In Their Own Words

In Their Own Words - Bharara

-- "IT SEEMS TO BE THAT EVERY TIME EFFECTIVE INVESTIGATORS LIKE THE ONES WE WORK WITH BEGIN TO TURN OVER ROCKS, THEY FIND CREEPY CRAWLY THINGS." Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara on his office’s ongoing investigations of political corruption “all over” New York State, 3 weeks after charging New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver in a bribe and kickback scheme and after putting six other downstate...

In Their Own Words - Bowen

-- "I TELL THEM THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH SLOWLY LOWERING YOUR HAND AND QUIETLY LOOKING FOR ANOTHER JOB. BUT FOR GOD'S SAKE, DON'T STICK AROUND AND DO NOTHING." Richard Bowen, University of Texas accounting teacher and Citigroup mortgage fraud whistleblower, on what his students should do in the face of fraud or misconduct in their future employment. Click here for more.

In Their Own Words - Drew

-- "YOU HAVE SENT OUT EXACTLY THE WRONG MESSAGE. WHISTLEBLOWERS ARE PAWNS WHO WILL NOT RECEIVE HELP, EVEN FROM YOU." Prominent UK National Health Service whistleblower Dr. David Drew in his letter to Sir Robert Francis complaining that Sir Robert’s recent call for new NHS whistleblower protections fails to help whistleblowers who have already suffered retaliation. Click here for more.

In Their Own Words - Falciani

"IT REQUIRED SEVEN YEARS OF BATTLES TO GET TO THE POINT WE ARE JUST NOW... [BUT] IT PROVED THAT I'M RIGHT." Herve Falciani, a former IT worker who blew the whistle on HSBC helping wealthy clients evade taxes.  Click here for more.

In Their Own Words - Janes

--  "I DON'T KNOW IF SATISFIED IS THE RIGHT WORD.  IT'S SAD." Chris Janes, the Little League official who blew the whistle on Little League National Champions Jackie Robinson West whose title was just taken away for alleged cheating.   Click here for more.

In Their Own Words - Seife

 - “READING THE FDA'S INSPECTION FILES FEELS ALMOST LIKE WATCHING A HIGHLIGHTS REEL FROM A SCIENTISTS GONE WILD VIDEO.  IT'S A SEEMINGLY ENDLESS STREAM OF LURID VIGNETTES. . . ." Charles Seife, New York University Journalism professor, on his research findings of the FDA burying evidence of scientific fraud and misconduct.  Click here for more.

In Their Own Words - Honl

-- "If he wants to sue a minimum-wage whistleblower, he can have at it."

Ryan Honl, A Gulf War veteran and former employee at the Tomah Veterans Affairs Medical Center, who has been threatened with a lawsuit by the medical center’s chief of staff, David Houlihan, dubbed by some veterans as the “Candy Man” for his supposedly loosed distribution of painkillers.  Click here for more.

In Their Own Words - Falciani

-- “I’m not a white knight, but there is something beautiful and exhilarating about establishing the truth.”

Herve Falciani on his journey from computer expert to fugitive to the whistleblower who exposed HSBC’s efforts to help some of its wealthy clients evade hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes.  Click here for more.

In Their Own Words - Frosh

-- “THE FALSE CLAIMS ACT MULTIPLIES OUR RESOURCES TO FIGHT AGAINST FRAUD…WHAT THIS LAW DOES, IN EFFECT, IS INCENTIVIZE INTEGRITY.”

Maryland Attorney General  Brian E. Frosh commenting on the need for a False Claims Act in Maryland.

In Their Own Words - Kiriakou

-- “Free at last. Free at last. Thank God Almighty. I'm free at last. MLK Jr (and John Kiriakou)."

CIA torture whistleblower John Kiriakou in a caption to a picture of him and his children posted on his Twitter account the day he was released from prison.