Broadcast exclusive, a former Senior Pentagon official speaks out for the first time about how his superiors broke the law to punish t the key national secury agenency whistleblower. By now, everyone knows how Edward Snowden reveals how the government was spying on hundreds of millions of people around the world, but if you want to know why snowden did it and how he did it, you need to know the story of john crane, who worked for 25 years for the Inspector Generals Office which helps federal employees expose abuse and corruption. He n now says whisistleblowers e little choice bubut to go outsie the syststem. Crane is coming forward to speak about what happened to nsa whistleblower thomas drake who revealed the existence of a widespread Illegal Program of domestic surveillance. Drakes house was raided by the fbi in 2007 and he was charged in 2010 under the espionage act. Espionage is a last thing my whistleblowing in First Amendment activities and actions are all about. This has become
Broadcast exclusive, a former Senior Pentagon official speaks out for the first time about how his superiors broke the law to punish the Key National Security Agency Whistleblower. By now, everyone knows how Edward Snowden reveals how the government was spying on hundreds of millions of people around the world, but if you want to know why snowden did it and how he did it, you need to know the story of john crane, who worked for 25 years for the Inspector Generals Office which helps federal employees expose abuse and corruption. Hehe now says whisistleblowers e little choice but to go outside the system. Crane is coming forward to speak about what happened to nsa whistleblower thomas drake who revealed the existence of a widespread Illegal Program of domestic surveillance. Drakes house was raided by the fbi in 2007 and he was charged in 2010 under the espionage act. Espionage is a last thing my whistleblowing in First Amendment activities and actions are all about. This has become the s
Chiefs in an effort to halt a sweeping corruption investigation and install a conservative government. Well get the latest. Then 40,000 verizon workers enter their sixth week on strike in one of the biggest u. S. Labor strikes in years. We are on day 43 of our strike against verizon. It is about the 39,000 workers on strike and our families, but really about so much more than that. This about working people fighting back and saying what verizon is doing is not right and we are going to take a stand to protect our jobs. Amy and then activists in peekskill, new york, have launched a blockade to stop a planned gas pipeline being built near the Indian Point Nuclear plant. Were directly in the path of the pipeline at an a active construction site so when workers come this morning, they will find o our home in the mide of their worksite and will not be able to do construction. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goo
Chiefs in an effort to halt a sweeping corruption investigation and install a conservative government. Well get the latest. Then 40,000 verizon workers enter their sixth week on strike in one of the biggest u. S. Labor strikes in years. We are on day 43 of our strike against verizon. It is about the 39,000 workers on strike and our families, but really about so much more than that. This about working people fighting back and saying what verizon is doing is not right and we are going to take a stand to protect our jobs. Amy and then activists in peekskill, new york, have launched a blockade to stop a planned gas pipeline being built near the Indian Point Nuclear plant. Were directly in the path of the pipeline at an a active construction site so when workers come this morning, they will find o our home in the mide of their worksite and will not be able to do construction. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goo
General. Then we go inside the exxon annual meeting where the granddaughter of a former exxon scientist questioned the oil giants ceo. M my grandfathther tolold exn executives a about thehe risk of climatate changnge in 197777. Most 40 years ago. That is how long exxon has known. Amy we will speak to Anna Kalinsky and to 350. Org cofounder Bill Mckibben who was just named by Bernie Sanders to serve on the Platform Committee at this years Democratic National convention. And then transgender rights under attack. Two hours ago, ththe state of texaxas filed d a lawsuit againt u. S. Department of education and the department o of justice regarding their direrective to open up all School Bathrooms to people of both sexes. Amy texas and 10 other states sue the Obama Administration claiming the president has overstepped his constitutional authority. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. An internal government watch