Thomas Drake

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874 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 11 Sep

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This is early on, post 9-11.

And it's just in the years of right after 9-11.

And it came up, it was at a technology conference when I was still on the circuit, as it were.

And it came up, and he was flagged and put aside for additional screening because it was assumed that he was a terrorist.

He was actually on one of the early terrorist watch lists.

How do you get off of it?

You know the machinations he went through just to get off the watch list?

Because he was once on the watch list,

You don't.

That's part of it.

And they're obviously controlled.

How do you know?

You don't.

You just never know.

I mean, people, I mean, this is where now it's like, but think about the chilling effect.

No, because part of the problem here, and this is where the fear factor comes in.

Fear in itself is a control mechanism.

So I can sort of summarize.

Maybe I would just summarize it.

There are secret lists, secret rules, no recourse.

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