Steve Kohn talks with Jamison Firestone, the law partner and friend of Sergei Magnitsky, a Russian whistleblower who was arrested, tortured, and eventually killed for uncovering a $230 million tax fraud scheme involving the collaboration of Russian government officials and convicted criminals. Tune in to hear about the devastating response …
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In the first half, Richard Renner and Dr. Patricia Harned, President of the Ethics Resource Center (ERC), discuss the findings of the ERC’s recently-released report on whistleblowing. The report ,“RETALIATION: When Whistleblowers Become Victims,” found that, “not only is retaliation on the rise nationally, it is rapidly becoming an issue even at …
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Hosts Steve Kohn and Jane Turner discuss the story of our country’s first whistleblower law and why it is important that we honor the contribution of whistleblowers every year on July 30. Jane asks Steve about how he originally got into whistleblower law, how the National Whistleblowers Center was founded, and …
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Documenting the news, views, audio and video surrounding the surveillance scandal ripping through the Food and Drug Administration, that has come to be known as FDAGate or Pharmagate.
Who authorized the FDA to spy on some of its own employees and those with whom they may have communicated? The culprit appears to have been the FDA Office of Chief Counsel, according to US Senator Chuck Grassley, who made the disclosure in a scathing letter to FDA commish Margaret …
Steve Kohn, host of Honesty Without Fear and attorney for the FDA whistleblowers, explains the Food and Drug Administration Scandal that’s now being called “Pharmagate.” Related articles Honesty Without Fear – FDA with Gary Null – 07/17/12 (prn.fm) [Video] Attorney: FDA Spied on Whistle-blowers (prn.fm) [Video] Government is tightening its grip …
In the first half, Steve Kohn and Gary Null discuss the shocking revelation in the New York Times that the FDA not only illegally spied on whistleblowers, but the FDA also posted over 80,000 documents they stole on a public server accessible on Google. The FDA began its illegal surveillance …
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The FDA says it monitored “unauthorized disclosures” of some of its employees. Did it go too far? Sandra Endo reports for CNN. PRN Host Steve Kohn, attorney for the monitored scientists, will discuss the scandal today at 1pm ET on his radio show — Honesty Without Fear: The Whistleblowers Radio …
UPDATE: Steve Kohn, attorney for the scientists who are suing the FDA, and PRN Host, will be delving deeply into this issue on tomorrow’s (7/17) Honesty Without Fear: The Whistleblowers Radio Hour. A wide-ranging surveillance operation by the Food and Drug Administration against a group of its own scientists used an enemies …
The Clinton-Bush Haiti Fund and the failures of Haitian reconstruction Julie Levesque is an independent investigative journalist and a researcher associated with the Center for Research on Globalization – a non profit academic research and international media organization in Montreal, under the directorship of Michel Chossudovsky. She was among the …
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In the first half hour, David Colapinto interviews Steve Kohn about his recent trip to Bosnia and the broader European movement for stronger whistleblower protections. In the second half hour, Richard Renner and Eric M. Gutiérrez, Legislative & Public Policy Director for the National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA) discuss the progress …
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From Sarajevo, Bosnia, Steve Kohn interviews Bojan Bajic, the head of the Centre for Responsible Democracy and co-founder of Association of Whistleblowers Against Corruption about the growing movement to increase whistleblower protections in Europe. They discuss the special threats international whistleblowers face – especially in developing democracies such as Bosnia-Herzegovian …
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In the first half hour, Richard Renner interviews attorney Stephen Bergstein of Chester, New York. The Second Circuit recently decided that Bergstein’s client, Jason Jackley, has the right to refuse to make a false statement. In another case, however, the DC Circuit disagreed. Bergstein gets into the nitty gritty of …
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In the first half hour, Steve Kohn will interview Dr. Ewa Czerska, one of the original “FDA 9” and a Ph.D. medical doctor. As a lead device reviewer, Dr. Czerska blew the whistle on health and safety violations in FDA, was the subject of targeted surveillance, her confidential communications with …
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In the first half hour, Steve Kohn discusses the updates in the FDA whistleblowers case and Congressional investigations of FDA manager misconduct. Find out how this case can impact every federal agency’s ability to monitor its employees and silence those who want to alert the public about health and safety issues. …
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