Daniel Ellsberg and other famous whistleblowers
Calling out wrongs
Daniel Ellsberg has died at the age of 92. He was the force that leaked the Pentagon Papers, which pointed out the wrongs done by the U.S. government in the Vietnam War. One of the most legendary whistleblowers in the history of this country.
Mark Whitacre
A corporate VP of Archer exposed the company’s price-fixing ways when working with the FBI on an undercover operation.
Vera English
Vera English called out the radioactive spillages at GE. She was fired and eventually won a legal duel that made its way to the top court in the USA.
Karen Silkwood: Kerr-McGee nuclear plant
A chemical technician at Kerr-McGee in Oklahoma, Silkwood probed safety issues at the plant. In late, 1974 she died in a suspicious automobile crash. Her father and children sued and won on behalf of her estate.
Edward Snowden
Edward Snowden blew the whistle on the National Security Agency. He lives in Moscow, residing in exile. Snowden was charged with violating the Espionage Act.
Frank Serpico
Plainclothes detective who testified about corruption in the New York Police Department. A film, which starred Al Pacino, and a documentary have been made about his life.
Chelsea Manning
Manning was a U.S. Army intelligence analyst and released the largest set of classified documents in U.S. history. Manning received a 35-year sentence for violating the Espionage Age and went to prison before being granted clemency by President Obama.
W. Mark Felt
The Associate Director of the FBI became known as Deep Throat as the source for Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein of the Washington Post when they uncovered the Watergate scandal that led to the resignation of President Richard M. Nixon.
