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The National Security Whistleblowers Coalition (NSWBC) is an alliance of whistleblowers. In August 2004, Sibel Edmonds founded it. It's independent and nonpartisan. She serves as president.
Its members include "current or former federal employees or civilians working under contract to the United States who, to their detriment or personal risk, bring to light fraud, waste, and abuse in government operations and agencies when such improprieties compromise the national security of the United States."The The Government Accountability Project (GAP) "promote(s) government accountability....protect(s) whistleblowers, advanc(es) free speech, and empower(s) citizen activists."
Since 1977, it's been "the nation's leading whistleblower protection and advocacy organization."
Americans Who Tell the Truth (AWTT) honors those who do so. It's "dedicated to the belief that a profound sense of citizenship is the only safeguard of democracy and the best defense of our social, economic, and environmental rights. "
It "teaches the courage to act for the common good." Doing so, it believes, "inspire(s) hope in the future."
On January 23, ATWW and GAP honored CIA/anti-torture whistleblower John Kiriakou. "Even if torture works," he said, "it cannot be tolerated - not in one case, or a thousand, or a million."
"If their efficacy becomes the measure of abhorrent acts, all sorts of unspeakable crimes somehow become acceptable."
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