United States of Secrets, Part One (full documentary) | FRONTLINE

FRONTLINE tells the inside story of the U.S. government’s massive and controversial secret surveillance program that began in the wake of September 11 -- and the lengths they went to trying to keep it hidden from the public. (Aired 2014)
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From the investigative team behind FRONTLINE’s award-winning “Money, Power & Wall Street,” comes the definitive history of domestic surveillance in a post-9/11 world. In part one of this two part series, FRONTLINE filmmaker Michael Kirk pieces together the secret political history of “The Program,” which began in the wake of Sept. 11 and continues today - even after the revelations of its existence by Edward Snowden.
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  • @frontline
    @frontlineАй бұрын

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  • @TW---
    @TW---2 жыл бұрын

    Original air date: 2014. "When all this comes out, all hell is going to break loose". Still waiting.

  • @sammyk702

    @sammyk702

    2 жыл бұрын

    Kinda hard to notice it due to the fact that this type of fuckery is a daily occurrence

  • @TW---

    @TW---

    2 жыл бұрын

    Exactly. Spying on Americans has become the norm. So no one cares anymore. Slippery Slope that people won't notice untill it's too late to do anything about it. Welcome to America folks.

  • @sundernitely4592

    @sundernitely4592

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@TW--- unless it's Republicans, then they don't want anyone looking or listening- /they/ deserve their privacy.🙄

  • @adriannasmiths8262

    @adriannasmiths8262

    2 жыл бұрын

    OBAMA = ALL HOPE, NO CHANGE

  • @johnhasty3411

    @johnhasty3411

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@TW--- yep… wouldn’t surprise me if the leak was planned… so everyone knows… but hey what can you do about it….

  • @Mitch-zr4wb
    @Mitch-zr4wb2 жыл бұрын

    I love my country but it's becoming increasingly difficult to defend it. We point to China, and trash their surveillance yet our government is no different. The United States I grew up in is dead and gone. Ultimately, the culpability falls with Americans. The average citizen can tell you who won American Idol, the score of last weeks game, and what's trending on Twitter, but can't name any of their constitutional rights, or why protecting them is important.

  • @gotchagracie3979

    @gotchagracie3979

    2 жыл бұрын

    Bc Americans are reactive and not proactive. They just don’t care, until it happens to them.

  • @pamelaneibuhr6959

    @pamelaneibuhr6959

    2 жыл бұрын

    Agreed

  • @SamSitar

    @SamSitar

    2 жыл бұрын

    China keep trampling free speech as well.

  • @rolexomegaspecialist9411

    @rolexomegaspecialist9411

    2 жыл бұрын

    It's corporate America who now is the biggest threat to us

  • @lisavanderpump7475

    @lisavanderpump7475

    2 жыл бұрын

    Disagree China is really strict with its people an what they do and tweet etc . We can say what we want still and not be jailed for it

  • @mr.invisible3770
    @mr.invisible37708 ай бұрын

    Imagine if Snowden never exposed this we would all still think we had internet privacy

  • @madarab37

    @madarab37

    4 ай бұрын

    I knew we didn't have internet privacy before Snowden ever got on the radar. Project Echelon.

  • @ursamajor6347

    @ursamajor6347

    4 ай бұрын

    What shady dealings are you doing that you need Internet privacy? lol

  • @treverdrew6993

    @treverdrew6993

    3 ай бұрын

    ​@@ursamajor6347its called a right not a privilege. Dont be so ignorant, or move to China

  • @ursamajor6347

    @ursamajor6347

    3 ай бұрын

    It is not a right, obviously lmao. What are you hiding sicko? I see what the DOJ meant

  • @macbrowning

    @macbrowning

    3 ай бұрын

    The ironic thing is... Even knowing the massive amount of privacy invasion being done by the government no one cares enough to do anything about it

  • @dp26385
    @dp263852 жыл бұрын

    Frontline is far superior than 60 Minutes now and it’s commercial free!

  • @xoxoxoxoxo7997

    @xoxoxoxoxo7997

    2 жыл бұрын

    And 60 minutes used to be a lot less bias. I can't stand them nowadays

  • @dp26385

    @dp26385

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@xoxoxoxoxo7997 , I barely watch TV anymore. Everything is slanted with an agenda. With commercials every 2 minutes it’s more annoying than it is enjoyable. I pretty much only watch sports on TV now.

  • @SuperSpace2009

    @SuperSpace2009

    2 жыл бұрын

    Because Is Frontline is Superior then 60 minutes. They have changed a lot when it comes to getting the TRUTH. I like 60 minutes but love Frontline because I will get all juicy details.

  • @SuperSpace2009

    @SuperSpace2009

    2 жыл бұрын

    Eric Snowden a true Hero!

  • @realproperty1012

    @realproperty1012

    2 жыл бұрын

    Dude like yrs ago!

  • @aeroblivion5961
    @aeroblivion59612 жыл бұрын

    When you're born into this world, you're given a ticket to the freak show. If you're born in America you get a front row seat. - George Carlin

  • @simpleuser0001

    @simpleuser0001

    2 жыл бұрын

    "America is the freak show." (I add to that quote)

  • @anguskong5132

    @anguskong5132

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@simpleuser0001 go live in the middle east then..I add to that quote.

  • @gahshjdjd8249

    @gahshjdjd8249

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@anguskong5132 no

  • @mkadi70

    @mkadi70

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@anguskong5132 WEll guess what? who is in bed with the Middle Eastern puppets? who controls the show?

  • @jaydenchristiansen5783

    @jaydenchristiansen5783

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@simpleuser0001 p poops I’m so

  • @bridgettflournoy2123
    @bridgettflournoy21237 ай бұрын

    I respect journalists because they put their lives on the line for the truth

  • @sam-fc9ky

    @sam-fc9ky

    2 ай бұрын

    not all

  • @unnamedchannel1237

    @unnamedchannel1237

    Ай бұрын

    They also spread a lot of propaganda

  • @djlystics

    @djlystics

    Ай бұрын

    They also put other lives on the line 🥹. Lucifer respects them too

  • @CECICEO-cz9ho

    @CECICEO-cz9ho

    3 күн бұрын

    ONLY TRUE JOURNALISTS : THERE ARE VERY FEW.

  • @tresajessygeorge210

    @tresajessygeorge210

    2 күн бұрын

    NOT ALL JOURNALISTS...!!!

  • @scotthaddad563
    @scotthaddad5635 ай бұрын

    This program used to be one of my favorites. This particular episode was produced right at the tail end of when everyone mostly believed that the government was really working for us. Boy did that feeling change as the years went by. And this particular series was also trusted. I would really like to have America back in the hands of the people as it was intended. I guess I really want too much though.

  • @erikpeterson25

    @erikpeterson25

    4 ай бұрын

    News upcoming ....understood

  • @El_Nairda949

    @El_Nairda949

    3 ай бұрын

    If the government was in the hands of the "PEOPLE": they (the PEOPLE) would have no idea what to do with it.

  • @prodigy750
    @prodigy7502 жыл бұрын

    They ran mass surveillance on the public when in fact the people ordering them to do this are the real ones that need to be watched, they’re the ones with the ability and motive, not the general public

  • @coryce258

    @coryce258

    2 жыл бұрын

    You are correct. That's why the agents serving during 911 didn't see it coming. It was an inside job and they weren't on the inside.

  • @alexanderbemar2637

    @alexanderbemar2637

    2 жыл бұрын

    I completely Agree With You. Look at General Milley, he's bought by the CCP. AMERICA could have the greatest weapon in the world, but the invasion starts within the Leaders.

