Russ Tice, the former NSA employee who’s said he spoke with the New York Times about the NSA’s domestic spying efforts, was subpoenaed last week to testify before a grand jury on Aug. 2. A quick letter from a decent lawyer has now won Tice an indefinite postponement, according to the advocacy group National Security Whistleblowers Coalition.
Meanwhile, another group argues that the federal investigation into who leaked the NSA program to the NYTimes may itself be illegal. According to federal law, âUntil the government demonstrates that any properly classified information has been released, it is illegal to spend federal funds investigating Mr. Tice,” said Government Accountability Project legal director Tom Devine in a press release today.
