Is This the Source?
The Washington Times reports this morning:

A former National Security Agency official wants to tell Congress about electronic intelligence programs that he asserts were carried out illegally by the NSA and the Defense Intelligence Agency.

Russ Tice, a whistleblower who was dismissed from the NSA last year, stated in letters to the House and Senate intelligence committees that he is prepared to testify about highly classified Special Access Programs, or SAPs, that were improperly carried out by both the NSA and the DIA.

These letters were apparently delivered to Congress the same day that the NY Times story appeared on December 16. Could this be the Times source on the NSA story? Maybe, maybe not. Note that Tice is described as a "whistleblower" not a "traitor."
- posted by Base10 @ 10:43 AM