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Born | John Napier Tye 1975 or 1976 (age 47–48)[1] Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Education | Duke University (BS) Lincoln College, Oxford (BA) Yale University (JD) |
John Napier Tye (born c. 1976) is a former official of the U.S. State Department who came forward in 2014 as a whistleblower seeking to publicize certain electronic surveillance practices of the U.S. government under Executive Order 12333. He later co-founded a legal organization, Whistleblower Aid, intended to help whistleblowers in multiple sectors forward their concerns without incurring legal liability.