The Hightower Report: An Army Whistle-Blower Speaks Truth About Power

Lt. Col. Danny Davis' actions are essential in a democracy

"...So Davis became a whistle-blower, going to the media and Congress in January, and..."

March 16, 2012 News Column by Jim Hightower

Toxic Sweatshops Exposed by Whistle-Blower

Report released recently by coalition of public interest and environmental groups delivers incisive look at how Federal Prison Industries profits from electronic recycling and puts employees and prisoners at risk

"...UNICOR's operation in Atwater, Calif., who became a federal whistle-blower in 2004, documenting the dangerous extent of the recycling..."

Nov. 10, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Support Diebold Whistle-Blower

"...then it should be investigated. Stephen Heller is a whistle-blower that turned documents over to the California secretary of..."

March 22, 2006 Postmarks

Ranger Whistle-Blower

Wilkinson details accusations against county

Feb. 2, 2007 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Texas Rollergirls: You Know How to Whistle, Don't You?

Flat track Roller Derby league needs a whistle blower for Saturday

March 28, 2013 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Blowing the Whistle?

City Hall Bureaucrat Says He's the Fall Guy No More

March 28, 1997 News Column by Alex de Marban

Help Desk: Whistle-Blowing Without the Blowback

The ins and outs of leaking sensitive information

"..."Whistle-blowers provide a great service to our society," says technologist..."

May 8, 2015 Screens Column by Michael Agresta

Blowing the Whistle

March 26, 1999 News Feature

Former Fleet Services Manager Says Scrap Tires Only a Symptom

Fired whistle-blower says management has ignored serious problems for years

"...That's what a former Fleet manager turned whistle-blower told the Chronicle – a version of events that..."

Aug. 6, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Informant!

Soderbergh's corporate whistleblower comedy is tuned in the key of Richard Lester.

"...first syllable and both are movies about real-life corporate whistle-blowers, Soderbergh’s The Informant! could not be more different than..."

Sept. 18, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Shoot the Messenger!

VA tries to fire whistle-blower doctor

"...Now a bona fide whistle-blower, Van Boven won't be so easy to kick out..."

Oct. 31, 2008 News Feature by Laurel Chesky

Live Free or Die Hard

As John McClane, Bruce Willis once more brings the noise and blows the bejesus out of the bad guys.

"...tailored form of Thomas Gabriel (Olyphant), a rogue NSA computer-defense-expert-turned-whistle-blower. Having had his rep smeared by his former government..."

June 29, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Did Knee and Futrell Leak APD Warrants?

Whistle-blower testimony raises new questions concerning actions of city officials

"...to testimony given earlier this month in a police whistle-blower lawsuit by an Austin Police Department detective, Austin city..."

April 29, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

She Hate Me

Spike Lee strikes out with his new "joint" about an unemployed whistle-blower who makes a living impregnating sperm-deprived lesbians.

"...a biotech company who gets sacked for being a whistle-blower. The film then awkwardly segues into sexual hijinks, in..."

Oct. 1, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

"Building Bombs" and "Deadly Deception"

"...well as presenting the repercussions faced by an employee whistle-blower. Commissioned by INFACT, the group that organized the original..."

April 3, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Kicking the Tires at Fleet

City whistle-blower confirms that the trouble at Fleet Services has been much worse than scrap tires and bad record-keeping. And nobody in charge wanted to hear it.

"...in the spring of 2009, and he filed a whistle-blower lawsuit against the city alleging that instead of looking..."

July 2, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Will There Finally Be a Mala Sangre Trial?

The city loses another bid to have the APD corruption case dismissed

"...Austin's bid to have thrown out of court a whistle-blower lawsuit filed by Austin Police Department Officer Jeff White...."

June 25, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Hightower Report

Cleaning Up Congressional Corruption; and The Blockhead in Charge of Whistle-blower Protection

"...call Public Campaign: 202/293-0222. THE BLOCKHEAD in CHARGE of WHISTLE-BLOWER PROTECTION It's not easy being a whistle-blower – especially..."

Oct. 20, 2006 News Column by Jim Hightower

Naked City

Long-delayed whistleblower case finally headed for court

"...jury finally hears Austin Police Detective Jeff White's 3-year-old whistle-blower lawsuit against the APD. And if last week's court..."

Aug. 19, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Why is Mala Sangre less poisonous than Barton Springs?

"...lied in his sworn deposition in Detective Jeff White's whistle-blower case about what he did, or didn't do, to..."

Sept. 19, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Mala Sangre Flows Again at APD

The third whistle-blower suit by an Austin cop over the truncated Mala Sangre probe goes to court.

"...10 for the first round of wrangling in a whistle-blower lawsuit that White filed in May. The city, represented..."

Dec. 27, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Letters at 3AM: A Pattern of Subversion

President Obama regularly oversteps his bounds of office

"...Obama] ... raised concerns about a section that establishes whistle-blower protections for federal employees who give information to Congress...."

April 6, 2012 Column by Michael Ventura

The Tire Mound of Mystery

Thousands of city tires lie moldering southeast of town – and the city is claiming ignorance

"...a discussion a bad idea while an apparently unrelated whistle-blower lawsuit, filed by former Fleet Services official Hiram Kirkland,..."

Dec. 4, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...finally reached an agreement that will close White's 21Ú2-year-old whistle-blower lawsuit. White filed suit against the city in 2002,..."

Sept. 9, 2005 News Feature

Naked City

A Mala Sangre timeline

"...1997: First whistle-blower lawsuits filed by former Mala Sangre investigators who say..."

Aug. 19, 2005 News Feature

City Loses Its Mala Sangre Brain

Outside counsel Lowell Denton – both attorney and witness – is disqualified from the case

"...Lowell Denton on the payroll to defend against the whistle-blower lawsuit filed by APD Detective Jeff White back in..."

Nov. 26, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

APD's White Takes 'Bad Blood' Back to Court

White lawsuit is the latest chapter in the Mala Sangre saga

"...to determine the next (plodding) steps in White's 2002 whistle-blower lawsuit against the city. At immediate issue is whether..."

Nov. 19, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

News Top Tens

"...Dec. 31. What will happen with the Jeff White whistle-blower lawsuit? What will happen with the administrative and/or criminal..."

Jan. 2, 2004 News Feature

Naked City

Mala Sangre Suit Barrels On

"...17 that discovery can proceed in officer Jeff White's whistle-blower lawsuit against the Austin Police Dept. Dietz denied the..."

April 25, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Roller Derby Update: 7/24/10

TXRG championship while Lonestar rolls on

July 24, 2010 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

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