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NSA Whistleblower Thomas Drake On Coast To Coast AM
Tom Drake, is a former NSA senior executive , Drake was one of several sources for a Baltimore Sun article about a $1.2 billion NSA experimental program called “Trailblazer” to sift through electronic communications for national security threats. He alleged that the program was inefficient compared to a rival program called “Thin Thread” and also violated Americans’ privacy rights. As a result, he faced 35 years in prison for charges under The Espionage Act, but was not ever actually accused of spying. Instead, he was accused of holding on to classified documents in his basement that he says he did not even know were classified. In a major embarrassment for the U.S. Department of Justice, his case ended last year in a misdemeanor plea deal. Now former top spokesman for the Justice Department Matthew Miller seems to be reversing his stance on the prosecution of Drake, saying the case may have been an “ill-considered choice for prosecution.” All of this comes amidst the Obama administration’s unprecedented attack on whisteblowers.
