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Feds Cut Nuclear Emergency Exercises, Avoid Public Scrutiny

Posted May 26, 2012October 11, 2012 staffPosted in other

By L M Lewis [Cross-posted from Enformable.com]

Not since the bungled response to Hurricane Katrina has the US federal government so callously ignored disaster red flags.

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Wikileaks founder offers advice to whistleblowers

Posted August 30, 2010October 25, 2011 staffPosted in other

In a video guide for whistleblowers, Julian Assange, founder of the whistleblowing website Wikileaks, offers tips on making anonymous disclosures, and states that Wikileaks has never lost a whistleblower. In an age of expanding domestic surveillance, it may be that no measures can completely eliminate the risk of one’s identity being revealed. On the other hand, many prospective whistleblowers are dangerously naive about reducing their risk of exposure. (more…)

Whistleblowers urge stronger protections against retaliation

Posted May 28, 2010October 25, 2011 staffPosted in other

At the Make It Safe Coalition conference held Monday and Tuesday in Washington, D.C., whistleblowers Daniel Ellsberg, Frank Serpico, Coleen Rowely and others urged Congress to pass legislation providing stronger protections against retaliation for federal workers who expose corruption and abuses.

Below is video of the event taken by WJLA-TV in Washington, D.C.

Note: WJLA’s accompanying article on the conference erroneously refers to the pending legislation as the “No Fear Act.” The No Fear Act was passed in 2002.