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In this episode of Whistleblower of the Week, host Jane Turner speaks with former FBI Special Agent Emily Fertitta, who breaks her silence on the retaliation she and her husband, Valentine “Val” Fertitta—a decorated Marine Corps officer and FBI agent—have endured for exposing misconduct inside the Bureau. From denied promotions and mental health evaluations to “national security” investigations and coerced interrogations, Emily shares their harrowing fight for justice in the face of relentless retaliation. Their story is a powerful warning about what happens when whistleblower protections are ignored, and national security is weaponized to
silence dissent.

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Leading US whistleblower attorney Stephen M. Kohn joins host Jane Turner on this episode of Whistleblower of the Week. Kohn discusses the National Whistleblower Center’s (NWC) participation in the 11th Conference of States Parties (CoSP) to the United Nations Convention Against Corruption, emphasizing the urgency of bolstering whistleblower laws worldwide. The NWC is advocating for international support of NWC’s proposal to promote whistleblower protection and awards worldwide. Kohn states that the momentum built on the fight against corruption must not be lost with the shift in US enforcement policy.

Want to support Stephen and National Whistleblower Center’s fight against corruption? Endorse the NWC proposal here and donate here.

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When FBI analyst Teresa Tumblin reported misconduct inside the Bureau, she expected accountability—not retaliation. In this episode of Whistleblower of the Week, host Jane Turner speaks with Teresa about her 16-year career, the fallout from speaking up, and the personal cost of standing by her principles. From demotion to dismissal, Teresa’s story is a powerful look at the price of integrity inside one of America’s most powerful institutions.

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In this episode of the Whistleblower of the Week podcast, host Jane Turner
speaks with Dr. James Wells retired criminology and criminal justice professor
and author of the new book Because: A CIA Coverup and a Son’s Odyssey to Find
the Father He Never Knew.
In Because, Wells details his journey to uncover the truth about the death of his
father, who passed away in Vietnam when Wells was nine years old. In his
research, Wells discovers that his father Jack Wells was a wartime whistleblower
who reported and fought corruption that jeopardized the lives and safety of
refugees in Vietnam.
Turner and Wells discuss the process of uncovering the truth about his father’s
whistleblowing and the importance of whistleblower stories.

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In this episode of the Whistleblower of the Week podcast, host Jane Turner
speaks with former FBI agent Robyn Gritz. Gritz had a 16-plus year career at the FBI including serving as a supervisor over Washington Field Office’s elite Extraterritorial Counter Terrorism squad. However, Gritz claims she faced gender discrimination, including numerous sexist comments and less preferential treatment, during her time at the Bureau and was eventually forced out of her job. She has an ongoing lawsuit against the FBI.
Turner and Gritz discuss Gritz’s upbringing and how it shaped her commitment towards working at the FBI. They then speak about her experiences with discrimination and harassment at the FBI and detail how Gritz was forced out of her job.

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In this episode of the Whistleblower of the Week podcast, host Jane Turner
speaks with whistleblower-turned-whistleblower attorney Will Kramer, an
associate in the Litigation Practice Group of Pines Bach.
Prior to becoming an attorney, Kramer was an occupational health and safety consultant who blew the whistle on deeply disturbing conditions and improper handling of hazardous waste at several plants in Wisconsin.
Turner and Kramer, discuss Kramer’s experiences blowing the whistle and his journey to becoming an attorney representing whistleblowers. They speak about how his first-hand experience as a whistleblower shapes his work today.

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In this episode of the Whistleblower of the Week podcast, host Jane Turner
speaks with Army Corps of Engineers whistleblower Dr. Toni Savage and her
attorney Michael Kohn about Dr. Savage’s landmark whistleblower retaliation
case.
A former Supervisory Contracting Officer with the Army Corps of Engineers, Dr.
Savage blew the whistle on millions of dollars in fraudulent contracts and faced
severe retaliation for speaking out. Kohn, a founding partner of Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto, represented Dr. Savage in her retaliation case before the Merit
Systems Protection Board (MSPB).
In a landmark win for federal employee whistleblowers, the MSPB ruled in Dr.
Savage’s favor, establishing that federal whistleblowers can raise hostile work
environment claims.
Turner, Savage, and Kohn discuss Savage’s whistleblowing journey, her decade
long retaliation case, and the impact her case has for other federal employee
whistleblowers.

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