Do you know who Russell Tice is? An NSA whistleblower...

[babylonsister]

He's on Democracy Now, Link TV.

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/01/03/1435201

National Security Agency Whistleblower Warns Domestic Spying Program Is Sign the U.S. is Decaying Into a “Police State”

"Former NSA intelligence agent Russell Tice condemns reports that the Agency has been engaged in eavesdropping on U.S. citizens without court warrants. Tice has volunteered to testify before Congress about illegal black ops programs at the NSA. Tice said, “The freedom of the American people cannot be protected when our constitutional liberties are ignored and our nation has decayed into a police state."

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Two weeks ago, a former NSA intelligence officer publicly announced that he wants to testify before Congress. His name is Russell Tice. For the past two decades he has worked in the intelligence field both inside and outside government, most recently with the National Security Agency and Defense Intelligence Agency. He was fired in May 2005 after he spoke out as a whistleblower.

In his letter, Tice wrote, "It is with my oath as a US intelligence officer weighing heavy on my mind that I wish to report to Congress acts that I believe are 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."

[Spazito]

1. Wow, I don't recall hearing about him, thanks for posting this!

I hope he is first of many who will speak out against what is happening in the U.S.

[babylonsister]

2. He definitely thinks laws were broken, and knows he's been

followed and thinks he's being monitored. Whatever happened to land of the free?:-(

[Spazito]

5. Kick for an interesting OP

:kick:

[flpoljunkie]

3. Very interesting interview.

Tice says the question is what did President Bush know and how wide is the data mining-- that is, is it a "vacuum clearer" type operation sucking up mass amounts of data on American citizens. And, if it is, and the President knew, he is responsible and there should be serious consequences.

Tice said he is a Republican who has contributed to Bush and voted for him both in 2000 and 2004. He said he disagreed with Clinton's impeachment for something that should have been between him, his wife, and the man upstairs.

The man quoted Benjamin Franklin on what he called liberty vs. freedom and said his job was to uphold the Constitution not blindly support presidents.

Link to first part of interview: http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/01/03/1435201

[Neil Lisst]

4. If only we had one house of congress interested in it.

Unfortunately, the Pubs are looking to help Bush, not hurt him. If he testifies, look for the leadership of the pubs to try to make him look crazy or by himself on this.

We need more like him to step forward. Two is good, but three is better.