The Whistleblowers of 1777

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months after the signing of the Declaration of Independence,the American warship Warren anchored outside of Providence,RI.On board,10 revolutionary sailors and marines met in secret � ��" not to plot against the king� �� s armies, but to discuss their concerns about the commander of the Continental Navy,Commodore Esek Hopkins. They knew the risks:Hopkins came from a powerful family;his brother was a former governor of RI and a signer of the declaration.Hopkins,infuriated,immediately retaliated. He filed a criminal libel suit in RI against the whistle-blowers. Later that month, without any recorded dissent, Congress enacted America� �� s first whistle-blower-protection law: � ��"That it is the duty of all persons in the service of the US, as well as all other inhabitants thereof, to give the earliest information to Congress or any other proper authority of any misconduct, frauds or misdemeanors

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