Free Download Enemy of the State: How the U.S. Government Tried to Turn a Truth-Teller into a Traitor by ThomasDrake,Jesselyn Radack - AYC

Together with Jesselyn Radack the best-known attorney advocating on behalf of whistleblowers former NSA senior executive Thomas Drake tells the story of the governments relentless campaign against him. Media heat intrigue and integrity in intelligence feature in this shocking story.Its fair to say that if there hadnt been a Thomas Drake there wouldnt have been anTogether with Jesselyn Radack the best-known attorney advocating on behalf of whistleblowers former NSA senior executive Thomas Drake tells the story of the governments relentless campaign against him. Media heat intrigue and integrity in intelligence feature in this shocking story.Its fair to say that if there hadnt been a Thomas Drake there wouldnt have been an Edward Snowden. ?Edward Snowden in The Guardian (May 22 2016)On November 28 2007 armed FBI agents raided the home of Thomas Drake former senior executive at the National Security Agency. Drakes signature indictment (the first whistleblower since Daniel Ellsberg charged under the Espionage Act of 1917) and prosecution by the U.S. government was a stark example and reminder of the erosion of civil rights and individual liberties in this post 9/11 world.A year earlier Drake disillusioned by the waste corruption and fraud at the NSA contacted Baltimore Sun reporter Siobhan Gorman and shared information that led to a series of award-winning articles about an agency grossly mishandling its resources and infringing on the rights of citizens. Drakes role at the agency was slowly diminished until he was forced to resign the prosecution thwarting his well-being every step of the way. Drake's story has featured prominently in the media and contributed to the publics suspicion of American intelligence agencies. In 2011 a 10000 word article in The New Yorker likened the corruption Drake was exposing at the risk of his career to the Nixon administration. In a piece from 60 Minutes the prosecutions charges were demonstrated to be unfounded and the complaints proven out. His status as a hero of truthtelling was highlighted in Oliver Stone's Snowden and his character served significantly as an inspiration for Edward Snowdens own revelations (as he did in real life). Together with Jesselyn Radack perhaps the nation's best-known lawyer advocating on behalf of whistleblowers Drake offers a revealing and personal story about the failures of the NSA the ruthlessness of the Justice Department and the necessity of protecting civil liberties.(less)

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