Reader, link to video & transcript: "NSA
Whistleblowers Discuss Escalating Fraud and Abuse of the US Legal System"
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On the same day
last week, that
Congress shot down any notion of curtailing the rampant and illegal violation of the 4th Amendment that has been ongoing by NSA for several decades, veteran NSA whistleblowers convened last Thursday at the National Press Club to share their insights into the history of that organization, its escalating mismanagement and its abuse of the US legal system, which had led to their resignations from their positions, each of which they'd held for 30 years or more. All of them had reported their concerns through the "accepted" channels, which had been created for the very purpose of reporting illegality, fraud, obstruction of justice and the mismanagement to which they were witness and by which they could no longer abide. Yet, for their decades of service and for the dutifully discreet manner in which they'd reported the wrongs they saw in their midst, they were rewarded by having their professional and personal lives destroyed, with one of them, Thomas Drake, actually being prosecuted by the Federal Government for his efforts -- a man with a highly distinguished record, who had started out working in Air Force spy planes in 1979 and who served at NSA and other US intelligence organizations for almost 40 years, as a decorated United States Air Force and United States Navy veteran. Luckily, Drake was represented by attorney Jesselyn Radack of the Government Accountability Project (and a Brown University Alumna, like me), who was able to get all 10 of the original charges made against him by the US Government dropped. Drake is the 2011 recipient of the Ridenhour Prize for Truth-Telling and co-recipient of the Sam Adams Associates for Integrity in Intelligence (SAAII) award. Intrepid FKTV reporter, Tyler Bass was in Washington DC, with his cellphone camera and he captured most of this session. (I will now buy him a camera with the donations made by so many kind FKTV subscribers, so that his future videos are of improved production quality! You will need to turn up your speakers and Thomas Drake speaks very quickly, so the transcript may come in handy for some). There are many jaw-dropping revelations in this 12 minute clip. The more salient quotes have been pulled to the top from this July 25, 2013 conference at the link below, in addition to a full transcript of the video, further down the webpage, beneath the video screen. Video (about 12 mins):
NSA Whistleblowers Discuss Escalating Fraud and
Abuse of the US Legal System http://www.ForbiddenKnowledgeTV.com/page/24164.html - Alexandra
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1 comment:
An embassy needs to be set up to protect all whistle blowers and truth talkers.
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