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Thomas Drake

HARDtalk: Thomas Drake

08/05/2013 GMT

BBC World News - HARDtalk, Thomas Drake

Stephen Sackur meets Thomas Drake, a former executive in the US National Security Agency.

Stephen Sackur debates national security with Thomas Drake, a former official inside the US National Security Agency. Does the need for secrecy over-ide the public's right to know?

When it comes to national security does the need for secrecy over-ide the public's right to know? It's a hot debate in many democracies, none more so than the United States where the Obama Administration has gone after leakers and whistle-blowers with unprecedented ferocity. Stephen Sackur speaks to Thomas Drake, a former intelligence official inside America's National Security Agency. His unhappiness with things he saw led him to leak information to a reporter. He ended up prosecuted by the government he had served. Did he deserve the trouble he got?

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