May 27, 2023 06:51
The man behind Lux

LeaksOn this episode of The Whistleblower we are going to tell you about one of the most important and impactful financial whistleblowers in the world, who you have probably never heard of. John Kiriakou speaks with Antoine Deltour, the man behind LuxLeaks. John and Antoine discuss how whistleblowing can be a dangerous affair and lead to financial and emotional ruin for those brave enough to speak out.

May 24, 2023 05:21
The alleged weapons of mass destruction

Scott Ritter is a name known to many around the world. He had extensive experience in the US military, having been an officer working for US Central Command General Norman Schwarzkopf. That’s where Scott’s whistleblowing began. On this episode of The Whistleblowers, John Kiriakou speaks with Ritter about speaking in front of a contentious Senate Committee Hearing about the alleged weapons of mass destruction in Iraq in the lead-up to the unlawful invasion of that country in 2003.

May 20, 2023 06:03
The fall of Enron

Enron was one of the biggest energy, commodities, and services companies in the world. Wall Street loved the company right up until it fell apart. John Kiriakou speaks with the former Vice President of Corporate Development at Enron, Sherron Watkins. On this episode of the Whistleblowers, Watkins explains how when Enron’s financial numbers just didn’t add up, she uncovered one of the biggest scandals in corporate history.

May 17, 2023 06:30
Weaponization of the Federal Government

Republicans in the House of Representatives have established the Select Subcommittee on Weaponization of the Federal Government. It takes a look at how the CIA, FBI, and Department of Justice may have been censoring information on Twitter. FBI whistleblower Jane Turner gives her take on the committee’s actions and tells her own story to John Kiriakou on this episode of The Whistleblowers.

May 13, 2023 06:09
Big oil and government bribes

Jonathan Taylor was working for a Dutch multinational oil company when he discovered evidence of bribes being offered to government officials in return for lucrative contracts. On this episode of the Whistleblowers, John Kiriakou talks with Taylor about how doing the right thing, and uncovering these crimes, completely upended his life.

May 10, 2023 06:39
Manipulating Google’s algorithms

In 2019, Zachary Vorhies, a senior engineer at Google, decided to release hundreds of pages of internal documents to Project Veritas. Vorhies collected the documents over the course of a year. The information he released revealed damning information about how Google’s search algorithms function. On this episode of The Whistleblowers, John Kiriakou speaks with Vorhies about how blowing the whistle on a corporate giant is dangerous and put his life at risk.

May 6, 2023 05:59
Bugging the United Nations

Katharine Gun blew the whistle on the American National Security Agency’s regional targets division. Gun intercepted an email from the chief of staff of the NSA  asking for help in bugging the United Nations offices of six countries that were members of the United Nations Security Council. On this episode of the Whistleblowers, John Kiriakou talks with Katharine Gun about her decision to go to the media with the information.

May 3, 2023 06:29
Suing the US government over federally-funded abortions

Stephanie Carter is a nurse in a Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Texas. She’s now seeking a court injunction to block the Department of Veterans Affairs from compelling her and other colleagues to participate in providing any abortion-related services. On this episode of The Whistleblowers John Kiriakou discusses the lawsuit and the issue of abortions in federal facilities, with Nurse Stephanie Carter’s attorney Danielle Runyan of First Liberty Institute.

Apr 29, 2023 06:23
The pitfalls of classified documents

It seems that all the talk in Washington is about classified documents. Who has them? Why were they retained? And what should be done about it? But those are the easy questions. The more difficult ones concern why the American government produces more than 100 million classified documents every year. How many of those documents are properly and legitimately classified? John Kiriakou talks with whistleblower Jesselyn Radack about the mishandling of classified documents.

Apr 26, 2023 05:59
The Swiss currency scandal

On this episode of The Whistleblowers, John Kiriakou tells us about another courageous banking whistleblower who has been harassed by the Swiss government and banking sector for more than a decade. Trevor Kitchen exposed a multi-billion-dollar currency scandal. As a result, he lost his job, his reputation was damaged, and just two years ago he was charged with defaming the Swiss banking sector. Trevor Kitchen tells us how he was spared several years in prison.