  • @TheOriginalLos

    @TheOriginalLos

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@alexanderbemar2637 "Bought by the Chinese" ? They are all on the same team, genius. It's also "CPC" ... "CCP" is what television tells you. If that doesn't really matter, then ill start saying "UAS" instead of "USA".

  • @thenguyen4873

    @thenguyen4873

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@TheOriginalLos here we go again another one blaming the Chinese, I suggest you should exercise your mind and read some history books and Im sure you'll have I different way you'll see democracy is truely is. Democracy is only a word which our government hide mp behind, thungs things they preach, the things they accuses other country of smearing those country yet they themselves do understand secrecy. I personally would rather play a n open hand card then closed, atleast then ill know what my opponent is holding. Democracy was built on transparency, rules of law, human rights, equal rights,freedom of press, etc but ask yourself this does our government truly live up to all those things? Journalists that reports the country secrets end up in jail, end up running for their freedom. Yet and Journalists that report politics of 1 side they somehow become mainstream media. Aka fox news (right wing) cnn (left wing). I can go on for days, of how messed up democracy has become as its being runned by the rich not for us the people. If we was to evan wiretap any government phone calls I garentee we will be in jail for espionage. Only a couple years ago america was complain how China is a servailence country yet look at America seem way more servailence befor China was, in the UK and London a person is constantly on camera the very second they leave their front door.

  • @TheOriginalLos

    @TheOriginalLos

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@thenguyen4873 Where did I blame China ? East and West are on the same team was my claim. That was started WAY back before the end of Vietnam. Democracy is a word, that's it. If you believe in that it is some paradise / utopia then you have been misled and are a victim of propaganda yourself. I've never blamed China for anything, other than making deals with traitors from America which anyone obsessed with money would do. Don't tell me read history ... i'll name you the political leaders and military officials from both north and south Vietnam who took money and arms ... of course im assuming your Vietnamese as I grew up with many ... point being, objectivity is my specialty.

  • @neonnoir9692
    @neonnoir96922 жыл бұрын

    Funny, they're so worried about it going public, but the only person to get burned was Snowden. Nice scapegoat.

  • @alicassidy8913

    @alicassidy8913

    2 жыл бұрын

    So was Drake

  • @toddinthemiddle

    @toddinthemiddle

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@alicassidy8913 who cares? rap SUCKS!!

  • @EricJh21690

    @EricJh21690

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@toddinthemiddle wow I went to reply to this and KZread must not have agreed with some of my words because my comment is literally nowhere to be found

  • @qwite9309

    @qwite9309

    Ай бұрын

    That’s literally what Snowden intended to happen he didn’t want any of this to reflect on the reporters or his wife. He said so in the footage of the hotel room

  • @BeefCake1012
    @BeefCake10124 ай бұрын

    “Those who sacrifice liberty for temporary security deserve neither.” -Benjamin Franklin. These reporters and leakers are American heroes… 🇺🇸👏🏼

  • @gulumhazer
    @gulumhazer8 ай бұрын

    I will never forget this. I found out about 911 when I was over seas and I actually got stuck over seas for more than a month. The day of I couldn’t reach my family. My daughter, then a toddler, was with my parents. I had no full knowledge of what was going on. That was one of the most terrifying moments of my life.

  • @Uncanny_Mountain

    @Uncanny_Mountain

    7 ай бұрын

    Now if America could just provide the evidence that Bin Laden did it Any day now...

  • @vondamn9943

    @vondamn9943

    7 ай бұрын

    Of all that things this docu says the most frightening for you is that you couldn't fly back home...mmmm ok, I guess

  • @gulumhazer

    @gulumhazer

    7 ай бұрын

    @@vondamn9943 I was sharing my story and what happened to me. 911 affected everyone.

  • @chriswp5087

    @chriswp5087

    5 ай бұрын

    ​@@vondamn9943they didn't say anything like that, work on your reading comprehension

  • @vondamn9943

    @vondamn9943

    5 ай бұрын

    @@chriswp5087 no

  • @ChrisJohnson-pq2tu
    @ChrisJohnson-pq2tu2 жыл бұрын

    Granting the government more power, more money (taxes), and more authority over our lives is never a temporary proposition. Those in charge will always hold on to that until it becomes 'normal', and then they'll ask for more. This doc is another great example of that

  • @emilybelt1564

    @emilybelt1564

    2 жыл бұрын

    Just like what they are doing with coronavirus

  • @superkill7202

    @superkill7202

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@emilybelt1564 that’s facts. It’s not about the government trying to save us and caring about our health. It’s about money, power, and control. That’s what it’s always been about.

  • @Brett_S_420

    @Brett_S_420

    2 жыл бұрын

    Taxes aren't a bad thing. There are plenty of Governments that do it right. It's when you put people in charge of government who are themselves corrupt and have an agenda, with a population that ignores our problems but throw money at the military, what do you expect?

  • @Brett_S_420

    @Brett_S_420

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@huntedplaster9607 It's going to get much worse soon. Especially if the Trump cult TRAITORS have their way.

  • @shanehudson5438

    @shanehudson5438

    2 жыл бұрын

    True its human nature

  • @rickipacaci1338
    @rickipacaci133811 ай бұрын

    Thank heavens for people that can’t tolerate corruption. They are brave and to be admired.

  • @klaj6595

    @klaj6595

    5 ай бұрын

    Unless they work for the government. Then they are a whistleblower, their entire lives are ruined, their credibility demolished, and have to spend the remainder of their lives hiding from “the land of the free” The irony is astounding!!! I completely agree with you. CITIZENS are the checks and balances to government. 🩶🩶 Edits for grammar

  • @sam-fc9ky

    @sam-fc9ky

    2 ай бұрын

    Jesu

  • @user-yu8og2ur5h

    @user-yu8og2ur5h

    2 ай бұрын

    Я вам просто відкриваю всіх гадів які працюють проти нас з коханим Гамданом Аль Мактум

  • @mrfrank77777
    @mrfrank777772 ай бұрын

    Really incisive , powerful and balanced documentary, thank you. Never dreamt there was such soul searching and considered internal dissent which is very encouraging for democracy.

  • @adamtash2891

    @adamtash2891

    12 күн бұрын

    some low level honest people soul searched....the powerful didnt...and their masters didnt either

  • @danaalexander5211
    @danaalexander5211Ай бұрын

    This is very significant reporting of a segment of history that many of us lived through. Thank you for posting this coverage. Better late than never for me to learn the story you've exposed so well. ✌️&❤️

  • @ChrisDMV301
    @ChrisDMV3012 жыл бұрын

    Edward Snowden is an American hero and a Patriot. He should be revered as such.

  • @rafael6693

    @rafael6693

    2 жыл бұрын

    how is he a hero? this leaks probably got thousands of people life in dangeour, and not only in USA in other places of the world too. it is sensitive information for a reason.

  • @1985qdawg

    @1985qdawg

    2 жыл бұрын

    I agree he a hero

  • @1985qdawg

    @1985qdawg

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@rafael6693 fool you sheep he didn't put anyone in danger

  • @lashlarue7924

    @lashlarue7924

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@1985qdawg his revelations changed the way Al Qaeda network cells communicate. They compromised ongoing operations that relied upon the assumption that they would remain unattributable. They allowed Russia, China, and other adversary nation-states to catch up to the US technologically. In short, Snowden’s revelations absolutely did damage US national security. This much is clear.

  • @bodombeastmode

    @bodombeastmode

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@rafael6693 If the US government had proof of his leak harming anyone, don't you think they would be yelling that from the rooftops?

  • @Lonesome__Dove
    @Lonesome__Dove2 жыл бұрын

    What did I learn from this? The government will violate your rights if they believe it to be in the "best interest" of the country. That really makes the rights pointless.

