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Thomas Tamm the Federal Death Penalty

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pNewsweek#39;s cover article this week is quot;a href=http://www.newsweek.com/id/174601The Fed Who Blew the Whistle: Is he a hero or a criminal?/aquot;#0160; It#39;s written by Michael Isikoff, and it sheds some new light on the use of the federal death penalty in the Bush administration./ppThe focus of Issikoff#39;s report is Thomas Tamm, a career DoJ prosecutor and his growing awareness of the Bush administration#39;s secret eavesdropping program run by the National Security Agency.#0160; Troubled by the limited information he had, Tamm went to a superior and a congressional oversight committee staffer.#0160; After being rebuffed by both, Tamm eventually called a reporter at the New York Times and shared his concerns./ppThe story of the secret NSA spying program was broken in December 2005 by the New York Times, quot;a href=http://www...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on December 18, 2008 (boomark / email).