<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - blower</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/blower</link><description>Newsvine - blower</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 21:47:26 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 00:50:06 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Ex-whistle-blower protector pleads guilty</title>
<description><![CDATA[A former government official responsible for protecting whistle-blowers has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of injury to government property.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Frederic J. Frommer]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Frederic J. Frommer]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/12/16940298-ex-whistle-blower-protector-pleads-guilty</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/12/16940298-ex-whistle-blower-protector-pleads-guilty</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>whistle-blower</category><category>blower</category><category>protector</category><pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 21:36:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Burned opera fire-blower released from hospital</title>
<description><![CDATA[A fire-blowing stilt-walker with the Lyric Opera of Chicago who suffered second-degree burns during a dress rehearsal was released from the hospital Thursday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/05/16844696-burned-opera-fire-blower-released-from-hospital</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/05/16844696-burned-opera-fire-blower-released-from-hospital</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>us</category><category>fire</category><category>opera</category><category>burned</category><category>us-news</category><category>blower</category><category>lyric-opera</category><pubDate>Tue, 5 Feb 2013 04:04:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=be40fed4-de98-4bc2-b745-a9d8591ac5d7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="333" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=be40fed4-de98-4bc2-b745-a9d8591ac5d7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="185" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This photo provided by the Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Ill., shows actor Wesley Daniel, 24, with bandages over his face, head and left hand and giving an &quot;OK&quot; sign as he is released from the hospital Thursday, Jan. 7, 2013. Daniel suffered second-degree burns Monday, Feb. 4, 2013, during a dress rehearsal at the Lyric Opera of Chicago while portraying a fire-blowing stilt walker. (AP Photo/Courtesy the Loyola University Medical Center)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Air Force whistle-blowers to get protection</title>
<description><![CDATA[There will be no actions taken against two whistle-blower pilots who complained about problems with the F-22 fighter jet, including comments made during a recent "60 Minutes" television interview, the Air Force said Tuesday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lolita C. Baldor]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Lolita C. Baldor]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/08/11604452-air-force-whistle-blowers-to-get-protection</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/08/11604452-air-force-whistle-blowers-to-get-protection</guid><category>us</category><category>air-force</category><category>politics</category><category>pilots</category><category>whistle-blower</category><category>22</category><category>f-22</category><category>blower</category><pubDate>Tue, 8 May 2012 23:16:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Ex-whistle-blower protector conviction overturned</title>
<description><![CDATA[A federal judge on Wednesday overturned the conviction and monthlong jail sentence of a former government whistle-blower protector who pleaded guilty to keeping information from congressional investigators.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nedra Pickler]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Nedra Pickler]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/03/7240303-ex-whistle-blower-protector-conviction-overturned</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/03/7240303-ex-whistle-blower-protector-conviction-overturned</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>blower</category><category>protector</category><category>whistle-blower-protector</category><pubDate>Wed, 3 Aug 2011 16:44:50 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Bloch plans appeal to month-long sentence</title>
<description><![CDATA[The lawyer once tasked with protecting government whistle-blowers was ordered incarcerated for one month in a much-delayed and contentious sentencing Wednesday that now faces the further delay of an appeal.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nedra Pickler]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Nedra Pickler]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/30/6378264-bloch-plans-appeal-to-month-long-sentence</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/30/6378264-bloch-plans-appeal-to-month-long-sentence</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>whistle-blower</category><category>blower</category><category>protector</category><pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 21:40:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Top lawmaker protests 'whistle-blower' demotion</title>
<description><![CDATA[A leading House Republican warned the Obama administration on Thursday about demoting a federal worker who complained to her agency's internal watchdog that political appointees were interfering with records requests by journalists and others.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ted Bridis]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ted Bridis]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/17/6286501-top-lawmaker-protests-whistle-blower-demotion</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/17/6286501-top-lawmaker-protests-whistle-blower-demotion</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>homeland-security</category><category>week</category><category>homeland-security-department</category><category>house-republican</category><category>whistle-blower</category><category>sunshine</category><category>sunshine-week</category><category>blower</category><category>whistle</category><category>demoted</category><pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 07:09:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/31c48cf1-9410-419b-9e65-1aaa93ea76e4.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="508" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/31c48cf1-9410-419b-9e65-1aaa93ea76e4.jpg" width="120" height="152" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this May 28, 2010 file photo, Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif. is shown during an interview on Capitol Hill in Washington.   Issa accused the administration of improperly demoting Catherine Papoi, the former deputy unit chief in charge of the Freedom of Information Act at the Homeland Security Department.  (AP Photo)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/68de91a0-6219-4386-9a8d-11cf1bbfdb73.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="480" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/68de91a0-6219-4386-9a8d-11cf1bbfdb73.jpg" width="120" height="144" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this March 15, 2011 file photo, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano addresses the National Fusion Center Conference in Denver.   The Homeland Security Department demoted a senior career employee who confidentially complained to the inspector general that political appointees were improperly interfering with requests for federal records by journalists and watchdog groups.  (AP Photo)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/616701da-a159-4970-ae33-d2bde8f89b3a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="364" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/616701da-a159-4970-ae33-d2bde8f89b3a.jpg" width="120" height="169" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Catherine Papoi, the former deputy unit chief in charge of the Freedom of Information Act at the Homeland Security Department, is photographed at Ashton Judiciary Square Apartments, Thursday, March 17, 2011, in Washington. Papoi was a senior career employee who confidentially complained to the inspector general that political appointees were improperly interfering with requests for federal records by journalists and watchdog groups. Rep. Darrell Issa, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said Papoi's demotion &quot;appeared to be an act of retaliation.&quot; (AP Photo)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/fd0e3d70-fc5d-4658-926d-c00cf184959a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/fd0e3d70-fc5d-4658-926d-c00cf184959a.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Catherine Papoi, the former deputy unit chief in charge of the Freedom of Information Act at the Homeland Security Department, is photographed at Ashton Judiciary Square Apartments, Thursday, March 17, 2011, in Washington. Papoi was a senior career employee who confidentially complained to the inspector general that political appointees were improperly interfering with requests for federal records by journalists and watchdog groups. Rep. Darrell Issa, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said Papoi's demotion &quot;appeared to be an act of retaliation.&quot; (AP Photo)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/85528715-9a9a-4456-8806-8cb92d639a3c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="337" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/85528715-9a9a-4456-8806-8cb92d639a3c.jpg" width="120" height="182" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Catherine Papoi, the former deputy unit chief in charge of the Freedom of Information Act at the Homeland Security Department, is photographed at Ashton Judiciary Square Apartments, Thursday, March 17, 2011, in Washington. Papoi was a senior career employee who confidentially complained to the inspector general that political appointees were improperly interfering with requests for federal records by journalists and watchdog groups. Rep. Darrell Issa, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said Papoi's demotion &quot;appeared to be an act of retaliation.&quot; (AP Photo)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Bush special counsel faces some jail time</title>
<description><![CDATA[A judge is telling the former government whistle-blower protector that he can't protect himself from serving at least a month in jail.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nedra Pickler]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Nedra Pickler]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/10/6232872-bush-special-counsel-faces-some-jail-time</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/10/6232872-bush-special-counsel-faces-some-jail-time</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>blower</category><category>protector</category><category>whistle-blower-protector</category><pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 08:03:54 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Ex-whistle-blower protector asks to withdraw plea</title>
<description><![CDATA[The former government protector of whistle-blowers who admitted to criminally withholding information from Congress asked a judge Thursday to withdraw his guilty plea to avoid mandatory jail time.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nedra Pickler]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Nedra Pickler]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/02/17/6075868-ex-whistle-blower-protector-asks-to-withdraw-plea</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/02/17/6075868-ex-whistle-blower-protector-asks-to-withdraw-plea</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>whistle-blower</category><category>blower</category><category>protector</category><pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 00:02:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Judge says jail for Bush whistle-blower protector</title>
<description><![CDATA[The former head of a whistle-blower protection office under President George W. Bush must spend at least a month in jail, according to a ruling by a federal judge that could threaten to derail the ex-official's plea deal.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nedra Pickler]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Nedra Pickler]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/02/03/5980837-judge-says-jail-for-bush-whistle-blower-protector</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/02/03/5980837-judge-says-jail-for-bush-whistle-blower-protector</guid><category>us</category><category>us-news</category><category>whistle-blower</category><category>blower</category><category>protector</category><pubDate>Thu, 3 Feb 2011 13:15:43 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>GOP objections threaten whistle-blower rights bill</title>
<description><![CDATA[House Democrats scrambled on Tuesday to salvage legislation that would bar federal agencies from punishing employees who report corruption, waste and mismanagement after Republicans linked the bill to the WikiLeaks scandal.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Lardner]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Richard Lardner]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/21/5691149-gop-objections-threaten-whistle-blower-rights-bill</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/21/5691149-gop-objections-threaten-whistle-blower-rights-bill</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>bill</category><category>house-democrats</category><category>whistle-blower</category><category>blower</category><pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010 21:52:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>In WikiLeaks wake, whistle-blower bill set to pass</title>
<description><![CDATA[Following the latest baring of U.S. secrets on the Internet, Congress is poised to pass legislation giving employees in the most sensitive government jobs a way to report corruption, waste and mismanagement without turning to outside organizations like WikiLeaks.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Lardner]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Richard Lardner]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/01/5558434-in-wikileaks-wake-whistle-blower-bill-set-to-pass</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/01/5558434-in-wikileaks-wake-whistle-blower-bill-set-to-pass</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>protections</category><category>blower</category><category>whistle-blower-protections</category><pubDate>Wed, 1 Dec 2010 08:05:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/dc037ce4-8e45-4a5e-b62b-1e7094350e37.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="329" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/dc037ce4-8e45-4a5e-b62b-1e7094350e37.jpg" width="120" height="187" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This undated file photo obtained by The Associated Press shows Army Pfc. Bradley Manning. No one has been charged with passing the diplomatic cables to WikiLeaks. But suspicion is focused on Manning, an intelligence analyst arrested in Iraq in June and charged over an earlier leak. Following the latest baring of U.S. secrets on the Internet, Congress is poised to pass legislation giving employees in the most sensitive government jobs a way to report corruption, waste and mismanagement without turning to outside organizations like WikiLeaks. (AP Photo, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Report: Whistle-blower allegations verified</title>
