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here's more on drake being blackballed and smeared:
Drake appeared on The Daily Show on August 6, 2012, to talk about the history of his case,[62] and in September sent an audio message of support to CryptoParty.[63]
On March 15, 2013, Drake spoke at a National Press Club Luncheon about the national intelligence community and its attitude towards whistle-blowing.video
Drake has become an activist against the surveillance state, frequently giving interviews and speaking at events such as Restore the Fourth.[67]
One of the themes of his speeches and interviews is a "privacy exercise" as follows "Put your entire life in a box, your documents, bank accounts, your passwords, everything -- and give it to a complete stranger -- a fellow American for safekeeping. Would you do it?" he states that he has yet to encounter a "yes."[68]
In a September 2013 interview Drake re-affirmed his belief that the problems of the NSA are so chronic and systemic that the only solution would be to completely dismantle and subsequently rebuild the entire organization.[69
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