if you knew about the song from phone stuporous. stance on t.v. dot com. this is she and these are the week's top stories a southern russian resort region struggles to recover pulling a deadly deluge as hundreds of volunteers rushed to help those left without homes and supplies. doing findings as syria's hama province rubbish the rebel claims the regime to get some two hundred civilians accusations some world powers to at face value before rushing to condemn the rich. and spain for losing greece's way as antos terrace approach has take a bloody turn with police adopting

a no tolerance approach and bad dealings with demonstrators. and right now to talk with the my national security agency executive in the u.s. who sacrificed his career to blow the whistle on wrongdoing inside there. my guest today is thomas andrews drake he was a senior executive of america's biggest intelligence agency at the beginning of the two thousands he was an expert on elec tronic eavesdropping someone with a top secret security clearance then mr drake essentially sacrificed his career to blow the whistle on his agency's wrongdoings as he saw them he was charged under the espionage act but only last year the charges were dropped this drake thank you very much for coming thanks for having me tell me about the program that you challenge to working with the national security agency the surveillance program

what was its potential harm as you saw it there was the very large flagship program called trailblazer that was designed to catapult n.s.a. into the twenty first century to deal with the vast amounts of data being generated from the digital age given the massive fraud and abuse that and it n.s.a. had created with the trial as a program as well as a super secret surveillance program they completely violated the constitution and the fourth amendment and in particular in particular the statute called the foreign intelligence surveillance act which was the first command at n.s.a. you did not violate americans privacy without a warrant under that statute in fact if you did there were criminal penalties for doing so and i found this out to survive the horror and shock shortly after nine eleven. the n.s.a. had entered into a secret agreement with the white house in which n.s.a. would become the executive agent for this sort of secret surveillance program on

the front end was designed to deal with the threat of the terrorist threat and that was for understandable but what it did is it actually essentially turn the united states into just a collection platform so you know vast reams of data are increasingly being collected or through other entities be made available to n.s.a. for analysis there's a lot of debate about this proposed legislation i'm sure you heard about it the system which will in the name of national security would allow web service providers to funnel private information of their users to the authorities to government agencies aren't they already doing that i mean many argue that providers you know google facebook and other companies they they need the legislation to protect themselves from being liable for what they're already doing and that's why those companies who lobby for the bill well that's i believe that's part of it the other part of it is the government just wants even more access to even more data

and so i mean under the patriot act and section two fifteen there is a secret executive interpretation of that which essentially grants the government pretty much unfettered access to subscriber information that's held by those companies. since that would take out and there's other variants of that would take that to the next level you know under under the label or the rubric of you know cyber threats and to provide sort of cyber security the government wants even more invasive access almost persistent access to networks that are not normally available to the public i understand the technology is so advanced now that it is probably so very tempting for intelligence agencies to siphon all that they get but what is the goal is it total thirty and i believe if you take what has been happening since in time there are post nine. levin security world what you're seeing is the establishment of a sort of surveillance society years your senior stablish of a surveillance network and i keeps telling people people realize the extent to

which we're already surveilled in many many different ways the extent to which vast amounts of our own transactional data in all forms all i try forms and e-mails and your tweets and bank records everything else are all subject for or saw suspect ok in terms of terms of surveillance it raises the specter of kind of the rise of soft tyranny it raises the specter of you're automatically suspicious until you prove that you're not it raises the specter of a universal i call it a universal wiretap a persistent universal wiretap on every single person or if it not they can create one because what happens if they don't like you what happens you speak ill will against a government what happens if you say something they consider disloyal i mean that's not the country that i took an oath to defend four times in my government career

and you also have the fear element fear in itself is control and what people will do when they're fearful is they were they will begin to censor themselves so much of what's happening now particular my case it sent it extraordinarily chilling message that anybody and i was a senior executive the government had a very high position and i say. it sends that extraordinarily chilling message that if you speak out if you speak up we're going to hammer you and we're going to hammer you hard because look what we did to mr drake and their security has effectively become the state religion you don't question it and if you question it then your loyalty is questioned i want to ask you about julian assange he's we can make cables expose the u.s. complicity in torture and other crimes how angry you think washington is that julian assange which i think they're extremely angry at the fact that there's apparently based on press reporting you know there's a secret grand jury there maybe even a secret indictment they want to get him and they want to put him away i mean there

are those in this country very high levels to call for the death penalty. and sweden does not promise they they can't make a guarantee that if they did bring him back to sweep for questioning he would be extradited to the united states and believe me if the united states got its hands on him they're going to do everything they could to put him away as long as they can or worse this is a very long reach and far as is similar to what i went through i mean they it was a multi-year multi-million dollar criminal and nasty investigation that i got caught up inside of and they spent several years several years in my own particular case trying to figure out how to bring an indictment against me speaking truth to power is very dangerous in today's world the power elites. those in charge they don't like dirty linen being aired they don't like the skeletons in the closet being seen. and they not only do they object to it they decide to turn it into criminal activity remember my will so blowing was criminalized by

