The Fed Who Blew the Whistle

The damage that George W. Bush has done to this country is immeasurable and will be the subject of countless doctoral theses for decades. How arrogant to violate the oath to "uphold the constitution of the United States" in such blatant fashion. In my view, Tamm is a hero and Bush will go down in history as the worse president in the history of the US.

It seems there is one person here who would not have blown the whistle on Richard Nixon's use of the IRS to attack his presumed emenies in hollywood. Yes and also that one person here does not have concern for those in elected office that fill they are above the written law of our land: Having sat across from Vladimir Putin and while gazing into his eyes he found a soulmate, it is evident by the directions that W. has tried to lead us that A-hole was serious. He does not trust the federal judges of the United States of America.... There is and was something really wrong.

YOU HIRE A "LAWYER",THEN DON'T EXPECT THEM TO BE A RAT?!? DUH UH?

IS HE SAYING HE COULDN'T GO "FUTHER UP THE CHAIN OF COMMAND" WITH HIS FEELINGS? NO,HE DECIDED TO DO THINGS THE WAY IT WILL "PAY OFF",READY FOR HIS BOOK ANYONE?!!!

TREASON IS GETTING OUT OF HAND! EXECUTE THE MAN!

The SS only obeyed orders too, but military law was changed in 1944 so that was no defence. Thankully some understand the higher ideals espoused by 'Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity' and fought against the covert creation of a police state by a cavalier president whilst too many careerists didn't want to know. Terrorists kill people. Have conservatives only just woken up to this? They were quite happy to train Afghans when the Soviets invaded: my enemy's enemy is my friend - until two decades later he bites your hand. Other Americans were quite happy to fund the IRA for years against the Brits. One of their bombs killed several military bandsmen not 12 miles from where I live, and another narrowly missed my wife to be. Fortunately for us they lacked the imagination and will to think big like Al Qaeda. 2000+ people died in the twin towers - but how many die each year in car crashes, through hospital errors, smoking or alcohol? Is there a war on them? Some people have no sense of proportion, and are quite happy to give up freedoms hard won without a fight.

What Tamm did was really a awesomw act. Nobody can gather this much courage to bring homself in danger for the sake of public.He wanted to let the citizens know that wiretrapping is being done without their knowledge. I ownder y people are stabbing him with words like criminal.He should be loojked up yo and followed as an example as the well wisher.

It takes more courage to do what Tamm did than most of us have. It's a beautiful thing when people fight for what they believe in... dieing on your feet rather than living on your knees.

Hero. He didn't break the law, he reported the violation of the law.

This man is the only person at the Justice Department who took his oath of office seriously. He had no other option to protect and defend the constitution than the one he took. He's a hero, to be lauded! If only every person who took their oath to protect and defend the constitution as seriously we wouldn't have been in Iraq, fostered and abetted teh growth and renewal fo alQaida, tortured others. This man is ethically fat and away above his former seniors and the entire administration now leaving office far too slowly.

This man is a selfish attention seeker. I don't think he cares for this country or it's people. I can understand it if he could provide a case where any cityzen was harmed by this program. Looks like his motivation is hatred towards some one or something.

The FBI certainly should have no problem going after a federal whistleblower. They have honed their skills several times on their own. Google the names of Sibel Edmonds, Robert Wright, Coleen Rowley, Bassem Youssef, Fred Whitehurst, John Roberts, Jane Turner, and Michael German. All FBI whistleblowers who exposed corruption, incompetence, or misconduct in the FBI and suffered retaliation and reprisals for speaking truth to power.

What is wrong with you guys? Don't you understand that Constitution. which does not provide ways to legally protect itself from goverment abuse, is dead meat? Democtratic country will not stay this way for long if it requiores heroes to sustain its constitutional rights. American constitution is not so defensless however, otherwise US would be a police state long ago. You, Democtrats, are so full of .. political agenda, you are willing to proclame his the next MLJ only because he exposed so hated Bush. Had he did it to Clinton or Jonson - you would not say those persons are heroes. Linda Trip and Kennet Starr are not your heroes (by the way, I also think they are jerks), I did not hear that you praised Ellsberg becuse he exposed Democrats abuse of power. If some jerk will reveal sencitive information to expose Obama - I will say, together with you, that he is a criminal.
Tamm was not a naive powereless honest citizen, he was a lawer, FBI agent, prosecutor, defiinitely new how to procede and succeed (if he was right) without newspapers, If he had lost his job because of retributions - you could name his true hero and give him good position in Obama administration. But who you stand for?

The FBI is a fine organization to go after a federal whistleblower, they have been destroying their own internal whistleblowers for years. Blowing the whistle on incompetence, misconduct or criminal behavior by senior officials in the FBI has resulted in reprisal and retaliation against the FBI whistleblower. Google the names of FBI whistleblowers Coleen Rowley, Fred Whitehurst, Michael German, Bassem Youssef, Jane Turner, John Roberts, Sibel Edmonds, Robert Wright, and others.