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  • Опубликовано: 8 сен 2021
  • 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
    @frontline  Месяц назад +9

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  • @Mitch-zr4wb
    @Mitch-zr4wb 2 года назад +1881

    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 года назад +116

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

    • @pamelaneibuhr6959
      @pamelaneibuhr6959 2 года назад +30

      Agreed

    • @SamSitar
      @SamSitar 2 года назад +16

      China keep trampling free speech as well.

    • @rolexomegaspecialist9411
      @rolexomegaspecialist9411 2 года назад +67

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

    • @lisavanderpump7475
      @lisavanderpump7475 2 года назад +26

      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

  • @TW---
    @TW--- 2 года назад +767

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

    • @sammyk702
      @sammyk702 2 года назад +97

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

    • @TW---
      @TW--- 2 года назад +78

      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 года назад +19

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

    • @adriannasmiths8262
      @adriannasmiths8262 2 года назад +43

      OBAMA = ALL HOPE, NO CHANGE

    • @johnhasty3411
      @johnhasty3411 2 года назад +11

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

  • @mr.invisible3770
    @mr.invisible3770 8 месяцев назад +108

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

    • @madarab37
      @madarab37 4 месяца назад +17

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

    • @ursamajor6347
      @ursamajor6347 4 месяца назад +2

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

    • @treverdrew6993
      @treverdrew6993 3 месяца назад +15

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

    • @ursamajor6347
      @ursamajor6347 3 месяца назад

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

    • @macbrowning
      @macbrowning 2 месяца назад

      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

  • @bridgettflournoy2123
    @bridgettflournoy2123 7 месяцев назад +21

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

    • @sam-fc9ky
      @sam-fc9ky 2 месяца назад +2

      not all

    • @unnamedchannel1237
      @unnamedchannel1237 Месяц назад +3

      They also spread a lot of propaganda

    • @djlystics
      @djlystics Месяц назад +1

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

  • @aeroblivion5961
    @aeroblivion5961 2 года назад +2345

    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 года назад +61

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

    • @anguskong5132
      @anguskong5132 2 года назад +61

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

    • @gahshjdjd8249
      @gahshjdjd8249 2 года назад +16

      @@anguskong5132 no

    • @mkadi70
      @mkadi70 2 года назад +10

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

    • @jaydenchristiansen5783
      @jaydenchristiansen5783 2 года назад +3

      @@simpleuser0001 p poops I’m so

  • @prodigy750
    @prodigy750 2 года назад +649

    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 года назад +17

      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 года назад +4

      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 года назад +5

      @@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 года назад +4

      @@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 года назад +4

      @@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.

  • @scotthaddad563
    @scotthaddad563 5 месяцев назад +33

    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 месяца назад

      News upcoming ....understood

    • @El_Nairda949
      @El_Nairda949 3 месяца назад

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

  • @danaalexander5211
    @danaalexander5211 Месяц назад +2

    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. ✌️&❤️

  • @dp26385
    @dp26385 2 года назад +763

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

    • @xoxoxoxoxo7997
      @xoxoxoxoxo7997 2 года назад +32

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

    • @dp26385
      @dp26385 2 года назад +28

      @@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 года назад +5

      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 года назад +20

      Eric Snowden a true Hero!

    • @realproperty1012
      @realproperty1012 2 года назад +4

      Dude like yrs ago!

  • @ChrisJohnson-pq2tu
    @ChrisJohnson-pq2tu 2 года назад +1487

    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 года назад +102

      Just like what they are doing with coronavirus

    • @superkill7202
      @superkill7202 2 года назад +108

      @@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 года назад +25

      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 года назад +17

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

    • @shanehudson5438
      @shanehudson5438 2 года назад +9

      True its human nature

  • @gulumhazer
    @gulumhazer 8 месяцев назад +26

    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 месяцев назад

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

    • @vondamn9943
      @vondamn9943 7 месяцев назад +1

      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 месяцев назад

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

    • @chriswp5087
      @chriswp5087 5 месяцев назад +1

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

    • @vondamn9943
      @vondamn9943 5 месяцев назад

      @@chriswp5087 no

  • @andysmith3843
    @andysmith3843 2 месяца назад +1

    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

  • @rickipacaci1338
    @rickipacaci1338 11 месяцев назад +84

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

    • @klaj6595
      @klaj6595 4 месяца назад

      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 месяца назад +1

      Jesu

    • @user-yu8og2ur5h
      @user-yu8og2ur5h 2 месяца назад +1

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

  • @neonnoir9692
    @neonnoir9692 2 года назад +90

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

    • @alicassidy8913
      @alicassidy8913 2 года назад

      So was Drake

    • @toddinthemiddle
      @toddinthemiddle 2 года назад +1

      @@alicassidy8913 who cares? rap SUCKS!!

