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Understanding Secrecy, Upholding the Public Interest: National Security Whistleblowing, Civil Society and Support Networks

了解保密，维护公共利益：国家安全举报、民间社会和支持网络

基本信息

批准号：
AH/T006919/1
负责人：
Kaeten Mistry
金额：
$ 5.87万
依托单位：
University of East Anglia
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2020
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2020 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FT006919%2F1
关键词：
Understanding Secrecy Upholding Public Interest

项目摘要

When the AHRC research project began to investigate the long history of U.S. national security whistleblowing (AH/P00461X/1), the fate of Edward Snowden, who had revealed warrantless surveillance programmes, was uncertain. It anticipated he would not be the last whistleblower. Three years later Snowden's situation remains precarious while several other whistleblowers have emerged and been charged for disclosing national defense information. European whistleblowers, while generating fewer headlines, have also made disclosures and face prosecution. The twenty-first century has marked a new era of national security whistleblowing around the world, but our understanding of the phenomenon has not kept pace with these developments.This is also true for the whistleblowing advocacy organisations that provide the essential protection for individuals crossing the secrecy Rubicon to make disclosures in the public interest. The Follow-on Funding for Impact and Engagement looks to bring academic and advocacy groups into sustained dialogue to better understand the past, present, and future of national security whistleblowing. The activities explore how historical approaches can inform, assist, and enhance the work of third sector groups providing whistleblower support and protection today. In sharing research findings and best practises, this project addresses well-defined needs to expand the knowledge base, strengthen links with scholarship, and increase collaboration between organisations working in different national jurisdictions. In a practical sense, a historical perspective can assist advocates in their efforts to inform legal cases, shape legislation, propose reforms, and comprehend the stories behind today's unfolding headlines.The original research on U.S. national security whistleblowing uncovered a vast, diverse advocacy world. Furthermore, it extended beyond the United States. The proposed activities build on unforeseen impact opportunities to engage this wider whistleblowing advocacy community in the UK and Europe. The proposal seeks to share expertise and skills across national borders. Debates around whistleblowing and national security frequently concentrate on individual states and their respective legal frameworks, but there is a need to address themes that cut across national and regional divides. The questions facing advocates in the United States are similar to those facing counterparts in the UK and Europe. This project aims to bring those voices into conversation with one another and with scholars working on the subject. This is a particularly opportune moment for closer academic-advocacy collaboration. State prosecutions are on the rise. Whistleblower protection is a live political, legal, and social issue, with legislative bodies in the U.S., UK and Europe debating the adequacy of existing policies and mechanisms. Advocates have made progress in recent years but continue to confront powerful secrecy establishments and expansive national security states. A historical perspective is essential to understanding the present, but also exploring future protection strategies that go beyond legal justice matters to include the civic and social factors behind individuals speaking truth to power.

当 AHRC 研究项目开始调查美国国家安全举报的悠久历史 (AH/P00461X/1) 时，揭发未经授权的监视计划的爱德华·斯诺登的命运还不确定。人们预计他不会是最后一个举报人。三年后，斯诺登的处境仍然岌岌可危，而其他几名举报人已经浮出水面，并因泄露国防信息而受到指控。欧洲的举报人虽然很少成为头条新闻，但也进行了披露并面临起诉。二十一世纪标志着世界范围内国家安全举报的新时代，但我们对这一现象的理解并没有跟上这些发展的步伐。对于举报倡导组织来说也是如此，这些组织为跨越保密卢比孔河的个人为了公共利益进行披露提供了必要的保护。影响力和参与的后续资金旨在让学术和倡导团体进行持续对话，以更好地了解国家安全举报的过去、现在和未来。这些活动探讨了历史方法如何为当今提供举报人支持和保护的第三部门团体提供信息、协助和加强工作。在分享研究成果和最佳实践的过程中，该项目满足了扩展知识库、加强与学术的联系以及加强在不同国家管辖范围内工作的组织之间的合作的明确需求。从实际意义上讲，历史视角可以帮助倡导者努力告知法律案件、制定立法、提出改革并理解当今头条新闻背后的故事。对美国国家安全举报的原始研究揭示了一个广阔、多样化的倡导世界。此外，它还延伸到了美国以外的地区。拟议的活动建立在不可预见的影响机会的基础上，以吸引英国和欧洲更广泛的举报倡导团体的参与。该提案旨在跨国界分享专业知识和技能。围绕举报和国家安全的辩论经常集中在各个国家及其各自的法律框架上，但有必要解决跨越国家和地区分歧的主题。美国倡导者面临的问题与英国和欧洲同行面临的问题类似。该项目旨在让这些声音相互对话，并与研究这一主题的学者进行对话。这是进行更密切的学术倡导合作的特别合适的时机。国家起诉数量不断增加。举报人保护是一个现实的政治、法律和社会问题，美国、英国和欧洲的立法机构都在争论现有政策和机制的充分性。近年来，倡导者取得了进展，但仍然面临强大的保密机构和广泛的国家安全国家。历史视角对于理解当前至关重要，同时也探索未来的保护策略，这些策略超越法律正义问题，包括个人向权力说出真相背后的公民和社会因素。