The CIA this week terminated a woman whose whistleblower account of being assaulted in a stairwell at the spy agency's headquarters prompted a flood of colleagues to come forward with their own complaints of sexual misconduct. The woman's attorney called the action a brazen retaliation.
The Seattle Times: CIA Terminates Whistleblower who Prompted Flood of Sexual Misconduct Complaints This article features Government Accountability Project Legal Director, Tom Devine, and was originally published here. The CIA this week terminated a woman whose whistleblower account of being assaulted in a stairwell at the spy agency’s headquarters prompted a flood of colleagues [...]
On this week’s On the Media, hear about his life, how the Pentagon Papers made it to print, and the impact he had on generations of whistleblowers. Plus, the women who covered the War in Vietnam.
This week, Brooke takes a look back at her conversations with Ellsberg over the years and speaks with Tom Devine, legal director for the Government Accountability Project, about Ellsberg's legacy and the ways he changed public perception of whistleblowers in the U.S.
Daniel Ellsberg, the whistleblower responsible for the release of the Pentagon Papers in 1971 and whose courage led to the creation of Government Accountability Project, has passed away at the age of 92 from pancreatic cancer.
Daniel Ellsberg Is Dying. And He Has Some Final Things to Say.\ This article was written by Government Accountability Project’s CEO, Louis Clark, and was originally published here. Daniel Ellsberg hates the word “legacy.” “I’m very put off by the word. It always throws me for a loop,” Ellsberg tells me when I ask [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 3, 2023 Government Accountability Project Responds to Questionable Congressional Whistleblower Ethics in Joint Press Conference Washington, DC – On Thursday, March 2, 2023, shocking new reports were released about three FBI whistleblowers and the complications of their cases. Today, Government Accountability Project joined Common Defense and Congressional Integrity Project in responding to [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 3, 2023 Government Accountability Project Joins Congressional Integrity Project and Common Defense for Press Briefing on The Truth Behind Whistleblowing Ethics Washington, DC – On Friday, March 3, 2023, at 12:00 PM ET, Common Defense Political Director Naveed Shah, U.S. Navy veteran and Common Defense Organizer Camille Breaux, Government Accountability [...]
Congress’ protections for whistleblowers only go so far This article features Government Accountability Project’s Legal Director, Tom Devine, and was originally published here. Congress wants to ensure that former President Donald Trump’s attempted coercion of Ukraine in 2019 — and his effort to thwart and intimidate the official who disclosed it — never recur. But a [...]
End the War on Whistleblowers This article features Government Accountability Project and was originally published here. Last month, ProPublica published a jaw-dropping look into the IRS data of well-known billionaires, revealing their meager effective tax rates in detail. The disclosures were met with shock and anger. After all, how could Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Michael Bloomberg, and [...]