Not to be confused with the Sammies, an award given by the
Sam Adams Alliance.
The Sam Adams Award is given annually since 2002 to an
intelligence professional who has taken a stand for
integrity and ethics. The Award is granted by the Sam Adams Associates for Integrity in Intelligence, a group of retired
CIA officers. It is named after
Samuel A. Adams, a CIA
whistleblower during the
Vietnam War, and takes the physical form of a "corner-brightener candlestick".[1][unreliable source?]
Ray McGovern established the Sam Adams Associates "to reward intelligence officials who demonstrated a commitment to truth and integrity, no matter the consequences."[2]
The 2012, 2013,[3] and 2014 awards were presented at the
Oxford Union.[2]
2003:
Katharine Gun, former British intelligence (GCHQ) translator; leaked top-secret information showing illegal US activities during the push for war in Iraq.[5]
2004:
Sibel Edmonds, former FBI translator; fired after accusing FBI officials of ignoring intelligence pointing to al-Qaeda attacks against the US.[citation needed]
2005:
Craig Murray,[6] former British ambassador to Uzbekistan who blew the whistle on UK complicity in the Uzbek government's use of torture and involvement in extraordinary rendition.
2007:
Andrew Wilkie, retired Australian intelligence official; claimed intelligence was being exaggerated to justify Australian support for the US invasion of Iraq.[citation needed]
2008:
Frank Grevil, Danish whistleblower; leaked classified information showing no clear evidence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.[8]
2009:
Larry Wilkerson, former chief of staff to United States Secretary of State Colin Powell and Iraq War critic.[6]
2014:
Chelsea Manning,[14] U.S. Army soldier convicted in July 2013 of violations of the Espionage Act and other offenses.
2015:
William Binney, former highly placed intelligence official with the NSA turned whistleblower.[15]
2016:
John Kiriakou,[citation needed] former CIA analyst and case officer who publicly confirmed the employment of
waterboarding against detainees and characterized the practice as torture.
2022:
Daniel Ellsberg, former U.S. military analyst who released the Pentagon Papers, showing that the public had been misled about the
Vietnam War, to a number of newspapers in 1971.[21]
Not to be confused with the Sammies, an award given by the
Sam Adams Alliance.
The Sam Adams Award is given annually since 2002 to an
intelligence professional who has taken a stand for
integrity and ethics. The Award is granted by the Sam Adams Associates for Integrity in Intelligence, a group of retired
CIA officers. It is named after
Samuel A. Adams, a CIA
whistleblower during the
Vietnam War, and takes the physical form of a "corner-brightener candlestick".[1][unreliable source?]
Ray McGovern established the Sam Adams Associates "to reward intelligence officials who demonstrated a commitment to truth and integrity, no matter the consequences."[2]
The 2012, 2013,[3] and 2014 awards were presented at the
Oxford Union.[2]
2003:
Katharine Gun, former British intelligence (GCHQ) translator; leaked top-secret information showing illegal US activities during the push for war in Iraq.[5]
2004:
Sibel Edmonds, former FBI translator; fired after accusing FBI officials of ignoring intelligence pointing to al-Qaeda attacks against the US.[citation needed]
2005:
Craig Murray,[6] former British ambassador to Uzbekistan who blew the whistle on UK complicity in the Uzbek government's use of torture and involvement in extraordinary rendition.
2007:
Andrew Wilkie, retired Australian intelligence official; claimed intelligence was being exaggerated to justify Australian support for the US invasion of Iraq.[citation needed]
2008:
Frank Grevil, Danish whistleblower; leaked classified information showing no clear evidence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.[8]
2009:
Larry Wilkerson, former chief of staff to United States Secretary of State Colin Powell and Iraq War critic.[6]
2014:
Chelsea Manning,[14] U.S. Army soldier convicted in July 2013 of violations of the Espionage Act and other offenses.
2015:
William Binney, former highly placed intelligence official with the NSA turned whistleblower.[15]
2016:
John Kiriakou,[citation needed] former CIA analyst and case officer who publicly confirmed the employment of
waterboarding against detainees and characterized the practice as torture.
2022:
Daniel Ellsberg, former U.S. military analyst who released the Pentagon Papers, showing that the public had been misled about the
Vietnam War, to a number of newspapers in 1971.[21]