Crisis of Conscience

Unauthorized disclosures by whistleblowers are the lifeblood of a republic. As many of Mueller's fascinating cases show, misplaced loyalty - exclusively to a boss or an organization or a president - can be betrayal: of the health of consumers, of an oath to the Constitution, or of a war's worth of lives. * Daniel Ellsberg, author of The Doomsday Machine * An extraordinary book, both meticulously researched and a page-turner. Crisis of Conscience is a call to arms and to action, for anyone with a conscience, anyone alarmed about the decline of our democracy. * Wendell Potter, author of Nation on the Take * A fascinating history of the self-deputized referees who blow the whistle on illicit activities. * Booklist * Engrossingly examines the ethics, mechanics, and reverberations of whistleblowing of all kinds, emphasizing how bitterly controversial the practice remains, posing a clash between group loyalty and individual conscience... Superb reporting on brave people who decided, It would have been criminal for me not to act. * Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review) * Mueller's powerful but disheartening story of pervasive fraud and a general collapse of ethical behavior with only glimmers of hope from the bravery of whistleblowers is fully accessible to general readers and substantive enough for academic audiences; a must-read. * Library Journal (Starred Review) *