What Fate Awaits NSA Spying Whistleblower

[struggle4progress]

Tuesday, 3 January 2006, 1:13 pm
Opinion: David Swanson

<snip> Remember what happened to Ambassador Joseph Wilson? The White House leaked to the media his wife's identity as an undercover agent for the CIA, putting her life and those of her colleagues in danger and ending her career.

And let us recall what became of General Eric Shinseki, Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, who dared to accurately predict how many troops would be needed to occupy Iraq. Defense Department officials leaked the name of his replacement 14 months before his retirement, rendering him a lame duck commander and embarrassing and neutralizing the Army's top officer.

We should also bring back to mind the fate of Major General John Riggs. He told the Baltimore Sun that the Army needed at least another 10,000 soldiers because it was being stretched too thin between Iraq and Afghanistan. General George W. Casey told Riggs to "stay in your lane" and not discuss the troops. Riggs
retired and was denied his full rank, officially for "minor infractions."

Does anyone remember Army Spc. Thomas Wilson, a 31-year-old member of a Tennessee National Guard unit? After asking Donald Rumsfeld why vehicle armor was still scarce nearly two years after the start of the war, Wilson was trashed as an insubordinate plant of the "liberal media." <snip>

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0601/S00007.htm

[mod mom]

1. Read that NYT? NZ covers stories you should! nt

[Chiyo-chichi]

2. Olbermann pointed out

that the charges against Daniel Ellsberg were dropped and that Mark Felt's identity remained secret for 30 years. Certainly, quite a different climate exists today.