    • @EricJh21690
      @EricJh21690 2 года назад

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

    • @qwite9309
      @qwite9309 Месяц назад +1

      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
    @BeefCake1012 4 месяца назад +2

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

  • @mrfrank77777
    @mrfrank77777 2 месяца назад +4

    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 7 дней назад

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

  • @ChrisDMV301
    @ChrisDMV301 2 года назад +442

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

    • @rafael6693
      @rafael6693 2 года назад +14

      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 года назад +25

      I agree he a hero

    • @1985qdawg
      @1985qdawg 2 года назад +48

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

    • @lashlarue7924
      @lashlarue7924 2 года назад +4

      @@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 года назад +2

      @@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__Dove 2 года назад +220

    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 года назад +20

      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 года назад +7

      "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 года назад +1

      @merlin's beard your point?

    • @shamoneking9632
      @shamoneking9632 2 года назад +1

      ​@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 года назад +1

      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-gc7si4jq3n 8 месяцев назад +5

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

  • @chrisharrisseacaptainchris
    @chrisharrisseacaptainchris 3 месяца назад +1

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

  • @BossFinale
    @BossFinale 2 года назад +239

    They're watching us watch this documentary about them watching us.

    • @traeroker4685
      @traeroker4685 Год назад +6

      Dang 🤯

    • @johannavargas8621
      @johannavargas8621 Год назад +22

      So they know, we know that they know ? 😂

    • @LightingLotusLove
      @LightingLotusLove Год назад +4

      😭 can I get my mfnkin taxes then 🥹

    • @LightingLotusLove
      @LightingLotusLove Год назад +6

      @@johannavargas8621 that we know they know that we know

    • @tracytillett
      @tracytillett Год назад +7

      They are laughing at the fact that we're just now finding out that they've been watching us since we born. And only found it part of it. O don't believe they ever stopped watching us

  • @sassagrass7095
    @sassagrass7095 2 года назад +339

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

    • @McIntoshjosh123
      @McIntoshjosh123 2 года назад +26

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

    •  Год назад

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

    • @justrubio3121
      @justrubio3121 Год назад +6

      That’s what I was thinking. ✌️

    • @biggmixxo
      @biggmixxo Год назад +5

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

    • @bigwendigo2253
      @bigwendigo2253 Год назад +19

      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

  • @elenagarcia8565
    @elenagarcia8565 7 месяцев назад +4

    One of the best documentary I've ever seen

  • @gplunk
    @gplunk 3 месяца назад

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

  • @chaserofthelight1737
    @chaserofthelight1737 Год назад +234

    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 Год назад

      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 Год назад

      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 Год назад +9

      Where are the two replies?

    • @chaserofthelight1737
      @chaserofthelight1737 Год назад +22

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

    • @_shinaman_3972
      @_shinaman_3972 Год назад +3

      @@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.

  • @rational-public-discourse
    @rational-public-discourse Год назад +560

    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 Год назад +46

      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 Год назад +43

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

    • @argosz8046
      @argosz8046 Год назад +21

      @@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 Год назад +29

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

    • @4partmedia
      @4partmedia Год назад

      ​@@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.

  • @vlee3880
    @vlee3880 7 месяцев назад +2

    Great coverage. Wow.

  • @jimmyispromo
    @jimmyispromo 8 месяцев назад +2

    Thank you for this video

    • @carolinecherry9588
      @carolinecherry9588 8 месяцев назад

      Obama is part of the gaslighting to Americans. You all need to wake up, and pretty quickly. Time is running out.

  • @forgivezhariondissapointed4234
    @forgivezhariondissapointed4234 Год назад +255

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

    • @arcticablue
      @arcticablue Год назад +6

      Amen!

