A whistleblower's long-standing allegation has been verified by a new government report, showing that Northwest Airlines failed to follow safety orders for a number of years, and that the FAA knew and didn't do anything.
An FAA inspector reported in 2005, and in 2008, that FAA managers overseeing Northwest had "too cozy" of a relationship with company officials, and that "FAA managers at the safety office … routinely allowed the airline to avoid penalties or fines."
GAP has a history of representing whistleblowers at the FAA, an agency known for its harsh treatment and marginalization of employees who speak out.
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BBC & the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists: Inside the Global Asbestos Trade
This in-depth investigation looks into the surprising state of the asbestos industry, which is doing quite well as third-world and developing countries continue to import the toxic substance. Although the production of the material is "banned or restricted in 52 countries," the Center for Public Integrity has found that lobbyists around the world have spent $100 million dollars to keep the market alive.
Jesselyn Radack: USA-Gate - No Prosecutions (But the Obama administration goes after Drake and Other Whistleblowers)
This blog entry by GAP Homeland Security & Human Rights Director Jesselyn Radack gives her take on the investigative report into the Bush administration's DoJ firings in 2006, which was concluded this week when prosecutors closed the inquiry without pressing charges.
The New York Times: Rig Worker Was Worried About Safety, Widow Says
Pressed on BP's decision-making process when selecting equipment for the Deepwater Horizon rig, an executive in charge of the selection denied that the company went with riskier picks which were cheaper, saying "It just happened to be a case where it also saved money."
CNN: The SEC Ignored Calls to Revise a Flawed Accounting Standard
This article details the SEC's failure to heed yet another whistleblower's claim, this one from 2006, from the Institute of Management Accountants. The failure to address the claim, involving Sarbanes-Oxley financial reporting regulations, may have led to "inadequate implementations of … rules about 'integrity, ethics and competence'" in the years before the financial collapse.
Dylan Blaylock is Communications Director for the Government Accountability Project, the nation's leading whistleblower advocacy organization.
