Thomas Drake
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874 appearances
2 recordings
1 series
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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So that's kind of the fundamental challenge if you're the person.
How do you challenge that?
Because once the information enters into government hands by hook or by crook, it's retained indefinitely.
The rules governing its use can be changed in secret without any kind of public notice.
And here's the kicker.
If there's a watch list, like inclusion on the watch list,
There's no meaningful notice that you're even on this list.
No stated reason.
And there is no, as I mentioned earlier, there's no effective way you can even challenge it.
When, if the government- National security.
Then you put this huge umbrella over it.
National security.
We're protecting, we're providing public safety.
You want to say it that way.
I don't think I've ever used that phrase before.
De-democratizing our own country because it's a threat.
Democracy in itself becomes a threat to power.
That's incredibly chilling.
See, now you're sort of at the heart of what it means to be a human.
What does it mean to associate?
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