A former Australian Army lawyer who leaked classified documents to journalists exposing details of alleged crimes by Australian special forces in Afghanistan has been sentenced to more than five years in prison, a verdict criticized by press freedom advocates, who say it delivers a chilling message to potential whistleblowers. Cries of “shame” rang out in […]
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An Australian judge sentenced a former army lawyer to almost six years in prison on Tuesday for leaking to the media classified information that exposed allegations of Australian war crimes in Afghanistan. David McBride, 60, was sentenced in a court in the capital, Canberra, to five years and eight months in […]
A former Australian army lawyer has been jailed for leaking to the media classified information that exposed allegations of Australian war crimes in Afghanistan. David McBride, 60, was sentenced at a court in the capital, Canberra, to five years and eight months in prison after pleading guilty to three charges including theft and sharing with […]
Crossing the Line Saudi Arabia is working on a comically colossal skyscraper, called “The Line,” that aims to stretch across 105 miles of desert and tower over the Empire State Building. And that’s only one part of an even greater ambition, the world’s largest construction project simply called “Neom.” Unsurprisingly, The Line is already turning […]
A whistleblower who worked for Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems died Tuesday in Oklahoma. Joshua Dean, who lived in Wichita, Kansas, and was formerly a quality auditor for the company, had an infection that came on suddenly and quickly spread, The Seattle Times reported. He was airlifted from a hospital in Wichita to another facility in […]
A second Boeing whistleblower has died after a sudden illness. Joshua Dean, a former quality auditor at Spirit AeroSystems, went public with claims that the company’s leadership ignored manufacturing defects in Boeing’s 737 MAX. Spirit AeroSystems is a Boeing supplier. Dean, 45, had an active lifestyle and was believed to be in good health prior […]
A former quality auditor at Spirit AeroSystems who became a whistleblower has died, according to family and his attorneys. Joshua Dean is the second whistleblower to die in the last couple of months. Spirit makes the fuselage and does about 70% of the work on Boeing’s 737 airplanes. The two have been under scrutiny after […]
An aviation worker — who went public with safety concerns and alleged retaliation by his employer — has died following a brief illness, weeks after another Boeing whistleblower’s death, attorneys who represented both men said Thursday. Joshua Dean, 45, of Wichita, Kansas, died Tuesday after he received multiple diagnoses that included the flu, pneumonia and […]
A Boeing whistleblower died Tuesday morning in Wichita, Kan., after spending two weeks hospitalized in critical condition after contracting a sudden infection, the Seattle Times reported. In early 2023, Joshua Dean, who was a quality auditor at Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems, accused Spirit leadership of ignoring manufacturing defects on the Boeing 737 Max model. He […]
A second Boeing whistleblower died Tuesday morning in Wichita, Kan. after spending two weeks hospitalized in critical condition after contracting a sudden infection, The Seattle Times reported. The man, Joshua Dean, was a quality auditor at Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems. In early 2023, he accused Spirit leadership of ignoring the manufacturing defects on the Boeing […]
Joshua Dean was a quality auditor at the Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems. Dean died on Tuesday, months after testifying against his former employer. In March, a Boeing whistleblower was found dead with what appeared to be a “self-inflicted gunshot wound.” A whistleblower who accused a Boeing supplier of ignoring manufacturing defects on the 737 Max […]
A $5 million whistleblower lawsuit accuses Oregon State Police of ignoring reports of misconduct and retaliating against the sergeant who made them. The lawsuit alleges the incident is part of a larger pattern of misconduct involving OSP leadership. Longtime Oregon State Police employee Sgt. Ian McKay is suing the State of Oregon alleging retaliation for […]