It's already been a busy year! Whistleblower Aid is a pioneering nonprofit that provides comprehensive, pro bono support to brave whistleblowers who come forward to report wrongdoing. But we need your help: https://ow.ly/vFI450YoPwE

As per our client: "ICE training was slashed, records show, corroborating whistleblower claims," via WashPost. ESThttps://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2026/03/03/ice-training-cuts-graduation-rate/?nid=top_pb_signin&arcId=VQXGSUR7S5HANJ6IDJFWXZEDGM&account_location=ONSITE_HEADER_ARTICLE

Whistleblower Aid is a pioneering nonprofit that provides world-class legal and advocacy support to brave whistleblowers--at no cost to our clients. But we need your help: https://ow.ly/ffvF50YoitN

#ICYMI Our ICE whistleblower client testified that ICE recruits must now pass only 9 exams, down from 25: Exams cut include “Judgment Pistol Shooting" and “Criminal Encounters." More in @People.com https://ow.ly/nyl750Yoifc

Our democracy works best when its institutions & leaders are accountable. Whistleblower Aid is a pioneering nonprofit that helps government & private-sector workers report & expose wrongdoing—safely, lawfully, responsibly. But we need your help: https://ow.ly/RSVc50Ynl8p

“There was a culture of fear with all the officers I talked to.,, No one trusts anyone in that academy,” our client, ICE whistleblower Ryan Schwank, told PBS News of ICE Academy: https://ow.ly/VB3w50YmNxb 3/3

ICE officers in deadly shootings in MN “are not recent graduates. They're experienced officers… The officers who are coming out of this academy have half the training,” our client, ICE whistleblower Ryan Schwank, told @PBSNews.org https://ow.ly/qRnx50YmNw6 2/3

Poorly trained officers “are being done a terrible disservice... we are sending them out without the training they need to do the job,” our client, an ICE whistleblower, told @PBSNews.org: https://ow.ly/VHHX50YmNtO 1/3

"Frankly, that statement is a lie." That's what our brave whistleblower client, Ryan Schwank, told CBS News about DHS claims that no training has been cut for ICE Academy cadets. Watch: https://ow.ly/2fXo50YmK6h

One of our brave clients testified publicly in Congress this week about ICE Academy training that should alarm us all. #ICYMI: "ICE whistleblower comes forward to testify before Congress" Via MSNBC: https://ow.ly/kqpT50YmHBk

That's our client! #ICYMI "ICE whistleblower details ‘defective’ training at federal academy" Via PBS News https://ow.ly/Lrk350YmHli U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

#ICYMI "ICE whistleblower sounds the alarm about new DHS training practices": via Jake Tapper on CNN https://ow.ly/Hrt950YmH1v#ICYMIHastily recruted, poorly trained agents put everyone at risk.

#ICYMI "ICE whistleblower shares insight into training at Georgia facility": Via USAToday https://ow.ly/lUF750YmGV2#ICYMI More reasons for grave alarm as ICE aims to meet deportation targets.

Watch our ICE whistleblower Ryan Schwank tell CNN’s Jake Tapper why all Americans should be terrified by the ongoing deportation surge: https://ow.ly/pctL50YmtUZ

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WATCH our ICE whistleblower client tell Jake Tapper, long-suffering Philly sports fan why all Americans should be terrified by the poorly trained, well armed ICE agents now charged with detaining and deporting people: https://ow.ly/VCfm50YmcZK

Our response to confirmation that DNI Gabbard continues to block key congressional leaders from seeing–in any form–the underlying, classified intelligence associated with our Intelligence Community client’s disclosure: https://ow.ly/oPwx50Ym4AZ

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The New York Times: "Training for New ICE Officers Is ‘Deficient’ & ‘Broken,’ Whistleblower Says" https://ow.ly/oXeJ50Ylf6o He also got “secretive orders to teach new cadets to violate the Constitution by entering homes w/o a judicial warrant."

That's our client, Ryan Schwank, who spoke publicly for the first time yesterday, in Congress: "ICE officer training is ‘deficient’ and ‘broken,’ former agency lawyer tells congressional forum": via The Associated Press https://apnews.com/article/466a19105e6dfd4990a9b58361b6963d Richard Blumenthal

WATCH: https://ow.ly/3zLT50Yl9g5 client and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement whistleblower slams "broken" ICE training on CNN Laura Coates: https://ow.ly/e8EG50Yl9g4

“Law enforcement is deadly serious. Deficient training leads to unlawful arrests, rights violations, loss of... trust": our client and ICE whistleblower. https://ow.ly/wrA250Ykxw2

“The ICE Basic Immigration Enforcement Training Program is deficient, defective, & broken,” says U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement whistleblower. https://ow.ly/srKO50Ykxnn

“ICE is lying to Congress and the American people about training reforms for its 10,000 new officers,” says Whistleblower Aid client turned ICE whistleblower. https://ow.ly/of3P50Ykxik Richard Blumenthal Robert Garcia

What did @wbaidlaw.bsky.social clients—former U.S. officials turned whistleblowers—reveal about ongoing failures at @ICEGov.bsky.social? Read the full complaint: https://ow.ly/tff250YkxfC @blumenthal.senate.gov @robertgarcia.house.gov

It's shouldn't be a heavy lift: Why has Office of the DNI stonewalled our client's bid to brief the Hill, securely, on a highly classified whistleblower complaint for almost 8 months? Our LinkedIn update: https://ow.ly/tfpm50Yfs3Z Andrew Bakaj Jen Psaki Mark Zaid, Esq

What does everyone need to know about @odnigov.bsky.social refusal to follow the law in disseminating national security intelligence to federal agencies and Congress? Are her actions making us less safe? Watch @andrewbakaj.bsky.social at 9:40 PM ET on @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social

News: DNI Director Gabbard has blocked our client from briefing Congress on their highly classified whistleblower complaint – now for over 8 months. Today we told DNI it's not a request--it's a right: @andrewbakaj.bsky.social @markzaidesq.bsky.social whistlebloweraid.org/whistleblowe...

