Mr. Tamm

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Disambiguation: Thomas Allen Tamm (b. 1952) is the prominent FBI whistleblower and NSA surveillance exposer. Not to be confused with other individuals named Tamm. While he appears in the Department of War UAP archive, his primary documented relevance is to intelligence oversight and classified surveillance programs, not UAP-specific matters.

Thomas Allen Tamm (born 1952) is a former Department of Justice attorney and prominent whistleblower who exposed NSA warrantless surveillance programs. He served in the DOJ's Office of Intelligence Policy and Review (OIPR) from approximately 2001–2004, where he reviewed Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrant applications. In late 2004, Tamm anonymously contacted The New York Times reporter Eric Lichtblau to expose the NSA's classified wiretapping program; the resulting December 2005 article by Lichtblau and James Risen (winner of the 2009 Pulitzer Prize) became a landmark disclosure of domestic surveillance overreach. After an FBI raid in 2007, a lengthy criminal investigation was ultimately dropped by the Department of Justice in April 2011. He received the Ridenhour Truth-Telling Prize in 2009 and currently works as a public defender in Washington County, Maryland.

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Desambiguação: Thomas Allen Tamm (b. 1952) is the prominent FBI whistleblower and NSA surveillance exposer. Not to be confused with other individuals named Tamm. While he appears in the Department of War UAP archive, his primary documented relevance is to intelligence oversight and classified surveillance programs, not UAP-specific matters.

Thomas Allen Tamm (nascido em 1952) é um ex-advogado do Departamento de Justiça e denunciante proeminente que expôs programas de vigilância não-autorizada da NSA. Serviu no Escritório de Política de Inteligência e Revisão (OIPR) do Departamento de Justiça de aproximadamente 2001 a 2004, onde revisava aplicações de mandados da Lei de Vigilância de Inteligência Estrangeira (FISA). No final de 2004, Tamm contatou anonimamente o repórter do New York Times Eric Lichtblau para expor o programa clandestino de interceptação telefônica da NSA; o artigo de dezembro de 2005 de Lichtblau e James Risen (vencedores do Prêmio Pulitzer de 2009) tornou-se uma divulgação marco dos abusos de vigilância doméstica. Após uma operação do FBI em 2007, uma longa investigação criminal foi finalmente encerrada pelo Departamento de Justiça em abril de 2011. Recebeu o Prêmio Ridenhour Truth-Telling em 2009 e atualmente trabalha como defensor público no Condado de Washington, Maryland.

External Sources

• Thomas Tamm — Wikipedia · Wikipedia · reliability: high — born 1952; DOJ OIPR attorney 2001–2004; disclosed NSA warrantless surveillance to NYT late 2004; NYT article published December 16, 2005; FBI raid August 2007; DOJ investigation dropped April 2011; prominent FBI family background (father Quinn Tamm, uncle Edward Tamm)
• The FRONTLINE Interview: Thomas Tamm — PBS · PBS FRONTLINE · reliability: high — worked as prosecutor before joining OIPR ~2001; handled FISA warrant applications; contacted Eric Lichtblau via pay phone late 2004; motivated by concerns about illegality and democratic accountability; article published December 2005
• Ridenhour Truth-Telling Prize to Thomas Tamm — Government Accountability Project · Government Accountability Project · reliability: high — awarded Ridenhour Truth-Telling Prize 2009; recognized for exposing NSA secret wiretapping program; whistleblower profile with organizational support

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