The Importance of Whistleblowing

Katherine Gunn in England took a decision to leak one crucial piece of information about the run-up to the invasion of Iraq she revealed secret information that there were diplomatic efforts to put leverage on UN diplomats to support the war. The Pentagon papers themselves which you released didn't change the course of the war they didn't really change public opinion because let's not forget Nixon beat McGovern despite four years of Vietnam policy which was failed he got reelected yes as a whistleblower and as somebody who latter-day whistleblowers like Assange and Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden always refer to what you did  a great example of why whistle-blowing matters.