Censure recommended for lawyer who leaked info on warrantless wiretap program to New York Times

Debra Cassens Weiss reports:

A Washington, D.C., ethics committee has recommended public censure for a former Justice Department lawyer who leaked information about the government’s warrantless wiretap program.

The lawyer, Thomas Tamm, had agreed to the censure for revealing confidential client information, according to the report (PDF) by the hearing committee of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals Board on Professional Responsibility. The New York Times has a story on the recommendation.

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