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Whistleblower Tom Drake On NSA Warrantless Wiretapping Post 9/11

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Uploaded by on Aug 22, 2011

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August 22, 2011 - Tom Drake, a former NSA senior executive, was indicted last year for espionage after leaking allegations to the media that the nation's largest intelligence organization had committed fraud, waste and abuse. Scott Pelley reports.

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  • So to add insult to injury... After 4 years of Hell... he gets a misdemeanor? WTF? They guy deserves a freaking medal for having courage and honor.

  • This man is a true hero. Standing up for the Constitution of The United States!

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  • @sultros Apology gratuitously accepted (I trust that there WILL be a small remuneration? ;-)

  • @colourmegone I think i did. Color me internet disabled and I apologise. That's right, an apology! Something you may never seen again on the net =P

  • @sultros I think you have misunderstood my remark. I wasn't criticizing Mr Drake for what he did, I was criticizing the law under which he is being prosecuted. I quite agree that he did everything in his power to bring this out through proper channels but was thwarted by the system.

  • NSA mismanaged... Sound familiar? Operation Fast and Furious, Gunwalker, over and over we see the same crap. They cant even protect us from morons with bombs in their undies and shoes. The people that do their job get screwed. The people that get on their knees get the promotions. Shame. We are going the way of Rome.

  • @colourmegone There are paths for whistleblowers to follow. He followed that path. He was ignored. Going to the media was the final step. Did you skip that part?? Go to 7:10 in the video.

  • @2013skywalker thank you

  • You Americans should read a little about communist Russia, Germany under Hitler, Romania under Caucescu. This man is a hero, I was a government 'worker' once, it's so extremely nice, almost no work, a lot of money, it's like a movie, the only problem is like Thatcher said 'the problem with socialism is that at one time you run out of other people's money'.

  • THIS IS ALL B.S COVER UP to make them look incompetent , THE Reality is that FBI had MORE then ONE REPORT TO CIA , who IGNORED the warnings, including the JET FIGHTER that FOLLOWED the PLANE on TV , he was told to STAND down.

    ALL this GUYS are JUST spinning LIES, THE HISTORY IS THE LIES THAT EVERY BODY AGREES ON

    and you can take this to the bank

  • I hope this video isn't trying to say that we need wiretapping?

    This "Thinthread" thing, they're saying they shut it down 9 months before 9/11.. wonder why?

    So, the solution, is having a new version of "thinthread" to listen to all our calls and financial information? I DONT THINK SO.

    They'll just shut that one down too, right before the next false-flag.

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