The Obama administration has prosecuted more whistleblowers than all past presidents combined.

Why?

According to Wikipedia, the definition of a whistleblower is “a person who tells the public, or someone in authority, about alleged dishonest or illegal misconduct occurring in a government department or private company or organization. The alleged misconduct may be classified in many ways; for example, a violation of a law, rule, regulation and/or a direct threat to public interest, such as fraud, health/safety violations and corruption.

We need whistleblowers.

With the current level of rampant secrecy, and the increasing control of the media, one of the few remaining ways that we can find out what is happening comes from people on the inside who have the courage to put aside their own safety to inform the public.

A powerful documentary from Brave New Films, The War On Whistleblowers, was recently released. It uncovers how the government has been targeting and harassing whistleblowers. We recommend that you check it out.

We interviewed a number of whistleblowers including Kirk Wiebe and Bill Binney, former National Security Agency (NSA) employees, during our last DC shoot. Their story will be featured in Seizing Power.