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News Articles: whistleblower

Joshua Dean, who died on Tuesday, had gone public with his concerns about defects and quality-control problems at Spirit AeroSystems, a major supplier of parts for Boeing. Here, a Spirit AeroSystems logo is seen on a 737 fuselage sent to Boeing's factory in Renton, Wash., in January.

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  • National

Whistleblower Joshua Dean, who raised concerns about Boeing jets, dies at 45

Dean's family says he quickly fell into critical condition after being diagnosed with a MRSA bacterial infection. He is the second aviation whistleblower to die in the past three months.

May 03, 2024
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By:
  • Bill Chappell and
  • Joel Rose
A Boeing 787 Dreamliner accelerates down the runway during its first flight in December, 2009 in Everett, Wash.

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  • National

Another Boeing whistleblower says he faced retaliation for reporting 'shortcuts'

This week brought more damaging allegations about Boeing as an engineer accused the company of taking production "shortcuts." He joins a growing list of whistleblowers who say they faced retaliation.

April 12, 2024
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By:
  • Joel Rose
Boeing 787 Dreamliners are built at the aviation company's North Charleston, S.C., assembly plant in 2023. John Barnett had alleged that Boeing's manufacturing practices had declined  and that managers pressured workers not to document potential defects and problems.

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  • National

Boeing whistleblower John Barnett, who raised alarm over plane quality, is found dead

John Barnett made headlines when he went public, saying he wouldn't trust planes made in South Carolina to be airworthy. His family says Barnett suffered PTSD and anxiety from his work at Boeing.

March 13, 2024
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
Facebook and Instagram parent Meta is under fire for not doing enough to protect young users.

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  • Business

Meta failed to address harm to teens, whistleblower testifies as senators vow action

Former engineer Arturo Bejar says he repeatedly raised the alarm to company execs about Instagram's harm to teens and they failed to act. Senators vow to pass a social media law this year.

November 08, 2023
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By:
  • Dara Kerr
Peiter Zatko, known by his hacker name "Mudge," talks about cybersecurity with the Senate Governmental Affairs committee on May 19, 1998. He's scheduled to testify again about his whistleblower complaint against Twitter on Sept. 13, 2022. (Photo by Douglas Graham/Congressional Quarterly/Getty Images)

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  • Technology

Here's why the Twitter whistleblower's testimony to Congress will be crucial

Peiter Mudge Zatko follows Frances Haugen as the second tech whistleblower in less than a year to testify before Congress about the struggles inside a social media company.

September 13, 2022
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By:
  • Raquel Maria Dillon
Tesla CEO Elon Musk's legal team argues that allegations by Twitter's ex-security chief give him reason to pull out of his agreement to buy the Twitter. Here, Musk speaks at a meeting of energy, oil and gas executives in Norway on August 29.

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  • Technology

Elon Musk wants to get out of buying Twitter. A whistleblower's claims might help him

The social media company appeared to be on solid legal ground when it sued the Tesla CEO to force him to complete the merger. But allegations by Twitter's ex-security chief may help Musk's case.

September 06, 2022
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  • Raquel Maria Dillon
Peiter Zatko, Twitter's former security head, poses for a portrait on Aug. 22 in Washington, D.C. Zatko accused the company of ignoring major security vulnerabilities in an explosive whistleblower complaint.

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  • Business

A former employee accuses Twitter of big security lapses in a whistleblower complaint

Twitter's former security head is accusing the company of ignoring major security vulnerabilities and misrepresenting the number of fake accounts on the platform.

August 23, 2022
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  • Raquel Maria Dillon
Tyler Shultz was not the only Theranos whistleblower, but he was the first to report troubling findings at the company to regulators. At the time, it was a risky and bold move, but it helped accelerate scrutiny that would ultimately end in the company's implosion.

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  • Technology

Theranos whistleblower celebrated Elizabeth Holmes verdict by 'popping champagne'

Theranos whistleblower Tyler Shultz reflects on Elizabeth Holmes' jury verdict. Now running his own biotech firm, he says he see how the pressure to exaggerate "could create an Elizabeth Holmes."

January 07, 2022
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  • Bobby Allyn
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen talks with CBS' Scott Pelley on a <em>60 Minutes</em> episode that aired Sunday.

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  • Technology

Facebook's new whistleblower is renewing scrutiny of the social media giant

Facebook could be facing its biggest scandal yet as a former employee comes forward to expose some of the company's secrets.

October 04, 2021
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
Dawn Wooten

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  • News

Georgia Today: After ICE Detainee Abuse Allegations, Will Rural Georgia County's Jail Jobs Remain?

A jail used by Immigration and Customs Enforcement to detain migrants is nearly empty in the wake of complaints filed against the facility. Among the complaints is a whistleblower allegation from a nurse claiming some female detainees at Irwin County Detention Center were forced to undergo hysterectomies. The jail has also been criticized for failing to protect immigrants and jail staff from COVID-19. Now, Irwin County officials worry the facility, which also houses federal and county inmates and is the area's largest private employer, may eventually be shut down, taking much-needed jobs with it.

September 17, 2021
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  • Steve Fennessy and
  • Jess Mador
Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash.

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  • Politics

172 Congress Members Formally Condemn Forced, Unneccessary Medical Procedures At Georgia ICE Center

Three Georgia-based Democratic Congress members signed a U.S. House Resolution on Friday condemning numerous reports of unnecessary medical procedures — including hysterectomies — being performed on immigrant women without their consent at the Irwin County Detention Center in Ocilla.

September 25, 2020
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  • Ellen Eldridge
Dawn Wooten (left), who filed the whistleblower complaint about conditions at the Irwin County Detention Center, participates in a news conference Tuesday in Atlanta.

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  • National

Whistleblower Alleges 'Medical Neglect,' Questionable Hysterectomies Of ICE Detainees

Democratic lawmakers and immigration advocacy groups are calling for the Department of Homeland Security's inspector general to investigate the claims, centered on conditions at a facility in Georgia.

September 16, 2020
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  • Rachel Treisman
House Republicans, from left, Rep. Mark Meadows, R-North Carolina, Rep. Mike Conaway, R-Texas, and Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, defend President Donald Trump in the ongoing impeachment inquiry at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Oct. 28, 2019.

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  • Law

A Constitutional Look At The Power Of Impeachment

It’s been an eventful month, with the House of Representatives’ impeachment inquiry into President Trump becoming a font of high-profile depositions,...

October 29, 2019
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott and
  • Jake Troyer

On Second Thought for Tuesday, July 10, 2018

Just over a year ago, the Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested a 25-year-old woman in Augusta, Georgia for allegedly leaking top secret information...

August 10, 2018
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  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • Leighton Rowell ,
  • and 4 more

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