  • @dogeared100

    @dogeared100

    2 жыл бұрын

    This show reinforxed that politicians are only looking out for their careers. Shame on Cheney/Bush/Obama and all that "went along."

  • @chencharoo

    @chencharoo

    2 жыл бұрын

    "The Government" is made up of people who have an agenda and those who toe the line for self interest. If you want to make the right choices you need to be smarter stronger and care about choosing the people who will represent your interests. don't blame the ether, if you don't choose someone else will

  • @winstonchurchill5892

    @winstonchurchill5892

    2 жыл бұрын

    @merlin's beard your point?

  • @shamoneking9632

    @shamoneking9632

    2 жыл бұрын

    ​@merlin's beard agreed that rights are an illusion - but don't mix the Japanese up with Germans and Italians in the US. The latter two weren't put into concentration camps.

  • @sam-psonsmith9951

    @sam-psonsmith9951

    2 жыл бұрын

    they gave you your rights and they can take them away for pretty much any reason. post covid the entire world should know by now. (and no government is excluded)

  • @user-gc7si4jq3n
    @user-gc7si4jq3n8 ай бұрын

    Absolutely fantastic documentary. Frontline does it again!. Absolutely fantastic documentary. Frontline does it again!.

  • @chrisharrisseacaptainchris
    @chrisharrisseacaptainchris3 ай бұрын

    Great reporting!thank you, we as citizens should demand more like this1!!!!!!!!!!

  • @sassagrass7095
    @sassagrass70952 жыл бұрын

    It is depressing as hell that honest & good people are punished for telling the damn truth and exposing corruption. Smfh.

  • @McIntoshjosh123

    @McIntoshjosh123

    2 жыл бұрын

    That should tell you something about our government...and what the American flag really represents

  • Жыл бұрын

    it turns out this was all based on bullshit. but the retelling of the lies made it all 'legal'

  • @justrubio3121

    @justrubio3121

    Жыл бұрын

    That’s what I was thinking. ✌️

  • @biggmixxo

    @biggmixxo

    Жыл бұрын

    More depressing is that we don't help those out here doing God's work

  • @bigwendigo2253

    @bigwendigo2253

    Жыл бұрын

    And it’s why I’m grateful for our whistleblowers and our journalists that are willing to put it all on the line for stories like these

  • @chaserofthelight1737
    @chaserofthelight1737 Жыл бұрын

    The Patriot Act was already written before 9/11. They were just waiting for the right time to implement it. When there’s a crisis in America, government never misses the opportunity to take a few more rights, all in the name of doing what’s good for the country.

  • @ceezb5629

    @ceezb5629

    Жыл бұрын

    I’m not saying Snowden did the right or wrong thing… all I’m saying is why is he pointing the finger at the USA then he goes to Putin’s Russia who literally spies on their entire population & even supremes them? NSA was collecting meta data (which is wrong without legit court warrant), but Russia does things that are even more dangerous, yet Snowden goes to live in Russia as if Putin was a better person? Naw, Snowden was a Russian plant.

  • @tpeterson9140

    @tpeterson9140

    Жыл бұрын

    Just like my countries goverment. They basically created increased amount of crime by allowing anyone to migrate here. Now when there's lots of crime like everyone expected the goverment comes with their "solution" which of course is take away more rights and create more of a police-state. Like YOU created this problem and now u want to infringe on my rights to solve UR problem?

  • @scritterz

    @scritterz

    Жыл бұрын

    Where are the two replies?

  • @chaserofthelight1737

    @chaserofthelight1737

    Жыл бұрын

    @@scritterz I’ve noticed this on a lot of posts lately, saying comments but they’re not there.

  • @_shinaman_3972

    @_shinaman_3972

    Жыл бұрын

    @@chaserofthelight1737 it seems the number of reply’s stays the same even if the the reply gets deleted/removed. Idk why, maybe to buff the activity of comments to make it seem that the content is popular.

  • @elenagarcia8565
    @elenagarcia85657 ай бұрын

    One of the best documentary I've ever seen

  • @andysmith3843
    @andysmith38432 ай бұрын

    Dude or dude's it awesome to have found your channel your information is of a easy clear way to understand and with you doing as explaining and the bonus of a re run if need be its premo. Cheers fella's .any spare lights clogging up ya space im sure id take good care of them for ya .peace

  • @mcj2584
    @mcj25842 жыл бұрын

    Snowden is a hero in my opinion and should be given the presidential metal of freedom.

  • @vivek27789

    @vivek27789

    2 жыл бұрын

    He will be one day in future. 🙏

  • @advisorywarning

    @advisorywarning

    2 жыл бұрын

    A medal that’s made of metal 😉

  • @blatant-One

    @blatant-One

    Жыл бұрын

    He won't get any more than jail time for his efforts.

  • @marvinstorm9153

    @marvinstorm9153

    Жыл бұрын

    As is Assange. The Australian government sits on its hands whilst a true life hero gets judged by a US military kangaroo court just because he exposed the criminal acts of the military and embarrassed a few political flunkies. The Australian government can't find its arse with two hands. Pathetic losers in one of the most backward western countries on earth. Go there, live there. If BBQs, SUVs, beach and vapid conversation is your thing then you'll love it. There is no discourse, police have outrageous powers immune from prosecution. Down Under. The edge of civilisation

  • @mgtowsimp9839

    @mgtowsimp9839

    Жыл бұрын

    Rubik's Cube bullsh!t.... Snowden/Zuckerberg didn't invent/leak anything, they're gov't simps!!! The simp martyrdom replaced the lone gunman theory.... Algorithm? What Algorithm? 🤡

  • @RW-xf6wh
    @RW-xf6wh2 жыл бұрын

    A society that gives up its freedom for security ends up with neither.

  • @tourqualitygolf
    @tourqualitygolf5 ай бұрын

    My dad worked for the fbi and was doing audits around the same time. He also found that they were doing illegal wiretaps without fisa warrants. He informed his supervisor and 1 day before his 1 year probation period was up they walked him out of the building and he was fired. His supervisor was promoted and moved out of the department. Any attempts to pursue this after being fired were shut down and went nowhere.

  • @rayloulach9376
    @rayloulach9376Ай бұрын

    It's amazing how a lawyer has this much power

  • @forgivezhariondissapointed4234
    @forgivezhariondissapointed4234 Жыл бұрын

    The people who expose the injustices that their government has committed are heroes.

  • @arcticablue

    @arcticablue

    Жыл бұрын

    Amen!

  • @vcash1015

    @vcash1015

    Жыл бұрын

    But then they get rid of them when they know too much

  • @coronaa.3150

    @coronaa.3150

    Жыл бұрын

    @@vcash1015 and that is the reason they are heroes

  • @natashanonnattive4818

    @natashanonnattive4818

    11 ай бұрын

    Yes See: Jessie Venture and his interview on 63 documents Gov. Doesn't want you to see book

  • @Evocati-Augusti

    @Evocati-Augusti

    10 ай бұрын

    You see hes wearing a big Q on his jacket, Q isn't just some hackers inside their basements...they are high-level whistle-blowers fighting for us from the inside...

  • @eddied8262
    @eddied82622 жыл бұрын

    Imagine what the government is doing now that people are unaware of.

  • @roberthickey2618

    @roberthickey2618

    Жыл бұрын

    That's "Top Secret"

  • @ronlentjes2739

    @ronlentjes2739

    Жыл бұрын

    Replacing YOU with ROBOTS. It's all about $greed$ and $money$ and if they can do it without YOU humans, they will. That is how little they care about you!

  • @dannysunay4386

    @dannysunay4386

    Жыл бұрын

    They know what porn you like.

