Episode

4/8 Tim Shorrock: Obama’s Crackdown on Whistleblowers

April 8, 2013

Investigative journalist Tim Shorrock, explained the NSA’s fraud filled “Trailblazer” program, how NSA intelligence was distorted by poorly designed private technology, the four NSA officers who tried to expose fraud and abuse at the agency and how the Obama Administration has pursued a war on whistleblowers.

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