Temat: WHISTLEBLOWER NEWS. May 01, 2014 – 13

WHISTLEBLOWER NEWS. May 01, 2014 – 13

Washington Post: Apple, Facebook, Others Defy Authorities, Increasingly Notify Users of Secret Data Demands after Snowden Revelations
Summary: "Major U.S. technology companies have largely ended the practice of quietly complying with investigators’ demands for e-mail records and other online data.” However, the policy change does not affect either requests approved by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court or National Security Letters, meaning they can still collect information en masse.

King 5 News: Calls for Safety Changes Data Back Decades at Hanford
Summary: Recent incidents at the Hanford Nuclear Site in Washington state are again raising concerns over the safety measures to protect workers, a long-standing issue that has plagued many of the site's projects for decades. "In the past six weeks, 28 workers reported being exposed to releases of unknown chemical vapors from various underground nuclear waste tanks."

Government Executive: Snowden Draws Standing Ovation at Awards Ceremony
Summary: in Washington DC yesterday, Edward Snowden and Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Laura Poitras each accepted the 2014 Ridenhour Prize for Truth-Telling via videoconference. The world-famous whistleblower delivered a moving speech in accepting the highest honor a whistleblower can receive.

Whistleblower Peter Buxtun and the Tuskeegee Syphilis Study
Summary: This guest post relays the story of Peter Buxtun, the whistleblower credited with exposing the heinous Tuskeegee syphilis study conducted by the federal government in which poverty-stricken African-Americans infected with syphilis were not told they had the disease or treated for it, but rather simply monitored for decades (in pain and death).

Nigeria Leadership: Lagos Mulls Law to Protect Whistleblowers
Summary: The state of Lagos in Nigeria is considering instituting whistleblower protections to "protect and support individuals who have sensitive information to share with the general public."

Politico: Hillary Clinton Faults Snowden for Fleeing …

Associated Press: Iowa Senate Panel Passes Whistleblower Bill
Summary: Yesterday, an Iowa Senate committee passed a bill which "makes it illegal to fire, demote or inflict other reprisal for reporting mismanagement, abuse of authority or other problems."

The Guardian: Vladimir Putin Must be called into Account on Surveillance Just Like Obama

Tampa Bay Times: All Children's Hospital Agrees to Pay $7 Million to Settle Whistleblower Suit …

Haaretz: Amnesty International Calls on Israel to Let Vanunu Go …
"The authorities' continued punishment of Mordechai Vanunu appears to be purely vindictive," said Avner Gidron, senior policy adviser at Amnesty International. "The continued restrictions on his liberty have placed a severe strain on his mental and physical health and should immediately be lifted."

Detroit Free Press: Fired Professor Sues Wayne State University, Claims it Bilked Millions from US …

Albuquerque Journal: County to Pay $570K to Settle Whistleblower Suit Against Sheriff
Summary: A $570,000 settlement has been reached in a whistleblower case …