Thomas Drake
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About
Most well known as a National Security Agency whistleblower, he was awarded both a Sam Adams Associates for Integrity in Intelligence Award and a Ridenhour Prize for Truth-Telling. Also a decorated serviceman, he worked as a voice and intelligence analyst for the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Navy.
Before Fame
He was educated at the University of Maryland and the University of Arizona.
Trivia
He was featured in a 2014 documentary film titled Silenced.
Family Life
The son of a Second World War veteran and a personal secretary to Pulitzer and Nobel Prize-winning author Pearl S. Buck, Drake was born in Louisiana.
Associated With
He and Edward Snowden are both famous for speaking out about what they believed to be questionable NSA practices.
