I've been a whistleblower for much of my career, and if you're worried about your career, don't be one. I hope that in a situation where you should open your mouth you can deal with the perhaps inevitable and often draconian repercussions. Bureaucracies exist to perpetuate themselves. The order of the day is, "Go along to get along."

Jeffrey Sterling had a heart attack in a Colorado federal prison this week. He's a young man. I can't imagine that his treatment as a whistleblower didn't damage his health. If you don't know his name, think of Chelsea Manning, Edward Snowden, John Kiriakou. Obama has been the worst presidency in history with regard to its treatment of whistleblowers and its lack of transparency. Obama  should be pardoning all three of those whistleblowers on his way out of the Oval Office.