“US Law Enforcement Agency” Assisted Major Bank CEO in Whistleblower Hunt
The head of a major British bank had help from the US government in attempting to unmask the identity of a whistleblower. Barclays CEO Jes Staley tasked an information security team to find out the source of an anonymous letter critical of another senior executive. The team then reached out to federal officials for assistance, and received it. The hunt was ultimately “unsuccessful” and Staley subsequently took no further steps to ferret out the name of the author, according to an announcement published Monday by the…