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Whistleblower News From The Inside -- December 6, 2016

Posted  December 6, 2016

By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team

Pentagon buries evidence of $125 billion in bureaucratic waste — “The Pentagon has buried an internal study that exposed $125 billion in administrative waste in its business operations amid fears Congress would use the findings as an excuse to slash the defense budget, according to interviews and confidential memos obtained by The Washington Post.”  Washington Post

Vanguard whistleblower sues mutual fund giant for wrongful termination — “A whistleblower who was fired last year after publicly criticizing customer security measures at The Vanguard Group has sued the mutual fund giant in federal court in Philadelphia, citing violations of whistleblower provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.”  The Street

Snowden “not counting” on pardon from Obama — “National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden acknowledged in an interview broadcast Monday that a pardon from President Obama before he leaves office in January is unlikely.”  The Hill

Twelve things to know about SEC’s whistleblower program Nat’l Law Review

Treatment of UK’s National Health Services whistleblowers criticized — “NHS whistleblowers face being ‘fired, gagged and blacklisted’ while disclosures go uninvestigated owing to the healthcare regulator’s lack of powers and resources, a group of doctors, staff and patients has warned.”  Guardian