July
Co-Sponsored Events:
July 30-31, Aug. 1, 2018
Annual Whistleblowers Summit
Capitol Hill, Washington, DC
Whistleblower Protection Blog, Upcoming Event: Whistleblower Summit on the Hill, Michael Ellis, July 6, 2018. On July 30th, 2018, the Whistleblower Summit for Civil and Human Rights will hold an opening plenary for National Whistleblower Day on the Hill. The event will commemorate the contributions of whistleblowers and celebrate the 240th anniversary of America’s first whistleblower law.
The summit will be held in Dirksen Senate Office Building, G50 from 10 AM-11:50 AM.
Representatives from several civil society organizations will be present, including from the National Whistleblower Center, ACORN 8, Justice Integrity Project, Federally Employed Women Legal and Education Fund, Government Accountability Project, Public Citizen, Project on Government Oversight, and Tax Payers Against Fraud. The panelists will include Stephen M. Kohn, leading whistleblower attorney and executive director of the National Whistleblower Center, Tom Devine, legal director for the Government Accountability Project, and Andrew Kreig, director for the Justice for Integrity Project.
This event will be a valuable opportunity to learn about the contributions of whistleblowers in exposing wrongdoing and promoting accountability. The opening plenary will be followed by an invite-only luncheon hosted by National Whistleblower Center. Details.
November
SAVE THE DATE
CAPA EVENT
“THE LAST WITNESSES – REVEALING THE TRUTH”
NOVEMBER 15, 2018
12 NOON – 9 PM
THE OLD RED MUSEUM, DALLAS, TEXAS
HISTORIC FORMER COURTHOUSE OVERLOOKING DEALEY PLAZA
New York Times, 
Washington Post, 
Washington Post, 
High-profile Democrats from former president Barack Obama to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) sounded the alarm Friday about the president’s moves to denigrate government-run mail services, decrying it as an assault on democracy and the needs of citizens who rely on its daily deliveries.
Washington Post, 
New York Times, 
Former president Barack Obama accused the Trump administration of trying to suppress votes by sabotaging the U.S. Postal Service, the latest in an escalating battle over the integrity of the upcoming election.
2019.
WMRD 1420 AM / WLIS 1150 AM (Middletown and Old Saybrook, Connecticut), 
director of the Justice Integrity Project and the author of Presidential Puppetry, joins S.T. Patrick to discuss presidential politics of the last 40 years. What should we have known about George H.W. Bush, Bill & Hillary Clinton, George W. Bush, John Kerry, John Edwards, and John McCain?
Bush and the October Surprise, the Willie Horton ad, The Election of 1992, Ross Perot's deficiencies, what Fletcher Prouty still teaches us, the legitimacy of Bob Dole's 1996 nomination, the value of Jack Kemp, Bush v Gore, The Two Johns: Kerry & Edwards, the real John McCain, and much more.