  • @chaserofthelight1737

    @chaserofthelight1737

    Жыл бұрын

    Exactly!!! What they tell us is not “the” issue.

  • @stevendhuddlesonjr6899

    @stevendhuddlesonjr6899

    Жыл бұрын

    Take notice that the US govt is releasing a lot of ufo or uap information now. It's the next big lie. A false flag alien invasion. Sounds crazy but it's true

  • @terryrodbourn2793
    @terryrodbourn27933 ай бұрын

    You guys didn't have the whole story, the rabbit hole gos much deeper!

  • @gplunk
    @gplunk4 ай бұрын

    Nice use of great quality still photos of the various key politicians and staff members....

  • @rational-public-discourse
    @rational-public-discourse Жыл бұрын

    I lost my job due to this program. The first thing that the government went after were any employees in government facilities, especially those near the Pentagon, that posed any kind of question mark or who behaved in any kind of suspicious way even if the people were obviously harmless. I was working as a contractor at the Patent Office, and some time in 2002 I would sometimes, during my lunch break, search for information related to the Echelon Project -- which was the NSA massive satellite dishes operation posted in areas around the globe that allowed the NSA to spy on phone calls and internet communications. That termination ended my work experience in the federal government. And this program really did not have much to do with security. It was a knee jerk reaction due to the close relation that large corporations, many of which were headquartered in the Twin Towers, have with our government, and the defense industry were just looking for a way to expand their business, which is war, and it was this surveillance system which the powers that be were hoping would find more enemies to go to war with, and if they had to greatly expand the meaning of what constitutes an enemy, then that was not a problem for them. We have seen the enemy, and it is us.

  • @argosz8046

    @argosz8046

    Жыл бұрын

    When one "gets" the picture one can never unsee it. Wow, though - you must have been very young and naive doing such searches on your lunch break (and right on site!) - glad all you lost was your job.

  • @rational-public-discourse

    @rational-public-discourse

    Жыл бұрын

    @@argosz8046 NO, I lost my liberty too. They're still watching me very closely.

  • @argosz8046

    @argosz8046

    Жыл бұрын

    @@rational-public-discourse You've just got to be so careful. I had a relative who was on my country's watch list in the first half of the 20th century, because of his political beliefs - he's been dead a long time, but I never forget the power of those behind the scenes.

  • @rational-public-discourse

    @rational-public-discourse

    Жыл бұрын

    Well I am trying to change the world. What's wrong with that. The world needs changing.

  • @4partmedia

    @4partmedia

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@argosz8046 fuck that. There was zero wrong doing for searching information - that's the entire point of this documentary.... the hell u talking bout young and naive? There were career journey men losing their jobs left and right due to this surveillance bullshit.

  • @knpark2025
    @knpark2025 Жыл бұрын

    It is a two-hour quality documentary video free on KZread, it features the "demonitization towers" right from the first 30 seconds, and manages to reach millions of viewers. This is what Public Broadcast is for. You are doing right about this one, America, plz don't change.

  • @higbeedoug

    @higbeedoug

    9 ай бұрын

    demonitization towers ?

  • @gianni_schicchi

    @gianni_schicchi

    9 ай бұрын

    @@higbeedoug✈️🏙️🇸🇦

  • @FijiAC

    @FijiAC

    9 ай бұрын

    @@higbeedougi guess if you mention or show the twin towers on KZread your video is likely to be demonetized. Odd.

  • @dilligaf8349

    @dilligaf8349

    7 ай бұрын

    That's exactly why it's here! Measly amount of money was spent on the private tribunal. Helps explain the reason troops could spend the next 20yrs in Iraq. All about the u$a and oil.

  • @Ash888Mohd

    @Ash888Mohd

    7 ай бұрын

    Brain washing and fake info , yeah a great documentary and so much more .

  • @vlee3880
    @vlee38807 ай бұрын

    Great coverage. Wow.

  • @richwallace6854
    @richwallace68547 ай бұрын

    While I was listening and watching the words and body language of General Hayden, I got the feeling I was watching a suppressed Peeping Tom. A personality you would expect to be found crouching down, below some poor woman's bathroom window.

  • @mrgoats
    @mrgoats2 жыл бұрын

    Whistle blowers should be treated as the highest level of patriots. They risk everything to do the right thing. Illegal or not, legal doesn’t mean right. Doing something “legal” that’s ethically ambiguous shouldn’t get green lit.

  • @gino2033

    @gino2033

    Жыл бұрын

    Rats are never a good way to show freedom we need to recognize that we are under attack from with our Government is the enemy and as duty to our Country and Constitution to protect these under the 2nd Amendment.

  • @chucknorrrislover

    @chucknorrrislover

    Жыл бұрын

    Who was the whistleblower? They never got back to the email part

  • @gripendraken1732

    @gripendraken1732

    Жыл бұрын

    @@chucknorrrislover Edward Snowden.

  • @rm26367
    @rm263672 жыл бұрын

    Unbelievable! Love the narrators’ voice, he made it easier to digest all secrets. I feel really bad for Drake and Snowden. Their lives were forever changed for telling the truth. Thank you to all that stood up to protect our constitution and our rights.

  • @seahorse2

    @seahorse2

    2 жыл бұрын

    Snowden should be granted pardon. Something is not right when he has to continue living in Moscow.

  • @hanmimed

    @hanmimed

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@seahorse2 >

  • @lewp273

    @lewp273

    2 жыл бұрын

    Dont forget Tamm

  • @1SaltyGirl

    @1SaltyGirl

    2 жыл бұрын

    RMFedUp - They paid the price. Not very many Americans would of even consider doing it

  • @1SaltyGirl

    @1SaltyGirl

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Wesley Dahlin People are coming around. They are a piece to the puzzle. They have to live with themselves. You can't get away from that. And I'm sure they have the inner peace that comes from doing right. God bless them

  • @sonicbm
    @sonicbm7 ай бұрын

    Man, that poor guy that wanted those revisions before 9/11, that is real guilt, real pain. I hope he may find peace

  • @reinman1987cancer

    @reinman1987cancer

    24 күн бұрын

    If only the government could've started spying on us before 911😂😂 Especially since they couldn't even confirm that they've prevented one attack since starting.

  • @maxdominate2481
    @maxdominate24816 ай бұрын

    @0:07 - I remember that sign well. Stayed in transition barracks there back in the day. I really didn't like the mildew. They wonder why I didn't re-up.

  • @jourdan-leeturner83
    @jourdan-leeturner832 жыл бұрын

    Shout out to the narrator, and the people who piece all the interviews together for a smooth, easy on the eyes, and easy listening documentary!

  • @mfenaughty

    @mfenaughty

    2 жыл бұрын

    Will Lyman, the narrator for this film and many Frontline documentaries, is excellent.

  • @damnglo6531

    @damnglo6531

    2 жыл бұрын

    Oh

  • @damnglo6531

    @damnglo6531

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@mfenaughty He goated

  • @jakec1943

    @jakec1943

    2 жыл бұрын

    The narrator is the reason I love Frontline!

  • @gardensofthegods

    @gardensofthegods

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@jakec1943 Jake yes I have always loved this narrator's voice here on Frontline .

  • @MikelGCinema
    @MikelGCinema2 жыл бұрын

    I love these docs, narrators voice, priceless.

  • @EyeonthePrize247

    @EyeonthePrize247

    2 жыл бұрын

    Same! The narrator is very soothing and relaxing to listen to despite the type of content being discussed.

  • @MikelGCinema

    @MikelGCinema

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@EyeonthePrize247 All that plus a sense of seriousness and it makes you truly "believe" the story.

