i missed national whistleblowers day. i was probably in the reflecting pool with lulu. in truth i did not know there was a national whistleblower day, and that it goes back a long long way.

"That it is the duty of all persons in the service of the United States, 

as well as all other inhabitants thereof, to give the earliest information 

of wrongdoing to Congress or other proper authority of any misconduct, 

frauds or misdemeanors committed by any officers or persons in the service 

of these states, which may come to their knowledge."

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First U.S. whistleblower law, unanimously passed on July 30, 1778 

by the Continental Congress

i wish to thank all the whistleblowers throughout our imperial history, but especially the ones 

under attack or imprisoned today. 

I became an enemy of the state in the eyes of the government and they chose to go after me, 

precisely because I held up the mirror of transparency and accountability and would not break faith 

with the oath I had taken to support and defend the Constitution -- even against my own government 

violating that same Constitution with impunity through secrecy and under the exceptional exemption 

clause of national security.                      

-Thomas Drake