Thomas Tamm
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Thomas Tamm is a former U.S. Justice Department lawyer known for exposing the Bush administration’s secret warrantless wiretapping program, code-named Stellar Wind.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Thomas Tamm canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
lawyer
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person ⓘ whistleblower ⓘ |
| affiliatedWith | civil liberties advocates in the United States ⓘ |
| areaOfActivism |
constitutional rights under the Fourth Amendment
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privacy rights ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Ridenhour Prize for Truth-Telling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Brown University
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Cornell Law School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | United States Department of Justice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | law ⓘ |
| genre | national security whistleblowing ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| legalStatus | faced investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice for his disclosures ⓘ |
| memberOf | Office of Intelligence Policy and Review NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement |
civil liberties advocacy
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government transparency ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
contacted The New York Times about NSA warrantless wiretapping
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leaked information about Stellar Wind to the press ⓘ publicly identified as the source for reporting on Stellar Wind ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exposing the Bush administration’s warrantless wiretapping program
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raising concerns about legality of NSA surveillance without FISA warrants ⓘ revealing the Stellar Wind surveillance program ⓘ |
| notableWork | disclosure of Stellar Wind ⓘ |
| occupation | lawyer ⓘ |
| opposed |
Bush administration domestic surveillance policies
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warrantless wiretapping by the National Security Agency ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Bush administration warrantless wiretapping scandal
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controversy over NSA warrantless surveillance ⓘ |
| partOf | history of United States government surveillance controversies ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
attorney in the Office of Intelligence Policy and Review
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attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice ⓘ |
| residence | Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| saidToBeSameAs | Tom Tamm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
discussions on whistleblower protections in the United States
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media coverage in Newsweek ⓘ media coverage in The New York Times ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Office of Intelligence Policy and Review
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Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
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