    • @vcash1015
      @vcash1015 Год назад +6

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

    • @coronaa.3150
      @coronaa.3150 Год назад +2

      @@vcash1015 and that is the reason they are heroes

    • @natashanonnattive4818
      @natashanonnattive4818 11 месяцев назад

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

    • @Evocati-Augusti
      @Evocati-Augusti 10 месяцев назад

      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...

  • @gregniel
    @gregniel 2 года назад +224

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

    • @joeStockhus
      @joeStockhus 2 года назад +4

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

    • @delbertz.osborne9793
      @delbertz.osborne9793 2 года назад +3

      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 года назад

      hear hear

    • @gregturner6451
      @gregturner6451 2 года назад

      Fkfif

    • @1SaltyGirl
      @1SaltyGirl 2 года назад +1

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

  • @rayloulach9376
    @rayloulach9376 26 дней назад +1

    It's amazing how a lawyer has this much power

  • @tourqualitygolf
    @tourqualitygolf 4 месяца назад +2

    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.

  • @eddied8262
    @eddied8262 2 года назад +52

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

    • @roberthickey2618
      @roberthickey2618 Год назад +3

      That's "Top Secret"

    • @ronlentjes2739
      @ronlentjes2739 Год назад

      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 Год назад

      They know what porn you like.

    • @chaserofthelight1737
      @chaserofthelight1737 Год назад +2

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

    • @stevendhuddlesonjr6899
      @stevendhuddlesonjr6899 Год назад

      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

  • @jourdan-leeturner83
    @jourdan-leeturner83 2 года назад +413

    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 года назад +18

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

    • @damnglo6531
      @damnglo6531 2 года назад

      Oh

    • @damnglo6531
      @damnglo6531 2 года назад +1

      @@mfenaughty He goated

    • @jakec1943
      @jakec1943 2 года назад +10

      The narrator is the reason I love Frontline!

    • @gardensofthegods
      @gardensofthegods 2 года назад +9

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

  • @richwallace6854
    @richwallace6854 7 месяцев назад +4

    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.

  • @user-lb5gp4ot9x
    @user-lb5gp4ot9x 2 месяца назад

    Great content

  • @RW-xf6wh
    @RW-xf6wh 2 года назад +46

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

  • @MikelGCinema
    @MikelGCinema 2 года назад +363

    I love these docs, narrators voice, priceless.

    • @EyeonthePrize247
      @EyeonthePrize247 2 года назад +12

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

    • @MikelGCinema
      @MikelGCinema 2 года назад +8

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

    • @mikeglynn5824
      @mikeglynn5824 2 года назад +3

      Yup the guys voice makes it spot on!!

    • @disappearintothesea
      @disappearintothesea 2 года назад +5

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

    • @Yeah112ful
      @Yeah112ful 2 года назад +3

      Yeah. Nice voice to fall asleep to

  • @terryrodbourn2793
    @terryrodbourn2793 3 месяца назад +2

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

  • @johnreyes6142
    @johnreyes6142 8 месяцев назад +1

    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

  • @mcj2584
    @mcj2584 2 года назад +273

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

    • @vivek27789
      @vivek27789 2 года назад +8

      He will be one day in future. 🙏

    • @advisorywarning
      @advisorywarning 2 года назад +19

      A medal that’s made of metal 😉

    • @blatant-One
      @blatant-One Год назад

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

    • @marvinstorm9153
      @marvinstorm9153 Год назад

      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 Год назад

      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? 🤡

  • @cheekymoses
    @cheekymoses 2 года назад +187

    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 года назад

      God bless you 🙏 !

    • @moondancer4660
      @moondancer4660 Год назад +4

      Yeah, Loomis really cares.

    • @simonkelly9013
      @simonkelly9013 Год назад +2

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

    • @deathtap
      @deathtap Год назад

      @@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 Год назад +3

      yes he is a very good actor he deserves an Emmy

  • @maxdominate2481
    @maxdominate2481 5 месяцев назад +1

    @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.

  • @culbinator
    @culbinator 2 года назад +125

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

    • @AP81BABY919
      @AP81BABY919 2 года назад +7

      They have too much power. Not going to happen.

