Comments on: Would-Be NSA Whistleblower Can’t Get Congress’ Attention http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2006/05/would-be_nsa_whistleblower_can.html Secrecy News from the FAS Project on Government Secrecy Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:51:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: zz ziled http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2006/05/would-be_nsa_whistleblower_can.html/comment-page-1#comment-554 zz ziled Wed, 03 May 2006 18:26:23 +0000 http://fasweb.beacontec.com/blog/secrecy/2006/05/would-be_nsa_whistleblower_cant_get_congress_attention.html#comment-554 To further a broader understanding of the inherent dilemma here and the DOD's historic use of SAPS; may I recommend an excellent 5 Jan 2000 article by Mr. Bill Sweetman called: "In search of the Pentagon's billion dollar hidden budgets---how the US keeps its R&D spending under wraps" published by Jane's Defence. <a href="http://www.janes.com/defence/news/jidr/jidr000105_01_n.shtml" rel="nofollow">http://www.janes.com/defence/news/jidr/jidr000105_01_n.shtml</a> To further a broader understanding of the inherent dilemma here and the DOD’s historic use of SAPS; may I recommend an excellent 5 Jan 2000 article by Mr. Bill Sweetman called:

“In search of the Pentagon’s
billion dollar hidden budgets—how the US keeps its R&D spending under wraps”
published by Jane’s Defence.

http://www.janes.com/defence/news/jidr/jidr000105_01_n.shtml

]]> By: Allen Thomson http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2006/05/would-be_nsa_whistleblower_can.html/comment-page-1#comment-553 Allen Thomson Wed, 03 May 2006 14:59:15 +0000 http://fasweb.beacontec.com/blog/secrecy/2006/05/would-be_nsa_whistleblower_cant_get_congress_attention.html#comment-553 NSA told Mr. Tice, "The SAPs to which you refer are controlled by the Department of Defense (DoD) and I understand that neither the staff nor the members of the HPSCI or SSCI are cleared to receive the information covered by the SAPs." However, looking at the CRS report <a href="http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/secrecy/RS20748.pdf" rel="nofollow">"Protection of Classified Information by Congress: Practices and Proposals"</a> (pdf), we see "Members of Congress (as with the President and Vice President, Justices of the Supreme Court, or other federal court judges) have never been required to hold security clearances." So, staff aside, why did the question of clearance for members of Congress come up at all? NSA told Mr. Tice, “The SAPs to which you refer are controlled by the Department of Defense (DoD) and I understand that neither the staff nor the members of the HPSCI or SSCI are cleared to receive the information covered by the SAPs.”

However, looking at the CRS report “Protection of Classified Information by Congress: Practices and Proposals” (pdf), we see “Members of Congress (as with the President and Vice President, Justices of the Supreme Court, or other federal court judges) have never been required to hold security clearances.”

So, staff aside, why did the question of clearance for members of Congress come up at all?

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