ABC's World News Tonight, and in December 2004, he was selected as one of three ABC News "People of the Year". He was profiled and interviewed by Anderson Cooper on the December 10, 2006, broadcast of 60 Minutes (the segment was aired again on June 24, 2007). Darby received a John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award on May 16, 2005, in recognition of his courage in exposing the abuses at Abu Ghraib. Darby also received a personal letter from Donald Rumsfeld, asking him to stop talking about how his identity had been disclosed by Rumsfeld despite receiving assurances of anonymity from military command. See also Haditha massacre Con Son Island prison#"Tiger cages" (Vietnam War) Ronald Ridenhour (alerted authorities to My Lai Massacre) References External links Acceptance speech by Sergeant Joseph Darby. 2005 Profile in Courage Award, John F. Kennedy Library Foundation. Beliefnet.com – Most Inspiring Person of 2004 Photos and letters of support for Joseph Darby (also includes correspondence from Darby) News clips ABC News – Person of the Week Story – May 7, 2004 Washington Post – When Joseph Comes Marching Home – May 16, 2004 60 Minutes – Exposing the Truth of Abu Ghraib GQ – Prisoner of Conscience, interview of Joseph Darby NPR – Abu Ghraib Whistleblower Speaks Out BBC News – The Abu Ghraib whistleblower's ordeal 1979 births Living people Military personnel from Cumberland, Maryland People from Somerset County, Pennsylvania United States Army soldiers United States military personnel at the Abu Ghraib prison United States Army personnel of the Iraq War American whistleblowers