    • @rolexomegaspecialist9411
      @rolexomegaspecialist9411 2 года назад +7

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

    • @jenmarkforeverforrest2777
      @jenmarkforeverforrest2777 2 года назад +3

      Amen! Thank you

    • @fostercathead
      @fostercathead 2 года назад +3

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

    • @rogrambo
      @rogrambo 2 года назад +6

      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

  • @rm26367
    @rm26367 2 года назад +989

    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 года назад +90

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

    • @hanmimed
      @hanmimed 2 года назад +6

      @@seahorse2 >

    • @lewp273
      @lewp273 2 года назад +8

      Dont forget Tamm

    • @1SaltyGirl
      @1SaltyGirl 2 года назад +21

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

    • @1SaltyGirl
      @1SaltyGirl 2 года назад +14

      @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

  • @novemberwhiskey8911
    @novemberwhiskey8911 5 месяцев назад

    Just a classic one ❤️

  • @Craftistemv
    @Craftistemv День назад

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

  • @knpark2025
    @knpark2025 Год назад +190

    It is a two-hour quality documentary video free on RUclips, 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 месяцев назад +3

      demonitization towers ?

    • @gianni_schicchi
      @gianni_schicchi 8 месяцев назад

      @@higbeedoug✈️🏙️🇸🇦

    • @FijiAC
      @FijiAC 8 месяцев назад +6

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

    • @dilligaf8349
      @dilligaf8349 7 месяцев назад +4

      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 месяцев назад

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

  • @WapGewch
    @WapGewch 2 года назад +799

    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 года назад +73

      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 года назад +66

      @@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 года назад +16

      @@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 года назад +32

      @@meyou3772 you are not him dont judge

    • @desertmoonlight2880
      @desertmoonlight2880 2 года назад +15

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

  • @adrianmorning.1555
    @adrianmorning.1555 7 месяцев назад +2

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

  • @talkingpointsusa
    @talkingpointsusa Год назад +62

    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 месяцев назад

      I worked for Healthcare/Baker Hughes/OBAMA ADMINISTRATION!

    • @user-jt8uu1yq3l
      @user-jt8uu1yq3l 5 месяцев назад

      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 месяцев назад

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

    • @mainstreampropaganda7518
      @mainstreampropaganda7518 4 месяца назад

      did no good😊

    • @sam-fc9ky
      @sam-fc9ky 2 месяца назад

      but where are we now?? WEF is next horror

  • @chrystalweaver618
    @chrystalweaver618 2 года назад +144

    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 года назад +5

      less attention span than a gnat for sure.

    • @babagandu
      @babagandu 2 года назад +10

      They can't afford to pay attention

    • @cat3584
      @cat3584 2 года назад

      Don’t blame them

    • @AmericanSpartan
      @AmericanSpartan 2 года назад

      Sheep

    • @joeycrck1479
      @joeycrck1479 2 года назад

      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

  • @inmost_being
    @inmost_being 8 месяцев назад

    With good understanding you'll know this hit hard

  • @sonicbm
    @sonicbm 7 месяцев назад +2

    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 19 дней назад

      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.

  • @jackieholmes5587
    @jackieholmes5587 2 года назад +56

    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. 🤬

  • @planepat
    @planepat 22 дня назад

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

  • @user-ob5rg6ne6l
    @user-ob5rg6ne6l 8 месяцев назад

    Thanks for sharing 🍏🧢🍎

  • @bigwendigo2253
    @bigwendigo2253 Год назад +466

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

    • @2stroketyson79
      @2stroketyson79 Год назад +16

      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 Год назад

      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 Год назад +23

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

    • @mills1540
      @mills1540 Год назад

      This is all basic knowledge. PBS is government propaganda

    • @billbranagan7325
      @billbranagan7325 Год назад +22

      PBS has been bought too

  • @bluewaters3100
    @bluewaters3100 10 месяцев назад +200

    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 месяцев назад

      I’m ror.

    • @claytonbouldin9381
      @claytonbouldin9381 9 месяцев назад +12

      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 месяцев назад

      All thanks to the religion of pieces 😂

    • @AlmosGotMe
      @AlmosGotMe 9 месяцев назад

      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 месяцев назад +20

      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

  • @betsyburkland7788
    @betsyburkland7788 6 месяцев назад +1

    I love you PBS

  • @Telltale.
    @Telltale. 2 месяца назад

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

  • @tmoe6674
    @tmoe6674 Год назад +22

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

    • @andrewm2329
      @andrewm2329 Год назад

      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 Год назад

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

  • @millz10299580
    @millz10299580 2 года назад +18

    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 года назад

      He's the slimiest one of all

  • @I.AM.JUPITER
    @I.AM.JUPITER 2 месяца назад

    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.

