John Tye
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John Napier Tye is a former official of the U.S. State Department who came forward in 2014 as a whistleblower seeking to publicize certain electronic surveillance practices of the U.S. government under Executive Order 12333. Wikipedia
Born: 1976 (age 43 years), Boston, MA
Award: Rhodes Scholarship
Education: Duke University, Lincoln College, Oxford, Yale University, Yale Law School
Employers: New Orleans, Avaaz, Southern Poverty Law Center, United States Department of State

Ukraine whistleblower’s lawyers work for group that offers to pay officials who leak against Trump

The anonymous U.S. intelligence official accusing President Trump of improperly pressuring Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden is represented by two lawyers who run a group that offers financial help to fired whistleblowers.

Whistleblower Aid was launched in September 2017 — eight months after Trump's inauguration — with an advertising blitz that involved mobile billboards being driven close to the White House, Congress, outside the Pentagon, and around the headquarters of the CIA and National Security Agency.

The group’s pledge of support, in addition to free legal representation including rent and mortgage assistance, media coaching, and doctor’s bills and counseling, is controversial among lawyers. Critics say it violates attorney ethics.