“They want to control the information landscape and they don’t see any value in exporting a free press – and securing good will with the people who are the subjects of our enemies,” says Libby Liu, CEO of Whistleblower Aid and the former Radio Free Asia president.

“To destroy this reliable source of vital information overnight is not only unprecedented, it is also unlawful — as is the shuttering of the agency and placement of all of its employees on administrative leave,” David Kligerman of Whistleblower Aid said.

New reports today show that Chinese state media has reacted gleefully to the Trump administration shuttering of Voice of America (VOA) and all of its sister networks including Radio Free Asia, with an audience of 60 million people. The Administration’s executive order placed all VOA staff on administrative leave. Libby Liu, CEO of Whistleblower Aid and longtime President of Radio Free Asia issued the following statement:

The Trump administration has shuttered the Voice of America (VOA) and all of its sister networks, dismantling news services that have provided news and information to hundreds of millions of people in authoritarian regimes, like China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea, where such information is blocked.  Additionally, all VOA personnel have been placed on administrative leave one day after President Donald Trump signed the executive order.

Veteran attorney Mark Zaid sits down with The Hill to discuss how President Trump is taking aim at lawyers and the legal community.

A lawyer who had full security clearances for nearly 30 years and a long history of representing whistleblowers of every political stripe — including the one who in 2019 revealed that President Donald Trump had called Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy for political dirt on Joe Biden — was among the people who had their security clearances revoked on Monday.

Watch Whistleblower Aid’s Andrew Bakaj and David Kligerman provide expert insight into the current state of government accountability mechanisms on 60 Minutes to better understand how our democracy is imperiled by the administration’s moves.

In the wake of the Trump administration’s decision today to revoke numerous security clearances, including those of former top Biden administration officials and Whistleblower Aid’s co-founder Mark Zaid, Libby Liu, Whistleblower Aid’s President and CEO, issued the following statement:

“We don’t know who’s looking at it in terms of what conflicts they may have. A lot of what the Defense Department does is procure things. It’s a pretty valuable snapshot that could be assessed,” said David Kligerman of Whistleblower Aid.