  • @SabbirImon
    @SabbirImon 4 месяца назад

    Outstanding

  • @LuisMendez-wc5nf
    @LuisMendez-wc5nf 2 года назад +186

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

    • @jayatmosphere2745
      @jayatmosphere2745 2 года назад +14

      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 года назад +8

      @@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 года назад +4

      @@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 года назад +1

      @@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 года назад +2

      @@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

  • @mrgoats
    @mrgoats 2 года назад +93

    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 Год назад

      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 Год назад +1

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

    • @gripendraken1732
      @gripendraken1732 Год назад

      @@chucknorrrislover Edward Snowden.

  • @machdaddy6451
    @machdaddy6451 6 месяцев назад

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

  • @EmilyW.isawakenotwoke
    @EmilyW.isawakenotwoke Год назад +29

    Omg. Edward Loomis broke my heart. This beautiful man needs to be absolved of the guilt he is carrying. It is NOT his burden to wear. Bless his heart 🙏🕊️🤍🌸🌼

    • @KeepitGucci
      @KeepitGucci 3 месяца назад +1

      That part hurt me..as a man who has also tried to secure lives but underminded by others and failed the guilt is real and untamable

  • @donshew9228
    @donshew9228 2 года назад +49

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

    • @LunaticTheCat
      @LunaticTheCat 2 года назад +2

      Hearing him like that was heartbreaking :(

  • @davidrose5632
    @davidrose5632 3 месяца назад +2

    Am I the only one who noticed the "Q" lapel pin on Tom Drake's collar? And this originally aired in 2014? Things that make you go "hmmmmm".

    • @I.AM.JUPITER
      @I.AM.JUPITER 2 месяца назад

      I re-watched it, you are so correct

  • @bhasty1
    @bhasty1 6 месяцев назад +2

    Strange to think PBS used to be real journalism. What a fall from grace!

  • @noellewest4347
    @noellewest4347 2 года назад +390

    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 года назад +21

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

    • @joandry17
      @joandry17 2 года назад +2

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

    • @cyoung460
      @cyoung460 2 года назад +19

      I started crying watching him. He was devastated

    • @kerrynicholls3435
      @kerrynicholls3435 2 года назад +23

      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 года назад +3

      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.

  • @housel9352
    @housel9352 2 года назад +88

    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 года назад +4

      SECONDED!!!!!!

    • @emeraldgreen777
      @emeraldgreen777 2 года назад +3

      There's a lot of propaganda to it cover up

    • @playyboyydevv1220
      @playyboyydevv1220 2 года назад

      I haven't watched person of interest in awhile seesh

    • @wendykay7824
      @wendykay7824 2 года назад +2

      I love that show..very interesting stories

    • @julianmetcalfe1070
      @julianmetcalfe1070 Год назад +1

      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

  • @jefffarmer5785
    @jefffarmer5785 7 месяцев назад

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

  • @markbeames7852
    @markbeames7852 4 месяца назад +1

    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.

  • @juligaristo2014
    @juligaristo2014 Год назад +62

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

    • @argosz8046
      @argosz8046 Год назад

      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 Год назад +1

      And this, apparently, is only part one!

    • @rcyadav9746
      @rcyadav9746 4 месяца назад

      Gulam hazzer comments willingly not for sale to u

    • @evernight.
      @evernight. 3 месяца назад +2

      They can create drama about the smallest things 🤦

  • @neonnoir9692
    @neonnoir9692 2 года назад +73

    Clear Snowden's name and allow him to return.

