tom drake says the only thing he betrayed was n.s.a. mismanagement that undermined national security. after a long career in u.s. intelligence, tom drake never imagined he'd be labeled an enemy of the united states. as a young airman, he flew spy missions in the cold war. in the navy-- here with president clinton-- he analyzed intelligence for the joint chiefs at the pentagon. later, he worked for defense contractors in the highly technical world of electronic eavesdropping. he became expert in sophisticated, top secret computer software, and ultimately rose, in 2001, to a senior executive job at the national security agency. >> thomas drake: my first day on the job was 9/11. >> pelley: your first day on the job was 9/11? >> drake: was 9/11. n.s.a. went into immediate crisis management mode. we had failed to protect the united states of america. >> pelley: you felt that was a failure of the national security agency? >> drake: the entire national security establishment. it was a failure, a fundamental systemic breakdown. >> pelley: part

agents one person tom drake and i think that's another reason they feel like they need to bring home a scalp to show for all of their work and he is a case where they don't have to actually go after the reporter and therefore they don't have to pick a fight with the media in going after him clearly they're making an example of him clearly this is all about politics and has nothing to do with justice all the more reason to point out there and consistencies them thank you so much for joining us tonight you very much for having thanks. for showing tell on tonight's program now last time we discussed how thousands of people are being held in solitary confinement in u.s. prisons while america prides itself on its human rights record so analysts have declared solitary confinement as a form of torture we wanted to know if you felt the same way about this level of punishment so let's go to producer for treason essentially to find out what our viewers think. how would you feel if you were locked in a bathroom with steel doors and no windows for twenty three or twenty four hours a day maybe a

they do this to drake there's a standard clearly making an example of an imminent fact the one person who did it mit to leaking to the new york times and to being one of their sources tom tam has been has been clear and they're not going to prosecute him so the only person to be prosecuted out of that is still ongoing five years long multimillion dollar investigation that has eaten up five prosecutors and twenty five f.b.i. agents one person come great and i think that's another reason they feel like they need to bring home a scalp to show for all of their work and he is a case where they don't have to actually go after the world and therefore they don't have to pick a fight with the need in going after him clearly they're making an example of him clearly this is all about politics and has nothing to do with them but all the more reason to point out there in consistencies then thank you so much for joining us tonight you very much for having. time for show and tell on tonight's program now last time we discussed how thousands of people are being held in solitary confinement in u.s. prisons all america prides itself on its human rights record so analysts have declared s