Obama's Orwellian World 1-2 The Case of Thomas Drake - Democracy NOW!

[The Northerner]

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Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CKODOt3jGM

Democracy NOW! DN! Global news and politics with Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez - National Security Agency whistleblower Thomas Drake faces 35 years in prison on espionage charges for allegedly leaking information to the press about the NSA's overspending and failure to properly maintain its large trove of domestic spy data. "Espionage is the last thing my whistleblowing and First Amendment activities and actions were all about," Drake said recently in a public speech. "This has become the specter of a truly Orwellian world where whistleblowing has become espionage." According to The New Yorker, the Obama administration has used the Espionage Act of 1917 to press criminal charges in five alleged instances of national security leaks—more such prosecutions than have occurred in all previous administrations combined. We play excerpts of Thomas Drake's first public comments and talk to former Justice Department whistleblower, Jesselyn Radack. Published, with permission from democracynow.org. http://www.democracynow.org Provided to you under Democracy NOW! creative commons license. Copyright democracynow.org, an independent non-profit user funded news media, recognized and broadcast world wide.

[izquierdista]

1. Two disturbing inferences that can be made

(1) Obama is fully in control of the situation and his subordinates are carrying out his bidding OR
(2) Obama is not in control of his subordinates and the moles that Cheney planted in the government are still running it.