It's good to know that there is an investigation into the "wiretapping" leaks: Report: FBI Searches Home of Attorney in Warrantless Wiretap Program Case.
FBI agents searched the home of former Justice Department lawyer Thomas Tamm last week in an effort to determine who leaked details of the warrantless eavesdropping program to the news media, Newsweek magazine reported Sunday, citing two anonymous legal sources.
The agents, who had obtained a classified search warrant, took Tamm's desktop computer, two laptops belonging to his children and some of Tamm's personal files, said Newsweek, which granted anonymity to the two sources because they did not want to be identified talking about an open case.
Tamm left the department last year. He had worked in the department's Office of Intelligence Policy and Review, a secretive unit that oversees surveillance of terrorist and espionage targets, according to Newsweek.
When the New York Times runs a story containing information from an individual leaking classified information, they never mention, not once, that leaking classified information is a crime. Even media critics rarely mention the illegality of leaking classified information–unless it's in relation to Valerie Plame. It will be interesting to see how this investigation progresses. I am not holding my breath for the hang Scooter Libby crowd to cry out for the hide of somebody who leaks to the New York Times.
Popularity: 1% [?]
Unrest by Parkway Drive