Often someone blows the whistle because they believe that protected information to which they’ve been privy is within the public’s interest, and that the public has a right to know. If we start with the premise that government transparency is inherently good, which is the hill I will die on, then all that’s left to morally weigh up is whether or not this information was in the public’s interest to know. When revealing sensitive information, you might be a hero to one person and to another, a traitor.