National Whistleblower Day 2014: The History of U.S Whistleblower Law

Joseph Orr
April 28, 2025

Stephen M. Kohn, Executive Director of the National Whistleblower Center, tells how he discovered through his research that the Founding Fathers passed our nation’s first whistleblower law on July 30, 1778.

This speech was given during the 2014 Whistleblower Summit Luncheon on July 30, 2014 in commemoration of National Whistleblower Appreciation Day.

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