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2025-07-30

US Govt Whistleblower Database

Disclaimer

What?

Who?

Why?

Database categories

Since there are many people who become sources, it is useful to categorise them. I have categorised them as follows based on intent, action and consequences.

categories based on intent

categories based on action

categories based on consequences

Some notes and disclaimers

About classification

About key dates recorded

About consequences on social circle

About journalists

About lawyers

Category A: US govt whistleblowers/leakers who leaked classified documents and were not imprisoned

Category A (sorted by date)

Classification status

Category A, classification status of leaked info (sorted by date)

Key dates

Category A, key dates (sorted by date)

Social circle

Category A, consequences on social circle

Opsec/Cybersecurity

Category A, opsec mistakes and arrest methods

Journalism

Category A, journalists they worked with

Law

Category A, lawyers they worked with

Category A, public fundraising for legal defence

Misc

Category A, miscellaneous information

Category B: US govt whistleblowers/leakers who leaked classified documents and were imprisoned

Category B (sorted by date)

Classification status

Category B, classification status of leaked info (sorted by date)

Key dates

Category B, key dates (sorted by date)

Social circle

Category B, consequences on social circle (only done surface-level research so far)

Opsec/Cybersecurity

Category B, opsec mistakes and arrest methods

Journalism

Category B, journalism

Law

Category B, lawyers they directly worked with

Category B, public fundraising for legal defence

Misc

Category C: US govt whistleblowers/leakers who did not leak classified documents but leaked information, and were imprisoned

Category C (sorted by date)

Classification status

Category C, classification status of leaked info (sorted by date)

Key dates

Category C, key dates (sorted by date)

Social circle

Category C, consequences on social circle (only done surface-level research so far)

Opsec/Cybersecurity

Category C, opsec mistakes and arrest methods

Journalism

Category C, journalism

Law

Category C, lawyers they directly worked with

Category C, public fundraising for legal defence

Misc

Category D: US govt whistleblowers/leakers who did not leak classified documents but may have leaked classified information, and were not imprisoned

Category D (sorted by date)

Classification status

Category D, classification status of leaked info (sorted by date)

Key dates

Category D, key dates (sorted by date)

Social circle

Category D, consequences on social circle

Opsec/Cybersecurity

Category D, opsec mistakes and investigation methods

Journalism

Category D, journalists they directly worked with

Law

Category D, lawyers they directly worked with

Category D, public fundraising for legal defence

Misc

Category E: Details of US govt whistleblowers/leakers who did not leak classified documents or information, and were not imprisoned

Category E (sorted by date, incomplete list)

more info

Special case: Julian Assange

Assange is rare example of a media publisher not a whistleblower, who went to prison. I'm yet to find another example of a publisher or journalist who spent significant amount of time in prison for working with whistleblowers.

more info

Details of spies against US govt


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