In Their Own Words -- Sorrell
Posted 08/27/15
In Their Own Words
This archive includes posts from our “In Their Own Words” series, in which the Whistleblower Insider blog highlights particular quotations. Return to:
In Their Own Words — Alvarez
Posted 08/26/15
--"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.In Their Own Words — Atwater
Posted 08/24/15
-- “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.In Their Own Words — Buchwald
Posted 08/21/15
-- "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.In Their Own Words — Foster
Posted 08/20/15
-- “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.In Their Own Words — Klein
Posted 08/19/15
-- "At that moment, I did nothing, because I was too scared, and I didn’t know if I could find anyone to believe me, because who was I?”
Whistleblower Mark Klein describing his discovery of the NSA’s spying on the AT&T network.In Their Own Words — Edwards
Posted 08/18/15
-- “DESPITE THE OFFICIAL RHETORIC, THERE IS VERY LITTLE COMMITMENT AT THE TOP OF THE ORGANIZATION TO PROTECT WHISTLEBLOWERS AND A STRONG TENDENCY TO POLITICIZE EVERY ISSUE NO MATTER HOW URGENT.”
Bea Edwards of the Global Accountability Project, an international organization that supports whistleblowers, on the need for greater whistleblower protections at the United Nations and her findings with respect to the...
In Their Own Words — Thompson
Posted 08/17/15
-- “It is unfortunate that in light of numerous allegations of mismanagement, the American Red Cross would shun accountability, transparency, and simple oversight.”
Representative Bennie Thompson’s reaction to Red Cross CEO’s private letter seeking end to GAO inquiry. For more, click here.In Their Own Words -- Nylander
Posted 08/15/15