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One of the key whistleblowers on the Bush administration’s illegal spying on U.S. citizens has just gone public with his identity in a long Newsweek article: Thomas Tamm, a 56-year-old former Justice Department prosecutor who called the New York Times after a long period of misgivings about the program.

If you can stand Michael Isikoff’s fatuous centrism (“Gee, is he a hero or a criminal?”), the whole article is worth reading; otherwise try Threat Level’s summary.

And according to firedoglake, to give to his legal fund, send a check here:

Thomas Tamm Legal Defense Fund
Bank of Georgetown
5236 44th Street
Washington, DC 20015