Whistleblowing Isn’t a Noun. It’s a Verb They didn’t come to Washington to collect an award and go home. They came to refuel—and then get back to work. On the evening of July 30, 2025, a remarkable group of Americans in the McCelland Room of the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. They weren’t dressed for a gala. They weren’t exchanging business cards or angling for photo ops. They were catching their breath, grateful for a moment of recognition among people who understan

For several years I have hosted a Whistleblower radio show. I have had guests from numerous federal agencies interviewed and several from the community at large. These guests are whistleblowers who had enough integrity and spine to step forward and expose wrongdoing, fraud, theft, and various other crimes in their respective agencies or fields of work; all of it costing the government untold amounts of money. We, as taxpayers, foot the bill for all of it.   In response, the w