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Bradley Birkenfeld blew the whistle on UBS, Switzerland's largest bank. His disclosure and cooperation with U.S. authorities provided inside
information into the bank's conduct and began the dismantling of the
historic secrecy of Swiss banks. Mr.
Birkenfeld's disclosure directly led to a ground-breaking legal
settlement in which UBS agreed to pay $780 million in fines, and UBS and
the Swiss Government have turned over the names of thousands of
Americans suspected of illegal offshore banking.
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Bunnatine Greenhouse stood alone in opposing the approval of a highly improper muti-billion dollar no bid contract to Halliburton for the reconstruction of Iraq. In retaliation for her courage she was removed from her position as the highest-ranking civilian contracting official at the Army Corps of Engineers. Her case continues.
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After twenty years as a FBI Special Agent, Jane Turner led efforts to force the FBI to provide protection for child sex crime victims on the North Dakota Indian Reservations. In retaliation for exposing FBI failures within its child crime program, Turner was removed from her position. Her whistleblower case is still pending.
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As the research director for America’s largest body armor company, Dr. Aaron Westrick was the first official to oppose the sale of Zylon bulletproof vests Based on his disclosures, these defective vests were forced off the market and police officers' lives were saved. Dr. Westrick was fired. His case is ongoing.
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Since September 11, 2001, FBI counterterrorism expert Bassem Youssef
has fought within the FBI to end discrimination against Arab Americans
and to protect the American people from another terrorist attack. The DOJ’s Office of Professional
Responsibility concluded that the FBI illegally retaliated against Mr.
Youssef for making whistleblower disclosures.
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Dr. David Lewis’ cutting edge scientific research forced the EPA to abandon its policy of promoting the land application of sewage sludge on farm land. Dr. Lewis lost his job and his case in ongoing.
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America’s first successful FBI whistleblower, Dr. Whitehurst, forced the president to execute an Executive Order ensuring whistleblower protection of all FBI agents who expose misconduct. His case exposed forensic fraud in the FBI crime lab and subjected it to outside oversight for the first time.
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In May of 2002, Ms. Rowley brought several of the pre 9/11 lapses to light and testified to the Senate Judiciary Committee on some of the endemic problems facing the FBI and the intelligence community. She was one of three whistleblowers chosen as Person of the Year by TIME magazine in 2002 (Coleen is standing in the center).
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Ms. Edmonds worked as a language specialist for the FBI's Washington Field Office. During her work with the bureau, she discovered and reported serious acts of security breaches, cover-ups, and intentional blocking of intelligence that had national security implications.
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In 1988 Macktal rocked the corporate world when he violated the terms of secret "hush money" settlements in which workers were paid money to hide safety defects from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Macktal's case rendered such agreements illegal under federal whistleblower law.
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