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That's how Churchill described the British Foreign Office official who provided him with highly classified documents on Germany's secret re-armament. Churchill, during his so-called "wilderness years", used the information in his campaign against appeasement. Ralph Wigram died in 1936, two years after be began leaking information to Churchill, in mysterious circumstances. it is thought that he may have taken his own life. Churchill was among the small number who attended his funeral. Wigram is arguably the most effective whistleblower in the history of whistleblowing, in that his actions appear to have been ultimately instrumental in changing Britain's attitude to war with Germany. His relationship with Churchill is explored in the ´óÏó´«Ã½ drama The Gathering Storm. I suspect many commentators will now draw on the historical case of Ralph Wigram in their analysis of the Damian Green debacle. One clear difference in this current case is that Damian Green is not a member of the , whereas Churchil was, and as such he was, some argue, ntitled to see classified documents.