Posted on 03/18/2013 9:12:43 AM PDT by uncommonsense
Thomas Drake, a former senior executive at the National Security Agency (NSA) who was charged under the espionage act after he highlighted waste, fraud and illegal activity at the intelligence agency, spoke at a National Press Club Luncheon about the national intelligence community and its attitude towards whistle-blowing.
Ex-NSA worker charged in classified leak case (likely Berger protege)
He gives an account of his whistleblower ordeal from the NSA. He blasts the pervasive spying on US citizens without warrant, including the government's suppression, under the cover of law, of first amendment rights exposing their corruption.
We need many more whistleblowers. I never understand why conservatives hate whistleblowers. We need to pull back the curtain of secrecy.
Just think of what HHS will be collecting on us now from the original stimulus ($40 billion for electronic records before there were laws on the books to manage them). Add in SS, IRS, military, NSA mining social media and telecom, and whatever agency we've interacted with - and they know us better then we know ourselves...
Justice Department Expands Hunt for Data on Cellphones
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/26/justice-department-expands-hunt-for-data-on-cellphones/
Obama’s NSA eavesdropping goes beyond that of Bush... after campaigning on the promise of: “ No warrantless wiretaps if you elect me!”
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9845595-7.html
headlines read:” NSA Exceeds Legal Limits In Eavesdropping Program” , “ U.S. phone intercepts go beyond legal limits” , and “NSA Found Improperly Spying on Americans”.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123985123667923961.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
http://uk.reuters.com/article/burningIssues/idUKTRE53F09820090416
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/04/15/justice-dept-nsa-improperly-spied-americans/
spying on Americans: it’s for your own safety when Barry does it.
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