On Nov. 21, former National Security Agency official Thomas Drake was
honored for his courage in blowing the whistle on the U.S. government’s
abuse of its secrecy powers. In his acceptance speech, Drake explained
the larger and more frightening context – the loss of American liberty.
Presented this 21st day of November 2011 in Washington,
DC, by admirers of the example set by former CIA analyst, Sam Adams (who
exposed the intentional undercounting of Viet Cong and other forces
fighting U.S. troops during the Vietnam War), the Sam Adams Associates for Integrity in Intelligence Award for 2011 to Thomas Drake:
As a senior official at the National Security Agency Thomas Drake
witnessed not only widespread waste, fraud and abuse, but also gross
violations of our Fourth Amendment rights.
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