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Category Archives: Whistleblowers
Whistleblowing and the Environment
The Government Accountability Project's American Whistleblower Tour made its first stop of the 2013-2014 season at West Virginia University, in an event titled Whistleblowing and the Environment: From Climate Change to the Gulf Oil Spill. CSW director Rick Piltz joined whistleblowers … Continue reading
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Federal court ruling threatens whistleblower and civil service protections
A federal appeals court ruling last week will have serious implications for whistleblower and other civil service protections for government workers. A loophole has been created that allows agencies to designate nearly any position as "sensitive," apparently broadly defined, and thereby … Continue reading
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On the war on surveillance state whistleblowers
Two must-read articles and a must-see documentary for putting current developments in the war on surveillance state whistleblowers in perspective:
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"In the surveillance state, the enemy is the whistleblower."
Statement by the Government Accountability Project on Edward Snowden and National Security Agency Domestic Surveillance
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NSA whistleblower Thomas Drake at the University of the District of Columbia
"We are seeing an unprecedented campaign against whistleblowers and truth-tellers: it's now criminal to expose the crimes of the state," writes Thomas Drake in The Guardian. Drake and I spoke at the University of the District of Columbia Law School on … Continue reading
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More coverage on Corexit, deadly dispersant in the BP Gulf oil blowout disaster
“On the Green Front” did a good segment on Deadly Dispersants in the Gulf, the new report from the Government Accountability Project that details the effects on human health and the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem stemming from BP and the … Continue reading
2013 Ridenhour Prizes
The Ridenhour Courage Prize was awarded this year to climate scientist James Hansen, recently retired as head of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies. The Ridenhour Truth-Telling Prize was awarded to Jose Antonio Vargas -- journalist, filmmaker, and founder … Continue reading
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"Inside Story" on BP's use of Corexit to "clean up" Gulf oil blowout disaster
Al Jazeera English's Inside Story Americas aired a very good discussion of the findings and implications of the Government Accountability Project's report on the devastating effects of BP's use of Corexit to "clean up" its oil blowout in the Gulf of Mexico. … Continue reading
Corexit: Deadly Dispersant in Oil Spill Cleanup
On April 19, the Government Accountability Project released Deadly Dispersants in the Gulf: Are Public Health and Environmental Tragedies the New Norm for Oil Spill Cleanups? The report details the devastating long-term effects on human health and the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem … Continue reading
Obama, 'national security' metastasis, and the war on whistleblowers
Within the Obama administration, the U.S. national security apparatus is winning a calculated, sustained, expanding war on whistleblowers, says Tom Devine in a must-read op-ed in today’s Guardian. And “the stakes have just been raised exponentially, [with] the administration seeking … Continue reading
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