USA: Formerly - 'Gagged' FBI Whistleblower Details Congressional Blackmail, Bribery, Espionage, Corruption in Remarkable Videotaped Deposition (The Huffington Post, August 30, 2009)
Just over two weeks ago, FBI translator-turned-whistleblower Sibel Edmonds was finally allowed to speak about much of what the Bush Administration spent years trying to keep her from discussing publicly on the record. Twice gagged by the Bush Dept. of Justice's invocation of the so-called "State Secrets Privilege," Edmonds has been attempting to tell her story, about the crimes she became aware of while working for the FBI, for years. Click here to read more.
Click here to read more about Ms. Edmonds story.
USA-Georgia: Whistleblower Awarded $450,000 (UPI.com. Agust 28, 2009)
A Georgia woman expelled from nursing school 13 weeks before graduation will receive $450,000 for her ordeal, a jury has decided. Sara Castle, 55, was thrown out of Appalachian Technical College in Jasper, Ga., after she blew the whistle on an instructor who wasn't providing students with sufficient clinical training time, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Friday. Click here to read more.
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India: Govt ready with whistleblower draft law, but exempts ministers from its ambit (Indian Express.com, August 27, 2009)More than five years after National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) engineer Satyendra Dubey was killed after he complained of corruption and the government failed to protect his identity, the draft of a new law aimed at protecting whistleblowers has been finalised. The government has also put in place a system to handle complaints against government functionaries by persons who wish to remain anonymous. Click here to read more.
India's Whistleblowing InformationThe Phillippines: US troops joined combat in Mindanao, says Navy whistleblower (GMANews.TV, August 26, 2009)
American troops stationed in the southern Philippines have been active in combat operations with the Philippine military, the former Navy officer who exposed irregularities in the use of funds for the yearly joint RP-US military exercises said on Wednesday. Lt. Senior Grade Nancy Gadian, whistleblower on an alleged fund mess in the RP-US Balikatan exercises in 2007, said in a press conference that US soldiers have joined Philippine troops in actual combat against Muslim rebels. Click here to read more.
Click here to read Nancy Gadian's whistleblowing story.
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USA: UBS Whistleblower Gets Rewarded With Prison Time (Bloomberg.com, August 26, 2009)
If he had kept his mouth shut and his head low, Bradley Birkenfeld would be a free man today. He didn’t, so now the former UBS AG banker wears an electronic bracelet on his ankle and, beginning in January, will spend three years and four months in a federal penitentiary. He’s headed for prison even though he blew the whistle on a multibillion-dollar international tax fraud conspiracy. Birkenfeld’s information let the U.S. pierce Swiss bank secrecy laws as never before possible. Click here to read more.USA - California: State Senate Passes UC Whistleblower Bill (The Daily Californian, August 25, 2009)
The California State Senate passed a bill Monday granting UC employees the same legal protections as other state employees who file workplace complaints. The legislation passed in a 22-12 vote and will go before Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger for approval. If approved, the new law will change the current statute that exempts university employees from the same protections as other state employees. Click here to read more.
California's Whistleblowing Laws
United Nation: UNICEF Veneman's $5.8 Million E-Mail Switch Denounced By Whistleblower, Defended (Inner City Press, August 24, 2009)
...In the name of the Office Modernization Investment Project, UNICEF is spending USD5.8 M, which would have gone otherwise to the world poorest children, to switch from the current well-functioning IBM Lotus Notes to Microsoft Outlook/Exchange... Click here to read more.
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