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  • n  an informant who exposes wrongdoing within an organization in the hope of stopping it

  • The whistle-blower presented damning evidence against the SEC's handling of the Madoff case in a House Financial Services Committee hearing last week, where he detailed his .
  • Butch Dill AP The documents, obtained by PTI, include internal prosecution e-mails given to the Justice Department and Congress by a whistle-blower during the past 18 months .
  • And a point worth mentioningall three hate the term whistle-blower.
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  • Roger Goodell in International Herald Tribune
    The whistle-blower concept is there to ensure if anyone feels undue pressure or sees undue pressure to return to play before they are physically capable, we'll find that out on a confidential basis and look into it,NFL commissioner Roger...
  • Greg Dyke in MSNBC
    Lord Hutton does seem to suggest that is not enough for a broadcaster or a newspaper ...... to simply report what a whistle-blower or someone like Dr. Kelly says because they are an authoritative source. You have to demonstrate that it's true,...
  • Peter Hoekstra in New York Times
    But on Sunday, discussing how he learned of the administration's failure to brief the committee, Mr. Hoekstra said, "This is actually a case where the whistle-blower process was working appropriately."

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