  • @gabby_moloko
    @gabby_moloko 6 месяцев назад +1

    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

  • @dyu007
    @dyu007 5 месяцев назад

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

  • @jpruhu7662
    @jpruhu7662 2 года назад +29

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

    • @Mnkypd
      @Mnkypd Год назад

      looking for this

  • @sharonroberts3501
    @sharonroberts3501 2 года назад +31

    The man who began to cry had a very beautiful heart I wish there were more like him

  • @jimbeam1293
    @jimbeam1293 6 месяцев назад

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

  • @rabbykhan5330
    @rabbykhan5330 6 месяцев назад +2

    I am a Bangladeshi national election is not fair in our country please help😢

  • @markpfeifer1402
    @markpfeifer1402 8 месяцев назад +143

    Much respect to those officials who risked it all to fight for our constitutional rights.

    • @achangyw
      @achangyw 8 месяцев назад +11

      My deepest respect to them for all their bravery and fight against injustice and a salute to their selfless sacrifices.

    • @firstworldproblems6064
      @firstworldproblems6064 8 месяцев назад +3

      And how many rights were taken away

    • @jasonbenson7761
      @jasonbenson7761 7 месяцев назад

      ​@@achangyw❤

    • @Uncanny_Mountain
      @Uncanny_Mountain 7 месяцев назад

      The right wing truth movement is a Psy Op. there's a direct link between Scientology, Trump, and the techniques used by the right wing echosphere, who also tie to NXIVM (Elon promoted it) Epstein (Trump's bff for20+ years) and Saville, (who Brand idolised) and the Monarchy who (Shapiro and Piers Morgan defends). Tate dated Peterson's daughter and Elon went to the same Jesuit University as Trump, and Epstein hooked up Elon's brother, just like he did for Trump.
      Trump's lawyer Alan Dershowitz said he was introduced to Epstein by Lynn de Forrester Rosschild.
      Scientology is training these people in the tactics of brainwashing, basically what MK Ultra became, and probably run by the CIA, and Opus Dei, which is basically the same thing. Their principle strategy is Gaslighting.
      Gaslighting, aka Grooming. Accusation in a mirror (AiM), mirror politics, mirror propaganda, mirror image propaganda, is a hate-speech incitement technique where one falsely attributes to one's adversaries the intentions that one has for oneself and/or the actions that one is in the process of enacting. It was used in Rwanda, Guatemala, Brazil, and Burma, each having ties to Mossad.
      Trump, Barr, Bannon, Cippolone, Gore, Guiliani, Leo, Alito, Thomas, and Barrett are all Opus Dei. Trump trained alongside Epstein and Roger Stone under Roy Cohn, who used kids to blackmail politicians on behalf of Mossad. Cohn trained under Meyer Lansky, who trained under Hoover. Robert Mercer and Rupert Murdoch are both Knights of Malta.
      Saville, Bezos, Gates, Koch, Rogan, Walsh, Crowder, Kirk, Fuentes, Dore, Knowles, Kulinksi, Ball, Iverson, Icke, Woods, Watson, Cernovich, Abbott, Jones, Robinson, Woods, Pool, Rubin, Peterson, Posobeic, Duke, Molyneux, Yilanopouse, Gionet, Richardson, Tillerson, Greene, Manaforte, Flynn, Ducey, Acosta, Attwood, Stone, Pence, Desantis, Meadows, Trump, Eastman, Black, Kerik, Melania, Barr, Bannon, Hawley, Gingrich, Abrams, Comey, Cuomo, Kerry, Abrams, Gore, Spencer, Blassio, Pompeo, Bolton, McCarthy, Nugent, Cruz, Rubio, Gaetz, Santos, Tucker, Gutfield, O'Reilly, Beck, Scarborough, Devos, Kasich, Mercer, Murdoch, Rosschild, Ingram, Kelly, Lake, Conway, Coulter, Huckabee, McEnany, Hannity, Spicer, Christie, Prager, Maher, Colbert, Corbett, Hayes, Biden, Harris, Fauci, Pelosi, Menendez, Pirro, Manchin, Cooper, Maddow, AOC, Newsom, Uyger, Dawkins, Hitchens, Hancock, Sitchin, Ventura, Morgan, Cowell, Farage, Johnson, May, Merkel, Blair, Cameron, Brown, Blair, Mogg, Benjamin, Trudeau, Putin, Bolsanaro, Stalin, Lenin, Tito, Trotsky, Hitler.
      All Roman Catholic.
      Special mentions (adjucants): Dawkins, Hitchens, Harris, Miller, Watters, Greenwad, Blumenthal, Maté, Camp, Brand, Loomer, Shapiro, Thatcher, Bush, Obama, Merkel, Greer, Summers, Silverstein, Adelson. Greenblatt. Wexner. Also Hindu Nationalists Ramaswamy, Tulsi, Haley, Hirsi, DeSouza, Modi etc.
