Press Releases

Veteran Prosecutor Richard G. Convertino Voluntarily Resigns as an Assistant U.S. Attorney Washington, D.C., May 16, 2005. Richard G. Convertino, a 15— year veteran prosecutor for the U.S. Department of Justice, resigned today from his government job and will immediately take on the defense of a Michigan State Trooper who has been charged with 2nd […]

Washington, DC., March 29, 2005. The New York Times reported today that the National Academy of Sciences issued a report confirming the vulnerability of nuclear spent fuel pools to terrorist attack. According to the press the Academy Report is classified and not available to the public. The press accounts vindicate allegations raised by the National Whistleblowers Center […]

Washington, DC., March 29, 2005. The United States Supreme Court handed down a landmark decision today by recognizing that whistleblowers are protected from discrimination under Title IX. The Court’s decision in Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education affords the protections of Title IX to whistleblowers who have been retaliated against based on their sex. Congress intended such […]

Top Army Contracts Officer Blows the Whistle Washington, DC October 24, 2004: The top civilian contracting officer of the Army Corps of Engineer — with the protocol of a one star general has disclosed high level misconduct concerning the review and approval of major Iraqi reconstruction contracts (including the “RIO” and “RIO II” contracts) that […]