Whistleblowers: Heroes or Traitors? by Jesselyn Radack

Tuesday, Apr. 12, 2022, 4:30 p.m., Graham Hall, Hillyer

Jesselyn Radack, lawyer, whistleblower, and National Security and Human Rights Director of the Whistleblower and Source Protection Program (WHISPeR), will speak on "Whistleblowers: Heroes or Traitors?"
 

What the U.S. Government calls espionage, Radack calls having the moral courage to expose some of the most egregious, tightly-held illegalities of the past decade, including torture, war crimes, and mass surveillance on an unprecedented scale. The brave souls who exposed these things are individuals earnestly committed not to a President, or an agency, or a boss, but to the interest of their country, and humanity at large. Historically, such people were forced to choose between their conscience and their careers, but now the stakes are much higher. They risk their freedom and their lives. 

Radack's lecture is in conjunction with the Kahn Institute yearlong project Coping with Democractic Precarity and the Prospects for Democratic Renewal.