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Having represented whistleblowers, though, I can say it's difficult to find any pure cases. There's almost always something to crticize about the leaker's moti
by Digory 8y ago
Having represented whistleblowers, though, I can say it's difficult to find any pure cases. There's almost always something to crticize about the leaker's motive.
The evil is often an order of magnitude of difference between the leaker and the leakee. But Americans hate disloyalty, unless it's a clear crime --- and even then, we don't want to reward a snitch.
If you want a culture of transparency, you need to be comfortable rewarding some level of disloyalty or gain.
- fhrow4484 8y ago> But Americans hate disloyalty, unless it's a clear crime --- and even then, we don't want to reward a snitch. If by we you mean people, maybe. But there's at least a case where the US government with qui-tam and other stuff can make whistleblower pretty rich: https://www.phillipsandcohen.com/whistleblower-rewards/ https://www.phillipsandcohen.com/whistleblower-rewards/
- Digory 8y agoCan! But judges and the government can take steps to limit or torpedo recovery by less virtuous (or disfavored) whistleblowers.