  • @mikeglynn5824

    @mikeglynn5824

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yup the guys voice makes it spot on!!

  • @disappearintothesea

    @disappearintothesea

    2 жыл бұрын

    The narrator is Will Lyman. I loved the voice too so I looked him up.

  • @Yeah112ful

    @Yeah112ful

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yeah. Nice voice to fall asleep to

  • @johnreyes6142
    @johnreyes61428 ай бұрын

    CIVIL WAR? I find myself asking as I reflect on my childhood as I realize as an adult that I was failed by my government. I was born in 1990 into the custody of the State of Oregon while my biological mother was in a State Funded rehabilitation center just around the corner from where I live now. There came a breaking point in my mother's life and our relationship when she was refused additional support from the State. It was at this point when I was placed into foster homes based on criteria set forth by standards of the State of Oregon. The parent had to be married and be christian. There was an additional criteria for childern like me who were Native American Indian and that is called ICWA (Indian Child Welfare Act). This act appeared well intended but in practice it was detrimental. This criteria made it to where I could only be formally adopted out to mothers and fathers or families who would qualify under the State Standard but also had to be part of a federally recongnized indian tribe. I was finally placed with a family of whom met a portion of the criteria and of whom contained tribes with historic blood feuds with one another. And that foster family took me away from the State of Oregon and took me to Oklahoma where that family became in violation of the State of Oregon's authority when failing to file annual money reports. The Ottowa County Sheriffs Office failed time and again when they failed to bring my guardians to justice and free me from their hostile control. My guardians were issued warrants out of Pendleton Oregon by the Umatilla County Courthouse but still no justice. I don't believe there is any compensation great enough to compensate me for what happened. But I value all the 18+ years I suffered at the hands of the State to be to the tune of $6B. No justice

  • @I.AM.JUPITER
    @I.AM.JUPITER2 ай бұрын

    What is the best thing that came out of all of this was that our flight security is now government owned and more restrictive than ever. We needed that.

  • @neonnoir9692
    @neonnoir96922 жыл бұрын

    Clear Snowden's name and allow him to return.

  • @uncleray3354

    @uncleray3354

    Жыл бұрын

    He's a fucking traitor

  • @gregniel
    @gregniel2 жыл бұрын

    "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." ~ Benjamin Franklin

  • @joeStockhus

    @joeStockhus

    2 жыл бұрын

    I was trying to find this exact quote to post. So true this is especially today

  • @delbertz.osborne9793

    @delbertz.osborne9793

    2 жыл бұрын

    I'm not so sure about Snowden. If Donald Trump and Putin were like that. Why was there no talk of having Snowden extradited while the 4 years Trump was in office.

  • @dicktracy3787

    @dicktracy3787

    2 жыл бұрын

    hear hear

  • @gregturner6451

    @gregturner6451

    2 жыл бұрын

    Fkfif

  • @1SaltyGirl

    @1SaltyGirl

    2 жыл бұрын

    Good quote but I believe it was a Thomas Jefferson quote.

  • @Craftistemv
    @Craftistemv6 күн бұрын

    Very interesting that this is still happening, on a much bigger scale....

  • @inmost_being
    @inmost_being8 ай бұрын

    With good understanding you'll know this hit hard

  • @donshew9228
    @donshew92282 жыл бұрын

    Somebody needs to let that man at 14:41 know that it's NOT His fault! 😞

  • @LunaticTheCat

    @LunaticTheCat

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hearing him like that was heartbreaking :(

  • @cheekymoses
    @cheekymoses2 жыл бұрын

    Edward Loomis weeping and just heartbroken even now still. May God help him and relieve him of that weight. Frontline! I have no words. Excellent work🙌🏽

  • @jackiecarter7815

    @jackiecarter7815

    2 жыл бұрын

    God bless you 🙏 !

  • @moondancer4660

    @moondancer4660

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah, Loomis really cares.

  • @simonkelly9013

    @simonkelly9013

    Жыл бұрын

    Loomis tears is Not real! How could a goat herders/ camel riders could out maneuver CIA and FBI

  • @deathtap

    @deathtap

    Жыл бұрын

    @@simonkelly9013 Simple. The fact that you say that means you don't understand how easy it is. Call planes 'goat herders'. Call Buildings 'Camel Riders'. Say: When will the guys who are the goat herders hit the camel riders. There you go. Easy. It doesn't take much to thwart these things.

  • @johnhamburn3845

    @johnhamburn3845

    Жыл бұрын

    yes he is a very good actor he deserves an Emmy

  • @adrianmorning.1555
    @adrianmorning.15557 ай бұрын

    No matter what the laws state - those in power work without adherence to them

  • @chrystalweaver618
    @chrystalweaver6182 жыл бұрын

    Stunning documentary. Sadly, many Americans don't have the attention span required to watch Part I of this outstanding work! I can't wait to watch Part II !!

  • @MrHoudini50

    @MrHoudini50

    2 жыл бұрын

    less attention span than a gnat for sure.

  • @babagandu

    @babagandu

    2 жыл бұрын

    They can't afford to pay attention

  • @cat3584

    @cat3584

    2 жыл бұрын

    Don’t blame them

  • @AmericanSpartan

    @AmericanSpartan

    2 жыл бұрын

    Sheep

  • @joeycrck1479

    @joeycrck1479

    2 жыл бұрын

    Glad that this marmaluke speaks for all Americans attention span.. if they had a mascot, her picture would be it to represent the American attention span. Can't wait for Chrystal 2.0

  • @WapGewch
    @WapGewch2 жыл бұрын

    The NSA cryptologist who’s testimony was emotional was truly heartbreaking, and despite how poorly this tragedy was handled, my heart does go out to that man. Wow.

  • @robb1324

    @robb1324

    2 жыл бұрын

    Really? Perhaps my empathy bone is just malfunctioning, but I found him to be overly-dramatic. Almost to the point that he was unbelievable. It felt to me like he was either acting, or he has a mental disability. Perhaps just the death toll over the past 18 months just completely wiping the floor of 9/11 with American blood has desensitized me... 677,737 deaths and climbing by the minute vs. the 4,000 deaths or whatever it is from 9/11.

  • @prepperjonpnw6482

    @prepperjonpnw6482

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@robb1324 I think what was having a very deep impact on him is that he lost everything including his wife and possibly his children. I’m not going to pass judgement on the state of his marriage at the time all of this occurred. I think being falsely accused of acts of treason to and by the government of the country he so loves was more than he could handle. Starting way back when he was an Eagle Scout and continuing through a 43 year career of service to his country with a level of patriotism not seen in many outside of the military came to be his identity as a person. As for his wife asking him “what did you do?” when the FBI busts in with a federal warrant I can attribute that to a way of looking at things that is all to common in today’s America and that is this: if you are being accused of something you are probably guilty. To be of that mindset when the FBI conducts a raid on your home and starts carting away all electronics and books and papers and anything else they feel like taking would be the ultimate piece of evidence against you. At that point any explanation he gave would be falling on deaf ears. Spend your entire life dedicated to your country only to have that country stab you in the heart for something you didn’t do plus your wife of 30+ years not believe you are innocent topped off with massive legal bills and self inflicted guilt over the death of 3,000 people would be enough to break just about anyone. Who knows though maybe he’s just a big bi-polar pansy momma’s boy lol

  • @meyou3772

    @meyou3772

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@robb1324 not to mention domestic terrorism. Like people die in our soil daily at the hands of other Americans. Let's be real. His crocodile tears were for show.

