Whistle-blowers Thomas Drake and Rick Piltz spoke about trouble in NSA’s Trailblazer program and the U.S. Climate Change Science Program at the University of the District of Columbia (UDC) on March 22.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange made a public appearance on the balcony of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, calling on the U.S. to end its “war on whistleblowers.”
Transparency International Ireland (TI Ireland) has welcomed the publication of proposals for new legislation to improve protection for whistleblowers in both the public and private sectors.
“Eligible whistleblowers are entitled to an award equal to 10 to 30 percent of the money recovered when they voluntarily provide us with original information . . . “