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The Emerging Era in Whistleblower Rights and the Public's Right to Know

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--Babak Pasdar, computer security specialist whose whistleblowing is credited with turning the tide in the House of Representatives against granting immunity to telecommunications companies that enabled secret government surveillance of Americans.

 

Afternoon speakers include: Conrad Martin, Executive Director, Fund for Constitutional Government, Ann Beeson, Director of U.S. Policy, Open Society Institute; Danielle Brian, Executive Director, Project on Government Oversight; Louis Fisher, Specialist in Constitutional Law, Library of Congress; Mike German, Policy Counsel for National Security, American Civil Liberties Union; Thad Guyer, The Law Firm of Guyer & Ayers, PC; Stephen Kohn, Executive Director, National Whistleblower Center.     Michelle Ash, Chief Legislative Counsel to Congressman Henry Waxman; Lynn Dondis, Senior Policy Advisor, House Committee on Education and Labor; Joanne Royce, Investigative Counsel, House Committee on Energy and Commerce; Peg Seminario, Director of Safety and Health, AFL-CIO; Jeb White, President, Taxpayers Against Fraud.

For general and CLE registration, please go to www.wcl.american.edu/secle/cle_form.cfm

 

 

 

 

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For further information please contact: Sarah Goldmann, Government Accountability Project, Tel: (202) 408-0034 ext. 141, sarahg@whistleblower.org or Office of Special Events & Continuing Legal Education at Washington College of Law, Tel: (202) 274-4075, secle@wcl.american.edu 

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