Thomas Drake
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874 appearances
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 11 Sep
Thomas Drake’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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That was actual or probable US person information or data.
If it was determined later,
And there was even a hot pursuit option where you could actually go after a target, right?
Let's say a U.S.
person that was engaged in some kind of foreign surveillance activity or providing material support.
That was the purpose of FISA, by the way.
It wasn't a case of restricting NSA in terms of just
foreign intelligence.
It had to do with what happens if it involves a U.S.
person.
This is another distinction is often lost in all the conversations, even over the last 25 years in this.
It was never about restricting NSA's ability.
I was part of that.
I was on the front lines.
We used to collect all kinds of stuff in terms of foreign intelligence.
But if it involved the U.S.
person, there was all these restrictions.
So ThinThread actually provided the means by which you could still parse through.
Now, the difference was it didn't also just bring everything back.
It didn't just suck the ocean dry, as it were.
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