Journalist Nabila Ganinda worked for Voice of America s Indonesian-language service for two years before the Trump administration rejected her visa extension. She is now back in Indonesia. Credit: Courtesy of Nabila Ganinda
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Nabila Ganinda was awaiting a green light from the U.S. Agency for Global Media.
The agency had hired Ganinda, a young Indonesian journalist, to work for two years at the Voice of America s Indonesian-language service, based in Washington, D.C. As those two years came to an end last fall, Ganinda s editors sought to have her specialized work visa extended. Colleagues described her as a capable multi-media producer. She had also appeared on camera in news reports. Ganinda thought she could build a successful career at VOA.
Whistleblowing is an act whereby an individual discloses any unethical, illegal or unauthorised act of an individual to the public at large. The RTI Act, 2005 has come to be as twin sister of.
He exposed endemic corruption in the DC cesspool. Wed Feb 10, 2021 Candidate Donald Trump promised that if he was elected President he would “Drain the swamp.” (The term “Swamp” to describe the pervasively corrupt District of Columbia should be replaced by “Cesspool.” Swamps are natural elements of our planet’s ecosystem and are home to many forms of plant and animal life and are, therefore essential to our environment. Cesspools however, are entirely artificial, filled with fetid rotting feces and detritus and there is nothing good to be found in cesspools!) While most politicians portray themselves as “outsiders” who will clean house when elected, in reality with few exceptions, they are an integral part of the corrupt political system, Trump was not only a true “outsider” but had sufficient wealth so that he was not beholden to the lobbyists and other corruptors of the political system who use campaign contributions to get the best
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System collected liver tissue from "seriously ill" veterans without their prior informed consent, according to a federal investigation.
“The overall picture of alleged malfeasance painted by the whistleblowers is compelling,” Special Counsel Henry J. Kerner said in his memo to Mr. Biden. “The whistleblowers also provided extensive information to support their assertion that patients were, in fact, harmed by their participation in this study.”
The VA admitted in a 2019 letter that doctors took samples for research “without effectively verifying whether this was approved by the Institutional Review Board.”
Still, the VA said after a review of the procedures done without approval, a re-review found them to be justified.
On Wednesday the department acknowledged the new findings but said it believed its own previous medical review addressed the issue adequately.