  • @desertmoonlight2880

    @desertmoonlight2880

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@meyou3772 you are not him dont judge

  • @desertmoonlight2880

    @desertmoonlight2880

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@prepperjonpnw6482 you started off as a reasonable comment then went off like a bi-polar person yourself

  • @dennismixon9028
    @dennismixon90287 ай бұрын

    Be nice if you posted link so we could see docs!

  • @planepat
    @planepat27 күн бұрын

    I’m glad this is all public now, so I can finally fall asleep to these stories

  • @talkingpointsusa
    @talkingpointsusa Жыл бұрын

    To everyone at the NSA that felt they needed to expose this, y’all are hero’s and true patriots. Thank you

  • @user-jt8uu1yq3l

    @user-jt8uu1yq3l

    5 ай бұрын

    I worked for Healthcare/Baker Hughes/OBAMA ADMINISTRATION!

  • @user-jt8uu1yq3l

    @user-jt8uu1yq3l

    5 ай бұрын

    I worked for INTEL FAB 12/TOKYO ELECTRON AMERICA/TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED in Mesa AZ, when our NY WORLD TRADE CENTERS WERE ATTACKED!

  • @user-jt8uu1yq3l

    @user-jt8uu1yq3l

    5 ай бұрын

    US Department of Homeland Security was immediately, established at this time!

  • @mainstreampropaganda7518

    @mainstreampropaganda7518

    5 ай бұрын

    did no good😊

  • @sam-fc9ky

    @sam-fc9ky

    2 ай бұрын

    but where are we now?? WEF is next horror

  • @user-lb5gp4ot9x
    @user-lb5gp4ot9x2 ай бұрын

    Great content

  • @betsyburkland7788
    @betsyburkland77886 ай бұрын

    I love you PBS

  • @LuisMendez-wc5nf
    @LuisMendez-wc5nf2 жыл бұрын

    15:28 he broke my heart bro it’s crazy when somebody don’t get heard man god bless that man

  • @jayatmosphere2745

    @jayatmosphere2745

    2 жыл бұрын

    What’s sad is how he thinks that he would have been able to prevent this attack that was planned and orchestrated by the US.

  • @rafaeltorre1643

    @rafaeltorre1643

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@jayatmosphere2745 When I was young I'd think it's a conspiracy theory. When I got older and educated I've realized the government does things we can't even imagine. The only way to get what you want is to make citizens scared so they don't push back. Not all conspiracies are real. But they do happen. George Bush and the Bin laden family (his half brother, etc) were in business together since the 70s. They were one of the richest families in the world. They knew about their outlier brother in Saudi Arabia and his dislike of the u.s. It's common knowledge.

  • @jobelow4254

    @jobelow4254

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@jayatmosphere2745 What's sad is the OC was about a man pouring his heart out on how he feels he tried but failed to save 3000 persons, but you felt the need to make it about you with a comment which whether right or wrong, remains irrelevent.

  • @jayatmosphere2745

    @jayatmosphere2745

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@jobelow4254 What’s sad is how he thinks that he would have been able to prevent this attack that was planned and orchestrated by the US.

  • @jobelow4254

    @jobelow4254

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@jayatmosphere2745 OC not about conspiracy therefore your opinion on any conspiracy is irrelevent even if you're right. Unless you mean to say you can read people's mind. Can you? I'll let you have the last word, you probably need it more than I do Go crazy

  • @bluewaters3100
    @bluewaters310010 ай бұрын

    Anyone who is in their 70's will remember how easy it was to travel at one time in America. Nobody searched your luggage or your purse. You could get to the airport with your ticket and just run onto your plane. I remember when it started to change. One time I got to the airport and the agent asked to look inside my purse. I was shocked. This was around 1978. Things were still pretty low key until the 90's. Now it is like we live in a police state.

  • @reemkhalil6894

    @reemkhalil6894

    10 ай бұрын

    I’m ror.

  • @claytonbouldin9381

    @claytonbouldin9381

    10 ай бұрын

    I remember up till the late 90s you could walk up to the gate with no ticket and say, "bye". No problem, no worries and no getting manhandled by the TSA! Good times, aye!

  • @ROSUJACOB

    @ROSUJACOB

    9 ай бұрын

    All thanks to the religion of pieces 😂

  • @AlmosGotMe

    @AlmosGotMe

    9 ай бұрын

    Police state? Or are they trying too prevent people getting on board with bombs, knifes, drugs, chemicals etc. you see all the mass shootings now? Imagine a mf on a plane with a gun. This has too be the dumbest fucking comment there is. There forsure needs too be high airport security and strict flight rules. Wether 9/11 was a inside job or not it proved we needed these new laws and security

  • @jpdelete

    @jpdelete

    9 ай бұрын

    God-forbid they check your purse for safety 🙄 if you want to live in a country with less security go to South America. If you want to live in a police state go to Germany. If you live in this country don't complain about the security you benefit from and your freedoms that it protects

  • @machdaddy6451
    @machdaddy64516 ай бұрын

    Ben Franklin famously said "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."

  • @dinnerandashow
    @dinnerandashow7 ай бұрын

    Wow! Gonzales has the nerve to be on this documentary with the pretense he was one of the good guys.

  • @tmoe6674
    @tmoe6674 Жыл бұрын

    I love Alberto Gonzalez saying, “They broke the law.” When clearly they, Alberto Gonzalez and Co. were the ones breaking the law.

  • @andrewm2329

    @andrewm2329

    Жыл бұрын

    Gonzalez is a ratfucker. He's been on several documentaries about this, and he's always 100% unapologetic. They all are. They think they come out of these things looking vindicated but they just look like r-a-t-f-u-c-k-e-r-s.

  • @ldub288

    @ldub288

    Жыл бұрын

    i agree, he's an epic piece of shit and not the kind of person who should ever be in a position of power

  • @sherrysherry6495
    @sherrysherry64952 жыл бұрын

    Snowden is a fine honest man. I love him and believe he is brave. He is a real Man. They are so hard to find.

  • @blancarugerio39

    @blancarugerio39

    2 жыл бұрын

    So is Julian Assange , unlawfully arrested by England government .

  • @novemberwhiskey8911
    @novemberwhiskey89115 ай бұрын

    Just a classic one ❤️

  • @jimbeam1293
    @jimbeam12936 ай бұрын

    Each time I call my friend in Sri Lanka, my call is taped. Why does the NSA not pay my calls?

  • @bigwendigo2253
    @bigwendigo2253 Жыл бұрын

    I’m glad to see people really appreciate the quality work PBS comes out with.

  • @2stroketyson79

    @2stroketyson79

    Жыл бұрын

    Instead of worrying about the info in the video you people are more worried about people in the comments lmao this is why we are in this mess in the first place people are SLOW!

  • @arnoldziffel112

    @arnoldziffel112

    Жыл бұрын

    Propaganda Broadcast System...If you think otherwise then you have been had by years of programming and indoctrination. What, you think the Koch family of gandists are in the business of telling you the truth? You think that the truth gives them ultimate power, control, and multi-many-many-many-billions? Lol, gtf outta here! Everything is a mixture of 99 percent fiction with 1% "fact." It's all about convolution. 'They' make us believe in what is not, so we never actually know what is. This is simply how 'they' do it. Yeah, these liars do give us truth nuggets from time to time, but to what extent are these "truths?" The real truth you will have to dig for and use a thing called common sense. Example: I worked in a career with real chaos, real blood, real reality. Blood properties are, well, I know what they are. All of the events that you see in the mainstream the real properties of blood do not apply as it relates to real physics, real biology, real science. Like blood that is orange in color (instead of black colored) and so very quick drying so that it does not inevitably track when stepped on, or oh yes, blood spatter that does not exist, such as a person being "shot" in the head supposedly point-blank and no blood spatter anywhere. Or a person being shot in the chest 3 times with a high powered rife with high powered ammunition, well, it just does no damage in 'their' events where in real life it ends life immediately? Do some real research. PBS can FO.

