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a former national security agency executive in the united states who sacrificed his career to blow the whistle on wrongdoing inside the n.s.a. . 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 mr 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 my horror and 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 that actually essentially turned the united states into just a collection platform so you know vast reams of data were 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 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 and 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 kind of our 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 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 sauce 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 quality universal wiretap a persistent universal wiretap on every single person or if it not they can create one because then 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's set 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 national 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 exposed 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 a they can't make a guarantee that if they did bring him back to sweep for questioning he wouldn't be extradited to the united states 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 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 you 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 the debris 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 somebody 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 if we're doing it's not considered an act it's information operations or cyber operations so that 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 top position 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 you're a whore 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 good on t.v. . it is to get the maximum political impact. before source material is what helps keep journalism honest we. we want to present. something else.

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please top story smarty a southern russian resort region struggles to recover after a deadly injuries hundreds of volunteers rushed to help people left without homes why. your findings in syria's come up province rubbish rebel claims the regime massacred some two hundred civilians and accusations from world powers to the face value for russian to condemn the regime. and spain follows in greece's way has until stoughton protests take a bloody turn with police adopting a no tolerance approach and they deem. twenty forty five moscow time a big bag of weekend sport dmitri show guys here.

hello there welcome to the sports updated not too good for the company again this hour coming up in the program. scores that startled david haye not zogby to rival gerald she saw and wants to fly a table a champion vitaly klitschko next. one feeble former one star who some of them takes a drive to some from all over the city racing practical returns to the capital. red hold the reins or wins the telling grand prix two structures leap at the top of the moto g.p. sending. first boxing david haye has dead w.b.c. champion vitaly klitschko to fight him before retirement britain speaking out after he's not caught a victory against compared to derek in london thirty one year old tape floored his opponent who is twenty eight in the closing seconds of the fifth round about

hopefully bringing an end to the long running call. to shoot in february it. could not pave the way for a possible fight against. something tate is desperate to go for especially after losing his double to be a tackle to retire younger brother bill dreamer on points last year but ted says it sends out a scary message and doubts it would be up to the challenge. in other boxing news american danny garcia has beaten britain's a make can to claim the w.b. a super lightweight crown could seal was the underdog in las vegas but he sent to the canvas with a left in the third round. to beat because floored again twice in succession before the referee and it's about that means going to see it takes a title. to be sikh round isn't beaten record stretches to twenty four victories fifteen by knockout. men who are russian could walk several to ruminate claimed

another world where to crown that's after beating germany's danielle dora for the w.-k. a title it did in front of hundreds of fans at the so-called here's our championships near moscow which all source saw several european title fights on the night his repertoire than on. once upon a time in the east. of the muska region the best hand to hand fighters from the former soviet republics came face to face to find out who was the toughest and that is how these keep books and tournaments stirred nine years ago neo has grown into big open their 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

victory over his compatriots. in some big again i swear next to do battle with the w five european cruiserweight title at stake. versus how many. the russian doing lead in the first two rounds of the belts over the french champ in front of the starch later on. and was even to toy with his opponent a hard decision for the judges. in the group whose favor that's how it came to some world titles on the line with russia's such joke in ukraine serum on my sit in probably the most furious question of the night both gave their all to secure the w five will through a filter but it was the ukrainian thunder to head north to. i took my time in the early rounds to take a closer look at my opponent's moves getting i realized 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 eight title and so did germany's dannielle der hooper. have to be. after this devastating right. in the second round the great german managed to recover and see up to the end of the fight and although he was beaten daughter left the ring with his head held high. for him further proof of his skill i had better timing that's why my punches landed on his body and he's on my elbow. artie school region. now formula one champ hamilton was the star attraction at the moscow city racing event in the russian capital and up until drives you agree. first but then it was

back to the british raised his mclaren near the iconic proud walls ferraris i was on hand washing i would most feel that french youngster chast picked up tame. like heaven and flew the flag for the world. to race in favor of the capital for the fifth time headliner hamilton said i would like to try out for the city street . when everyone asks me about race circuits you know in london or in moscow for the city race i'm always yeah let's do it let's do it this is you know i think moscow has an opportunity i hope in the future to put on the street race i think i've seen the same images of moscow at night and it looks absolutely spectacular so i think how many a night race here one day as we do in singapore would be you know one of the

highlights of our season so i hope that you guys welcome us. former chimp and hall who runs starting his group on the moto g.p. standings the spanish ride to cruising to victory at the telling grand prix to stretch over a lead the runs over to competitor denny who started from on the first of the man never looked back after that to be. suffering the result means the rains now only drop by nineteen points in the sort of the overall standings reigning champion casey stone is eighteen points further back. to settle for a lower school on the day to day running of the track. hundreds of videos are completed the podium. over to and have been upset at the diamond league meeting in london with some paver it's for the upcoming olympics struggling in the cold and wet weather shouldn't phrase a prize the fastest woman in the world this year in the one hundred meters but she

came in last and said this final week choice one by blessing of nigeria in eleven point zero one seconds america's community jetta was well australian well champ and set a person was a favorite for the one hundred meter hurdles but she was bitten by american welsh. but the news for the women's waiting four hundred meter olympic champ inc was to ship champ and more of its want to win in a time of fifty one point one nine while frenchman christopher might look at season's best in the ninth two hundred meter is coming in nineteen point one seconds on the jamaicans hussein bolt and on blake have been quicker. than your crew who are not very fun. for the olympics. for the first.

card. or for there to be. now tennis where one of those sports former star jennifer capriati has been included in the international hall of fame the three time grammy winner was presented by another former great one of the salish at the age of just fourteen progress on the world scene in the semifinals of the french open in one thousand nine hundred ninety drug problems who were your current draw. between ninety three but she returned three years later and went on to win olympic gold in vauxhall or two french open titles and the australian open a love story it's quite emotional. as a great competitor has taught me what hard work and commitment means it has taught me what self-love this. is tommy would accept and 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 of the most some of the most difficult and i've had to work hard on mining go. but finally starting basketball schools who are applying to as america's star studded possible team held in open training session under the fast approaching london olympics the n.b.a. m.v.p. le bron james and teammates went out of their way to please the crowd as more than three thousand military personnel and their families came to watch them practice in washington d.c. to use it to to play friendly's in europe before kick starting the defense of the lympics facing great britain and spain who beat in the fun in beijing for years ago my just be to lead them to success in china but who will step down after the long

the games and so will cope with right. it's a huge honor for me because you have always wanted to play for and then come into your just two thousand and you're going to have my between us and this will be his last one is definitely my last one as well and since it's has a great has great symbolism to it. well it's all the sports news for the moment i'll be back and toss time with more for you what is next stay with us. we'll have the. science technology innovation all the developments from around russia we've got the future covered. secret laboratory to mccurdy was able to build most sophisticated robots which

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