Positive Examples & Heroes
- Hala Rharrit (USA 2024) - Gaza policy[3]
- Frances Haugen (USA 2021) - Facebook[52]
- Sophie Zhang (USA 2021) - Facebook[15]
- Brittany Kaiser (USA 2019) - Cambridge Analytica[20]
- Daniel Hale (USA 2019) - NSA, Drone program[30]
- Terry Albury (USA 2018) - FBI official[11]
- Reality Winner (USA 2017) - NSA contractor[36]
- Brandon Bryant (USA 2014) - Drone operator[11]
- Edward Snowden (USA 2013) - NSA / PRISM [209]
- John Kiriakou (USA 2012) - U.S. Torture[25]
- Jeremy Hammond (USA 2012) - Stratfor[31]
- Jacob Appelbaum (USA 2012) - WikiLeaks[10]
- Alayne Fleischmann (USA 2012) - Morgan Chase[13]
- Bradley / Chelsea Manning (USA 2010)[467]
- Thomas Drake (USA 2010) - NSA / Trailblazer[23]
- Elizabeth Murray (USA, retired from CIA in 2010)[17]
- Jeffrey Sterling (USA 2010) - CIA / Iran[24]
- Sean Hoare (UK 2010) - News International[9]
- The Eikenberry Cables (USA 2010) - Afghanistan[12]
- Alexey Navalny (Russia 2009)[74]
- Bunnatine Bunny Greenhouse (USA 2005)[18]
- Larry Wilkerson (USA 2005) - Iraq War[8]
- Thomas Tamm (USA 2005) - NSA[9]
- Russell Tice (USA 2005) - NSA[12]
- Clint Curtis (USA 2004) - Voting Machines[11]
- Major Frank Søholm Grevil (Denmark 2004)[28]
- Colonel Karen Kwiatkowski (USA 2003)[12]
- Katherine Gun (UK 2003) - GCHQ / NSA[8]
- Andrew Wilkie (Australia 2003) - Iraq's WMD[12]
- John Brady Kiesling, John Brown & Mary Ann Wright (USA 2003)[28]
- Leuren Moret (USA 2003) - Depleted Uranium[11]
- Susan Lindauer (USA 2003) - CIA / Iraq[10]
- Sibel Edmonds (USA 2002) - FBI[29]
- William Binney (USA 2002) - NSA Surveillance of US Citizens[17]
- Coleen Rowley (USA 2001) - FBI[8]
- Jesselyn Radack (USA, 2001) - FBI[8]
- Annie Machon (UK 1996) - MI5 officer[13]
- Mordechai Vanunu (Israel 1986) - Nuclear Weapons
- Sarah Tisdall (UK 1983) - Cruise Missiles[10]
- Karen Silkwood (USA 1974) - Kerr McGee Nuclear Plant[2]
- Samuel Adams (USA 1973)[3]
- Daniel Ellsberg (USA 1971) - Pentagon Papers
- The Burglars - FBI's CoIntelPro (1971)[23]
- Ron Ridenhour (USA 1969) - My Lai[8]
- Tim Bakken (USA 2020) - West Point Academy)[6]
- Other Whistleblowers[32]