The Whistleblower

I Spy

May 19, 2020•27 min•Season 2Ep. 4

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Episode description

Thomas Drake joined the NSA in 2001 to help deal with the glut of data created by the huge rise of Internet use around the world. But he grew increasingly troubled by something else: the way the U.S. government was targeting its own citizens for surveillance after the attacks of September 11.

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