Whistleblowers
Honesty in America from Washington to Trump
Event
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Revealing misconduct of the powerful is always dangerous. Whistleblowers, therefore, face a difficult choice: by challenging and exposing corruption, they perform a vital public service—yet they historically suffer for it. In her new book, Whistleblowers: Honesty in America from Washington to Trump, New America Cybersecurity Fellow Allison Stanger, frames whistleblowing as an important but unrecognized cousin of civil disobedience. She shows how its practice has held powerful elites accountable in America across the centuries. She asserts its goal—to prevent the abuse of power by those who hold it— is rooted in the very DNA of America, dating back to the country’s founding.
New America's Cybersecurity Initiative invites you to join Dr. Stanger as she discuss her book with a distinguished panel of experts in keeping the powerful accountable. With New America CEO as moderator, we welcome former DOD whistleblower Bunny Greenhouse, journalist David Sanger, and Executive Director of the National Security Institute at George Mason University and former Congressional staff Jamil Jaffer to reflect on the book and the lessons that we can draw from it.
Participants:
Dr Allison Stanger
New America Cybersecurity Fellow
Russell Leng ‘60 Professor of International Politics and Economics, Middlebury College
External Professor ,Santa Fe Institute
Bunnatine "Bunny" Greenhouse
Professor, Northern Virginia Community College
Former Principal Assistant Responsible for Contracting (PARC),US Army Corps of Engineers
Whistleblower
David Sanger
National security correspondent, New York Times
Author of “The Perfect Weapon: War, Sabotage and Fear in the Cyber Age,” (Crown 2018)
Jamil Jaffer
Founder and Executive Director of the National Security Institute, George Mason University
Vice President for Strategy & Partnerships, IronNet Cybersecurity
Former Chief Counsel and Senior Advisor, Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Moderator:
Anne-Marie Slaughter
CEO, New America