NSA Whistleblower Thomas Drake Dicusses Persecution and the Future of the U.S.selfnews Post Drake was the first to come forward under a new climate of aggressive formal indictment for whistleblowers that equates their truth-telling with real espionage such as selling state secrets. Drake discusses the background to his case in the following interview with Jesse Ventura, as well as his meeting with Edward Snowden and the current move to create a legal framework to imprison those who would come forward with information about government malfeasance. Rather than be repentant after exposure, the NSA is pushing for laws to silence investigative journalism completely. As Drake states: National Security is the State religion. Its a religion that has a very violent and oppressive history. Related selfnews Post Article: 