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Main Forums => Politics => Topic started by: Blakenzy on January 04, 2012, 11:54:37 AM

Title: Thomas Drake on the developing base for tyranny in the US (vid)
Post by: Blakenzy on January 04, 2012, 11:54:37 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8faugocO2E

30 min video

Former NSA senior official speaks about what he sees is wrong with the intelligence gathering and security operations of the US Government and the current lack of accountability and restraints reminiscent of fascist and tyrannical states he used to keep an eye on.

Don't say no one warned you...

Title: Re: Thomas Drake on the developing base for tyranny in the US (vid)
Post by: kgbsquirrel on January 04, 2012, 05:35:29 PM

USSID 18, like so many other laws, is essentially dead.

Title: Re: Thomas Drake on the developing base for tyranny in the US (vid)
Post by: Tallpine on January 04, 2012, 05:56:50 PM

Yeah, I watched that earlier.

He said the the 9-11-2011 attacks could have been thwarted if the us.gov had used the economical and constitutional tools that it already had.

Not too surprising, given that the FBI willfully ignored citizen reports of muslim males wanting to learn to fly, but not take off and land.  ;/