Another fine example of the GWB hardliner....."You're either with us, or against us".
Mr. Tice...you've been sliced, diced, and sacrificed.

Does anyone know what 1-20-09 is?

GWBs last day in office.. "hallaluya"....

Discraceful that he's the one that lost his job over this. There have been Bills suggested by this congress to make the wiretappings legal retroactively, which only serves to emphasize their illegality. If something is in question we should alwasy err on the side of information to the American people. We, after all, are the goverors of our government, and should have enough information to provide adequate oversight.

This man has been wronged for being a patriot.

Hurrah -- Who ever elected Mr. Tice to make decisions about what should be sensitive and classified? Put the man in jail!!!

No oversight to anything, we sure as hell don't need congress anymore, we can replace them all with actors.

It make sense to have an eavesdropping program. It also would make sense to not allow 20,000,000 people to come into the country illegally, but why worry the government knows what they are doing wright? I feel so much better now that we punished Mr Tice after all we must agree with our government or we are traitor

Mr. Tice took a personal oath not to reveal methods used or sensitive information. He violated this oath, proving he cannot be trusted. With more like him and the New York Times we will experience another terrorist attack sooner rather than later. I would like to see postings from people whose personal rights were violated or even infringed upon when they were not violating the law or trying to harm our country or another person.

Mr. Morgan, Tice took an oath to defend the Constitution; if he agreed not to reveal methods or information, it was not by swearing an oath but by his signature on a contract. Surely the first triumphs the second.

Because I reported that two U.S. Forest Service employees offered me $20,000 to withdraw from a Federal selection to circumvent my right to veterans' preference and allegedly also because I wrote a report showing that the Forest Service wasted $208,000 on a junk science project, I have been blacklisted for all employment in the U.S. for almost 8 years. Forest Service personnel have illegally contacted agencies of the State of Washington and the U.S. Department of the Interior to be sure that I would not be hired. When I presented evidence of perjury, grand larceny, bribery, and obstruction of justice to District Judge Bryan in Washington State, he ruled that Federal employees are protected from consequences for these acts by sovereign immunity.
Whistleblowers are the greatest danger to organized crime, which is what many government agencies and the courts have become. That is why we must be silenced at all cost.
Charles Heckman

As a New York City Police Detective I took an OATH to uphold the Constitution for the State of New. I took my OATH very seriously.

I worked as an undercover investigator for the "Mollen Commission" A commission formed to investigate corruption within the NYPD. When I lived up to my OATH they destroyed my career and almost my family.

Lord Acton’s famous dictum – "Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely" is alive and well in NY

You see it is all about being able to retain, the absolute power to bury, conceal, and hide corruption within the NYPD/NYC Government. I was tortured for years by those in power in City Hall and high-ranking members of the NYPD.

And this retaliation was for having performed as an “Undercover Investigator for the Mollen Commission and exposing corruption at the very top of the NYPD Command structure.

In response to Joshua C's comments "we should always err on the side of information to the American people" and that we are after all the governors of our govwernment, I agree, yes Mr. Tice has been wrongedfor being a patriot. However,is being a blabing patriot as important as keeping your mouth shut, when it it is in the best interest for our country and our people and be as supportive to our government as possible, who is trying to get a handle on the problem we all facing? Let us support our leadership with our daily prayers and the way we conduct ourselves. I am in favor for what our government is doing. They need to do some listening in on what is being cooked up inside of mosques inside of our country. This would show that there are limits to our freedom everyone loves in our country. Let's use a little more wisdom, so we can continue to enjoy this beautiful country with all it's "Freedom"

Mr Tice is very blessed that he is in America - in very many countries he would be either wearing broad stiped pjs as I think he should be or maybe even inhaling dirt !

How does a treasonous leaker get the status of 'whistle-blower'? His contentions are debatable at best. But the damage to our security is done before the debate even started.

Jail him. Don't protect him.

Being a "blabbing patriot" (previous comment) trumps being a patriot who keeps his mouth shut for the so-called "good of the country" [implying for our safety] for one very good reason. The U.S. Constitution is the supreme law of our land, and all the principles of this country layed out therein trump safety of our nations people any day of the week.

Your safety is not a "right". Living in a free country, more accurately, living in ANY country on this planet means you take your risks 'like a man' and accept that there are no guarantees in life. You, not the government, are responsible for your life and your safety on a daily basis (Second Amendment comes in handy here - as does hiding in a cave like a coward everytime they government says the fabricated threat yellow is now "yellow"). "Safety" implies a positive-right just like welfare lovers demand that health care and education is their "right". You have no such right. Liberty trumps freedom any day of the week.

As a citizen of a free country, you are bound by the 'social contract' over signed 200 years ago that says ever american citizen is bound to live by. That social contract says freedom comes first. If you want safety over freedom, move to another country that has that in writing. You will not get it here in our country which values freedom above all else. Without liberty, life has no meaning, so its a moot point to live simply to live without purpose (that purpose being freedom).

Three cheers for this whistleblower, I say. His Oath to uphold the Constitution (of which there is no higher legal authority) trumps the secrecy contract he signed regarding his requirement to keep quiet and 'cover up' not just federal crimes but acts against the Constitution.

Being a "blabbing patriot" (previous comment) trumps being a patriot who keeps his mouth shut for the so-called "good of the country" [implying for our safety] for one very good reason. The U.S. Constitution is the supreme law of our land, and all the principles of this country layed out therein trump safety of our nations people any day of the week.

Your safety is not a "right". Living in a free country, more accurately, living in ANY country on this planet means you take your risks 'like a man' and accept that there are no guarantees in life. You, not the government, are responsible for your life and your safety on a daily basis (Second Amendment comes in handy here - as does hiding in a cave like a coward everytime they government says the fabricated threat yellow is now "yellow"). "Safety" implies a positive-right just like welfare lovers demand that health care and education is their "right". You have no such right. Liberty trumps freedom any day of the week.

As a citizen of a free country, you are bound by the 'social contract' over signed 200 years ago that says ever american citizen is bound to live by. That social contract says freedom comes first. If you want safety over freedom, move to another country that has that in writing. You will not get it here in our country which values freedom above all else. Without liberty, life has no meaning, so its a moot point to live simply to live without purpose (that purpose being freedom).

Three cheers for this whistleblower, I say. His Oath to uphold the Constitution (of which there is no higher legal authority) trumps the secrecy contract he signed regarding his requirement to keep quiet and 'cover up' not just federal crimes but acts against the Constitution.

If what Mr. Tice saw or did at the NSA effected you personally you would be singing a different tune. Unfortunatly this is the only way the American people know what's going on.The only truth GWB knows is his own.
Shame on you for your see no evil hear no evil attitude.