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Isn't what Tamm did illegal and isn't the rule of law to be applied impartially? Or just when the "right" people say so?
Personally, I don't know if he is in violation of the law. I don't know enough about the details of the case to comment on that.
But, I think it's in our national interest to allow whistleblowers to expose corruption at the highest levels of office without prosecution. ESPECIALLY, when you see the leaders of the legislative branch complicit with those in the Executive Branch. The implied oversight (between the two branches) was supposed to keep this kind of illegal activity from ever occurring.
If both branches are complicit in these crimes, then the ONLY way you'd ever find out about it would be through a whistleblower who went public to force them to abide by the rule of law.
I am thankful for his vigilantism, and believe he should be given whistleblower status from prosecution and possibly an award for what he's exposed.
