Press Releases

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 […]

Washington D.C. – August 17, 2007. The full U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has been asked to reconsider last month’s decision by a three-judge panel that reversed itself on a key civil rights tax case.  On July 3, 2007, the panel held that the IRS can tax damage awards based […]

After a Nine Year Fight, Department of Justice Closes Jane Turner Case Washington, D.C. August 14, 2007. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) vetoed the request of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”) to continue appealing jury verdict which found the FBI guilty of illegally retaliating against one of its top child-crime agents. As a […]

DOL Seeks to Limit Federal Court Review Washington D.C. – August 13, 2007.  The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) published a new “Interim Final Rule” designed to undercut the ability of private sector whistleblowers to obtain federal court relief in claims under federal corporate whistleblower protection laws. The new rules, […]