  • @Studio23Media

    @Studio23Media

    Жыл бұрын

    @@2stroketyson79 Is your brain not capable of processing multiple different ideas?

  • @mills1540

    @mills1540

    Жыл бұрын

    This is all basic knowledge. PBS is government propaganda

  • @billbranagan7325

    @billbranagan7325

    Жыл бұрын

    PBS has been bought too

  • @jimmiller3734
    @jimmiller37342 жыл бұрын

    Amazing, simply amazing! We were headed for a life like the people in China! Snowden should be given the highest honor you can give to an American hero!!!!

  • @seahorse2

    @seahorse2

    2 жыл бұрын

    I feel strongly that Snowden should be free.

  • @bjbaccus5

    @bjbaccus5

    2 жыл бұрын

    We are not were.

  • @PianoGesang

    @PianoGesang

    2 жыл бұрын

    This will only happen when we the people take back the coubtry.

  • @unixrebel

    @unixrebel

    2 жыл бұрын

    totally fake because it kept going under him, look at how he used the FISA courts to investigate the incoming president (trump), you are nuts if you believe they turned a new leaf.

  • @jodievukmir3187

    @jodievukmir3187

    2 жыл бұрын

    Um your already there jim

  • @GOLDVIOLINbowofdeath
    @GOLDVIOLINbowofdeath6 ай бұрын

    Where is part two did the government stop the publication of part two

  • @jpruhu7662
    @jpruhu76622 жыл бұрын

    The AG complaining about others "breaking the law" had my blood pressure all the way up!

  • @Mnkypd

    @Mnkypd

    Жыл бұрын

    looking for this

  • @juligaristo2014
    @juligaristo2014 Жыл бұрын

    Shows to me badass journalism. This is what true reporting looks like.

  • @argosz8046

    @argosz8046

    Жыл бұрын

    Not much of it left these days. Real Investigative Journalism has fallen to the social media and you tube misinformation juggernaut. Another planned part of the picture.

  • @goudagirl6095

    @goudagirl6095

    Жыл бұрын

    And this, apparently, is only part one!

  • @rcyadav9746

    @rcyadav9746

    5 ай бұрын

    Gulam hazzer comments willingly not for sale to u

  • @evernight.

    @evernight.

    3 ай бұрын

    They can create drama about the smallest things 🤦

  • @gregwest77
    @gregwest778 ай бұрын

    Anyone here know where to find the entire documentary The Spy Factory by James Bamford. Seems it has been taken down from KZread which doesn't surprise me at all.

  • @Telltale.
    @Telltale.2 ай бұрын

    Edward Snowden will go down in history as one of America’s greatest and bravest hero’s. I’m so proud of him.

  • @jackieholmes5587
    @jackieholmes55872 жыл бұрын

    One man knew and had been following the threats for years. He warned the FBI who demoted him and finally drove him out. Devastating. There is too much jealousy and Politicos involved. Let’s all cover our behinds obviously. 🤬

  • @gregroskos7942

    @gregroskos7942

    Жыл бұрын

    John Oneil

  • @millz10299580
    @millz102995802 жыл бұрын

    Gonzalez had the nerves to say the leakers broke the law as if he didnt break the law and being complicite with plenty of officials breaking the law.and he said it with so much passion it's out of this world

  • @janicelino56

    @janicelino56

    2 жыл бұрын

    He's the slimiest one of all

  • @gabby_moloko
    @gabby_moloko7 ай бұрын

    I hope Edward Loomis has sought out the therapy needed to resolve the trauma of his insights. he will help so many people once he moves past the pain of those events - at least to the extent that an expert can be helpful

  • @FgDx-pz1mz
    @FgDx-pz1mz4 ай бұрын

    Where can I read those PDFs

  • @MuhammadTayyab-iv4rd
    @MuhammadTayyab-iv4rd2 жыл бұрын

    “ Any Society who will give up a little liberty to gain a little security will Deserve Neither and loose both” Benjamin Franklin

  • @brebre3582

    @brebre3582

    2 жыл бұрын

    Wow. Deep

  • @bradstcyr4459

    @bradstcyr4459

    2 жыл бұрын

    lose not loose. loose is like your ass hole. lose is as if you lost a game.

  • @Thumper68

    @Thumper68

    2 жыл бұрын

    “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety” - Benjamin Franklin 1755

  • @Luzeon
    @Luzeon2 жыл бұрын

    I watched this back when…and hopefully part II is newer. The narrators’ voice is perfect for Frontline docs… I appreciated the newer stuff included in “the aftermath of 9/11.”

  • @cryptouncle6630

    @cryptouncle6630

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes part 2 is newer. From May 20, 2014...part one is from May 13, 2014

  • @Luzeon

    @Luzeon

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@cryptouncle6630 lol

  • @Luzeon

    @Luzeon

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yep, it was old material. Come on Frontline…let us have some new docs! New material…

  • @sam-fc9ky

    @sam-fc9ky

    2 ай бұрын

    911nsdjb

  • @dyu007
    @dyu0075 ай бұрын

    NSA needs to watch every individual inside the US. I think this is necessary.

  • @jefffarmer5785
    @jefffarmer57858 ай бұрын

    Thomas Drake = TRUE Patriot and American HERO-!!!

  • @angelbankslopez577
    @angelbankslopez5772 жыл бұрын

    I don't understand how we have all this information and we have these great PBS documentaries and nothing changes in the United States. income inequality

  • @itrthho

    @itrthho

    2 жыл бұрын

    Politicians are Just hos in suits

  • @Mr1998Brandonify

    @Mr1998Brandonify

    2 жыл бұрын

    No, government makes it so.

  • @willo7734
    @willo77342 жыл бұрын

    Probably my favorite Frontline doc of all time.

  • @skolbeer4205

    @skolbeer4205

    2 жыл бұрын

    Mine as well. All painfully true and accurate

  • @malachi-

    @malachi-

    2 жыл бұрын

    They should have a constant Government Secrets Investigation Staff and make this a continuous series, constantly investigating and reporting on our government and it's intricacies. Two per year.

  • @trull122
    @trull1227 ай бұрын

    When this comes out all hell is gonna break lose. Still waiting..................................

  • @markbeames7852
    @markbeames78525 ай бұрын

    1:36:00 Richard Clarke was far more than a campaign advisor. He was a top level advisor during the Clinton administration who KNEW that Al-Qaeda was plotting to strike targets within the US and tried desperately to warn Condi Rice & Co. during the early weeks of the Bush 43 Administration. Clarke is a hero. An unsung Cold War hero.

  • @noellewest4347
    @noellewest43472 жыл бұрын

    The NSA cryptologist featured early (around the 15 minute mark) broke my heart. He is truly devastated and traumatised by this. I have no doubt he is not the only one carrying around these emotions. He did his job well and tried to warn the administration about the exigence of the situation and their weaknesses, and they disregarded his expertise. That poor man. What a way to spend your retirement:(

  • @Brett_S_420

    @Brett_S_420

    2 жыл бұрын

    "That poor man" was just crying about how they should have been breaking the law sooner. F that douche.

  • @joandry17

    @joandry17

    2 жыл бұрын

    🤣🤣any American was part of it? if not what difference would of made? put surveillance on americans

  • @cyoung460

    @cyoung460

    2 жыл бұрын

    I started crying watching him. He was devastated

  • @kerrynicholls3435

    @kerrynicholls3435

    2 жыл бұрын

    He knew the mass invasion of privacy was wrong and should be congratulated for allowing his true colours of spirit to show up. He was crying for freedom, and democracy.

