RT: Government Is Tightening Its Grip on Whistleblowers
Summary: The Food and Drug Administration is under fire for its major surveillance operation of its own employees. An explosive article in the New York Times this past Sunday revealed that the agency was monitoring communications “on every level.” GAP National Security & Human Rights Director Jesselyn Radack talks to RT about the dangers of this kind of surveillance, and blogged about it this morning.
Related Article: Washington Post
Raw Story: NSA Whistleblower – They’re Assembling Information on Every US Citizen
Summary: NSA whistleblower and GAP client William Binney was interviewed last Friday at the HOPE Number 9 tech conference in New York. He warned that the NSA is “pulling together all the data about virtually ever US citizen in the country” and called it a “very dangerous process.”
Related Article: Antiwar
Former Monsanto Employee Talks GE Crop Concerns Amidst Deregulation Efforts
Summary: A former Monsanto employee talked about his experience working with the company in a radio interview last week, sharing why he became concerned about genetically engineered crops. Meanwhile, the battle over GE labeling and regulation continues. GAP's Food Integrity Campaign explains.
Japan Times: Thumbs Up for Whistleblowing
Summary: This editorial praises the Japan Supreme Court for finally ruling in favor of a whistleblower and argues that this should lead to a cultural shift in how companies in Japan handle employees and criticism.
KPCC (CA): Occupy LA Protestors Spend Night in Downtown LA to Support Whistleblower ‘Hero’
Summary: A number of Occupy protestors in downtown Los Angeles spent the weekend protesting, overnight, in a public square, in support of Bradley Manning, the soldier accused of giving classified information to WikiLeaks.
Los Angeles Times: California Protections for Whistleblowers Don’t Apply to Workers on Federal Land
Summary: Because the San Onofre nuclear plant in California is leased from a nearby Marine Corps base (and therefore on federal land), whistleblowers are not covered under the state’s whistleblower protection laws.
EPA Lets CAFOs Off the Hook, Drops Farm Waste Reporting Rule
Summary: The Environmental Protection Agency has withdrawn a proposed rule that would require large animal farms to report basic information to the agency, including their waste management plans. GAP's Food Integrity Campaign explains why the decision is upsetting.
Hannah Johnson is Communications Associate for the Government Accountability Project, the nation's leading whistleblower protecation and advocacy organization.
