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David Grusch, The “UFO Whistleblower”

John Greenewald — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 14:13:53 +0000

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If you are looking for the video of the David Grusch aka “UFO Whistleblower” interview, the embedded video from NewsNation has been removed, along with the transcript. However, you can watch the video still on NewsNation’s website.

An explanation on why the content here was removed is explained in the tweet below:

A COPYRIGHT CLAIM and TAKEDOWN NOTICE!? Yeah – and it's unbelievably ridiculous and BOGUS.

When the "UFO Whistleblower" interview was published by @NewsNation (owned by Nexstar Media, Inc.) online, it had a window within that video that encouraged viewers to "SHARE" it. See… pic.twitter.com/k9avMpkuTo

— John Greenewald, Jr. (@blackvaultcom) June 15, 2023

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Whistleblower Reprisal Investigation: Colonel Yevgeny S. Vindman, U.S. Army (DODIG-2022-097)

John Greenewald — Wed, 18 May 2022 14:13:37 +0000

According to the DoD/IG:

“We conducted this investigation in response to a complaint filed with the DoD Hotline on August 18, 2020, alleging that various administration officials, including former President Donald J. Trump, took actions against Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) YevgenyVindman (the Complainant), U.S. Army, while he was serving at the National Security Council (NSC), Washington, D.C., in reprisal for his protected communications.

We found, based on a preponderance of the evidence, that the Complainant was the subject of unfavorable personnel actions from administration officials, as defined by section 1034, title 10, United States Code (10 U.S.C. § 1034), “Protected communications; prohibition of retaliatory personnel actions.” Furthermore, we concluded, based on a preponderance of the evidence, that these actions would not have occurred or been withheld absent the Complainant’s protected communications.”

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Whistleblower Reprisal Investigation: Colonel Yevgeny S. Vindman, U.S. Army (DODIG-2022-097) [44 Pages, 13.5MB]

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Whistleblower Tips Received by the Department of Commerce

John Greenewald — Fri, 06 May 2022 12:27:34 +0000

According to the Department of Commerce’s website:

“The Department of Commerce’s mission is to create the conditions for economic growth and opportunity for all communities. Through its 13 bureaus, the Department works to drive U.S. economic competitiveness, strengthen domestic industry, and spur the growth of quality jobs in all communities across the country. The Department serves as the voice of business in the Federal Government, and at the same time, the Department touches and serves every American every day.”

Below, you will find whistleblower complaints received by this agency.

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Whistleblower Tips Received by the Department of Commerce 1/2020 – 3/2020 [55 pages, 1.3MB]

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Whistleblower Complaint Against President Donald Trump Regarding Abuse of Power in 2020 Election

John Greenewald — Thu, 26 Sep 2019 13:09:26 +0000

Background

On September 26, 2019, the House Intelligence Committee released the following press release. The documents follow below:

Today, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence released the declassified whistleblower complaint. [See complaint and IG letter below]

Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) made the following statement:

“The Committee this morning will be releasing the declassified whistleblower complaint that it received late last night from the ODNI. It is a travesty that it was held up this long.

“This complaint should never have been withheld from Congress. It exposed serious wrongdoing, and was found both urgent and credible by the Inspector General.

“This complaint is a roadmap for our investigation, and provides significant information for the Committee to follow up on with other witnesses and documents. And it is corroborated by the call record released yesterday.

“I want to thank the whistleblower for having the courage to come forward, despite the reprisals they have already faced from the president and his acolytes. We will do everything in our power to protect this whistleblower, and every whistleblower, who comes forward.

“The public has a right to see the complaint and what it reveals.”

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Whistleblower Complaint [10 Pages, 4.3MB]

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Inspector General Letter Regarding Complaint [7 Pages, 3.2MB]

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FBI Whistleblower Policy Directive 0971D, May 1, 2017

John Greenewald — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 16:20:04 +0000

Background

The purpose of this policy is to establish a single source of policy information for FBI whistleblower protections and the conditions necessary to invoke the special protections afforded under the law. A whistleblower protection policy is necessary to ensure proper management understanding and compliance with applicable federal statutes, regulations, DOJ policy and FBI management practices.

This policy sets forth the specific requirements under the law for whistleblower protections to apply to FBI employees, and clarifies the responsibility for reporting allegations of reprisal taken against any FBI whistleblower.

This policy is applicable to all FBI employees. Persons not falling within this policy (e.g., contractors, persons detailed from other agencies) should seek reporting guidance from a designated authority as defined in Section 11.1.

The Policy

FBI Whistleblower Policy Directive 0971D, May 1, 2017 [3 Pages, 1.0MB]

https://documents.theblackvault.com/documents/fbifiles/FBIWhistleblowerDirective0971D.pdf

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Bradley Manning Espionage Case

John Greenewald — Wed, 26 Aug 2015 09:38:29 +0000

According to Wikipedia:

Chelsea Elizabeth Manning (born Bradley Edward Manning, December 17, 1987) is a United States Army soldier who was convicted in July 2013 of violations of the Espionage Act and other offenses, after releasing the largest set of classified documents ever leaked to the public. Manning was sentenced in August 2013 to 35 years confinement with the possibility of parole in eight years, and to be dishonorably discharged from the Army. Manning is a trans woman who, in a statement the day after sentencing, said she had felt female since childhood, wanted to be known as Chelsea, and desired to begin hormone replacement therapy. From early life through much of Army life, Manning was known as Bradley, and was diagnosed with gender identity disorder while in the Army.

Assigned in 2009 to an Army unit in Iraq as an intelligence analyst, Manning had access to classified databases. In early 2010 she leaked classified information to WikiLeaks and confided this to Adrian Lamo, an online acquaintance. Lamo informed Army Counterintelligence, and Manning was arrested in May that same year. The material included videos of the July 12, 2007 Baghdad airstrike, and the 2009 Granai airstrike in Afghanistan; 250,000 U.S. diplomatic cables; and 500,000 Army reports that came to be known as the Iraq War logs and Afghan War logs. Much of the material was published by WikiLeaks or its media partners between April and November 2010.

Manning was ultimately charged with 22 offenses, including aiding the enemy, which was the most serious charge and could have resulted in a death sentence. She was held at the Marine Corps Brig, Quantico in Virginia, from July 2010 to April 2011 under Prevention of Injury status—which entailed de facto solitary confinement and other restrictions that caused domestic and international concern—before being transferred to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, where she could interact with other detainees. She pleaded guilty in February 2013 to 10 of the charges. The trial on the remaining charges began on June 3, 2013, and on July 30 she was convicted of 17 of the original charges and amended versions of four others, but was acquitted of aiding the enemy. She will serve her sentence at the maximum-security U.S. Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth.

Reaction to Manning’s disclosures, arrest, and sentence was mixed. Denver Nicks, one of her biographers, writes that the leaked material, particularly the diplomatic cables, was widely seen as a catalyst for the Arab Spring that began in December 2010, and that Manning was viewed as both a 21st-century Tiananmen Square Tank Man and an embittered traitor. Reporters Without Borders condemned the length of the sentence, saying that it demonstrated how vulnerable whistleblowers are.