Hal Rogers
Chuck Grassley honors Robert MacLean and Fast and Furious whistleblower
Seven leaders of Congress support TSA whistleblower Robert MacLean

Future U.S. presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and John Kerry

Tammy Duckworth addresses new retaliation against MacLean
Senator Chuck Schumer protests to USA Today
John Kerry capitalized yet did nothing
Hillary Clinton capitalizes on his whistleblowing yet refuses to help MacLean
Elijah Cummings signs MacLean Supreme Court amicus
Darrell Issa signs MacLean Supreme Court amicus

24 Members of Congress who supported Robert MacLean's actions or protested the TSA's abuse of its unclassified secrecy marking of air marshals' July 2003 unsecured cellular phone text message

Other supportive members of Congress and MacLean's work with Congress


The 2006 report by the House Judiciary Committee — Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner —calling for major reforms such as common sense, safe dress code and boarding procedures, titled: "In Plane Sight: Lack of Anonymity at the Federal Air Marshal Service Compromises Aviation and National Security"


Charles Schumer, Sen. (D-NY): http://usat.ly/18V7tFU & http://bit.ly/RN8lqC & http://usat.ly/1dKnf8h


Ken Calvert, Rep. (R-CA)

Hal Rogers, Rep. & Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Aviation Security (R-KY): https://fxn.ws/2CSjxyb & https://cbsn.ws/2BTQN8L

Harry Reid, Sen. (D-NV)

Claire McCaskill, Sen. (D-MO)

Charles Grassley, Sen. (R-IA)

Frank Lautenberg, Sen. (D-NJ)

Carolyn Maloney, Rep. (D-NY): http://1.usa.gov/1NEEXsF & http://1.usa.gov/1gWEAKw & http://usat.ly/18V7tFU

F. James Sensenbrenner, Rep. & Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee (R-WI): http://abcn.ws/1sI1sT5 & http://abcn.ws/1kftkgy

Bill Pascrell, Rep. (D-NJ)

Jim Turner, Rep. (D-TX)

James Langevin, Rep. (D-RI)

Barbara Boxer, Sen. (D-CA) publicly thanked MacLean: http://usat.ly/1oFlTT2 & http://bit.ly/19wJFbX

Edolphus Towns, Rep. (D-NY)

Dennis Kucinich, Rep. (D-OH)

Elijah Cummings, Rep. (D-MD)

Dave Obey, Rep. (D-WI)

Ernest Hollings, Sen. (D-SC)

Darrell Issa, Rep. (R-CA)


All of the courts and their judges involved:


8 (EIGHT) decisions issued in MacLean’s case — 4 (FOUR) precedential*

2008—U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, San Francisco*

2008 Merit Systems Protection Board ("MSPB") San Francisco Attorney Examiner Craig Berg—Interlocutory to full MSPB headquarters, Washington DC

2009 Chairman Neil McPhie & Vice Chairwoman Mary Rose full MSPB, Washington DC*

2009 MSPB San Francisco Attorney Examiner Franklin M. Kang

2011 Chairwoman Susan Grundman, Vice Chairwoman Anne Wagner, and Republican Member Mary Rose full MSPB, Washington DC*

2013 U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Washington DC*

2013 U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit en banc, Washington DC

2014 Supreme Court of the United States

8 (EIGHT) executive branch officials from Transportation Security Administration ("TSA") and MSPB

Charles Ortman (TSA’s “Proposing Official”)

Frank Donzanti (TSA’s “Deciding Official”): took full responsibility for firing MacLean and then demoted TWICE immediately after testifying against him: http://bit.ly/1lBOHHh

Craig Berg (Merit Systems Protection Board Attorney Examiner)

Neil McPhie (Merit Systems Protection Board Chairman — George W. Bush appointee)

Mary Rose (Merit Systems Protection Board Vice Chairwoman — George W. Bush appointee)

Franklin M. Kang (Merit Systems Protection Board — Attorney Examiner)

Susan T. Grundmann (Merit Systems Protection Board Chairwoman — Barack Obama appointee)

Anne Wagner (Merit Systems Protection Board Chairwoman — Barack Obama appointee)


U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit** (Circuit Judges Farris, Siler, & Bea) ruled:

  • “MacLean may still contest his termination before the MSPB, where he may raise the Whistleblower Protection Act and contend that the lack of clarity of the TSA’s 2003 ‘sensitive security information’ regulations is evidence MacLean disseminated the text message under a good faith belief the information did not qualify as ‘sensitive security information.’”


Eugene Siler, Jr.**, NINTH Circuit (George H.W. Bush)

Carlos Bea**, NINTH Circuit (George W. Bush)

Jerome Farris**, NINTH Circuit (Jimmy Carter)


U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (UNANIMOUS in favor of MacLean)


Kimberly Moore, FEDERAL Circuit (George W. Bush) — authored FC decision

Evan Wallach, FEDERAL Circuit  (Barack Obama) — concurred with Judge Moore and wrote a separate decision

Sharon Prost, FEDERAL Circuit  (George W. Bush) — concurred with Judge Moore

Timothy Dyk, FEDERAL Circuit  (Bill Clinton)

Pauline Newman‎, FEDERAL Circuit  (Ronald Reagan)

Kathleen M. O’Malley, FEDERAL Circuit  (Barack Obama)

Randall Rader, FEDERAL Circuit  (George H.W. Bush)

Jimmie Reyna, FEDERAL Circuit  (Barack Obama)

Alan Lourie, FEDERAL Circuit  (George H.W. Bush)

Richard Taranto, FEDERAL Circuit  (Barack Obama)


Supreme Court of the United States (7-2 in favor of MacLean)


John Roberts, Chief Justice (George W. Bush — author of the 7-2 opinion in favor of MacLean)


Samuel Alito, Associate Justice (George W. Bush — joined Chief Justice Roberts in favor of MacLean)


Antonin Scalia, Associate Justice (Ronald Reagan — joined Chief Justice Roberts in favor of MacLean)


Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice (George H.W. Bush — joined Chief Justice Roberts in favor of MacLean)


Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice (Bill Clinton — joined Chief Justice Roberts in favor of MacLean)


Stephen Breyer, Associate Justice (Bill Clinton — joined Chief Justice Roberts in favor of MacLean)


Elena Kagan, Associate Justice (Barack Obama — joined Chief Justice Roberts in favor of MacLean)


Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice (Barack Obama — dissented)


Anthony Kennedy, Associate Justice (Ronald Reagan — joined Associate Justice Sotomayor)