Leak of Classified Information Prompts Inquiry (NY Times)

[cascadiance]

Russ Tice and the NSWBC are now hitting the NY Times... Perhaps this is the battle royal that either exposes Bushco's real dictatorial tactics or finally we can get their dictatorial tactics to backfire and get things out in the open! Fight on Russ Tice, Sibel Edmonds, and the NSWBC!

Leak of Classified Information Prompts Inquiry

By SCOTT SHANE
Published: July 29, 2006

WASHINGTON, July 28 — A federal grand jury has begun investigating the leak of classified information about intelligence programs to the press and has subpoenaed a former National Security Agency employee who claims to have witnessed illegal activity while working at the agency.

The former employee, Russell D. Tice, 44, of Linthicum, Md., said two F.B.I. agents approached on Wednesday and handed him the subpoena, which requires him to testify next Wednesday before a grand jury in Alexandria, Va.

The subpoena, which Mr. Tice made public on Friday, says the investigation covers “possible violation of federal criminal laws involving the unauthorized disclosure of classified information.” It specifically mentions the Espionage Act.

For months, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has been looking into disclosures of secret intelligence operations, including The New York Times’s reports in December about the N.S.A.’s domestic surveillance program and The Washington Post’s articles on the Central Intelligence Agency’s overseas jails for terror suspects. But the subpoena is the first public confirmation that a grand jury has begun to hear evidence.

The decision to compel testimony before a grand jury is an indication of the seriousness of the inquiry. The Eastern District of Virginia has often been chosen by the Justice Department for national security cases because the federal court there is generally thought to be favorable to the government.

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[John Q. Citizen]

1. ...because the federal court there is generally thought to be

a kangaroo court.

Opps, I spilled the beans.

[Maven]

2. K/R'ing for visibility nt

[grasswire]

3. true dat

Until just recently, the U.S. attorney there was none other than the man who now is the deputy attorney general -- a man who is a Bush FIXER and was involved in the Florida recounts.

It ain't called the rocket docket for nothing.