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Washington Times. August 18, 2009. FBI whistleblower Frederic Whitehurst spent close to a decade fighting the Clinton White House to win limited protections for his brethren in the intelligence community willing to risk their careers to expose wrongdoing. Now critics say the Obama administration is seeking to strip away those protections, and Mr. Whitehurst predicts […]

Twelve Part Blog Series beginning August 18, 2009 Whistleblower Protection Blog By Stephen M. Kohn NOTE: Due to the tremendous grassroots pressure from members of our Action Alert Network a number of the following areas were fixed in the most recent version of the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act.  Some areas still need to be fixed […]

Two years ago almost to the day, the phone in the FT’s Zurich office rang as I reached the door. “My name is Tarantula,” said the mystery caller. “That is not my real name. But the information I will provide will put my life in danger and be the end of Swiss bank secrecy.” Loonies […]

To the Editor: Re “Obama Administration Weighs In on State Secrets, Raising Concern on the Left, ” by Adam Liptak (Sidebar column, Aug. 4): My 24 years as an analyst at the Central Intelligence Agency (1966-90) taught me that national security is only the ostensible reason for using the state secrets privilege in cases before the […]