  • @babagandu

    @babagandu

    2 жыл бұрын

    They knew it was going to happen as they caught the guys in the Philippines. Also, it happened before and still nothing done. Now it's just abusing normal citizens.

  • @williammorris3303
    @williammorris33032 жыл бұрын

    It amazes me how easy it is to convince people to allow the government to take away constitutional rights

  • @elenapashaeva1

    @elenapashaeva1

    2 жыл бұрын

    I didn’t get one thing. They launched that spy program after 9/11. And after that there was an another smaller terrorist attack. It was mentioned here in the video. So the program didn’t help! It is useless.

  • @jupitercyclops6521

    @jupitercyclops6521

    2 жыл бұрын

    I don't remember any citizen being asked or giving permission for this crap. Corrupt judges are the ones giving up our rights

  • @williammorris3303

    @williammorris3303

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@jupitercyclops6521 there are people protesting and marching to have these rights taken from us.

  • @littlewoodchopper6476

    @littlewoodchopper6476

    2 жыл бұрын

    Rights are only for the ones that can afford them

  • @anime_cyko

    @anime_cyko

    2 жыл бұрын

    Well look at hitler. Not the first time.

  • @VideoGrabaciones2010
    @VideoGrabaciones20104 ай бұрын

    This type of surveillance has been done for decades before The Program. The only difference is the advanced internet technology in place.

  • @I.AM.JUPITER

    @I.AM.JUPITER

    2 ай бұрын

    Exactly look at MLK for example. They go after who they want to go. After, they can go after me and find some shit on me.

  • @vanderncalmus1160
    @vanderncalmus11606 ай бұрын

    I've always been very conflicted when it comes to Snowden. On one hand the guy is a hero. People who put themselves at risk for the sake of others and to expose corruption the way he did deserve medals and reverence. But on the other hand he chose a very dangerous enemy on this one. Regardless of reasons or intent, by making himself a target of an organization like the NSA he put a bullseye on the back of the heads of himself and anyone who has or ever will come in to contact with him. This is extraordinarily dangerous and not just for himself but for everyone who comes in to contact with him as well. Like I said the NSA are not the kinds of people you'd ever want having their sights set on you. That being said it is good to expose corruption where you find it no matter who it's from. I guess what I'm trying to say is that while I commend what he did and understand why he did it I also wish circumstances were different. I also hope that in the future that when people do the right thing they at least think over the dangers and consequences first. Because there are a lot of people who see themselves as heros but don't really understand the risks and dangers that come with such dreams of grandeur. It's not as romantic as books and movies make it out to be. It can be much, much worse.

  • @gplunk

    @gplunk

    4 ай бұрын

    It's a brutal world out there; w/ a lot of brutal people in it....

  • @dgreen6659
    @dgreen66592 жыл бұрын

    The funniest part is when Alberto said the people who leaked the information broke the law🤣🤣well what the hell was the government doing 🤣🤣

  • @Catalan.17

    @Catalan.17

    Жыл бұрын

    All of the sudden they follow the law😂

  • @Bryan_Lion
    @Bryan_Lion2 жыл бұрын

    I just want to let you guys know the executive producers at Frontline didn’t kill themselves

  • @btsfan7564

    @btsfan7564

    2 жыл бұрын

    ?

  • @btsfan7564

    @btsfan7564

    2 жыл бұрын

    Who?

  • @renees1021
    @renees10217 ай бұрын

    The Snowden leak info came out long before I had any clue what it was really about. Had this info came out 2015 or later (for me) I'd have made noise.

  • @mckeesk
    @mckeesk8 ай бұрын

    OMG is Drake wearing a "Q" on his lapel? 26:32

  • @housel9352
    @housel93522 жыл бұрын

    This documentary hits different after watching person of interest, because its literally all about this. There are a lot of fictional details in the show as opposed to irl, but it's clear that the producers did their homework. I'd definitely recommend everybody to watch person of interest, its seriously worth your time.

  • @samgaming8053

    @samgaming8053

    2 жыл бұрын

    SECONDED!!!!!!

  • @emeraldgreen777

    @emeraldgreen777

    2 жыл бұрын

    There's a lot of propaganda to it cover up

  • @playyboyydevv1220

    @playyboyydevv1220

    2 жыл бұрын

    I haven't watched person of interest in awhile seesh

  • @wendykay7824

    @wendykay7824

    2 жыл бұрын

    I love that show..very interesting stories

  • @julianmetcalfe1070

    @julianmetcalfe1070

    Жыл бұрын

    i am a person of interest for more than 28 yrs still, loved that show tho, Police example 07-06-1991 can you give us a detailed account of that day,hmmmmm let me get back to you

  • @culbinator
    @culbinator2 жыл бұрын

    The fact that Bush Jr and Cheney aren’t rotting in a jail cell is beyond me.

  • @AP81BABY919

    @AP81BABY919

    2 жыл бұрын

    They have too much power. Not going to happen.

  • @rolexomegaspecialist9411

    @rolexomegaspecialist9411

    2 жыл бұрын

    Add Clinton for Benghazi, and I'll second that. That feckless c--t!

  • @jenmarkforeverforrest2777

    @jenmarkforeverforrest2777

    2 жыл бұрын

    Amen! Thank you

  • @fostercathead

    @fostercathead

    2 жыл бұрын

    If this isn't evidence that there are two tiers of justice, I don't know what is!

  • @rogrambo

    @rogrambo

    2 жыл бұрын

    I agree. They are part of the same criminal organization that the Clinton cartel, the entire Democratic party it seems, a lot of the Republican party, and many leaders that sold their soul overseas belong to. They even talked to the Obama family into joining forces with them in exchange for money and power. If you don't believe me take a look at who paid for Barack Obama's Harvard education. Two of bin Laden's bodies and a mentor. W was in business with them. That's why they used their media and their modified flu bioweapon to take Trump out

  • @vondamn9943
    @vondamn99437 ай бұрын

    The biggest blackhat hack in world's history: legal You steal your neighbor wifi: HacKEr!!!

  • @alonzobean1
    @alonzobean16 ай бұрын

    Shame on those that let this happen, jail for those that carried it out.

  • @smf2072

    @smf2072

    3 ай бұрын

    Yeah its always the other people.....the ones that let it happen, not the one or ones that actually did it. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO way, its the fault of the ones letting it happen. That sounds exactly right & fits perfectly in line with the backwards thinking, no accountability for your own actions America.

  • @nefwaenre
    @nefwaenre2 жыл бұрын

    The poor man crying talking about how he wanted to embrace his proposals but they denied him. Now he has to live with the weight of so many souls on his hands. But it's not his fault. Not his fault at all. THEY denied him. It's on THEM.

  • @godisoncod475

    @godisoncod475

    2 жыл бұрын

    It’s not on his hands when he didn’t have a choice . He had the plan but government wanted it to happen so that’s why it happened .

  • @whitebelt920

    @whitebelt920

    2 жыл бұрын

    Should be given the Oscars for best actor, 9/11 was clearly an inside job.

  • @singingchef23

    @singingchef23

    2 жыл бұрын

    What weight? Those above him ignored him, it will always be the bad actors who allowed this.

  • @kristenfromOZ

    @kristenfromOZ

    Жыл бұрын

    Exactly. He could only do what he could

  • @crazyuncleted5817
    @crazyuncleted58172 жыл бұрын

    Our Secret Service is so secret even they do not know what they are doing

  • @geraldfellers5348
    @geraldfellers53488 ай бұрын

    And , now, do we still trust the higher ups in the capital. Common man, stupid is , what stupid does.