NSA Leaker Is Subpoenaed To Testify Before Federal Grand Jury

Posted on July 28, 2006

National Security Whistleblowers Coalition puts out this press release for immediate release. When reading the wording…consider the source.

On Wednesday, July 26, Russell Tice, former National Security Agency (NSA) intelligence analyst and a member of National Security Whistleblowers Coalition (NSWBC), was approached outside his home by two FBI agents who served him with a subpoena to testify in front of a federal grand jury. NSWBC has obtained a copy of the subpoena issued for Mr. Tice’s testimony and is releasing it to the public for the first time. The subpoena directs Mr. Tice to appear before the jury on August 2, 2006 at 1:00 p.m. in the Eastern District of Virginia. Mr. Tice “will be asked to testify and answer questions concerning possible violations of federal criminal law.”

In response to the subpoena, Mr. Tice issued the following statement: “This latest action by the government is designed only for one purpose: to ensure that people who witness criminal action being committed by the government are intimidated into remaining silent.” He continued: “To this date I have pursued all the appropriate channels to report unlawful and unconstitutional acts conducted [by the government] while I served as an intelligence officer with the NSA and DIA. It was with my oath as a US intelligence officer to protect and preserve the U.S. Constitution weighing heavy on my mind that I reported acts that I know to be unlawful and unconstitutional. The freedom of the American people cannot be protected when our constitutional liberties are ignored and our nation has decayed into a police state.”

On December 22, 2005, the National Security Whistleblowers Coalition made public a request by Tice to report to Congress probable unlawful and unconstitutional acts by the government while he was an intelligence officer with NSA and DIA. In a press release, NSWBC urged the congress to hold hearings and let Mr. Tice testify. Mr. Tice, a responsible veteran intelligence officer, tried to use the so-called appropriate channels, including the United States Congress, to responsibly and lawfully disclose government wrongdoing.

You can read their entire press release here.
I’m sure it will not take the ACLU long to come to this man’s defense for leaking such sensitive classified information. I have a feeling this man is just the first of many to come.

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3 Responses to “NSA Leaker Is Subpoenaed To Testify Before Federal Grand Jury”

republicanpundit on July 28th, 2006 11:09 am

The libs wil love this guy. He should be frog-marched out of the hearings and sent straight to Leavenworth
republicanpundit on July 28th, 2006 11:51 am

Linked this morning
miguel on July 28th, 2006 11:58 am

“When reading the wording…consider the source.”

Actually, I can vouch for the source. They are former government employees (a majority of which are self described Republicans) who discovered criminal wrongdoing, fraud, waste or mismanagement in federal agencies in charge of the nation’s national security. None of them has written a book, become rich or profited from their whistleblowing. Is there anything wrong with people like that? Isn’t that the kind of people one would want to be working in a government agency?