my own government. i know i had no protection although ostensibly they couldn't reprise against me retaliate they did but i also find striking is that there is there's basically a smear campaign against journalists too for example a report on civilian deaths in u.s. drone strikes i read a number of articles where u.s. administration officials basically accused them of helping terrorists and that label terrorist help where it seemed it is becoming a convenient tool to brush off investigative journalism isn't it what it is you go after the messenger and because the last thing i want to do is deal with the message you're talking about all the activities the secret surveillance the warrantless wiretapping torture rendition drone strikes and a whole host of other measures that i would assert are extra constitutional not to do they violate our own law also violate a number of international laws go after the messenger not the message because see

the bridge to actually discuss the message or to address the message becomes very uncomfortable. so essentially what's happened is that law which and we're a nation of laws the if we start to depart which you already have in a very significant moving away from that from being a nation of laws and simply leave it up to policy to substitute we're going down a very slippery slope and in the united states of america everybody's reporting on this feeling by rights that the u.s. and its well allegedly developed to spy on iran and then there is the actual cyber weapon the stuxnet which created havoc in iran's nuclear facilities we hear u.s. officials condemn cyber attacks all the time but it turns out that the u.s. government itself is involved in cyber attacks how do you see it well based on what can only be authorized leaks which is an oxymoron coming from within the administration other senior officials they want people to know right believe that's the case i think that something is has not been reported they actually wanted

people to know i think some people say oh it's just war makes makes the administration look good you know sort of you know selling their oats and say hey we're we're the man here they want people to know they want to know what the united states is capable of doing it is a it is another form of warfare it is a you know it is a cyber weapon but it's a pandora's box because we're now in kind of charted territories it's virtual war to say it that way it's a virtual conflict i mean the pentagon itself has been on record that if a nation conducts what is allegedly being conducted by this country against other countries using things like stuxnet that's an act of war but apparently it were duly it's not considered an act of war it's information operations or cyber operations so it goes it goes under a whole host of other labels to make it something different from what it really is . so where were the lines drawn i want to go back to you becoming a whistleblower you had a well paid job at

a couple's ishani america's biggest intelligence agency you turned it all down you went to work to an apple store i wonder how do you decide to go for something like that you can't put a price on freedom and i took an oath i mean my oath was to the constitution that took primacy over everything else so what do you do you're faced realising your horror that your own government is an abject violation of the very oath that you took the very constitution that you took an oath to defend support defend against all enemies foreign domestic faithfully executing that law and you're finding out in secret that your own government is in violation of it and then you know that was never necessary you knew that the best of american inventiveness and ingenuity could of not only provide superior intelligence like the thin thread program but would have done so in complete compliance with the fourth amendment and they tossed it overboard because they didn't want those controls they didn't want that

oversight most people don't stand up to power because power wields a lot of power and power can do you win or make life very difficult but i wasn't just standing up for myself i was standing up for you know the generations that follow me thank you thanks for having me. there hasn't been anything yet on t.v.

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hello there sport and also you thanks for joining us this hour coming up in the pulitzer. scoles subtle details not solved beats a rival derek and wants to fight terror which vitali klitschko next. while russian kid walks over to mermaid grabs another world heavyweight title in front of a home. and just sat and match a week after wimbledon triumph serena williams storms into another final this time in california. watson force them david haye has the w.b.c. champion vitaly klitschko to fight him before retirement britain speaking out after his knockout victory against compared to a direct in london thirty one year old has a lot his opponent who is twenty eight in the closing seconds of the fifth round

this really about hopefully bringing an end to that has a long running quarrel after chisora threatened to shoot in february big trick could now pave the way for a possible fight against italy something is desperate to go for especially after losing his double be a title to retire younger brother of the dimmer on points last year but hey says they sent out a scary message and doubts vitale would be up to the challenge. in other boxing news american done against syria has beaten britons are make can to claim the w.b. a super lightweight crown because syria was the underdog in las vegas but he sent current to the canvas with their left in the third round and although the count was out flawed again twice in succession before the referee and the devout. takes can't be a title and held his own w.b.c.

