Stephen Kohn, executive director of the National Whistleblowers Center, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, and an attorney with the law firm Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto, LLP, both in Washington, DC. Kohn has testified before Congress about whistle-blower reforms and worked with the staff of the Senate Judiciary Committee drafting the Sarbanes-Oxley whistle-blower law. He is author of The Whistleblower’s Handbook: A Step-by-Step Guide to Doing What’s Right and Protecting Yourself (Lyons). www.WhistleBlowers.org
In November, shocking allegations emerged that Jerry Sandusky, a former defensive coordinator of the Penn State University football team, had…