Episode 9: "FBI Whistleblower" with Dr. Frederic Whitehurst

Behind Blue Doors

English - January 12, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 52.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 rating
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Dr. Frederic Whitehurst is a former FBI scientist who was the first successful FBI agent to “blow the whistle” on misconduct within the FBI crime lab, resulting in extensive reforms being made. He exposed forensic fraud in the FBI crime lab, winning a landmark court victory in 1997, and was responsible for a historic Presidential Executive Order ensuring whistleblower protection rights for FBI Agents who expose misconduct.

Dr. Whitehurst established the Forensic Justice Project at the National Whistleblowers Center and initiated Freedom of Information Act requests that led to a NWC/Washington Post investigation of the FBI Crime Lab that forced the FBI to review 20,000 hair analysis cases. The investigation to date has resulted in several exonerations, reversals of convictions, and one stayed execution.

https://www.whistleblowers.org/team/dr-frederic-whitehurst/