Not All It Can Be: The US Military Is Failing
Reading Time: 17 minutes A look at the corrosive culture caused by rigid hierarchies and unquestioning loyalty in the US military.
Ukraine Whistleblower Came Forward in Spite of Weak Protections
Reading Time: 5 minutes A whistleblower complaint is behind the mountain of damaging evidence changing minds about impeachment. It’s a miracle it got through.
US, Others Have Abysmal Record of Protecting Whistleblowers
Reading Time: 4 minutes If you want to celebrate Iraq whistleblower Katharine Gun, protect others like her.
It Takes a Whistleblower to Know One
Reading Time: 14 minutes CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou weighs in on the Ukraine scandal.
Reward for Whistleblower’s Warning of Hijack Danger: Endless Harassment
Reading Time: 4 minutes In 2003, Air Marshal Robert MacLean tried to protect the public; he’s been paying for it ever since.
Chelsea Manning’s Punishment for Attempted Suicide Is Deplorable
Reading Time: 2 minutes Why punish Chelsea Manning for the “crime” of attempted suicide? And why use solitary confinement? A suicide-inspiring place for anyone, especially a transgender. Could the prison be trying to facilitate her death to deter future whistleblowers?
RadioWhoWhatWhy: Should We All Become Whistleblowers?
Reading Time: < 1 minute In his work on leadership for both government and corporations, Ira Chaleff has become something of an expert on followers. What he’s found—and what he argues in his book Intelligent Disobedience and in his conversation with WhoWhatWhy’s Jeff Schechtman—is that we have to learn not to be so quick to follow orders and accept authority.
Chaleff explores how a remarkable range of wrongdoing of all magnitudes—from financial fraud to war crimes, and even, surprisingly, sexual misconduct—can to some degree trace back to the compromised moral compass of those too quick to comply with orders. While we may not all have it in us to become whistleblowers, says Chaleff, we can all stand to be a bit more disobedient—when it is warranted.
Edward Snowden: Vindicated by the USA Freedom Act? Or Marked For Death?
Reading Time: 5 minutes A past presidential administration official weighs in on the complicated view of the NSA whistleblower… or traitor.
The Whistleblower’s Dilemma: Loyalty vs. Moral Obligation
Reading Time: < 1 minute Whistleblowers are often ostracized for their willingness to speak out against corruption and unchecked power. What is it in human nature that’s so scared of transparency and truth? RadioWhoWhatWhy’s Jeff Schechtman speaks with former whistleblower Wendy Addison, recognized for bringing attention to massive corruption at a major South African company and now outspoken supporter of whistleblowers worldwide.
After $40 Billion, America’s Biggest Nuclear Dump Is Still Leaking
Reading Time: 5 minutes Begun in 1989, America’s biggest radioactive contamination waste site—run by the Department of Energy—has cost taxpayers roughly $40 billion so far and may take another 40 years and an additional $100 billion before the cleanup is done, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. And critics argue workers are getting sick while waste is still leaking.