Russell Tice

  • Russell Tice worked as an intelligence analyst for the United States government for over twenty years before was dismissed from his last post as an employee for the so-called secret "black world" programs of the National Security Agency (NSA) in May of 2005.ABC News: NSA Whistleblower Alleges Illegal Spying (January 10, 2006) In January of 2009, during appearances on Countdown with Keith Olbermann, Tice revealed that the warantless wiretapping conducted by the NSA following the 9-11 terrorist attacks went further than previously revealed. According to Tice, the NSA was tapping the communications of all U.S. citizens and specifically targeting journalists and news organizations.The Register: NSA whistleblower: Warrantless wiretaps targeted journos (January 25, 2009)
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    "In one of the operations that I was in, we looked at organizations, just supposedly so that we would not target them. What I was finding out, though, is that the collection on those organizations was 24/7 and 365 days a year - and it made no sense... I started to investigate that. That's about the time when they came after me to fire me...An organization that was collected on were US news organizations and reporters and journalists."The Raw Story: Whistleblower: NSA spied on everyone, targeted journalists (January 21, 2009)

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