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A Wiki for Whistle-Blowers
By March, more than one million leaked documents from governments and corporations in Asia, the Middle East, sub-Saharan Africa and the former Soviet Bloc will...
The Year of the Whistle-Blowers
As you can imagine, I usually have no trouble persuading people to be on the cover of TIME. In fact, I spend much more time explaining to politicians and...
SEC Now Offering Big Payoffs To Whistle-Blowers
In what could give new meaning to the phrase — "If you see something, say something" — a clause within the financial reform legislation is offering big cash...
Calling All Whistleblowers! The SEC Wants You
From "Sir" Allen Stanford's recent alleged $8 billion CD sticky wicket to Bernie Madoff's $50 billion decades-long lie, it seems each new day brings another...
A Legal Assault on Animal Abuse Whistleblowers?
On Nov. 23, 2010, in Cayuga County, New York, Phil Niles pleaded guilty to animal cruelty. He was ordered to pay a fine of $555, and not to have contact with...
Kenya's Whistleblowers Face Growing Intimidation
Victor is afraid. Twice last year he told panels investigating the violence that shook Kenya after a rigged vote in 2007 how leaders of his own Kalenjin tribe...
WikiLeakers and Whistle-Blowers: Obama's Hard Line
Army Private First Class Bradley Manning sleeps under tear-proof blankets. Guards check on him every five minutes; if his face isn't visible, they wake him to...
Why Military Whistleblowers Fear Reprisal
Cross-posted on the Project On Government Oversight's (POGO) website. In the chain-of-command-oriented military, whistleblowers rarely fare well. Each year,...
Persons of The Year 2002: The Whistleblowers
This was the year when the grief started to lift and the worries came in. During the first weeks of 2002, two dark moods entered the room, two anxieties that...
