Before I was outed as a whistleblower by Ron DeSantis — on live television, no less — I spent two weeks in a deep depression, not knowing how to move forward with the information I had.
The only answer I could see was the same answer whistleblowers had sought for generations: the press.
Daniel Ellsberg took the Pentagon Papers to The New York Times initially, before they shut down the story under pressure from then-President Richard Nixon.
So he went to The Washington Post, and when Nixon threatened The Post, they decided to publish, anyway.
The face-off between The Post and Nixon stands as one of the most important moments in journalism history.
Had I been given the chance to chart my own path in my whistleblower journey, perhaps that’s the route I would have taken.
Today, though, given the state of media, I’m not so sure.
The Washingt…
