[Intelforum] Bush's Warrantless Wiretaps (2)

[LevinMJ at aol.com]

Mr. Prosano;
 
Thanks for your extended reply to my comments. Since you provide your  
background in CI, perhaps fairness  dictates that I should provide mine. My  views 
are founded in over four decades of work in the signals intelligence  field.
While my comments were limited to a reaction to Mr. Maschke's  statement that
          "  I  think that the whistleblowers who revealed this illegal 
domestic  
surveillance program to the press are to be commended, not condemned."
you appear to be tilting at windmills I did not paint.
I did not comment on the legality or illegality of the White House directed  
surveillance program.
I did not comment on the role of SIGINT versus other intelligence  sources.
I did not comment on the degree of reliance on SIGINT.
I simply indicated that the individual who revealed the existence of   the 
program, from a classified document, was not a whistleblower but rather a  
leaker of classified national security information. I said whistleblowing is  
legal; --you can give them your name. Leaking of classified information is  
criminal; --you don't allow your name to be used; you demand anonymity. And we  don't 
commend criminals.
And the type of damage to the national security I was talking about is the  
type exemplified by the well documented case of the Sigint leak which resulted  
in the death of two hundred forty one US Marines in Lebanon.
 
Mike Levin
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