# Whistleblower Aid **Whistleblower Aid** is a nonprofit law office in Washington, D.C., that gives free legal, support and security help to whistleblowers in government and private companies. It was founded in 2017 by John Tye, a former State Department official who became a whistleblower in 2014, and national-security lawyer Mark Zaid, who had represented him. It runs on donations and charges its clients nothing. It says it will never help a client leak classified information, and sends people with classified concerns to investigators who hold clearances. Its best-known client before 2025 was Frances Haugen, the Facebook whistleblower it represented in 2021. In Trump's second term it has represented federal employees who report misconduct inside their own agencies. Its chief legal counsel, Andrew Bakaj, represented USAID's acting global health chief [[Nicholas Enrich]], put on leave in March 2025 after warning that the foreign-aid freeze would cost lives, and [[Daniel Berulis]], a National Labor Relations Board IT staffer who alleged in April 2025 that sensitive agency data may have been taken out of the agency's systems after [[DOGE]] staff were given access. The group also represents [[Paul Osadebe]] and [[Palmer Heenan]], the HUD fair housing attorneys removed in September 2025 after telling Congress that enforcement of the [[Fair Housing Act of 1968]] was being shut down. > [!note] Stub > This is a short entry that hasn't been fully written yet. ## See also - [[Federal Whistleblower Roster]] - [[Criminalizing Whistleblowers]] - [[Office of Special Counsel]] - [[Resistance Organizations Hub]]