Democracy in America | The prosecution of Thomas Drake

Hating the Drake

The prosecution of Thomas Drake does not fit the crime

By R.M. | WASHINGTON, DC

"IS THOMAS DRAKE an enemy of the state?"

That is the question Jane Mayer asks in her latest piece for the New Yorker. And in order to answer it, perhaps it is best to place Mr Drake's actions in context.

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