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• 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)

• Fast Facts

  1. Worked as an intelligence expert for the U.S. government for over 20 years
  2. Graduated from the University of Maryland in 1985The Pulse-Journal: NSA fires whistleblower (May 5, 2005)
  3. Former employee of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)
  4. Worked for the NSA from 2002-2005The Pulse-Journal: NSA fires whistleblower (May 5, 2005)
  5. Dismissed by the NSA in May of 2005
  6. Tice's security clearances were revoked in 2003 after he raised suspicions that one of his DIA co-workers was a Chinese spyThe Pulse-Journal: NSA fires whistleblower (May 5, 2005)
  7. Was ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation in 2003
  8. 2003 psychiatric evaluation deemed that he suffered from psychotic paranoiaThe Pulse-Journal: NSA fires whistleblower (May 5, 2005)
  9. Alleges that an NSA agent threatened him "with unspecified actions if (he) went to the press"The Pulse-Journal: NSA fires whistleblower (May 5, 2005)
  10. Admitted to revealing the NSA's warantless wiretapping of U.S. citizens to The New York Times in 2005ABC News: NSA Whistleblower Alleges Illegal Spying (January 10, 2006)
  11. Offered to testify before Congress about illegal activity at the NSAThe Washington Times: Ex-official warned against testifying on NSA programs (January 11, 2006)
  12. Was discouraged from testifying about NSA activities on the grounds that it could reveal the nature of top-secret programsThe Washington Times: Ex-official warned against testifying on NSA programs (January 11, 2006)
  13. Claims that all his communications are under surveillance and the FBI is on him "like flies on you-know-what"The Raw Story: Whistleblower: NSA spied on everyone, targeted journalists (January 21, 2009)

• Quote

  "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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