Leak of Classified Information Prompts Inquiry

[kpete]

July 29, 2006
Leak of Classified Information Prompts Inquiry
By SCOTT SHANE

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.

more at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/29/washington/29leak.html?ei=5088&en=94e5df947669cb5c&ex=1311825600&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&pagewanted=print

[DRoseDARs]

1. It's not the crimes, it's their exposure to daylight that is the threat...

:eyes:

[Monkeyman]

2. The only oversight we have is the newspapers

Bush just want them gone hell he does not read them anyways

[Mnemosyne]

3. This bears watching closely. H. Res. 895

H. Res. 895

Resolved, That the House of Representatives--

(1) supports efforts to identify, track, and pursue suspected foreign terrorists and their financial supporters by tracking terrorist money flows and uncovering terrorist networks here and abroad, including through the use of the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program;

(2) finds that the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program has been conducted in accordance with all applicable laws, regulations, and Executive Orders, that appropriate safeguards and reviews have been instituted to protect individual civil liberties, and that Congress has been appropriately informed and consulted for the duration of the Program and will continue its oversight of the Program;

(3) condemns the unauthorized disclosure of classified information by those persons responsible and expresses concern that the disclosure may endanger the lives of American citizens, including members of the Armed Forces, as well as individuals and organizations that support United States efforts; and

(4) expects the cooperation of all news media organizations in protecting the lives of Americans and the capability of the government to identify, disrupt, and capture terrorists by not disclosing classified intelligence programs such as the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program.


more at link:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c109:3:./temp/~c1 ... ::

[MagickMuffin]

4. The only Leaks Allowed are by those in the Bush Regime/Cartel/Cabal

I found this info quite interesting:

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.

The Bush Regime/Cartel/Cabal, can leak all of the NIE's and whatever else they decide they want to manipulate the general public with, to make their case, to tarnish the debate. SOP.....