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The story about Thomas Drake was fascinating and very sad too. He went from being a senior executive at the NSA to being accused of violating the espionage act
by tdicola 12y ago
The story about Thomas Drake was fascinating and very sad too. He went from being a senior executive at the NSA to being accused of violating the espionage act (all charges which were later dropped) and having his entire life ruined. Spent his life savings fighting the legal battle, his wife left him, and he could only get work at an Apple store.
- doxcf434 12y agoI didn't realize Snowden had studied what happened to Drake and Bennie et al, and determined that if he took a massive amount of documents it would actually protect him and not just be his word against theirs. And of course, he could have only done that as an admin. That was some pretty impressive high stakes chess there. Wow.