Login | Register

585 online

Most Popular Choices

33

General News 7/5/2008 at 1:38 PM EDT

A Backlog Of Cases Alleging Fraud: Whistle-Blower Suits Languish at Justice

Quicklink Submitted By erik larson No comments

erik larson

More than 900 cases alleging that government contractors and drugmakers have defrauded taxpayers out of billions of dollars are languishing in a backlog that has built up over the past decade because the Justice Department cannot keep pace with the surge in charges brought by whistle-blowers, according to lawyers involved in the disputes.

Read the rest of the story HERE:

At www.washingtonpost.com

Rate It | View Ratings

erik larson Social Media Pages:

Erik Larson, Human Being and concerned Citizen. I only advocate and practice non-violent methods of social and political activism & change. Disclaimer: Opinions expressed here by me in my articles and diaries are my own. I do my best to only (more...)

Related Topic(s): Corporate Corruption Crime; Corporate Crime; Corruption; Crime; Crime Corporate; Crime White Collar; Dept Of Justice DoJ; Fraud; Government; Government Corruption; (more...) Internet; Justice; Justice Department; Military Conractor Corruption; Taxpayers; Truth, Add Tags (less...)

Go To Commenting

The views expressed herein are the sole responsibility of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of this website or its editors.

Contact Author

Contact Editor

Author Page

View Authors' Articles

OpEdNews ~~depends upon~~ can't survive without your help.

If you value this article and the work of OpEdNews, please either Donate or Purchase a premium membership.

STAY IN THE KNOW
If you've enjoyed this, sign up for our daily or weekly newsletter to get lots of great progressive content.

To View Comments or Join the Conversation:

Congress Switchboard: 202-224-3121

To remove advertising from OpEd News, please become a premium member.

"Wonderful work! An insightful, integrative adventure into what makes humans flourish. Rob Kall shows us that we know how to do this, that most of human history was about connection and that there are ways to make it happen again. He offers real solutions and practical suggestions for taking back the world for community, connection and well-being""away from hierarchy, exclusion, and destruction. A new handbook for the necessary revolution!"

Darcia Narvaez, Professor of psychology, Notre Dame, University, author of Neurobiology and the Development of Human Morality: Evolution, Culture and Wisdom

Art Instruction for People
At All Skill Levels

Top Content
in the Last 2 Days
(by Page Views)

Democratic socialist post-election musings by Tom Gallagher ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

What's Wrong With Nuclear Weaponry and Energy by David Swanson ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Brainwashing Is Not a Form of Personal Hygiene by John Rachel ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Warning: Look Out for the "Rats"! by Dr. Lenore Daniels ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

About J. R. R. Tolkien's Fantasy Novel, The Lord of the Rings (REVIEW ESSAY) by Thomas Farrell ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Is DOGE the end of America? by Scott Baker ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

The Push to Resume Atmospheric Testing of Nuclear Weapons by Karl Grossman ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

"US may not allow the army to defend Lebanon against Israel," interview with Karim Bitar by Steven Sahiounie ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

New government slated for March 1 in Syria by Steven Sahiounie ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Sleeping or Not, DOGEs Lie by Thomas Knapp ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Why Trump Shouldn't Negotiate With Putin On Ukraine by Thomas Knapp ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Trump's Tariff Schemes Hurt Even More When He Flip-Flops by Thomas Knapp ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Trump Runs Riot Ignorant of Palestine History by Arshad M Khan ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Is The School Board Willing To Give Up $7,678,022? by Carl Petersen ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Projecting Soft Power by Jason Sibert ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Trump and Putin on the phone Wednesday its significance can't be understated by Dave Lefcourt ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Start a Lasting Peace in Ukraine Now by David Swanson ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Traumas Makes for Suffering by Hugh Curran ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

The Crisis When China Released Taiwan by Philip Kraske ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Kurdish militia faces a new post war reality in Syria by Steven Sahiounie ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Nazis Driven Out of Cincinnati Community by Werner Lange ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Note to Dems: Time to rally the troops by Bob Gaydos ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Money is Gone in My Home Town of Aiken, and the Water Main Breaks Keep on Coming by Robert A. Leishear, PhD, PE, ASME Fellow ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

"The Killing of Gaza: Reports on a Catastrophe" -- The Importance of Gideon Levy's Book by Marcia G. Yerman ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

REVOLT from Trump's OWN allies in shocking update by Meryl Ann Butler ( With membership, you can see # of pageviews)

Go To Top 50 Most Popular

Ad info: click here

Classics of Liberal Thinking

Progressive Radio Links