Press Releases

Former Top U.S. Contracting Official among Witnesses Washington D.C. September 17, 2007. The Senate Democratic Policy Committee heard testimony September 21, 2007 regarding abuses by government contractors during the Iraq War. The hearing, entitled “The Mistreatment of Iraq Contracting Whistleblowers,” focused on the experiences of the employee-whistleblowers who report contractor misconduct, and included significant information […]

False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007 Introduced by Senators Grassley, Durbin, Leahy, and Specter Washington, D.C. September 12, 2007. Important legislation designed to protect taxpayers from fraudulent government contractors was introduced in the Senate today by Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Ranking member Arlen Specter (R-PA), longtime whistleblower champion Charles Grassley (R-IA), and […]

Senators Obama, Clinton, and Governor Huckabee Among Supporters Washington, D.C.  September 3, 2007. Presidential candidates Sen. Hillary Clinton, Sen. Chris Dodd, former Senator John Edwards, former Senator Mike Gravel, Governor Mike Huckabee, Representative Dennis Kucinich, Sen. Barak Obama, Congressman Ron Paul, and Governor Bill Richardson, have agreed in writing to specifically endorse a national whistleblower […]

Washington, D.C. – August 23, 2007. The National Whistleblowers Center, along with a broad coalition of liberal, libertarian and conservative groups including the American Civil Liberties Union, the National Security Whistleblowers Coalition, and the Liberty Coalition, condemns the Government’s abuse of the State Secrets Privilege in the case of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Whistleblower […]