> People can disagree with [Tye’s] views, but [the government] should be holding him out as the ultimate national security whistleblower, because he’s doing it

> People can disagree with [Tye’s] views, but [the government] should be holding him out as the ultimate national security whistleblower, because he’s doing it the right way.” In my opinion Russ Tice deserves that title. Like Tye, he lacks document evidence. However, Tice's claims have been by far the most damning thus far, even more so than Snowden's (in my opinion). Tice was not merely briefed by the NSA, but held a senior position there. Tye however does an admirable job of hammering home the point that minimization procedures come into play after collection [on US persons] has taken place, during the accessing of the collected data. This is a hugely important detail that most of the reporting on Snowden material has either overlooked or bungled.