NSA Whistle-blower Says He Has Lost His Livelihood (Russel Tice)

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NSA Whistle-blower Says He Has Lost His Livelihood

September 21, 2006 11:16 AM

Vic Walter and Krista Kjellman Report:

Abc_us_nsa_060515_nr_2NSA whistle-blower Russell Tice says his choice to reveal what he says were unlawful acts at the National Security Agency while he was working there "has cost me my career and livelihood."

In a letter to Congressman Duncan Hunter (R-CA), Chairman of the House Committee on Armed Services, Tice asks Duncan to "include real whistleblower protections to national security employees in the 2007 Defense Authorization Bill."

"My case, from beginning to end, is a testament to the utter and complete failure of whistle-blower protections for federal employees that work within the most crucial aspects of national security," Tice writes.
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Tice, a former NSA intelligence officer, told ABC News this past January in a Nightline report that he saw unlawful and unconstitutional acts at the NSA while working there. He said the number of Americans subject to eavesdropping by the NSA could be in the millions if the programs used by the agency were employed to their full capacity............

http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2006/09/nsa_whistleblow.html

[ShortnFiery]

1. Is it lost on anyone that ABC news blog is all over this? ... perhaps as

a warning to ANY other potential whistle-blowers?

The News has become so twisted, anything's veracity must be questioned - especially when it emanates from :puke: ABC.