SEC Whistleblower Head Calls Tipster Identity 'Sacrosanct'

By Stephanie Russell-Kraft (October 20, 2014, 4:16 PM EDT) -- When Sean McKessy became the first-ever director of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's newly created whistleblower office nearly four years ago, his first order of business was protecting the anonymity of the tipsters who came through his doors — even if that meant cutting off the SEC's direct line to other law enforcement agencies....

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