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Tracking the Program's Success approved $175 million in whistleblower awards (the highest dollar amount awarded in a single fiscal year); approved awards to 39 individuals (the highest number of individuals awarded in a single fiscal year, and triple the number awarded in the next-highest fiscal year); approved a $50 million award (then the largest-ever whistleblower award to an individual); triaged over 6,900 whistleblower tips (the highest number of tips received in a single fiscal year, and 31% more than the next-highest tip year); and processed and resolved more whistleblower award claims...

Since he assumed office, in my view, for legitimate reasons. >> tom, you also think this current whistleblower is actually -- or the whistleblowing that's taking place is done fairly shrewdly given the constraints they have to operate in. >> that's right, i think they understand this is a body of whistleblowers, not just one, and the smart thing to do is to gradually trickle out information, not give it in a body to be attacked together, but allow trump and his allies to shoot, basically, all of their ammunition at the first two and then simply have nothing to answer to the others or have the ...

Whistle-blower who filed the complaint on august 12 with the inspector general of the intelligence community. two books have been published in recent weeks about whistleblowers. i'm lucky enough today to be joined by the authors of both books. allison stanger's new book is called "whistleblowers." and tom mueller wrote "crisis of conscience." whistle-blower in an age of fraud. allison, let me start out with you. you claim that whistleblowing is as old as the public. the first weiss weiss protection law, which was >> the world's first was passed in congress in 1778. that was before the ratifica...

Private gain. he was taking the u.s. navy other places, not the places general washington wanted him to engage the british, and instead of going to chesapeake bay, he would go, for example, to the bahamas, and this served his commercial interests, but it certainly didn't serve the war effort and it certainly didn't serve the cause of the newly united states. so it was certainly about the abuse of power and corruption in public servants. >> tom, you point out that these whistleblowers are often acting in circumstances that they know they could pay a very heavy price. they're facing a lot of pre...

And he was removed from office for abusing his office for public gain. he was taking the u.s. navy other places, not the places general washington wanted him to engage the british, and instead of going to chesapeake bay, he would go, for example, to the bahamas, and this served his commercial interests, but it certainly didn't serve the war effort and it certainly didn't serve the cause of the newly united states. so it was certainly about the power and corruption in public servants. >> tom, you point out that these whistleblowers are often acting in circumstances that they know they could pay...