Whistleblowers

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2002 was the year of whistleblowers: Thomas Hopkins/Faa, Robert White (->), Collins,Aukai, Coleen Rowley (->), Kenneth Williams (->) and a few other unknown identities. In December 2002, TIME Magazine's editors chose Coleen Rowley, Cynthia Cooper and Sherron Watkins "for believing -- really believing -- that the truth is one thing that must not be moved off the books, and for stepping in to make sure that it wasn't." Rowley, 48, wrote a letter to FBI Director Robert Mueller in May 2002 criticizing the agency for ignoring evidence before Sept. 11, 2001, that hinted of an attack. She later told the Senate that the FBI was mired in bureaucracy and "careerism." Cooper, 38, a WorldCom internal auditor, alerted the company's board in June 2002 to $3.8 billion in accounting irregularities. A month later, the telecommunications giant declared the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history. Watkins, 43, sent memos in August 2001 warning Enron (->) chairman Kenneth Lay that improper accounting could cause the company to collapse. The company later filed for bankruptcy, and Watkins resigned as a vice president in November 2002.