When you hear about whistle blowers, you usually think of ENRON or some other large company. The last thing I would ever expect to hear about would be someone working at the NSA, the spookiest of the spooks in my opinion, whistle blowing on that agency to the NY Times and then offering to testify to congress.
The case in question involves a man named Russel Tice who worked for the agency and grew weary of the abuses he saw being committed in the name of justice. Evidently phone monitoring systems are in place to catch key words like "jihad" and then pull that persons entire phone conversation and log it for later analysis.
Tice says that the number of Americans being affected and watched could theoretically reach into the millions, especially if the citizen made an oversea phone call since 9/11. Not unsurprisingly Tice lost his security clearance for supposed psychological concerns and was later dismissed.
Ross, By Brian. "NSA Whistleblower Alleges Illegal Spying - ABC News." ABCNews.com - ABCNews.com: Breaking News, Vote 2010 Elections, Politics, World News, Good Morning America, Exclusive Interviews - ABC News. 10 Jan. 2006. Web. 14 Nov. 2010. <http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/Investigation/story?id=1491889>.
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