shawa
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 Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 8:23 pm Post subject: Grand Jury Probes NSA Leaks |
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Glad to know a Grand Jury is taking testimony. Now lets hear about INDICTMENTS!
This is one subpoena that we know about. Betcha there are plenty that we don't hear about!
| Quote: | “A federal grand jury in Alexandria is investigating unauthorized leaks of classified information and has issued a subpoena to a fired National Security Agency officer who has acknowledged talking with journalists about the agency’s warrantless surveillance program, according to documents released yesterday.
The 23-member grand jury is “conducting an investigation of possible violations of federal criminal laws involving unauthorized disclosure of classified information” under the Espionage Act and other statutes, according to a document accompanying the subpoena.
The demand for testimony from former NSA officer Russell Tice provides a sign of the Justice Department’s aggressiveness in pursuing the leak investigation, which follows a series of controversial news reports on classified programs. It also marks the latest potential use of the espionage statute to combat such leaks.
In December, Justice opened a criminal investigation after the New York Times disclosed the existence of the eavesdropping program, which allows the NSA to monitor telephone calls to and from the United States without a court order if one party is linked to suspected of links to terrorist groups. The documents released yesterday do not make it clear whether the grand jury is focused on that report or on some other disclosure.
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