Whistleblowers selling stories

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Hello CC I’m back after a 3 month postpartum hiatus.

So I’m watching the show swat and there’s a whistleblower who writes books to tell multiple stories for different organizations other than the one she used to work for.

So it made me think should whistleblowers be able to sell their stories or stories of others? Whether for book deals or tv specials? Etc. I know they have stories to tell and that they can be important but should they gain from these stories beyond victory in the courtroom? what do you think?