The Attacks On Whistle-Blowers That Expose Political Corruption

by Alex Newman November 1, 2016. When she stumbled across massive corruption and made-up statistics in her job at the United Nations, Rasna Warah knew she needed to act. But when she tried to blow …

Retaliatory actions against whistleblowers are increasingly common and GOP lawmakers threaten to dox and punish these public servants for exposing corruption. And it’s all legal thanks to the weak…

A U.N. disputes tribunal has awarded $65,000 in compensation to an American whistleblower in a landmark case that exposed failings in the U.N.’s Ethics Office and challenged the privileges of the…

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Frank Serpico, who memorably exposed corruption in the New York police department, offered a bleak view of the situation. “Whistleblowers will always be treated the way they are,” he continued….

Three weeks ago we learned an ATF supervisor allegedly wanted to “f–k these guys” and take whistleblowers exposing the scandal down.. In an eye witness account, ATF Chief of Public Affairs Scott …

The whistleblowers contended that the NSA’s surveillance programme, codenamed Trailblazer, was a shameful waste of $3.8 billion – it had been more effective at channelling taxpayer dollars to…