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NSA WHISTLEBLOWER SAYS OUR INTEL AGENCIES HAVE BEEN SPYING ON OUR CITIZENS, GOVT OFFICIALS, CONGRESS AND SENATE, SUPREME CT. FOR 20 YEARS
Former NSA Senior Intelligence Analyst Russ Tice says he first learned his agency was spying on Secretary of State Colin Powell and the Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Shinseki in the run-up to the Iraq War. Then he discovered widespread spying on lawyers, the press, every member of the Supreme Court, Justice Alito before he was appointed to the Court, and Barack Obama who had just won his Senate primary. Russ said he knew it was really, really bad.
Tice says he first asked to talked with his handler, then NSA Director General Michael Hayden—his requests were denied.
He was harassed in retaliation, and he then decided to go to the press—
We continue his story today-and how Russ Tice became NSA’s first Whistleblower, and how pervasively our Intel agencies are spying on American citizens today.
GUEST: RUSS TICE, NSA INTEL ANALYST/WHISTLEBLOWER
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Published on 1 year, 9 months ago