source who exposed intelligence blunders by the National Security Agency
(NSA) in dealing with terrorist communications, the Washington Post
reports.
According to the story, US Senator Richard Shelby (Republican, Alabama),
former Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, has been
fingered to the Feds for leaking the embarrassing information to the
press.
Fox News's Chief Political Correspondent, Carl Cameron, has admitted
confirming to the FBI that Senator Shelby disclosed possibly classified
information during an interview in June of 2002.
Allegedly, Shelby blew the whistle on two messages intercepted by the
NSA just before the 9/11 atrocities, claiming that "tomorrow is zero
hour," and "the match is about to begin." Unfortunately, the messages
were not translated until after the calamity. Shelby, apparently,
thought the public needed to evaluate this information.
Fox's Cameron claimed that FBI agents frightened him with stories that a
grand jury subpoena for his testimony was being sought. He caved in to
FBI pressure tactics and coughed up his source, rather than endure the
hot seat, even though no such subpoena has ever been obtained. The
Justice Department has since dropped its case against Shelby, who is now
under investigation by the Senate Ethics Committee.
It is not known whether there is any more evidence than the word of a
fearless Fox journalist against him. �"
-Gel
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