crown isn't beaten record stretches to twenty four victories fifteen by knockout. russian kickboxer will determine eighth has claimed another world heavyweight crown that suff to beating germany's journo dora for the w.-k. a title he did it in front of hundreds of found at the so-called u.s.s.r. championships in a more school which also saw several european title fights on the night is robert jordan out. once upon a time in the east dude of the muscular region the best boilers from the former soviet republics. pleased to find out who was the toughest there is you know these good books and two of them unstirred nine years ago you know. has grown into the open there showdown with international titles at stake. some domestic affairs first though the twenty twelve event supercard opened with the russian light welterweight championship five rounds of it to from both. clue now the

victory over his competitor at. some big again i swear next to do battle with the w five european cruiserweight title at stake. versus how bunny. the russian doing lead in the first two rounds of the belts over the french champ in front of his to each their own. and was even to toy with his opponent hard decision for the judges before the root in the group whose favor that's how it came to some world titles on the line with a russia such show in ukraine said i'm on my left sitting now probably the most furious question of the night both gave their all to secure the w five we'll to wait built but it was the ukrainian thunder who had more to offer. and i took my time in the early rounds to take a closer look at my opponent's moves i realised he was faster than me so i had to

rely on my cardio and just try to break him down i kept moving on always putting him under pressure you know i just did more in the ring that's what gave me the edge and this was top of the bill one of russia's biggest heavyweight prospects. as he's on the w.-k. a title and so did germany's danielle door who proved to be a tough nut to crack after this diverse stating right to buy meaning in the second round the great german managed to cover and stay up till the end of the fight and although he was bitten or let the ring with his head held high. over in further proof. skills i had better timing that's why my punches landed on his body and he's on my elbow. to school region.

has flown back to italy to face allegations the tail end right back will be questioned by his country's football federation on monday he denies claims he was involved in fixing games while. when he played alongside defender schoolie who is also implicated featured aids in its two new defeat to rubin in that rush is super cup final on saturday so it's a robot chatter to do in the goalscorer is that they seize that traditional cause and raise it to the new season russian premier league champions in it expect to have crushed it back in time for their first game against cup next sunday. there have been upset at the diamond league meeting in london with something for the upcoming olympics struggling in the cold and wet weather shall end fraser price is the fastest woman in the world this year in the one hundred metres but she came last said this final which was one blessing of nigeria in eleven point zero one

seconds america's committed jetta was third world australian well champ instead of pearson was the favorite for the one hundred meter hurdles but she was beaten by american kelly world news for the women's reigning four hundred meter olympic champion christine. past world champion muncher of bits one or two in a time or fifty one point one nine what french make yourself a match plucked season's best in the men's two hundred meter is coming in nineteen point nine one second only jamaicans you send bolt and john blake have been quicker . very first. here. before the olympics. if you don't for the first you didn't. know i was. card.

for the for your big game you're. now just a week after winning wimbledon serena williams has reached another ten its final this time at the bank of the west classic in california williams' breezing through semifinal against romanist around a sister six one six two the match lasting just sixteen minutes it sets up the final with fellow american couple of on the bad beat. williams is in what form taking into consideration the fact that seven days ago she was on the other side of the world. it's been weird this week it's kind of been a whirlwind i don't really remember much but i just know that i'm still here now in the final is we're. top c.d.i. could declare everything has made his first on the a.t.p. world beat brazilian thomas blue chip set at the may said it's cup in germany and that's the top sunday's final with one monarch who had some problems in his victory

over spain's glamorgan sealock this time the first set but then dropped the second and squandered a five one lead in the third before coming back to take that seven five and the match. meanwhile is aiming to be the third row to win the open for over twenty games he's through to the final there after beating defending champion. of ukraine seven five six two. of spain and two chairs he knows what to expect. we saw today that he is really smart tennis player and he knows how to play the game and you would can compare it with where does god. does go is much stronger there but he showed that you can play really well technically and he's a dangerous player who played already four or five times so we know each other. thing is going to be similar to thing to do is to try to play really well. that you

distort so i need to. god knows had a tough match against top seed for an out of the dusk in his semi fun after taking the first said one of the next one on a tie break to level the match before a fresh team in the decider six one. and finally one of the sport's foremost stars jennifer capriati has been included in the international tennis hall of fame the three time greats when it was presented by another former great want to sell it at the age of just fourteen head on the world scene reaching the semifinals of the french open in one nine hundred ninety two problems. in one thousand nine hundred three but she returned three years later and went on to win olympic gold in botswana two french open titles and opened at story that makes it quite emotional. it has taught me what hard work and commitment means. it has taught me what

self-love this. is taught me what acceptance and forgiveness can bring. it hasn't always been easy and i'm still learning. the transition and the acceptance is i've had to make have been some at most some of the most difficult and i've had to work hard on mining go. ok that's all the sports news for the moment i'll be back in toss time with more where that is next stay with us. well. it's technology innovation all the latest developments from around russia we've got the future covered.

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