Court Narrows National Security Secrecy, Limits Oversight
A unanimous federal appeals court on Monday narrowed the scope of when telecommunications companies must keep the self-issued FBI search-warrant requests secret.But the court limited when it was necessary for judges to review a secrecy order.
The appeal concerned various counter-terrorism statutes and the 2006 USA Patriot Act, which allows the FBI to demand information concerning telephone and e-mail communications (among other things) without a warrant under a national security letter, or NSL. The law forbids companies to let a customer know that the bureau has sought information concerning their telephone and e-mail traffic.
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Wednesday, December 17, 2008
THOMAS TAMM, YOU ARE A HERO.
New York Times' NSA Whistleblower Reveals Himself
It's been three years since The New York Times first broke the news of the NSA's warrantless wiretapping program, based on information provided by an anonymous source. Today the identity
I'll answer the question posed: NO! THIS MAN SHOULD /NOT/ BE PROSECUTED.
Why do we not have better whistleblower protections in this country? Why is it that the greatest acts of patriotism are considered treason?
Without Daniel Ellsberg we would never have known about the Pentagon Papers, crucial in ending the Vietnam War, as well as Nixon's career. Ellsberg was prosecuted for his heroism along with Mike Gravel who helped put these papers - which demonstrated government corruption - into the public record.
Without Thomas Tamm we would have never known about the government's far overreaching and ILLEGAL spying program. This man is a hero!
The reason that we are supposed to have a free press is to be a check on the government. Whistleblowers are critical within that. We are a free people! When corruption is evident within our government it is our RIGHT and our DUTY to expose it!
THOMAS TAMM, YOU ARE A HERO.
It's been three years since The New York Times first broke the news of the NSA's warrantless wiretapping program, based on information provided by an anonymous source. Today the identity
I'll answer the question posed: NO! THIS MAN SHOULD /NOT/ BE PROSECUTED.
Why do we not have better whistleblower protections in this country? Why is it that the greatest acts of patriotism are considered treason?
Without Daniel Ellsberg we would never have known about the Pentagon Papers, crucial in ending the Vietnam War, as well as Nixon's career. Ellsberg was prosecuted for his heroism along with Mike Gravel who helped put these papers - which demonstrated government corruption - into the public record.
Without Thomas Tamm we would have never known about the government's far overreaching and ILLEGAL spying program. This man is a hero!
The reason that we are supposed to have a free press is to be a check on the government. Whistleblowers are critical within that. We are a free people! When corruption is evident within our government it is our RIGHT and our DUTY to expose it!
THOMAS TAMM, YOU ARE A HERO.
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