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Could this be a honeypot operation?

I'd want at least one public known past whisleblower to contact for assurance the org is not a honeypot. The forces of corruption would do exactly this: set up a whistleblower support org and then sell their "whistleblowers" back to their corrupt overlords.

I don't know what strategy would work to guarantee any organization like this isn't founded by such bad actors, as they'd likely be legitimate for many cases, at least while gaining public credibility-legitimacy - but then if they are toeing a certain line they may then act as protector for the bad actors they are aligned with and/or employed by.

Really takes courage to whistleblow.

No idea about this particular organization but the ideas like these have been successfully tried: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catch_and_kill

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