Our daily pick of the most meaningful, inspiring, or instructive quotes straight from those on the front line — fighting, exposing, or reporting on fraud and injustice, wherever it may lie.
In Their Own Words -- Burns
Posted 09/1/15
-- “THE AGENCY IS BUREAUCRATIC, MYOPIC, AND NOT LEVERAGING WHISTLEBLOWER INFORMATION AND PRIVATE LEGAL RESOURCES TO ACHIEVE MISSION SUCCESS.”
Patrick Burns of Taxpayers Against Fraud discussing the IRS whistleblower program.
-- “There are no good stories about retirement savings crimes, but this case was particularly galling because three people were all punished for doing the right thing. But that’s also what makes the resolution of this case so satisfying. [The Whistleblowers] suffered serious financial consequences because they stood up for what was right. This resolution ensures that they’ll finally get the compensation they...
-- “These people tried to do it the right way, and now they’re fighting back, not only for themselves but for all whistleblowers…the moral of the story is why [Edward] Snowden fled the country.”
Larry Klayman, attorney representing NSA whistleblowers in their lawsuit. Click here for more.
-- "The investigation we are conducting is not narrow in scope.”
Vermont Attorney General William Sorrell, describing his office’s inquiry into fraud allegations at a private psychiatric hospital that federal prosecutors declined to pursue and a federal court later dismissed.
--"The agency has shown a long-standing intolerance for whistleblowers while conducting faith-based management of its contractors regardless of poor performance. This has bred a culture in which no safety misdeed goes unrewarded.”
Former senior Energy Department official Robert Alvarez commenting on problems with the Department’s efforts to clean-up the Hanford nuclear waste site.
-- "THE INSTITUTION IS NOT CORRUPT, THERE IS NO CORRUPTION IN FOOTBALL."
Outgoing FIFA president Sepp Blatter in defending soccer's world governing body from highly publicized charges of wide-spread corruption. Click here for more.
-- “Stealing from the state of Florida takes money from the pockets of all taxpayers in Florida, and it’s absolutely intolerable.”
State of Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater concerning US Foods’ settlement of claims it unlawfully inflated prices for food supply services. For more click here.
-- "Even though he's cooperated, he committed enormous crimes…it isn't enough to say, 'I've been caught, I'll cooperate and everything will be right with the world and I'll just go home.'"
U.S. District Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald commenting on sentencing of former Park Avenue Bank president Charles Antonucci Sr.
-- “I NEED TO BE INVESTIGATED. WE ALL NEED TO BE INVESTIGATED.”
Maria das Gracas Silva Foster, ex-CEO of Petrobras, Brazil’s state-run oil company, commenting on the corruption scandal that has rocked the Brazilian government. Click here for more.