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Thomas Drake @witnessblower.net · 1d

Holding up the mirror to Dick Cheney’s legacy:

Here lies Dick Cheney,
Architect of the imperial presidency,
Who claimed Nixon was wronged,
Restored the unitary executive,
Sanctioned torture and secret surveillance,
Tricked a nation into war,
And bent law and norms
In the name of defending America.

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Thomas Drake @witnessblower.net · 5d

Here is the full 2 plus hour live interview of me by James O'Keefe at O’Keefe Media Group in West Palm Beach, Florida. youtu.be/ju6BkG7eGKY?...

Exposing the NSA: Whistleblower Thomas Drake on 9/11, Mass Surveillance & the Deep State | MPIML #16

YouTube video by O’Keefe Media Group

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Jesselyn Radack @jesselynradack.bsky.social · 7d

Superb piece on #EspionageAct weaponization & how “official channels for lawful #whistleblower disclosures are compromised or futile.” Discusses our clients #Snowden & Tom Drake (@witnessblower.net)
www.justsecurity.org/122491/weapo...

Weaponizing the Espionage Act: What It Means for Whistleblowers, Reporters, and Democracy

How the Trump administration could weaponize the Espionage Act and its chilling effect to control the press and justify suppression.

www.justsecurity.org

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Thomas Drake @witnessblower.net · 7d

Interviewed live in West Palm Beach, Florida by James O’Keefe of O’Keefe Media Group on his “My Price Is My Life” show.

Discussed 8(a) contract fraud, my NSA whistleblowing, 9/11, the Constitution, our base human condition & future of America.

Stream begins ~13:25.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=MRRR...

SIRCO WHISTLEBLOWER COMES FORWARD W/ THOMAS DRAKE

YouTube video by O’Keefe Media Group

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Property of the People @propertyofthepeople.org · 12d

Our director @rshapiro.bsky.social on our latest: Law enforcement spread false rumors about Venezuelan gang threats, bolstering Trump's mass deportation frenzy, as revealed in intel documents we obtained and shared w/ @samtlevin.bsky.social / @us.theguardian.com. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 10d

A Constant Torrent of Authoritarian Arrogance, Corruption, and Complicity

American politics is an exasperating, frenzied, and acutely dangerous mess. Let’s sort through the events of the past week to separate what matters from what does not.

New piece:

A Constant Torrent of Authoritarian Arrogance, Corruption, Complicity

American politics is an exasperating, frenzied, and acutely dangerous mess. Let’s sort through the events of the past week to separate what matters from what does not.

democracyamericana.com

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Thomas Drake @witnessblower.net · 10d

After 11 years the full Emmy-nominated SILENCED doc now finally available — highlighting the ordeals of 3 national security whistleblowers, including Jesselyn Radack, Thomas Drake & John Kiriakou — detailing the extreme personal toll they each endured under Bush & Obama Admins.
youtu.be/J7UXdr1l1lY

SILENCED (2014) - Full Whistleblower Documentary

YouTube video by jspione

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Thomas Drake @witnessblower.net · 10d

After 11 years the full Emmy-nominated SILENCED doc now finally available — highlighting the ordeals of 3 national security whistleblowers, including Jesselyn Radack, Thomas Drake & John Kiriakou — detailing the extreme personal toll they each endured under Bush & Obama Admins.
youtu.be/J7UXdr1l1lY

SILENCED (2014) - Full Whistleblower Documentary

YouTube video by jspione

youtu.be

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Jesselyn Radack @jesselynradack.bsky.social · 17d

John Bolton said of my client: “Snowden committed treason & ought to swing from a tall tree.” My schadenfreude should soar now that Bolton’s charged w the exact same crime. . . but Trump’s usual vitriol could tank the Bolton prosecution for being selective & vindictive.
www.salon.com/2025/10/19/j...

John Bolton is a warmonger. But he deserves a fair shake

John Bolton's indictment sure looks like selective prosecution by Trump

www.salon.com

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Thomas Drake @witnessblower.net · 18d

“No one man can terrorize a whole nation unless we are all his accomplices.” —Edward R. Murrow

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Thomas Drake @witnessblower.net · 19d

What does it really mean to be an American? What are the key characteristics of an American that represent & reflect the highest and the best (as well as the lowest & the worst) in and of America? Any chance America redeems itself? Or is America fated to fade away with a whimper or a bang? Discuss.

