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Thomas Drake – Former Senior Executive, US National Security Agency

Thomas Drake – Former Senior Executive, US National Security Agency

The Interview vor 13 Jahren

Does secrecy override the public's right to know in matters of national security?

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When it comes to national security does the need for secrecy
override the public's right to know? It is a hot debate in many
democracies, none more so than the United States where the Obama
Administration has gone after leakers and whistle-blowers with
unprecedented ferocity. Stephen Sackur speaks to Thomas Drake, a
former intelligence official inside America's National Security
Agency. His unhappiness with things he saw led him to leak
information to a reporter. He ended up prosecuted by the
government he had served. Did he deserve the trouble he got?