Hi everyone,

My name is John Tye, and I’m the founder of Whistleblower Aid. My name is John Tye, and I’m the founder of Whistleblower Aid. You can confirm this is no spoof because I’m also linking to this comment from my LinkedIn profile; see this post linked here: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/john-tye-789394b0_hi-everyone...

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https://whistlebloweraid.org/become-a-whistleblower/

We are glad there is such interest in and support for our work. Several great points in this thread that I want to emphasize:

- Unquestionably, becoming a whistleblower is risky — to your career, to your relationships, and in the worst cases, to your safety. It is not a decision to be taken lightly, and whistleblowers need all the help they can get.

- Our organization helps our clients make disclosures lawfully, so that they can have impact without risking prison or lawsuits. We can help you calibrate exactly how much exposure you are comfortable with.

- In the United States, the SEC and other government agencies do have programs to pay rewards to whistleblowers for original evidence used in successful enforcement actions. But we also take cases in other countries.

There are also several comments in this thread that deserve some clarification —

- Whistleblower Aid is a 501(c)(3) public charity, and our work is supported by a range of individual donors and charitable foundations, none of which has input or control over the cases we take or how we support our clients. We are non-partisan, and our cases have implicated both Democrats and Republicans at the highest levels. We also work with officials on both sides of the aisle to achieve the most impact in the public interest.

- There are plenty of private law firms that will take fee-generating cases on contingency (meaning they only get paid a percentage of a reward if they win money for the whistleblower). Whistleblower Aid is here to fill the gap, and take cases in which there are important public interests, but often a lower probability of a financial reward or none at all.

- Still, we do often file reward claims for our clients, and we follow the industry standards in terms of contingency percentages, which can range from one-third to one-half. To date, we’ve never taken more than 40% of an award for our work.

- One commenter is right to be concerned about honeypot operations, which unfortunately can exist in various forms. In Whistleblower Aid’s case, myself and many of our staff have been whistleblowers ourselves, and you can find multiple case studies and client testimonials on our website:
https://whistlebloweraid.org/about/
https://whistlebloweraid.org/case-studies/
https://youtu.be/6p2XwbcUBWk

- It’s true that Tor Browser was historically funded by the U.S. government. However, Tor is an open-source code project, which means that anyone, including yourself right now, can go review Tor’s code and propose improvements. A large global community of developers is constantly making sure that Tor is using state-of-the-art encryption architecture and that there are no “back doors” that are easily exploited. We use SecureDrop over Tor as the most secure and anonymous communication tools available.

Thank you for your interest in helping whistleblowers. If you are able to support our clients, they can use the help, please visit https://whistlebloweraid.org/donate/.

Thanks,
John