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · Oct 5

Miller’s apparent elevation to shadow president and his seeming intent to declare an end to the constitutional order would, in any other administration, be treated as a executive branch meltdown that was immensely embarrassing for the president and requiring Miller’s immediate removal

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ProPublica @propublica.org · Oct 3

NEW: ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the Trump administration’s cuts to an aid program.

Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.

ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...

projects.propublica.org

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Thomas Drake @witnessblower.net · Sep 11

A recent interview of me on The Darkened Hour podcast.

24 years ago today on 9/11 was my very first day on the job at NSA reporting to the #3.

The rest became tragic history.

And yet the ‘what ifs’ of 9/11 history still continue to haunt me to this day.

adamfitzgerald.podbean.com/e/an-intervi...

An Interview With Thomas Drake (Former NSA Senior Executive & Whistleblower Of Waste & Fraud At NSA) | The Darkened Hour

Thomas Drake is a former senior executive with the National Security Agency, a UnitedStates Air Force and Navy veteran, computer software expert, and whistleblower. During his career at the Air Force,...

adamfitzgerald.podbean.com

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Thomas Drake @witnessblower.net · Sep 9

“The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” -Orwell

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Thomas Drake @witnessblower.net · Sep 4

News broke today that gov't used U.S.C. 18 § 793 (part of Espionage Act) & also U.S.C. 18 § 1924 in Bolton raid.

Appears @JesselynRadack.bsky.social on 25 Aug was only natsec lawyer who directly called out that the search on
@AmbJohnBolton was under the #EspionageAct.

salon.com/2025/08/25/j...

Trump's DOJ puts John Bolton in its crosshairs

What's happening to the former national security advisor should chill Americans

salon.com

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · Aug 25

The precise moment when and where in recent weeks America crossed that invisible line from democracy into authoritarianism can and will be debated by future historians, but it’s clear that the line itself has been crossed. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/america-ti...

America Tips Into Fascism

Today is different than before.

www.doomsdayscenario.co

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · Aug 27

The political appointment, first reported by Democracy Docket, shows how self-styled election investigators who have thrown themselves into election conspiracy theories since 2020 are now being celebrated by a presidential administration that indulges their false claims.

Researcher who has distorted voter data appointed to Homeland Security election integrity role

A conservative election researcher whose faulty findings on voter data were cited by President Donald Trump as he tried to overturn his 2020 election loss has been appointed to an election integrity r...

www.washingtonpost.com

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Soraya Nadia McDonald @sorayanadiamcdonald.com · Aug 27

"work like this falls to the National Park Service, which was already facing staffing shortfalls when the Trump administration this spring directed additional cuts ... The service used to have 200 people assigned to maintain thousands of acres of trees and gardens in D.C., and now there are 20"

National Guard troops deployed in D.C. add sanitation, landscaping duties

Service members say they’re glad to help the National Park Service. But some question if trash removal and groundskeeping are an appropriate use of the military.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Thomas Drake @witnessblower.net · Aug 27

A Watergate Everyday

“Georgetown Law School professor Adam Levitin wrote plainly what no one in the media seems to be willing to say: This isn’t normal—it’s corrupt and an out-and-out abuse of power.”

www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/a-watergat...

A Watergate Everyday

Two scandals just this week that are worse than what Nixon did.

www.doomsdayscenario.co

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Kevin Gosztola @kgosztola.bsky.social · Aug 26

NSA whistleblower Thomas Drake (@witnessblower.net) for @thenation.com: "What was witnessed with me under Bush & Obama was resurrection of the World War I–era Espionage Act...What we are now seeing with Bolton under Trump represents something even more sinister..." www.thenation.com/article/poli...

The Chilling Evolution From George W. Bush to Trump 2.0

The raids on my home and on John Bolton’s mark inflection points—the weaponization of secrecy as a political strategy and the radical extension of state power to silence critics.

www.thenation.com

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Jesselyn Radack @jesselynradack.bsky.social · Aug 26

Powerful piece on #Bolton & how “silence, enforced by fear & secrecy, is the deadliest nat’l security threat of all.” By our client Tom Drake @witnessblower.net ⚖️
www.thenation.com/article/poli...

The Chilling Evolution From George W. Bush to Trump 2.0

The raids on my home and on John Bolton’s mark inflection points—the weaponization of secrecy as a political strategy and the radical extension of state power to silence critics.

www.thenation.com

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Thomas Drake @witnessblower.net · Aug 26

My take in ⁦‪@thenation‬⁩

“We are now seeing the troubling evolution and transformation of how the US government pursues former officials with a vengeance who dare speak truth to power either as critics, dissenters or whistleblowers.”