In Their Own Words . . . .

In Their Own Words -- Grassley

Posted 08/7/15

-- “Congress did not intend to create this sort of litigation-style standoff inside the Department. It is a waste of time and money for two divisions of the same government Department to be fighting over access to the Department’s own records.”

Senator Chuck Grassley’s statement on a recent Department of Justice opinion justifying the FBI’s refusal to turn over documents to the DOJ’s Inspector General.

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In Their Own Words -- Stein

Posted 08/5/15

-- “As investors increasingly focus on corporate governance and executive compensation issues at public companies, the pay ratio disclosure will provide another metric that is useful on many fronts, such as say‐on‐pay votes.” Bloomberg

SEC Democratic Commissioner Kara Stein commenting on Dodd-Frank’s mandate that the SEC adopt a CEO pay ratio rule.

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In Their Own Words — Devine

Posted 08/4/15

-- “This would be the strongest law in the U.S. Code requiring accountability for bureaucratic bullies who retaliate. It puts whistleblowers on an unprecedented pedestal.”

Tom Devine, legal director for whistleblower advocacy group Government Accountability Project, on the proposed VA Accountability Act which would limit appeal rights for VA employees facing termination or demotion but would greatly expand the...

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In Their Own Words — Drake

Posted 07/31/15

-- "The national security space is an extraordinary blanket, exempted to make it incredibly dangerous to speak truth to power, to reveal wrongdoing without suffering huge consequences…I'm the exceptional price you pay."

Thomas Drake speaking to a crowd on National Whistleblower Appreciation Day. Click here for more.

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In Their Own Words -- Jackson

Posted 07/30/15

-- “Is it the weather? Is it because it’s beautiful and the fraudsters want to live here? Is it because it’s such a melting pot and you have organized crime from all ethnic groups? Any fraud, it always seems to start here.”

Kelly Jackson, the IRS’s top criminal investigator in South Florida, speculating about why South Florida is the organized fraud capital of America.

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In Their Own Words -- Novak

Posted 07/29/15

-- (Expletive) the community. . . . Who gives a (expletive)? You own the place, you do what you want with it. (Expletive) them! What are they going to say about it?

Hospital owner Edward Novak, who was secretly recorded in February 2013 just before his arrest on charges of running a massive fraud scheme.

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In Their Own Words -- Lopez

Posted 07/28/15

--“What is happening there is tantamount to torture."

Whistleblower Olivia López, a former social worker at the Texas family detention center, Karnes County Residential Center, speaking out on what she describes as the deplorable conditions there which caused her to quit because "she could no longer work in a facility that asked her to withhold information from federal officials, punished residents who required...

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In Their Own Words -- Obama

Posted 07/26/15

--“Ordinary people have to stand up and say enough is enough.”

President Barack Obama in a speech to thousands of Kenyans on the challenges their country faces on human rights and corruption. Click here for more.

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In Their Own Words -- Grassley

Posted 07/24/15

--“Violators of antitrust laws put businesses and our economic wellbeing at risk, so whistleblowers who call attention to violators should be praised, not punished.”

Senator Charles Grassley commenting on the Senate's unanimous passage of the Criminal Antitrust Anti-retaliation Act. Click here for more.

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In Their Own Words -- Dreyfus

Posted 07/23/15

-- "COUNTRIES LIKE BOSNIA, LONG THOUGHT OF AS MORE ECONOMICALLY BACKWARD, ARE NOW MOVING FORWARD MORE SERIOUSLY ON WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION THAN WESTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. IF WESTERN EUROPE DOESN'T LIFT ITS GAME, IT WILL END UP BEING LEFT BEHIND IN THE DUST."

Suelette Dreyfus, Executive Director of international NGO Blueprint for Free Speech at a conference in downtown Sarajevo with legislators, government...

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In Their Own Words -- Grassley

-- “Congress did not intend to create this sort of litigation-style standoff inside the Department. It is a waste of time and money for two divisions of the same government Department to be fighting over access to the Department’s own records.”

In Their Own Words -- Stein

-- “As investors increasingly focus on corporate governance and executive compensation issues at public companies, the pay ratio disclosure will provide another metric that is useful on many fronts, such as say‐on‐pay votes.” Bloomberg

In Their Own Words — Devine

-- “This would be the strongest law in the U.S. Code requiring accountability for bureaucratic bullies who retaliate. It puts whistleblowers on an unprecedented pedestal.”

In Their Own Words — Drake

-- "The national security space is an extraordinary blanket, exempted to make it incredibly dangerous to speak truth to power, to reveal wrongdoing without suffering huge consequences…I'm the exceptional price you pay."

In Their Own Words -- Jackson

-- “Is it the weather? Is it because it’s beautiful and the fraudsters want to live here? Is it because it’s such a melting pot and you have organized crime from all ethnic groups? Any fraud, it always seems to start here.”

In Their Own Words -- Novak

-- (Expletive) the community. . . . Who gives a (expletive)? You own the place, you do what you want with it. (Expletive) them! What are they going to say about it?

In Their Own Words -- Lopez

--“What is happening there is tantamount to torture."

In Their Own Words -- Obama

--“Ordinary people have to stand up and say enough is enough.”

In Their Own Words -- Grassley

--“Violators of antitrust laws put businesses and our economic wellbeing at risk, so whistleblowers who call attention to violators should be praised, not punished.”

In Their Own Words -- Dreyfus

-- "COUNTRIES LIKE BOSNIA, LONG THOUGHT OF AS MORE ECONOMICALLY BACKWARD, ARE NOW MOVING FORWARD MORE SERIOUSLY ON WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION THAN WESTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. IF WESTERN EUROPE DOESN'T LIFT ITS GAME, IT WILL END UP BEING LEFT BEHIND IN THE DUST."

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