back in 201518 plus a very special interactive there are videos of the interns all about thomas drake and what he did open and i say have a look can my laptop i'm just watching the very beginning of it it's very traumatic how the camera that. then i am going to press plates fair to say that if there had been a time strike there could have been. here we had a guy who did absolutely everything was placed in the system he saw you know the warrantless wiretapping of hundreds of millions of americans. saw all of the corruption prostitute energy he brought in to congress and run them protecting him and he actively retaliated against him. thomas that moment when you realize you have to do something what does that feel like as as an emotional something who's walking in an organization where the rule is gone horribly wrong. in my case you know my 1st on the job reporting to my new duty station which was the number 3 person that had a say the signals intelligence directorate i quickly found out my government was doing in secret you know under the cover of the failure to keep almost 3000 people

i could jump in i just took a little context let's remember that thomas drake was a multi-day decadesservant of our nation. and someone who had proven is patriotism time and time again he came forward under the specific guarantee of anonymity he spoke out through channels that were carefully laid out legally protected in theory. but in practice of course it came it went from a whistle blower protection to a whistle or trap and both of these people are people who simply cannot remain silent while this while this is happening they have a greater loyalty and a greater sense of duty then to their individual bosses or to their teams they have a higher calling if you will and that calling cannot be silenced and both of them have said to me at one time or another thomas to me at one time when i had to look myself in the mirror every day i had to do what i did ellen calls her choice of a choice list choice i have to i had to be able to put my kids to bed at night and i couldn't if i had not spoken up so essentially these are people with a with a conscience and individual conscience that force

in $21518.00 plus did a very special interactive there were videos of the interviews all about thomas drake and what he did at the n.s.a. have a look can my laptop i'm just watching the very beginning of it it's very traumatic how that can let go then i am going to press play it's fair to say that if there had been a time straight there could have been. here we had a guy who did absolutely everything with. the place to save the system he saw you know the warrantless wiretapping of hundreds of millions of americans. saw the corruption in property he brought it to congress and ran them protecting him and they actively retaliated against him. thomas. that moment when you realize you had to do something what does that feel like as as an emotional something who's walking in an organization where you realize something is gone horribly wrong. in my case you know my 1st day on the job reporting to my new duty station which was the number 3 person that had a say the signals intelligence directorate i quickly found out what my government was doing in secret you know under the cover of the failure to

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there was caught on camera president barack obama stated that thomas drake was guilty before his trialgan, and he was an nsa whistle-blower. and once again, i was a federal law enforcement officer. it was my primary duty to report law breaking and wrongdoing, so i did that, and all three of the last administrations have done everything in their power to crush me. it has nothing to do with partisanship, doesn't have anything to do with who's in the oval office. i've seen them all -- >> would you do it again? >> go up on camera and threaten whistle-blowers. >> would you do it again? >> absolutely. 100%, i'd do it over again. >> we appreciate your team, robert maclean and paul butler. >>> facebook is changing its rules for posting political ads. the impact it could have on next year's elections. it's what gives audible there'smembers an edge.ening; it opens our minds, changes our perspective, connects us, and pushes us further. the most inspiring minds, the most compelling stories: audible. panera's new warm grain full of flavor, color,. full of- woo! full of good. so you can be too. try