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Wall Street Journal (December 15, 2011). If you’re among the 34% of Americans who have seen wrongdoing at their job, you may want to add this book to your Christmas wish list. Just don’t let your boss catch you reading it. Last week, the National Whistleblower Center announced the release of the second edition of “The […]

Sanjour v. EPA (1st Amendment) Snepp v. USA (CIA) (Pre-Publication Review) Edmonds v. FBI (States Secret) Edmonds v. FBI (Freedom of Infromation Act) Weaver v. USIA (1st Amendment) Shaffer v. DIA (Right to Counsel) Tripp v. Executive Office of the President (Privacy Act) Hatfill v. Gonzales (Privacy Act) Lee v. DOJ (Privacy Act) Turner v. […]

Pathology records are at the centre of a new disagreement over disgraced medic Andrew Wakefield. It is one of the most serious allegations that could be made about a doctor: manipulating patients’ histories to make money. So it is no wonder that the charges, levied by editors of the British Medical Journal (BMJ) in January […]

There’s been something special lately about the Office of Special Counsel. It’s doing its job. OSC is an independent federal agency with a long and well-deserved reputation for failing to protect federal whistleblowers, although part of its mission is “to safeguard the merit system by protecting federal employees and applicants from prohibited personnel practices.” One […]