-- “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.
-- “I’m actually proud of the fact I was able to put a stop to it. So often people let things slide and look the other way. If I had just quit, I knew things would just continue the way they were.”
Amy Farrow, the NP Precision whistleblower, on her efforts which led to the guilty plea of the company’s chief regarding his theft of $1.2M in funds the government paid the company under two US Army contracts. ...
-- “It was astounding in its breadth, its brazenness and its worldwide consequences.”
James Cole, DOJ Deputy Attorney General, on French engineering giant Alstom’s global bribery scheme to which it just pleaded guilty and agreed to a $772M criminal fine. Click here for more.
-- “YOU CAN’T ARGUE WITH SUCCESS. YOU CAN’T ARGUE WITH CLOSE TO $6 BILLION THIS FISCAL YEAR, WHICH IS THE LARGEST AMOUNT WE’VE EVER RECOVERED.”
Joyce Branda, head of the DOJ’s Civil Division, in her PBS Newshour panel discussion on whether the False Claims Act, with its heavy reliance on whistleblowers, actually deters fraud.
-- “THE REASON I REPORTED IT WAS BECAUSE I COULDN'T LET IT GO ON ANYMORE. I WAS AFRAID FOR MY SAFETY AND CAREER BUT I…DECIDED TO GO AHEAD WITH IT.”
Whistleblower Amy Farrow who reported defense contractor NP Precision Inc. was misusing progress payments on government contracts by failing to pay subcontractors and requesting progress payments under the contracts for costs that NP Precision had not actually...