In light of Goss & Patsy Roberts (and everyone else) saying that Mary O'Connor should have followed internal channles, Sibel points out that those channels don't exist for Russ Tice
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NSWBC urged the congress to hold hearings and let Mr. Tice testify. Today, more than four months after Mr. Tice's letters were sent to the chairs of the Senate and House Intelligence Committees and publicized in the media, he has yet to receive a response and be given an opportunity to lawfully disclose his first-hand account of criminal acts conducted by the National Security Agency.
Here you have a responsible veteran intelligence officer who has been trying to reach out to the so-called appropriate channels, including the United States Congress, to appropriately and lawfully make disclosure of government wrongdoing; yet, as we have seen time and time again, these attempts prove to be futile. Amazingly enough, congressional representatives such as Senator Pat Roberts, the Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) continue to mislead the public by making false statements regarding the availability of appropriate channels for whistleblowers to disclose government waste, fraud, abuse and/or criminal activities.
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http://wotisitgood4.blogspot.com/2006/04/russel-tice-silenced-whistleblower.html