Thomas KVH

FDE

1) Karen Silkwood- a labor union activist who acted as a

whistleblower for workers in nuclear facilities. She brought to the
forefront many of the health issues that came with the job of
producing plutonium pellets for nuclear reactors, and testified her
concerns. She was killed on her way to meet a journalist in a car
accident, and some believe there was foul play involved in the
accident.
2)Daniel Ellsberg- former US military analyst, leaked the
Pentagon Papers. These papers included the governments
analysis on their decision to intervene in Vietnam.
3) Bradley Manning- a US soldier who, via WikiLeaks, leaked an
enourmously large sum of classified documents. He was
dishonorably discharged from the military and accused of
violating the Espionage Act
4) Aung San Suu Kyi- Burmese politician and chairperson of the
National League for Democracy. She was sentenced to over 15
years of house arrest, becoming a well-known political prisoner.
She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991 and Prize for Freedom of
Thought in 1990.
5) W. Mark Felt- a former agent of the FBI who also served as the
Associate Director. Felt was the infamous Deep Throat
whistleblower who blew the top off of the Watergate scandal in
1972.