Press Releases

Washington, D.C. May 8, 2012. In a resounding reversal, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit yesterday ordered that a whistleblower claim alleging research fraud by Harvard Teaching Hospial will proceed to trial. The case involves one of the largest Alzheimer’s disease research grants awarded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Dr. Kenneth […]

Frederic Whitehurst Vowed to Help Wronged Defendants Washington, D.C. April 17, 2012. Dr. Frederic Whitehurst originally exposed forensic flaws that may have led to many wrongful convictions, as reported in today’s Washington Post front-page story. For years, Dr. Whitehurst has urged the Justice Department to act on systemic flaws that he witnessed while serving as the top […]

Agency Used Contracts to Censor Whistleblowers Washington, D.C. April 10, 2012. Today, the National Whistleblowers Center (NWC) revealed that the FBI required employees to sign employment contracts that are illegal under Federal law. The NWC launched the investigation in response to a nearly year long campaign by the FBI to prevent the publication of whistleblower […]

Today, the Washington Post ran a front-page story on the Justice Department keeping forensic flaws from defendants and defense attorneys. The NWC and FBI whistleblower Dr. Frederic Whitehurst spent years on a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) case that directly lead to today’s Washington Post story. Dr. Whitehurst, an NWC Board Member and head of the NWC’s Forensic Justice Project, blew the whistle […]