On October 3, 2018, the National Whistleblower Center (“NWC”)  filed an amicus curiae brief in support of Brandon Eller, an Idaho State Police (“ISP”) detective who blew the whistle on the cover-up of another deputy’s dangerous actions. While Eller received a jury reward for his actions, he has been denied funds for the emotional damages that he suffered as a […]

I’m proud to be a whistleblower. I knew I did the right thing by reporting fraud within the FBI. Last week, the National Whistleblower Center asked you to watch a speech where former FBI Director James Comey spoke about whistleblowers. Director Comey talked about my case in that speech (referring to me as “Michael Kobus”), […]

December 12, 2016. In the wee hours of Saturday morning’s lame duck session, the U.S. Senate passed a truncated version of the FBI Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act (WPEA). This bill was drawn from an excerpted portion of a bill of the same name, originally introduced by Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT) in […]