Russ Tice, Bush-Era Whistleblower, Claims NSA Ordered Wiretap Of Barack Obama In 2004

[KurtNYC]

Source: HuffPo

Russ Tice, a former intelligence analyst who in 2005 blew the whistle on what he alleged was massive unconstitutional domestic spying across multiple agencies, claimed Wednesday that the NSA had ordered wiretaps on phones connected to then-Senate candidate Barack Obama in 2004.

Speaking on "The Boiling Frogs Show," Tice claimed the intelligence community had ordered surveillance on a wide range of groups and individuals, including high-ranking military officials, lawmakers and diplomats.

"Here's the big one ... this was in summer of 2004, one of the papers that I held in my hand was to wiretap a bunch of numbers associated with a 40-something-year-old wannabe senator for Illinois," he said. "You wouldn't happen to know where that guy lives right now would you? It's a big white house in Washington, D.C. That's who they went after, and that's the president of the United States now."

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/20/russ-tice-nsa-obama_n_3473538.html

[RobertEarl]

1. It was done to keep us safe

Why can't you people get that?

They are only interested in keeping us safe from Liberalism and that commie Obama. Sure, they failed, then, but it isn't like it was 9/11 all over again.

[reusrename]

30. He was pal'in around with those Acorn terrorists.

I'm glad someone was watching.

[Pholus]

2. Good thing he had nothing to hide... nt

[bahrbearian]

3. It's OK he had nothing to hide.

[avaistheone1]

31. It is not OK

whether he had something to hide or not.

[Octafish]

4. There it is.

Wonder if it ever resulted in Actionable Intelligence?

[limpyhobbler]

5. I wonder if this is actually true. nt

[Amonester]

6. Me too. But I would suggest someone sends the info to the WH

so maybe someone else will be motivated enough to really find out if it's true or just another made-up BS in order to become famous...

[Myrina]

7. Gotta wonder how that makes the whole family feel ...

... knowing that they themselves were surveilled under-the-table for really no reason other than he was thinking about running for the Senate.

Shoe smells different on the other foot, yeah?

[Demeter]

9. They got paid for the privilege

Lifetime security, if the Secret Service isn't corrupt.

[leftyohiolib]

20. "if the Secret Service isn't corrupt".. let's ask jfk ... oh that's right

[Demeter]

26. Bing! Bing! Bing! You are a Winner!

Got my point in one

[notadmblnd]

8. It' sop for repubs.

They get the dirt then they use it to get their target to tow the line.

[TakeALeftTurn]

10. And still a lot of people still believe that the NSA's massive spying capabilities won't be

abused ................. massively.

[DJ13]

11. And we wonder why Obama doesnt fight back more often

[frylock]

12. has the BOG crafted a statement yet?

[Hydra]

14. I'm sure they're waiting for an official TPM

Otherwise, "See, he's got nothing to hide! The Bush Administration found nothing on him!"

[Hydra]

13. "Big Brother is watching you..." n/t

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

15. I guess Nixon ordered that.

[11cents]

16. When a whistleblower's claims gradually escalate ....

...so that years after the initial (perhaps legitimate and well-founded) disclosure, he or she starts coming up with unverifiable bombshells that you'd think would have been disclosed long before, you should apply salt. More than a grain. Especially when national attention has coincidentally just been turned to the general topic in which the new disclosures fit.

This template applies very well to Sibel Edmonds, on whose show Tice just dropped his BIG BOMBSHELL -- which you'd think he might have mentioned in, say, 2008. In her case, not only is she continuing to come up with new claims years and years after she left government, but they often pertain to topics far from the realm in which she actually worked.

[Demeter]

27. Because the world ended and people don't talk to her?

Sometimes there are honest people who tell the truth and nobody listens and lots of mud get dumped on them...in fact, the more the mud, (as opposed to actual indictments), the more honest they turn out to be.

[JDPriestly]

17. Astounding and precisely what I have always suspected, but Tice offers

no proof other than his own word.

[xtraxritical]

18. If it had any validity it would be mainstream and not boilingfrog...

[watoos]

22. Sorry, but anything I see from the MSM I take with a grain of salt

The real news will have to come from alternate sources.

[alp227]

19. But right wingers are saying OBAMA WAS NOT VETTED

Now they think the NSA may have the dirty they were waiting for like, born in Kenya, secret Muslim, those "sealed records", closeted gay...

[former9thward]

21. I wonder how many people are going to call this guy a traitor?

[Botany]

23. Rove and Cheney spied on tons of people and they didn't bother getting a warrent* either ....

....the NY Times sat on this story until after the 2004 election.


* From the FISA court ..... in Ohio 2004 Kerry's phones and election
protection lines were hacked too.

[Art_from_Ark]

25. Sounds like the 21st century version of the break-in of a certain hotel

except that with the earlier break-in, the perps were caught and their boss had to resign in disgrace.

[JI7]

24. i'm having a hard time believing this

[cynzke]

28. Somewhere Behind The Scenes

Darrell Issa is demanding the files from the NSA hoping to find dirt.

[Uncle Joe]

29. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, KurtNYC.

[snot]

32. Video of Tice

at http://www.brasschecktv.com/videos/the-surveillance-state/the-nsa-whistleblowerfrom-eight-years-ago.html .

[Judi Lynn]

33. Very lucky to have been able to see this video you've posted. Thank you, very much. n/t

[Go Vols]

35. more here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023213679

[snooper2]

34. Huffington Post readership must be down...

They are going after the truthy/alex jones crowd now LOL

[Doctor_J]

36. We will NEVER know just how pervasive this is

and unfortunately our president is now part of the club of culprits instead of victims.