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List of whistleblowers

Index List of whistleblowers

This is a list of major whistleblowers from various countries. [1]

24 relations: Andrew Maguire (whistleblower), Árpád Pusztai, Bennet Omalu, Blake Percival, Conscience, Cover-up, David P. Weber, Department of Defense Whistleblower Program, Drug Industry Documents Archive, Edward Snowden, Gary J. Aguirre, Global surveillance whistleblowers, Jesselyn Radack, Jock Kane, John Crane (government official), Katharine Gun, Mordechai Vanunu, Nancy Fern Olivieri, Saurabh Kumar (engineer), Thomas Tamm, Veiga, Whistleblower, Whistleblower Protection Act, Whistleblowers Australia.

Andrew Maguire (whistleblower)

Andrew Maguire is a British commodities trader and whistleblower.

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Árpád Pusztai

Árpád Pusztai (born 8 September 1930) is a Hungarian-born biochemist and nutritionist who spent 36 years at the Rowett Research Institute in Aberdeen, Scotland.

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Bennet Omalu

Bennet Ifeakandu Omalu (born September 1968, Bennet Omalu Foundation website.) is a Nigerian-American physician, forensic pathologist, and neuropathologist who was the first to discover and publish findings of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in American football players while working at the Allegheny County Coroner's Office in Pittsburgh.

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Blake Percival

Blake Percival was the Director of Fieldwork Services, Western Pennsylvania,(WPA), for USIS.

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Conscience

Conscience is an aptitude, faculty, intuition or judgment that assists in distinguishing right from wrong.

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Cover-up

A cover-up is an attempt, whether successful or not, to conceal evidence of wrongdoing, error, incompetence or other embarrassing information.

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David P. Weber

David Paul Weber is a former Assistant Inspector General for Investigations at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), where as a whistleblower he reported allegations about foreign espionage against the stock exchanges, and concerning misconduct in the Bernard L. Madoff and R. Allen Stanford Ponzi scheme investigations.

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Department of Defense Whistleblower Program

The Department of Defense Whistleblower Program in the United States is a whistleblower protection program within the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) whereby DoD personnel are trained on whistleblower rights.

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Drug Industry Documents Archive

The Drug Industry Documents Archive (DIDA) is a digital archive of pharmaceutical industry documents created and maintained by the University of California, San Francisco, Library and Center for Knowledge Management.

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Edward Snowden

Edward Joseph Snowden (born June 21, 1983) is an American computer professional, former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) employee, and former contractor for the United States government who copied and leaked classified information from the National Security Agency (NSA) in 2013 without authorization.

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Gary J. Aguirre

Gary J. Aguirre is an American lawyer, former investigator with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and whistleblower.

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Global surveillance whistleblowers

Global surveillance whistleblowers are whistleblowers who provided public knowledge of global surveillance.

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Jesselyn Radack

Jesselyn Radack (born December 12, 1970) is a national security and human rights attorney known for her defense of whistleblowers, journalists, and hacktivists.

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Jock Kane

John "Jock" Kane (7 April 1921 – 27 September 2013) was a Scottish whistleblower who was prevented from publishing two books alleging corruption at the British intelligence agency Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ).

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John Crane (government official)

John Crane is a former Assistant Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Defense known for his advocacy on behalf of government whistleblowers.

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Katharine Gun

Katharine Teresa Gun (née Harwood, born 1974) is a British former translator for the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), a British intelligence agency.

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Mordechai Vanunu

Mordechai Vanunu (מרדכי ואנונו; born 14 October 1954), also known as John Crossman, is an Israeli former nuclear technician and peace activist who, citing his opposition to weapons of mass destruction, revealed details of Israel's nuclear weapons program to the British press in 1986.

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Nancy Fern Olivieri

Nancy Fern Olivieri, MD, FRCPC, is a prominent Toronto haematologist and researcher with an interest in the treatment of haemoglobinopathies.

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Saurabh Kumar (engineer)

Saurabh Kumar (1983–2015) was an engineering officer with the Indian Railways, who is being hailed as one of a series of whistleblowers against Corruption in India.

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Thomas Tamm

Thomas Tamm (born 1952) is a public defender in Washington County, Maryland.

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Veiga

Veiga (meaning meadow in Portuguese and Galician) may be used as a place name or surname.

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Whistleblower

A whistleblower (also written as whistle-blower or whistle blower) is a person who exposes any kind of information or activity that is deemed illegal, unethical, or not correct within an organization that is either private or public.

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Whistleblower Protection Act

The Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989, Pub.L. 101-12 as amended, is a United States federal law that protects federal whistleblowers who work for the government and report agency misconduct.

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Whistleblowers Australia

Whistleblowers Australia Inc. is an association for those who have exposed corruption or any form of malpractice, especially if they were then hindered or abused, and for those who are thinking of exposing it or who wish to support those who are doing so.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_whistleblowers

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