<description><![CDATA[A government watchdog has verified complaints by a federal inspector that Northwest Airlines wasn't following Federal Aviation Administration safety orders and wasn't being held accountable by the agency.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joan Lowy]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Joan Lowy]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/22/4732703-report-whistle-blower-allegations-verified</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/22/4732703-report-whistle-blower-allegations-verified</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>northwest-airlines</category><category>federal-aviation-administration</category><category>faa</category><category>whistle-blower</category><category>blower</category><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 22:18:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Former protector of whistle-blowers pleads guilty</title>
<description><![CDATA[The government's former top protector of whistle-blowers has pleaded guilty to withholding information from Congress about his decision to have several government computers wiped clean of information.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/22/4191786-former-protector-of-whistle-blowers-pleads-guilty</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/22/4191786-former-protector-of-whistle-blowers-pleads-guilty</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>whistle-blower</category><category>blower</category><category>protector</category><pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 19:16:43 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>FAA reaches settlement with whistle-blower</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Federal Aviation Administration has reached a settlement with an air traffic controller who said he was retaliated against for warning that a takeoff and landing procedure in Memphis, Tenn., had led to near midair collisions.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joan Lowy]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Joan Lowy]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/02/2268202-faa-reaches-settlement-with-whistle-blower</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/02/2268202-faa-reaches-settlement-with-whistle-blower</guid><category>politics</category><category>federal-aviation-administration</category><category>faa</category><category>whistle-blower</category><category>blower</category><pubDate>Fri, 2 Jan 2009 23:34:14 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Whistle-blowers get little help if punished</title>
<description><![CDATA[Military whistle-blowers might want to save their breath. The Pentagon inspector general, the internal watchdog for the Defense Department, hardly ever sides with service members who complain that they were punished for reporting wrongdoing, according to a review of cases by The Associated Press.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Lardner]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Richard Lardner]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/10/31/2058715-whistle-blowers-get-little-help-if-punished</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/10/31/2058715-whistle-blowers-get-little-help-if-punished</guid><category>politics</category><category>woes</category><category>associated-press</category><category>whistle-blower</category><category>blower</category><pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 08:54:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/54b72898-4d6e-4d43-8270-03b590c622d6.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="502" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/54b72898-4d6e-4d43-8270-03b590c622d6.jpg" width="120" height="151" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This undated handout photo provided by Jason Hudson, shows Hudson's official U.S. Navy  portrait. Military whistle-blowers might want to save their breath. The Pentagon inspector general, the internal watchdog for the Defense Department, hardly ever sides with service members who complain that they were punished for reporting wrongdoing, according to a review of cases by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Photo provided by Jason Hudson)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/20ade072-947e-408a-8c9d-e33ae19445b3.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="498" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/20ade072-947e-408a-8c9d-e33ae19445b3.jpg" width="120" height="149" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This undated handout photo provided by the Labor Department shows acting Pentagon inspector general Gordon Heddell. Military whistle-blowers might want to save their breath. The Pentagon inspector general, the internal watchdog for the Defense Department, hardly ever sides with service members who complain that they were punished for reporting wrongdoing, according to a review of cases by The Associated Press.  (AP Photo/Labor Department)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Court Rules Against Whistle-Blower</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court left an 81-year-old retired engineer without a penny to show for his role in exposing fraud at a former nuclear weapons plant in a ruling that makes it harder for whistle-blowers to claim cash rewards.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Sherman]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mark Sherman]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/27/634527-court-rules-against-whistle-blower</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/27/634527-court-rules-against-whistle-blower</guid><category>business</category><category>scotus</category><category>politics</category><category>supreme-court</category><category>whistle-blower</category><category>blower</category><pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2007 14:40:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Chinese AIDS Activist Faults Her Country</title>
<description><![CDATA[Gao Yaojie shakes her head, stabbing hard at the air with her forefinger, when asked if the Chinese government is helping fund her efforts to expose the country's AIDS problems.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Foster Klug]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Foster Klug]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/12/611081-chinese-aids-activist-faults-her-country</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/12/611081-chinese-aids-activist-faults-her-country</guid><category>us</category><category>china</category><category>politics</category><category>aids</category><category>us-news</category><category>blower</category><category>whistle</category><category>gao-yaojie</category><pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2007 23:17:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/ad0dca50-a3ee-423d-8727-7b7ab77ddb5e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="364" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ad0dca50-a3ee-423d-8727-7b7ab77ddb5e.jpg" width="120" height="169" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Friday Feb. 23, 2007, file photo, AIDS activist Gao Yaojie displays her U.S. visa in a hotel room in Beijing. Gao, who embarrassed the Chinese government by exposing blood-selling schemes that infected thousands with HIV, traveled to the United States to receive an award from a nonprofit group supported by New York Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>