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A graduate student in business administration would like to study whistleblowers for her doctoral dissertation.  Lorie Plegue has contacted the National Whistleblowers Center (NWC) asking if any whistleblowers would like to participate in her study of what happens to whistleblowers in the workplace.  Lorie currently works as a workers compensation specialist for the 2010 U.S. Census. She is starting her third year of residency for her doctorate in business administration through the University of Phoenix.  She is proposing that her dissertation focus on the ethics of whistleblowing.  "Many companies, leaders, and members of the public do not realize that" whistleblowers go through a traumatic experience," Lorie says, "they do the right thing but are punished by others through retaliation, loss of job and financial matters."  Anyone interested in contacting Lorie Plegue can email her at:  pljp2@email.phoenix.edu

 

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The National Whistleblowers Legal Defense and Education Fund today fought efforts by the FBI and the Department of Justice to prevent FBI whistleblower Sibel Edmonds from testifying in a case of alleged election fraud.  The FBI has asserted that she, “does not have approval for any disclosure of any information” and the DOJ has claimed that Edmonds is under “no compulsion” to testify in the Schmidt v. Krikorian case.  Neither the FBI not the DOJ has stated why testimony in a case of alleged election fraud would involve State Secrets and/or involve national security.

Please read the NWC press release for links to the letters from the FBI and the DOJ and the response from Ms. Edmonds’ attorney Michael D. Kohn (President of the NWC).

For more detailed information on Ms. Edmonds’ case please read today’s posting on www.bradblog.com.

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Today’s front page article in the Washington Times exposes the legislative hurdles faced by whistleblowers and notes the Administration’s role in the process stating, “White House drafts weaken some protections.”  The Administration claims to support significant improvements in the law. However, the exclusive article by Tom LoBianco says, “Despite its pledge to better protect federal employees who expose wrongdoing, the Obama administration privately sought to weaken protections for national security whistleblowers under legislation making its way through Congress.”  
 

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On Tuesday the National Whistleblowers Center (NWC) released a statement inviting the press to the deposition of Ms. Sibel Edmonds.  The Ohio Elections Commission then made it clear that the deposition must be closed to the press. However, the proceedings will eventually be available on video. In addition, Ms. Edmonds and her attorneys will be available outside of the NWC for comment before and after the deposition. The NWC is located at 3238 P St. NW, Washington, DC 20007.
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