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July 28, 2006
Whistleblower B.S.
So, it was an NSA official (now a former official) who told New York Times reporters about the NSA's warrantless eavesdropping program.
According to an AP story (Link), former NSA officer Russell Tice is the person who blabbed to the media.
Now, Tice has received a subpoena to testify before a federal grand jury - the one that is trying to figure out if Tice committed a crime by blabbing about classified information.
Tice's allies in the National Security Whistleblowers Coalition aren't happy about the subpoena. In a press release (Link), the organization is claiming that the federal government is conducting a witch hunt against whistleblowers.
Such a claim is nothing but bull[Censored] . . .
[Let me try that again.]
The claim being made by the Whistleblowers Coalition is nothing but bull-created fertilizer.
If, while working for the NSA, Russell Tice had believed that the NSA was engaging in an illegal activity, then Tice could have blown the whistle by following an established procedure which wouldn't have revealed classified information to terrorists.
Instead, Tice ignored the proper whistleblowing procedure and went to the media.
Oh, the irony of it all! In an attempt to expose an alleged crime, Tice himself may have committed a crime.
Now, Tice and his allies his allies are crying, "Witch hunt!"
An appropriate rebuttal cry is Balderdash!
Cross-posted at Dodo World.
Posted by Dodo David at July 28, 2006 07:27 PM
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people always forget that a whistle-blower is a specific legal term for people who use the processes in place to file formal complaints to the office of special counsel, office of general counsel or the merit service protection board.
running to the media makes you a blabbermouth and you are granted no legal protection in doing so.
so many people lose their cases by running to the media before letting the process work itself out first.
Posted by: aaron at July 29, 2006 12:58 PM