Would-Be Whistleblowers.

The whistleblower of the day is Andy Eller, former Fish and Wildlife Service biologist, featured in a Post profile. That means the question of the day is whether he's a) a courageous employee who sacrificed his job in the name of truth, justice and the Florida panther; or b) a slacker malcontent who's operating out of his area of expertise. That's the maddening thing about almost every one of these whistleblower stories (and about the numerous people who approach us at GovExec saying they're whistleblowers): it's usually really difficult to tell--sometimes even if you work with a self-described whistleblower--exactly where the truth lies.