Tom Drake

extraordinary power power in which they essentially had carte blanche to do just about anything when it came to collection but now use that vast power in addition to overseas use that vast power remember they had failed remember that's why pearl harbor what happened was so critical because the whole thing this whole national security establishment was set up after night after the end of world war ii was to preclude another surprise attack here not only were we quote i'll say surprised we weren't

extraordinary power power in which they essentially had carte blanche to do just about anything when it came to collection but now use that vast power in addition to overseas use that vast power remember they had failed remember that's why pearl harbor what happened was so critical because the whole thing this whole national security establishment was set up after night after the end of world war ii was to preclude another surprise attack here not only were we quote i'll say surprised we weren't

We failed to keep 3,000 people. We did not keep them out of harm's way. That's our fundamental, right? We failed the nation. The workforce knew it. Management leadership went into denial mode. They just could not accept, right? Workforce, there's a whole, I could tell you just horror stories about what it was doing to the workforce. Because that's not, this is not supposed to, it's on our watch.

We failed to keep 3,000 people. We did not keep them out of harm's way. That's our fundamental, right? We failed the nation. The workforce knew it. Management leadership went into denial mode. They just could not accept, right? Workforce, there's a whole, I could tell you just horror stories about what it was doing to the workforce. Because that's not, this is not supposed to, it's on our watch.

We failed to keep 3,000 people. We did not keep them out of harm's way. That's our fundamental, right? We failed the nation. The workforce knew it. Management leadership went into denial mode. They just could not accept, right? Workforce, there's a whole, I could tell you just horror stories about what it was doing to the workforce. Because that's not, this is not supposed to, it's on our watch.

We are the watchers. We're the protectors of the nation electronically. We failed. And they're asking, you can imagine, Congress is now asking questions, what the heck happened? Now, I will be the first to acknowledge, it was a systemic failure. And there's a lot of reasons for that.

We are the watchers. We're the protectors of the nation electronically. We failed. And they're asking, you can imagine, Congress is now asking questions, what the heck happened? Now, I will be the first to acknowledge, it was a systemic failure. And there's a lot of reasons for that.

We are the watchers. We're the protectors of the nation electronically. We failed. And they're asking, you can imagine, Congress is now asking questions, what the heck happened? Now, I will be the first to acknowledge, it was a systemic failure. And there's a lot of reasons for that.

But NSA had a critical part of all this in terms of what they should have known, could have known, and didn't provide and report. Even with the mess of their IT and the databases and everything else that I mentioned earlier. Mm-hmm. I'm finding out that they're now turning the vast years of NSA in partnership with certain key corporations for access and retrieval on the US.

But NSA had a critical part of all this in terms of what they should have known, could have known, and didn't provide and report. Even with the mess of their IT and the databases and everything else that I mentioned earlier. Mm-hmm. I'm finding out that they're now turning the vast years of NSA in partnership with certain key corporations for access and retrieval on the US.

But NSA had a critical part of all this in terms of what they should have known, could have known, and didn't provide and report. Even with the mess of their IT and the databases and everything else that I mentioned earlier. Mm-hmm. I'm finding out that they're now turning the vast years of NSA in partnership with certain key corporations for access and retrieval on the US.

The US was always blacked out and allies, right?

The US was always blacked out and allies, right?

The US was always blacked out and allies, right?

didn't just routinely spy on your friends quote unquote you didn't sort of it was when did this happen it was bad form this is not this is september this is the remember september 11th so in the two weeks after 9 11 i'm finding out the decisions had been made in the deepest of secrecy super hush hush right we're going to essentially suspend the fourth amendment We will bypass FISA.

didn't just routinely spy on your friends quote unquote you didn't sort of it was when did this happen it was bad form this is not this is september this is the remember september 11th so in the two weeks after 9 11 i'm finding out the decisions had been made in the deepest of secrecy super hush hush right we're going to essentially suspend the fourth amendment We will bypass FISA.

didn't just routinely spy on your friends quote unquote you didn't sort of it was when did this happen it was bad form this is not this is september this is the remember september 11th so in the two weeks after 9 11 i'm finding out the decisions had been made in the deepest of secrecy super hush hush right we're going to essentially suspend the fourth amendment We will bypass FISA.

There's special procedures. At one point, I was part of the affidavit process. We go up to the secret court, which is housed in the Department of Justice, to provide affidavit to say we need a warrant from the secret judges, which are actually on rotation, appointed by the chief justice. And you bypass the secret judges. Bypass FISA. They didn't even know about it in the early days, early years.

There's special procedures. At one point, I was part of the affidavit process. We go up to the secret court, which is housed in the Department of Justice, to provide affidavit to say we need a warrant from the secret judges, which are actually on rotation, appointed by the chief justice. And you bypass the secret judges. Bypass FISA. They didn't even know about it in the early days, early years.

There's special procedures. At one point, I was part of the affidavit process. We go up to the secret court, which is housed in the Department of Justice, to provide affidavit to say we need a warrant from the secret judges, which are actually on rotation, appointed by the chief justice. And you bypass the secret judges. Bypass FISA. They didn't even know about it in the early days, early years.