Original version

BBC World Service Online

HARDtalk

Discussion & Talk

Factual: Politics

In-depth, hard-hitting interviews with newsworthy personalities.

HARDtalk: Thomas Drake – Former Senior Executive, US National Security Agency

Magazines & Reviews

News

15/05/2013 GMT

Thomas Drake – Former Senior Executive, US National Security Agency

BBC World Service - HARDtalk, Thomas Drake – Former Senior Executive, US National Security Agency

Does secrecy override the public's right to know in matters of national security?

When it comes to national security does the need for secrecy override the public's right to know? It is 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?

BBC World Service

Accessibility links

Programme Index

HARDtalk

Thomas Drake – Former Senior Executive, US National Security Agency

Genres

Formats

Brand

BBC World Service Online

About BBC World Service