remember tom drake? his house was searched too? he was indicted on five counts of espionage.ent ultimately tropd the charges where he pleaded guilty with misusing a government computer. >> i had a contact with the reporter but i would not share anything that was classified in in any way, shape or form. >> i continue to believe it was effective, lawful and appropriate. >> as the director of the nsa from 1999 to 2005, general michael hayden was drake and binny's boss. >> they may have a different view. god bless them. this is america. have a different view. i think it made america safe during a period of great danger. >> hayden says binny and drake were simply wrong, uninformed when they said the program was illegal. apparently congress, which in 2008 explicitly legalized much of the surveillance going on, and president obama who recently reauthorized the law agreed. that makes drake as worried as ever. he believes president obama has used that power even more aggressively than the man accused of shredding the constitution, george w. bush. >> the reaction is whoa, we never coul

he was not charged with any crime but a fellow whistleblower but remember tom drake his house was searched, two, he was charged with 5 counts of espionage. he bleedpleaded guilty of misus computer. >> i talked with a reporter but did not share what was talked about in any way, shape or form. >> i believe but it was lawful and it was appropriate. >> from 99 to 2005 general michael hayden was drake and benny's boss. >> they may have a different view, god bless them. this is america. i think it made america safe during a period of great danger. >> he says benny and drake were simply wrong uninformed when he said the program was illegal. in con gri congress legalized w was going on. president obama who recently reauthorized the law agreed. that makes drake as worried as ever. he believes president obama used that tower ev-- power more aggressively than the man accused of sledding the co-- shg the competition. >> their action is low we should have never gotten away with even half of what the obama administration is doing. t >> far less apparent than the bush administration? >> yes. >> that's an

the government has gone after tom drake with the espionage act, and the act on spying. the fact that the government is coming after the whistle blowers hard and fast with lawyers, the fact that they're getting phone records, checking e-mails even following people is crucially important to you and to me because it's about our security, it's about our tax dollars, it's about saving lives. more lives are saved by whistle blowers than almost any other people who are speaking up and out in this fashion because they know what's going on. >> john: well, the obama administration has has been well documented on fox promised to be transparent on national security issues. what does ap fox stories say about that promise? do you find areas where he has improved above his predecessor president bush. >> it's not national security whistle belowers, but other when blowers. they have passed a law that helps other whistle blowers with security and other details. but if you believe this is fundamental to the kind of country we are and the way we function then unfortunately this administrat

. >> in fact in his 37 years working at the sir francis drake hotel tom sweeney has met some of the mostitaries in the world. >> tony blair was prime minister at the time i got a call from the white house, that one of the to hang out with him and i said ok, i am there. >> all because of this uniform, which he insisted i tried on before he headed out for one. >> ready to go. >> how do i look? >> you look all some, you look ready for bay to breakers. >> ok let's go. >> tom showed me some of the medals he has received over the years from running marathons and over a dozen cities all over the country. including the boston marathon which he says will weigh heavily on his heart. >> this year, i am going to run for all the people of boston, i could have been there this year, a another boston marathon. i have done five already, it is so sad for everything that has happened there. >> in sampras's go, san francis, and hhaaziq madyunk kron 4 news >> bay to breakers% are craigslist is just one day away. kron4 will bring you all of the fun starting and a.m.. we will have cameras and crews all along t

as the city prepares for the race organiz organizers and runners lake the famous sir francis drake door man tom sweeney focusing on the fun. >> him if i can't see any problem with that, this party. >>reporter: this is the 40th race and despite the outfit he runs at pretty good clip. now whether you are a fun runner or a serious runner you are going to find more protection than ever before this year. in san francisco, abc 7 news. >> bay to breaker isn't the only big event if san francisco this weekend. race starts at 7:00 a.m. sunday. about an hour later the final stage of the tour of california bike race begins on its leg to santa rosa and about the same time annual alcatraz sharkake part fest swim. so an awful lot going on. you cap get navigation. help around the traffic in the city with our exclusive way traffic app. free on a el app store or from google play. check it out when you have time. >> it looks like yahoo could be in talk to buy the social networking web site tumbler. both all things d and ad week quote sources say the talk are sires. price tag may as high as 1 billion dollars. miss