Honours

Obama to Honor Deceased Holocaust Whistle Blower

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Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu – April 24, 2012

President Barack Obama will honor a deceased former Polish underground officer Jan Karski, one of the first people to expose Nazi atrocities.

Karski, a Catholic, reported to the Polish government in exile and the Western Allies on the situation in German-occupied Poland in 1942 and 1943, especially the destruction of the Warsaw Ghetto and the existence of secretive Nazi extermination camps.

Raw courage on display at the Ridenhour

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David Hutton – April 30, 2012

The National Press Club auditorium in Washington D.C. was packed to the rafters – with the crowd overflowing into the upstairs galleries – by a who’s who of people who have fought in various ways to defend the truth and the public interest.

I saw whistleblowers, civil society activists and lawyers, journalists, authors and film-makers, even government officials such as Carolyn Lerner, head of the OSC, who is charged with protecting US government whistleblowers.

The Obama administration's disturbing treatment of whistleblowers

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Paul Harris – April 11, 2012

Later this month six Americans will be honoured with a Ridenhour prize which celebrates truth-telling in the public interest.

They are a varied bunch. Eileen Foster helped expose systemic fraud at America's largest mortgage provider Countywide Financial. Lt Col Daniel Davis spoke out against the top brass's portrayal of US military actions in Afghanistan while he was still a serving soldier.

Recognition in the fight against corruption

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NewsWire – April 13, 2012

The Civic Action League (LDAC) holds its first Gala as part of its annual fundraising dinner, on Saturday, April 14. Three prizes will be awarded to individuals who, each in their own way, have promoted the good governance of our cities. The League salutes their courage and contribution to the fight against corruption.

Public figure of the year: Alain Gravel
Whistleblower of the year: Paul Sauvé
Elected official of the year: Sylvie Tardif

ACFE award "Whistleblower of the year": Michael Woodford

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The Wall Street Journal Japan - March 1, 2012

Michael Woodford, the man who exposed a $1.5 billion loss-hiding scheme at Japan’s Olympus Corp. –- and was fired soon after — has been named “business person of the year” by publications from the Sunday Times  to The Independent.

Now he can add to those honors another: whistleblower of the year, courtesy of The Austin, Texas-based Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, whose house publication is Fraud Magazine.’

Ex-Olympus boss Woodford wins whistleblower award

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Matt Packer – March 1, 2012

No sooner had Aggie Sutcliffe mentioned former Olympus boss Michael Woodford in today’s Ethics Girl column than the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) named him as the recipient of its 2012 Cliff Robertson Sentinel Award for whistleblowing.

The annual award was established to recognise “a person who, without regard to personal or professional consequences, has publicly disclosed wrongdoing in business or government — the unselfish hero”.

BC whistleblower councillor Brian Skakun honoured in Ottawa

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David Hutton – March 13, 2012

Yesterday an Ottawa-based civil society group, Peace Order and Good Governance (POGG) honoured councillor Brian Skakun from Prince George, B.C. for his courage in blowing the whistle when official channels had failed to protect three female RCMP civilians who were harassed by the police superintendent.

An internal investigation dismissed the women's complaints of harassment. Seeing no other feasible way to expose what had happened, Skakun leaked the report to the media, whereupon he found himself the target of determined efforts to punish and discredit him.

Suspected WikiLeaks Source Bradley Manning Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

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February 7, 2012

On Saturday, Icelandic member of parliament Birgitta Jónsdóttir posted a nomination letter on her blog on behalf of the three-member parliamentary group The Movement, proposing suspected WikiLeaks source Bradley Manning as a candidate for the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize. Nobel Peace Prize nominations can be submitted by any member of a national assembly, among others.

The Icelandic parliamentarian has been a vocal supporter of WikiLeaks since it leaked the "Collateral Murder" video of a 2007 Baghdad strike by U.S. forces that killed at least a dozen unarmed civilians, including two Reuters reporters, which is widely believed to have been acquired and sent to WikiLeaks by Manning himself.

US Whistleblower Warns Of Developing Tyranny

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Thomas Drake

Thomas Drake blew the whistle on a massive domestic information gathering scheme and was called "an enemy of the state". This is his acceptance speech at the Sam Adams award ceremony on November 21, 2011.

Drake and his GAP attorney Jesselyn Radack were 2011 recipients of the prestigious Sam Adams award, created to recognize intelligence professionals who has taken a stand for integrity and ethics. It is named after Samuel A. Adams, a CIA whistleblower during the Vietnam War.

Obama's War on Whistle Blowers

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Jesslyn Radack

More whistle blowers have been charged during Obama's administrator than all previous presidents combined. This is the acceptance speech given by GAP attorney Jesselyn Radack at the Sam Adams award ceremony on November 21, 2011.

Radack and her whistleblower client Thomas Drake were 2011 recipients of the prestigious Sam Adams award, created to recognize intelligence professionals who has taken a stand for integrity and ethics. It is named after Samuel A. Adams, a CIA whistleblower during the Vietnam War.

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