May 2011 – The Qui Tam Information Center.

Whistleblower Charged under Espionage Act

May 28, 2011

Thomas Drake, a former senior executive at the secretive National Security Agency (NSA) is being prosecuted by the Justice Department under the Espionage Act for blowing the whistle on the mismanagement of a failed multi-billion dollar intelligence program called “Trailblazer.

Supreme Court Ruling Affects Qui Tam Actions

May 28, 2011

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The court, in a 5 to 3 decision, shot down a qui tam case for a Relator who used information obtained from an FOIA request. A whistleblower must prove he or she is a “original source” who obtained information of wrongdoing on his or her own and not through publically available sources.