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Former General Electric employee claims he was fired for whistleblowing in Iraq

donal brown February 7, 2012

A former executive for General Electric in Iraq claims he was fired for warning about a possible violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act while the company was striving for a huge contract with the Iraqi government. GE denies that the former employee was fired for his whistleblowing. -db From the Courthouse News Service, February 7, 2012, by Cameron Langford. Full story    

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Opinion: Congress copyright bill threat to whistleblowing and Internet

donal brown November 7, 2011

The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) under consideration in Congress could result in extensive Internet censorship and threaten the work of human rights advocates and whistleblowers, argues Trevor Timm, an Electronic Frontier Foundation lawyer. “[SOPA]threatens to transform copyright law, pushing Internet intermediaries—from Facebook to your ISP—to censor whole swaths of the Internet. SOPA could forever alter social networks, stifle innovation and creativity, and destroy jobs…” and even bring about the end of the Internet as

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WikiLeaks founder loses round in attempt to avoid extradition to Sweden to face alleged rape charge

donal brown November 3, 2011

Britain’s High Court found that the sex charges were sufficiently serious to warrant extradition of WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange to Sweden. Assange’s attorneys contend  that the sex changes were politically motivated, part of a plot to extradite Assange to the United States for prosecution over the WikiLeaks release of thousands of cables on the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. -db From the  Los Angeles Times, November 2, 2011, by Henry Chu and Janet Stobart. Full story

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Whistleblower gets probation in espionage case

donal brown July 18, 2011

Charged with espionage for leaking classified information to a reporter concerning contracts let by the National Security Agency that he felt wasted taxpayers’ money, Thomas Drake agreed to a plea deal of one-year on probation and 240 hours of community service. The federal judge presiding over the case criticized the government for retreating on the eve of the trial and the two and a half year time period between the initial search of Drake’s house

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Opinion: PBS special puts WikiLeaks journalistic legitimacy in question

donal brown June 2, 2011

Jason Mick says the Public Broadcasting Service special “WikiSecrets” has raised serious questions about the WikiLeaks‘ whistleblowing credentials as many of the leaked documents revealed secret details about U.S. operations rather than exposed wrongdoing. Mick also cited the resistance put up by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to redacting the names of Afghanistan tribal leaders and others cooperating with the U.S.  including informants as evidence that Assange was waging a vendetta against the U.S. government rather

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