The chapter places the whistleblower in a deep democratic history where disclosure and suspicion against those with power play key roles in struggles for justice. The whistleblower is able to wield considerable democratic power, when the private or secret information of organizations becomes the object of public debates. Whistleblowers are associated with society’s civil sphere. Since disclosures highlight situations where organizations pursue self-interested goals (profit, power) in a way that has negative implications for society, the whistleblower comes to represent a set of universal aspirations for justice, which stand in contrast to the particular orientations of organizations. Our acceptance of whistleblowing is conditional on the whistleblower’s perceived motivations. Acts of whistleblowing, where non-civil motivations (private gain, power interests) dominate are considered less legitimate.