the hospital system’s Board of Commissioners based in part on the content of documents withheld from DOJ based on claims of attorney-client privilege.