stephen lewis, a veteran of the united states air force, is also a former sensor operator for the airrce predator program, and this week is speaking out for the first time. also going public for the first time is cian westmoreland, a former air force technician who helped build a station in afghanistan used to relay drone data. but first, i want to turn to jesselyn radack , national security and him and writes director the government accountability project, former ethics adviser to the united states department of justice. as an attorney, she is representing several former drone operators including this , group of four youngman speaking out today. jesselyn radack , how much do they risk in speaking out on democracy now! today? >> they're taking a very enormous and public risk in speaking out. i have clients and the national security and intelligence communities who have done nothing more than tell the truth about some of america's darkest secrets like torture and secret surveillance and now in this case, drones. and those clients, a number of them, have been prosecuted under the espion