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S. 372 repeals existing FBI protections and expands state secrets privilege Washington, D.C. March 10, 2010.  Prominent national security whistleblowers and advocacy groups issued a letter today urging the Senate to vote against the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 (S. 372) unless the dangerous national security whistleblower provisions are corrected.  This bill, which is […]

Jan. 8 (Bloomberg) — Bradley Birkenfeld, a key informant in the U.S. investigation of offshore tax evasion at UBS AG, began a 40-month prison term today at a federal facility in Minersville, Pennsylvania. Since Birkenfeld approached U.S. authorities about UBS’s practices in 2007, seven former UBS clients, including a billionaire real-estate developer, have pleaded guilty. […]

The US Department of Justice Mishandled Birkenfeld Case Costing Taxpayers Billions Washington, D.C.  February 4, 2010.  According to Time Magazine , German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaüble announced on Tuesday that the German government has agreed to buy a CD from an anonymous informant that contains the details of up to 1,500 people who are suspected of holding […]

January 28, 2010 (Washington Post). Americans who hid money from the Internal Revenue Service in secret Swiss bank accounts may escape exposure, at least for now. An agreement between the U.S. and Swiss governments that was supposed to blow the cover on 4,450 accounts at Switzerland’s largest bank is in danger of collapse. The Swiss […]

A campaign is building in the United States to defend Bradley Birkenfeld, the former employee of Swiss bank UBS who has started serving a 40-month prison term. Birkenfeld blew the whistle on illegal practices by UBS, in which the bank helped Americans avoid paying taxes, but was himself sentenced after pleading guilty in 2008 to […]