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U.S. v. Whistleblower Tom Drake
60 Minutes
Justice's Case Against Tom Drake: Flawed Arguments and Broader Systemic Issues
Nick Schwellenbach, POGO
Did Thomas Drake Include Privacy Concerns in His Complaints to DOD’s Inspector General?
emptywheel
Encouraging whistleblowers
Editorial Board Opinion, The Washington Post
Financial Sector Oversight
Justice Department, SEC investigations often rely on companies’ internal probes
David S. Hilzenrath, The Washington Post
Senator Grassley investigating SAC Capital trades
Ann Saphir and Matthew Goldstein, Reuters
Money in Politics
Political groups, now free of limits, spending heavily ahead of 2012
Dan Eggen, The Washington Post
Health and Human Services
Patients at heart of medical device issue
Deborah L. Shelton and Jason Grotto, Chicago Tribune
How drug companies' PR tactics skew the presentation of medical research
Elliot Ross, The Guardian
Nuclear Weapons Complex
Nuclear agency releases strategic plan for next decade
Martin Matishak, Global Security Newswire
Mine Safety
Despite Mining Disaster, Report Says Coal Giant Massey ‘Has Not Changed’ and Execs Stay on
Marian Wang, ProPublica
Nuclear Power Plants
NRC report: Inspection rules for nuclear storage sites are lacking
Andrew Restuccia, The Hill
So the easiest way for a company to avoid Federal intervention into their affairs is to simply stop doing internal probes.
The Feds will come up dry and so not bother going any further.
Posted by: Henry J Cobb | May 23, 2011 at 11:16 AM