"...It is the duty of all persons in the service of the United States, & all other inhabitants thereof, to give the earliest information to Congress... of any misconduct, frauds, or misdemeanors…” More on our long tradition of whistleblowing: https://ow.ly/mlVL50YcC0N 2/2

Whistleblowing is as American as ... the Stars & Stripes, apple pie, rule of law. It dates back centuries, and it's enshrined in the Journals of the Continental Congress 1774-1778. More from CRS: https://ow.ly/Me4j50YcBZ0 1/2

After almost 8 months of stonewalling by ODNIGov.sky.social Gabbard, we reached out to Hill leadership about our whistleblower's complaint. What are they hiding? https://whistlebloweraid.org/whistleblower-aid-contacts-intelligence-committees-leadership-on-long-stalled-whistleblower-complaint/ 3/3

"...Remember, this whistleblower came forward in May. It's now February of the following year, and we're still asking questions": https://ow.ly/Ic4V50Yc1gr on "Face the Nation": https://ow.ly/iQ8V50Yc1go 2/3

"...Remember, this whistleblower came forward in May. It's now February of the following year, and we're still asking questions": https://ow.ly/a6Qs50Yc18O on "Face the Nation": https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mark-warner-virginia-demoract-face-the-nation-transcript-02-08-2026/ 2/3

Hill leaders “didn’t even hear about the complaint until November. We only saw it in February," MarkWarner.bsky.social said of our whistleblower complaint re: ODNIGov.BSky.social https://ow.ly/EmUf50Yc12F ⅓

@WBAidLaw.BSky.social today contacted Hill leaders about scheduling an unclassified briefing on our anonymous whistleblower’s complaint, months after @DNIGabbard began trying to bury it. Read more: https://ow.ly/pPwZ50YbYah

News: @markwarner.bsky.social said that he and the Gang of Eight did not hear about the complaint until 11/25, which is when they were cc’d on our attempt to get the required guidance from the ODNI, AFTER our client had requested it in June - Why is that? Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wor3...

Whistleblowers are essential to a democracy.

Director Gabbard twists the truth about our whistleblower client's complaint, Senator Mark Warner "and his friends in the Propaganda Media." We are clearing that up here. Our national security is at stake.

UPDATE: Whistleblower Aid Chief Legal Counsel @AndrewBakaj -- "Director Gabbard has failed to meet her legal mandate to provide me and my whistlebloweraid.org client with security guidance on disclosing classified information to congressional intelligence committees.

Whistleblower Aid and its anonymous client have a simple ask of Office of the DNI that we repeat here: Release the highly confidential whistleblower complaint to Congress and let Members do the job they are elected and legally mandated to do. What is the Administration trying so hard to hide?

Sen. Tom Cotton’s defense of Office of the DNI stonewalling -- for eight months -- a whistleblower complaint with grave national security implications sounds an awful lot like scripted talking points aimed at covering up a damning complaint and preventing Congress from exercising critical oversight.

Our whistleblower client is willing to speak, w/appropriate protections, w/Gang of Eight & cleared staffs to provide addt'l details about complaint & address credibility & concerns of politicization, as well as answer questions @odnigov.bsky.social is refusing to address. We all want the truth.

Whistleblower Aid is representing the unnamed whistleblower, providing legal counsel and other support on a pro bono basis -- so they can come forward lawfully, safely, and responsibly to report wrongdoing as the law requires. But we need your support: https://ow.ly/OU9050Y9rM3 2/2

#ICYMI: Whistleblower complaint against @odni.bsky.social centers on sharing of classified intelligence and reporting of a potential crime, watchdog says https://ow.ly/rRl450Y9rJq Via CNN1#ICYMI2

Correct. @wbaidlaw.bsky.social counsel will brief Congress next week if @odnigov.bsky.social fails to provide security guidance for our whistleblower client to go to the Intel committees. Director Gabbard must follow the law. This isn't political football -- our national security is on the line.

"There is an elegant solution to this, and that is, get the whole thing to Congress, unredacted, and let the leadership on the congressional intelligence committees see what's going on": @andrewbakaj.bsky.social of @wbaidlaw.bsky.social on @outfrontcnn.bsky.social ow.ly/S5BG50Y8YF8 2/2

"I have no confidence" Congress "will get what they need" related to a sensitive whistleblower disclosure: @andrewbakaj.bsky.social of @wbaidlaw.bsky.social on @outfrontcnn.bsky.social: "Let the leadership on the congressional intelligence committees see what's going on." ow.ly/Vz7p50Y8Ywb 1/2

What did Susie Wiles know and when did she know it? And what did she do with it?!

Thank you @outfrontcnn.bsky.social N for having our lead counsel @andrewbakaj.bsky.social on tonight. Want to know more about how our national security has been jeopardized? What can we do to ensure a full investigation? Here you go-- vimeo.com/1161625119/4...