Anonymous Trump official is writing an 'unprecedented' insider tell-all
The Trump administration official who wrote an anonymous essay about resistance from the inside has a book deal. The book, titled "A Warning," will come out Nov. 19, The Hachette Book Group imprint Twelve announced Tuesday. It will likely set off the biggest Washington guessing game ...
The administration of President Donald Trump is reviewing a whistleblower's complaint against him for possible release to Congress, signaling a potential breakthrough in a simmering power struggle that has divided the White House and lawmakers for more than a week. The document was being reviewed ...
Hacking dirty government secrets is no crime
The "crime" of which Julian Assange stands accused pales next to the wrongdoing he helped to expose. Whistleblowers should never be prosecuted.
U.S. ex-intelligence analyst charged with leaking al-Qaida info to reporter
A former government intelligence analyst has been charged with leaking classified documents about military campaigns against terrorist group al-Qaida to a reporter. Daniel Everette Hale, 31, of Nashville, Tennessee, was arrested Thursday morning. An indictment in Alexandria, Virginia, charges him under the Espionage Act with ...
Examining Carlos Ghosn and Japan's system of 'hostage justice'
As the Carlos Ghosn saga continues to unfold, domestic and international attention continues to mount on what many are calling a "hostage justice" system. The ousted Nissan Motor Co. chairman, who had already spent 108 days at the Tokyo Detention House before being released on ...
The whistleblower protection law can't serve its purpose unless it features penalties for employers that seek to punish employees who report wrongdoing.
Japanese panel proposes measures to strengthen protection of whistleblowers
A government panel in a report released Wednesday proposed measures to strengthen protection for whistleblowers from retaliatory actions by companies. But the panel stopped short of recommending penalties for firms that take such punitive steps despite requests from some whistleblowers. Its proposals include protective measures for ...
The World Anti-Doping Agency says it has registered 400 cases after a flood of information from new whistleblowers. WADA investigations unit chief Guenter Younger said the agency has been approached by numerous whistleblowers in the wake of Russian doping scandals, which were sparked by insiders ...
The law on whistleblowers lacks the teeth to protect employees who reveal wrongdoings, a situation that needs correcting.
If the whistleblower law is to truly be effective, it must include penalties for violations.
Toshiba case points to whistleblower law's shortcomings
One of the more intriguing questions stemming from the Toshiba accounting scandal is this: Where was the whistleblower? Top executives at the industrial conglomerate, which makes everything from refrigerators to nuclear reactors, padded pretax profit by at least ¥152 billion over six years, according to ...
Activist challenges secrets law with anonymous whistle-blower website
A Japanese Internet activist and academic is challenging the recently enacted state secrets law by setting up a website aimed at making it easier for government officials to leak sensitive information to the media without getting caught. The website, unveiled Friday, uses an open source ...
