Press Releases

Washington D.C. June 15, 2010. In a letter submitted to Attorney General Eric Holder today, attorneys for the National Whistleblower Center called on the Department of Justice to investigate BP and the entire oil industry, including contractors and subcontractors, for fraud committed against the U.S. government. The False Claims Act is the most powerful law available to […]

U.S. government “doing next to nothing” to stop tax evasion   Washington, D.C. June 8, 2010. Senator Chuck Grassley has expressed his outrage at the U.S. government’s handling of information provided by UBS whistleblower Bradley Birkenfeld. He sent a letter to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Department of the Treasury demanding that the IRS provide […]

Military Commission Proceedings Resume Today Washington D.C. May 27, 2010. A former Army prosecutor faces retaliation for testifying before Congress and a military commission about torture and other Constitutional violations at Guantanamo Bay. As the Guantanamo military commissions resume proceedings today, Lieutenant Colonel Darrel Vandeveld awaits a June 1decision from a “promotion” board that may […]

Washington, D.C. May 3, 2010. In the wake of the gulf coast oil spill, Stephen M. Kohn, Executive Director of the National Whistleblowers Center, released the following statement: We call upon BP and all other companies involved in offshore drilling operations to ensure that any employee who steps forward to expose deficiencies in the offshore […]