About It’s Not Illegal When the President Does It | America’s Surveillance State (5/6)
The NSA was originally created to keep America safe, but today it seems more focused on protecting itself. Since Edward Snowden’s disclosures, “insider threats” have become the agency’s top concern. The NSA even estimates that up to 4,000 employees may not be trustworthy. This episode of America’s Surveillance State explores how whistleblowers have been treated and how the agency now forces employees to monitor each other. Former NSA executive Thomas Drake recalls being tagged early on as a problem, because he was raising grave concerns about NSA conduct shortly after 9/11. To his concerns, the lead attorney officer replied "You don’t understand, all the lawyers have looked at it, the White House has approved it, it’s all legal", which is precisely what Nixon had said. Unlike earlier whistleblowers, Snowden managed to release secret documents publicly, working with journalists like Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras to put them in context while protecting agents’ names. His revelations made clear that insider threats will not disappear: Snowden was not the first, nor will he be the last. ------- Chapters ▷ 00:00 - Report
It’s Not Illegal When the President Does It | America’s Surveillance State (5/6) is presented by wocomoDOCS. Its listed runtime is 25 minutes. The source link and publisher attribution are provided with the embedded film.
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- It’s Not Illegal When the President Does It | America’s Surveillance State (5/6)
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- Biography
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- 25 minutes
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- English
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