-- “I think I did everything the right way based on the training and the information I had at the time. And I would do it again. I took a sworn oath as a law enforcement officer to risk my life to save other lives, and I’ve been lucky to get all of the support that I get. Most whistleblowers don’t get any support and throw in the towel. I just lost my job – better men and women than me have given up their...
-- “They pay tons of attention to increasing animal production, and just a pebble-sized concern to animal welfare.”
James Keen, a scientist and veterinarian who worked at the U.S. Meat Animal Research Center for 24 years, in connection with the New York Times investigation finding the Center’s work in increasing meat production has “come at a steep cost to the center’s animals, which have been subjected to...
In Their Own Words - Fourth Circuit decision in United States v. Triple Canopy, Inc.
Posted 01/15/15
-- “The Government’s decision to pay a contractor for providing base security in an active combat zone would be influenced by knowledge that the guards could not, for lack of a better term, shoot straight."
From the Fourth Circuit decision in United States v. Triple Canopy, Inc. reversing the district court’s dismissal of the government’s False Claims Act case against Triple Canopy for allegedly billing the...
-- “THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS GOES BEYOND JIM RISEN. IT AFFECTS JOURNALISTS EVERYWHERE. JOURNALISTS NEED TO BE ABLE TO UPHOLD THAT CONFIDENTIALITY IN ORDER TO DO THEIR JOBS.”
Attorney for NYT reporter James Risen on the Justice Department’s decision not to call Risen to testify at the trial of CIA whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling who is charged with providing Risen details about a botched US operation in Iran...
-- “THE CORPORATE ASSAULT ON THE PUBLIC’S WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS IS PART OF A BROADER ATTACK BY WALL STREET AND BIG CORPORATIONS TO UNDERMINE OR REPEAL WELL-ESTABLISHED SAFEGUARDS FOR OUR SAFETY AND HEALTH, THE ENVIRONMENT, AND FINANCIAL SECURITY.”
David Tykulsker, general counsel of the New Jersey Work Environment Council, on the New Jersey Supreme Court’s pending decision on whether to effectively gut...
-- “Given the gravity of the risks involved – the lives of passengers and crew alike – we were not willing to bow to United's pressure to ignore an unresolved security threat even though the company made clear that we risked losing our jobs.”
Grace Lam, one of the terminated flight attendants who filed a whistleblower complaint against United. Click here for more.
-- “Companies are sure to resist efforts to broaden the [Dodd-Frank whistleblower] anti-retaliation provision. But they could find themselves on the wrong side of the issue by appearing to shield wrongdoing if they fight efforts to encourage whistle-blowing.”
New York Times writer Peter J. Henning from his piece on Who Is a Whistle-Blower? The Courts Weigh In. Click here for more.
-- "Revelations from brave whistleblowers are essential for the informed consent of the governed."
From Norman Solomon, author of 'War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death, in his Huffington Post piece on Why Jeffrey Sterling Deserves Support as a CIA Whistleblower. Click here for more.
-- "NO ONE CAN TRUST THE SYSTEM. I TRUSTED IT AND I WAS NAIVE."
Former CIA whistleblower Ilana Greenstein on her efforts to report mismanagement within the agency and the whistleblower retaliation she suffered for speaking out. Click here for more.