What happens when you blow the whistle from inside one of the most secretive intelligence agencies in the world?

Thomas Drake was a senior executive at the NSA who exposed illegal mass surveillance on Americans, government waste, and deep corruption after 9/11. For telling the truth, the U.S. government charged him under the Espionage Act - the same law used against spies. Edward Snowden famously said, "If there hadn't been a Thomas Drake, there couldn't have been an Edward Snowden."

In this powerful interview with James O’Keefe on My Price Is My Life, Drake reveals:

- The truth about NSA wiretapping and mass surveillance

- How taxpayer money was wasted on the failed Trailblazer program

- Why Edward Snowden called Drake his “warning”

- What it’s like when the FBI raids your home for telling the truth

- And the real cost of whistleblowing in America today

Listen to the end for an inside look at how the intelligence community turned on one of its own

Chapters:

(0:00) Inside the NSA After 9/11

(7:00) The Trailblazer Scandal

(18:00) Blowing the Whistle

(24:00) The FBI Raid

(30:00) The Snowden Connection

(36:00) Contractor Corruption & the Deep State

(42:00) The Price of Whistleblowing

(48:00) Faith and Resilience

(55:00) Psychological Warfare

(1:03:00) The Nature of Power

(1:15:00) Lessons from History

(1:25:00) What It Means to Be Free

(1:50:00) Surviving the Fallout

(2:00:00) The True Price of Telling the Truth

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