Yahoo Canada Web Search

Search results

1. www.newyorker.com › magazine › 2011/05/23Thomas Drake vs. the N.S.A. | The New Yorker

   www.newyorker.com › magazine › 2011/05/23

   Drake’s history of whistle-blowing stretches back to high school, in Manchester, Vermont, where his father, a retired Air Force officer, taught. When drugs infested the school, Drake became a ...

2. www.smithsonianmag.com › history › leaks-and-the-lawLeaks and the Law: The Story of Thomas Drake | Smithsonian

   www.smithsonianmag.com › history › leaks-and-the-law

   • Cached

   Thomas A. Drake was a senior executive at the National Security Agency for seven years. When his efforts to alert his superiors and Congress to what he saw as illegal activities, waste and ...

   • 
   • 
   • 
   • 

3. www.justice.gov › opa › prOffice of Public Affairs | Former NSA Senior Executive ...

   www.justice.gov › opa › pr

   • Cached

   Apr 15, 2010 · A federal grand jury in the District of Maryland has returned a 10-count indictment charging former National Security Agency (NSA) senior executive Thomas A. Drake with the willful retention of classified information, obstruction of justice and making false statements, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division.

4. www.nytimes.com › 2010/04/16 › usFormer N.S.A. Official Is Indicted on Charges of Leaking ...

   www.nytimes.com › 2010/04/16 › us

   Apr 16, 2010 · Mr. Drake, who began working as an N.S.A. contractor in 1991 and was a high-ranking agency employee from 2001 to 2008, is charged with 10 counts, including retention of classified information ...

5. www.justice.gov › opa › prFormer NSA Senior Executive Pleads Guilty to Unauthorized ...

   www.justice.gov › opa › pr

   • Cached

   Jun 10, 2011 · WASHINGTON - Former National Security Agency (NSA) senior executive Thomas A. Drake pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Baltimore to a one-count criminal information charging him with unauthorized access of an NSA computer, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.

6. www.nytimes.com › 2011/06/11 › usThomas Drake, Ex-N.S.A. Official, Accepts Plea Deal in Leak ...

   www.nytimes.com › 2011/06/11 › us

   Jun 11, 2011 · The defendant, Thomas A. Drake, 54, pleaded guilty in Federal District Court in Baltimore to a single misdemeanor count of exceeding his authorized use of an agency computer in 2006 and 2007, ...

7. People also ask

   Who is Thomas Drake?

   • On June 13th, a fifty-four-year-old former government employee named Thomas Drake is scheduled to appear in a courtroom in Baltimore, where he will face some of the gravest charges that can be brought against an American citizen.

   Thomas Drake vs. the N.S.A. | The New Yorker

   www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/05/23/the-secret-sharer

   See all results for this question

   Who is John Drake & what did he do?

   • Drake, a linguist and a computer expert with a background in military crypto-electronics, had worked for twelve years as an outside contractor at the N.S.A. Under a program code-named Jackpot, he focussed on finding and fixing weaknesses in the agency’s software programs.

   Thomas Drake vs. the N.S.A. | The New Yorker

   www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/05/23/the-secret-sharer

   See all results for this question

   Does Drake have a Jesus complex?

   • Matthew Aid, who describes Drake as “brilliant,” says that “he has sort of a Jesus complex—only he can see the way things are. Everyone else is mentally deficient, or in someone’s pocket.” Drake’s history of whistle-blowing stretches back to high school, in Manchester, Vermont, where his father, a retired Air Force officer, taught.

   Thomas Drake vs. the N.S.A. | The New Yorker

   www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/05/23/the-secret-sharer

   See all results for this question

   How did Drake become a whistle-blower?

   • Drake’s history of whistle-blowing stretches back to high school, in Manchester, Vermont, where his father, a retired Air Force officer, taught. When drugs infested the school, Drake became a police informant. And Watergate, which occurred while he was a student, taught him “that no one is above the law.”

   Thomas Drake vs. the N.S.A. | The New Yorker

   www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/05/23/the-secret-sharer

   See all results for this question

8. www.newyorker.com › news › news-deskIs the N.S.A. Whistleblower Case Falling Apart? | The New Yorker

   www.newyorker.com › news › news-desk

   Jun 9, 2011 · By Jane Mayer. June 9, 2011. The government’s espionage case against Thomas Drake, a former National Security Agency employee, appears to be crumbling, with prosecutors offering Drake a plea ...