Al Jazeera

Meet Thomas Drake

After blowing the whistle on waste, fraud and abuse within the NSA, Thomas Drake was charged under the Espionage Act by the Obama Administration. This interactive short documentary tells his story.

This project was created for AJ+ in collaboration with Anna Flagg, Emily Bodenberg, Jeff Seelbach, Kristina Motwani, Euna Lee, Kai Tang, Mark Behm, Marty Martin, Dave Aronson.

Special thanks to Thomas Drake, Edward Snowden, Ben Wizner and Jesselyn Radack.

http://static.ajplus.net/drake

An introduction by Edward Snowden

An introduction by Edward Snowden

Landing page

Landing page

Title card

Title card

Thomas Drake interview

Thomas Drake interview

Visualization: Intelligence Industry Boom

Visualization: Intelligence industry boom

Visualization: Intelligence agency staff and budget growth

Visualization: Intelligence agency staff and budget growth

Visualization: Timeline of Thomas Drake's career

Visualization: Timeline of Thomas Drake's career

Visualization: Timeline of Thomas Drake's career

Visualization: Timeline of Thomas Drake's career

Visualization: Obama's war on whistleblowers

Visualization: Obama's war on whistleblowers

About page

About page