Newsweek's hero
powerlineblog.com 12/14/2008 — Newsweek's cover story by Michael Isikoff identifies one of the major sources for the New York Times article blowing the government's terrorist surveillance program. He is one Thomas Tamm. Newsweek asks: "Is he a hero or a criminal?"
The ...
NSA Domestic Surveillance Whistleblower Revealed
crooksandliars.com 12/15/2008 —
Three years after the New York Times first revealed the Bush administration's program of illegal domestic surveillance by the NSA, whistleblower Thomas Tamm has acknowledged his role in making public the President's lawbreaking. In its expose ...
Newsweek's hero, part 2
powerlineblog.com 12/17/2008 — The current Newsweek cover story by Michael Isikoff identifies one of the major sources for the New York Times article blowing the government's terrorist surveillance program. He is one Thomas Tamm. Newsweek asks: "Is he a hero or a criminal?"
As ...
Off With His Head! —
Power Line
Scott has written a couple of times, most recently here , about Thomas Tamm, the Bush-hating lefty bureaucrat who "blew the whistle" on the administration's perfectly legal effort to intercept terrorists' international communications. For what it's worth, in this poll on a neutral-to-liberal ...
To The Maximum Extent of the Law [Reader Post] —
Flopping Aces
That’s my answer to Wired’s question:
Should NSA Whistleblower Be Prosecuted?
By Kim Zetter
December 15, 2008 | 9:43:42 PM
Opinions are divided on whether Thomas Tamm, the original source for The New York Times 2005 story on the NSA’s warrantless wiretapping, should be prosecuted for ...
Video: James Risen on Behind the Byline —
The Latest on Air America
From his perch at the New York Times , Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist James Risen has been at the forefront of uncovering some of the Bush administration's worst abuses of power, which got him hauled before a grand jury to name his anonymous sources. One of Risen's key sources was Thomas ...
Classy E-Mail of the Day —
Debbie Schlussel
By Debbie Schlussel
Well, some guy--who claims to be "Joe Smith," but is probably actually be named Mohammed or Hamida--is upset that I said Thomas Tamm, a guy who violated the attorney-client privilege and broke the law by disclosing classified information, should be prosecuted. The nerve ...
Thomas Tamm —
Matthew Yglesias
The Bush administration and the congress have seen to it that nobody who broke the law and conducted illegal, secret surveillance of Americans will be punished for it. But Thomas Tamm, the whistleblower who brought the illegal activity to public attention, is still being hounded by the FBI.
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Will Thomas Tamm Be Prosecuted? —
Debbie Schlussel
by Debbie Schlussel
Thomas Tamm, a former Bush Justice Department lawyer, says he's the one who leaked to the New York Times and other news media, the existence of the Bush terrorist surveillance program . He's outed himself as some sort of hero to Newsweek. But he's no hero at all. ...
Patterico’s Heartlessness [Dan Collins] —
protein wisdom
Responding to a Newsweek piece that reveals that the man who leaked details of the Bush Administration’s NSA surveillance program is one Thomas Tamm, Patterico urges prosecution . Normally, I would agree. However, one shocking, sickening detail from the Newsweek piece makes me reluctant ...
Thomas Tamm Was the TSP Leaker: —
The Volokh Conspiracy
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Thomas Tamm: Whistleblower on NSA Warrantless Surveillance —
TalkLeft
Michael Isikoff of Newsweek scores a huge exclusive , NSA warrantless wiretap whistleblower Thomas Tamm's story, in his own words. Exhausted by the uncertainty clouding his life, Tamm now is telling his story publicly for the first time. "I thought this [secret program] was something the ...
A quiet hero, under siege —
The Reality-Based Community
Hilzoy points to Mike Isikoff's really heartbreaking story on Thomas Tamm, the government lawyer who blew the whistle on illegal wiretapping. While the Republican Congress and the Bush Administration have ensured that none of the people who broke the law will suffer for it, the FBI is still ...
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