-- “There are people who are p***** off with me [for speaking out], and what really p***** them off is that I’m a female, Muslim whistleblower.”
World Cup whistleblower Phaedra Al-Majid -- an international media officer who helped Qatar win its bid to host the 2022 World Cup but then made allegations in 2011 that Qatar paid three FIFA officials for their votes -- who says there’s so much evidence of wrongdoing...
-- “[I]f Snowden is really a whistleblower, he should come back and tell his story in a court and let a jury decide. Anyone who says this has a fundamental misunderstanding about how leak trials work.”
Trevor Timm, Executive Director of Freedom of the Press Foundation, on why Snowden would not receive a fair trial under the Espionage Act, "a draconian World War I-era statute that was originally written to go after...
-- “THOSE PEOPLE HAD BEEN PROTECTED BY THAT LAYER OF, IF YOU LIKE, WORKING TOGETHER. NOW THAT LAYER, THAT VENEER, HAS BEEN PIERCED. AND SO THEY WILL TALK. PEOPLE TALK. AS PRINCE WILLIAM SAID, THIS IS THE ‘SALT LAKE CITY MOMENT.’ AND I THINK WE’VE JUST SCRATCHED IT.”
Nicholas Davidson, lawyer and honorary president of New Zealand’s FA, speaking on the corruption scandal. Click here for more.
-- “This case is an example of how just a small group of corrupt government employees can bring significant damage. The U.S. attorney already mentioned that the city lost approximately $6 million in revenue. In the times we have right now in Baltimore City, obviously that $6 million could've been better spent in other arenas.”
FBI Special Agent in Charge Scott Hinckley commenting on the scheme among trash haulers...
-- "I'm proud of what has resulted from my case....I see it as recognition for my decision to go public....[But other] whistleblowers are [being] discouraged by [the] consequences I’m undergoing."
LuxLeaks whistleblower Antoine Deltour, who faces prison after showing how Luxembourg cost the EU billions in lost tax revenue, in a speech to European Parliament in Brussels on the need for greater EU protections for...
-- “WHILE I SUPPORT THE PURPOSE OF THIS [AG-GAG] BILL, I BELIEVE IT DOES NOT ADEQUATELY PROTECT OR GIVE CLEAR GUIDANCE TO HONEST EMPLOYEES WHO UNCOVER CRIMINAL ACTIVITY. I AM CONCERNED THAT SUBJECTING THESE EMPLOYEES TO POTENTIAL CIVIL PENALTIES WILL CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT THAT DISCOURAGES THEM FROM REPORTING ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES.”
North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory on proposed Ag-Gag bill. Click here for more.
-- "As petitioners see things, the first-filed action remains 'pending' even after it has been dismissed. . . This interpretation does not comport with any known usage of the term 'pending.' Under this interpretation, Marbury v Madison . . . is still 'pending.' So is the trial of Socrates.."
Justice Samuel Alito writing this week on behalf of an unanimous Supreme Court that rejected an interpretation of the...
-- “THE BUREAUCRACY IS BROKEN; THIS IS NOT ABOUT PARTY POLITICS AND REQUIRES BOTH PARTIES TO COME TOGETHER TO ACHIEVE A SOLUTION AS THEY ARE ATTEMPTING IN THIS BIPARTISAN EFFORT. BUT THE ARMY SOMEHOW THOUGHT IT MADE SENSE TO INITIATE A CID INVESTIGATION INTO ME EXECUTING BOTH MY DUTY AND MY RIGHT TO SPEAK TO CONGRESS. IF I LEARNED NOTHING IN MY 22 YEARS OF SERVICE I LEARNED THAT WE NEVER LEAVE PEOPLE BEHIND. ...
-- “IN THEORY THE UN CHERISHES AND PROTECTS WHISTLEBLOWERS. IN PRACTICE, A CLUBBY ATMOSPHERE PREVAILS IN WHICH DISSENT COUNTS AS DISLOYALTY.”
Africa scholar Gerald Caplan, quoting the Economist, in his opinion piece on the failings of the United Nations to protect whistleblowers, noting "the UN’s Ethics Office, which examines complaints of retaliation against whistleblowers, received 297 such complaints...
-- "In fact whistleblowers should be honoured not vilified for having the courage to 'blow the whistle' and shout 'foul' when any misdeed against the law is suspected."
Gurdial Singh Nijar, Professor at the Law Faculty, University of Malaya, in the opinion piece "Law Speak - Why shoot the whistleblower?" Click here for more.