Thomas Drake, formerly with the US National Security Agency and himself a noted whistleblower, discusses the Edward Snowden affair, the financial dimension of the activities of the NSA, the technical abilities at the disposal of intelligence agencies, the costs and benefits to corporations of NSA activities – and the F-word: Fascism.
Schlagwort: Fascism
Intelligence services and democracy
Annie Machon, the former UK intelligence operator who resigned to reveal criminality within the intelligence services, discusses with Lars Schall the relationship between those services and democracy (and Fascism), their limited success in combating „terror“, and the extent to which profiteering is part of their modus operandi.
Secret Information: The Currency Of Power
Independent German financial journalist Lars Schall talked with former senior NSA executive Thomas Drake. In particular they’ve discussed the Snowden affair; the financial dimension of the activities of NSA & Co.; informed trading / banking; the technical abilities at the disposal of intelligence agencies; and the F-word: Fascism.