The Justice Department, under a Biden administration initiative set to be revealed within weeks, will offer whistleblowers a share of penalties and fees, potentially totaling millions, for tips leading to successful prosecutions.
The DEA hired dozens of special agents who failed a polygraph exam during the hiring process, according to a new federal watchdog report.
The lead prosecutor in the case against President Biden’s son plans to testify publicly this fall, according to a letter sent to lawmakers on Monday.
Two IRS whistleblowers who claim the Justice Department impeded a criminal investigation into Hunter Biden are set to testify before Congress on Wednesday.
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is concerned about allegations of misconduct involving the DEA’s Haiti office and the effectiveness of the office’s efforts to fight drugs in that country, the Miami Herald reports. Committee Chairman Rep. Trey Gowdy and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings of Maryland have written to Justice’s…
The FBI has a habit of punishing its own whistleblowers.
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Secret Service employees have engaged in inappropriate sexual behavior in at least 17 countries in recent years, according to the Washington Post. The Post got that estimate from whistleblowers who reported to the Senate’s subcommittee on Homeland Security. Sen. Ronald H. Johnson, R-Wis., said the whistleblower accounts contradict statements from Secrete Service…
By Tim Shorrock The Nation In the annals of national security, the Obama administration will long be remembered for its unprecedented crackdown on whistleblowers. Since 2009, it has employed the World War I–era Espionage Act a record six times to prosecute government officials suspected of leaking classified information. The latest example is John Kiriakou, a…
