n@ñáçgy3 óÑñn÷u=vÑÑ[ >>> thomas as a whistle brothlo weather you put your ability to support yourn the line. others do the same thing. what gets you to the point where you are willing to risk everything to tell your story? >> in my case i witnessed multi million dollar fraud on the part of the u.s. government at the highest levels and i could not stand by and be an eyewitness to a constitution that i was supporting and defending in my career. over the years i blew the whistle in accord dance with the statute. turns out it was without protection at all. i did go to a reporter within the abuse and secret surveillance program. it took the obama administration that they decided you know what for people like myself and now it turns out that it has become quite routine that we are going to use the espianage act to use that instead of abuse of power. >> to give it to the pup lick whi public which is very different, am i wrong there? >> no, it is an unprecedenteded raw abuse of police power. so is seizing the records of several phone lines of the associated press a drag net that got them