Demagogue

If the much-anticipated Congressional hearings on domestic spying will have a star witness, he is likely to be a former NSA officer by the name of Russ Tice. According to Slate.com's Patrick Radden Keefe, Tice was one of the sources for the New York Times story that exposed the Bush administration's blow off-FISA domestic eavesdropping.

The problem for critics of the Bush eavesdropping practices? As Keefe explains, "your average whistle-blower often comes off as more crazy than confidence-inspiring." Keefe elaborates in this column.