      Edward Snowden worked for Pentagon Comptroller Dov Zakheim and was bought to us by Glen Greenwald, who now rubs shoulders with Jesuit Agent Provocateurs Tucker Carlson and Joe Rogan, whose mutual friend with Steven Crowder Brian Callen is the founder of Diligence, a spook Contractor to the CIA.
      Julian Assange helped Roger Stone and the Trump Campaign in 2016, being the first to suggest challenging the outcome if he lost, and asking to be made the Australian ambassador to the US. Margeret Sunbyrne, the head of the Sun Worship Cult he was raised in was also protected by the CIA in the Australian Supreme Court, on grounds of "National Security" Trump paints himself Orange to represent Apollo.
      Aleister Crowley inspired NXIvM and Manson, and was a master of mind control, his Protege L Ron Hubbard was the founder of Scientology, which uses the same mind control tactics displayed in right wing media.
      They were also instrumental in Trump's conception as the Moon Child, born on a Super Wolf Blood Moon on June 14 700 days before the founding of Israel, who he gave sovereignty over the Golan heights on its 70th anniversary, and was inaugurated aged 70 years 7 months and 7 days old. June 14 is the birthday of Osiris, Known as the Day of the Pharoah.
      Scientology uses the same tricks as Religion and Freemasonry, including isolation through strange acts (rituals/hazing) Gaslighting and intimadation, these can also be seen in right wing propaganda. Peterson's hero's journey comes from the transit of the moon through the zodiac, which is why they're called months.
      Blame the victim:
      The strategy is to make the aggressor's feelings the goalposts, everything is oriented around their needs and approval; a war of attrition using subjective language and logical fallacies such as incredulity, which amounts to disbelief, and acting as if this belief is something the victim is responsible for.
      "Look what you made me do"
      *In the context of child sexual abuse (CSA) the **_gaslighting_** is often used to convince the victim all the abusive behaviours are fine, normal and an expression of “love” (for eg Patriotism, Christianity, Service). It is used to ensure the victim doesn’t speak out about it and doesn’t fight back. It can also be used in concert with other **_grooming_** tactics like fear and isolation. Ultimately the aim is to legitimise a worldview that is detached from reality, and therefore arbitrary. Now they can call evil good and good evil*
      *>>Trivializing:* *The victim’s feelings are made to feel like they don’t matter, are **_unfounded_** or they are weak for thinking so.* (woke/ lib/ groomer/ unamerican etc)
      *>>Countering: This is quintessential gaslighting.* *They **_directly counter the memories and perceptions of the victim._*
      *>>Repetitive Questions: The abusive partner makes the victim doubt what they think or feel by asking the same question multiple times.* by doing so they preemptively assume the role of an authority by virtue of being rude. The shock value is the whole point, it's the politics of Terrorism.
      *>>Diverting: The abuser diverts the subject and puts the blame into outside circumstances.*
      *>>No true Scotsman, or appeal to purity* is an informal fallacy in which one attempts to *protect their generalized statement from a falsifying counterexample* by trying to _exclude the counterexample_ improperly.
      This is the Core of White Supremacist ideology.
      *"What Others Say" (Appeal to Populism)*
      The abuser tells the victim what other people "think" about the victim, the abuser and/or the situation on whole. Also known as an appeal to populism, the basis of Authoritarian Communism, and Cults, "if many believe it then it must be true" (whether people actually agree with the position and whether it is true or not). Bolshevism itself means "the Majority" and is no different to Fascist appeals to a "Moral Majority" Patriotism is a form of Authoritarian Communism.
      Other than direct contradiction and disbelief other strategies for Gaslighting include Begging the Question, and the use of Strawman arguments; refuting a reframed argument *different from the one actually under discussion* while not recognizing or acknowledging the distinction.
      Through the exercise of overwhelming a subject with countless contradicting premises and subjective terms a game of Pigeon Chess is played to deter criticism and break down a person's defences, until they no longer trust their own feelings, and rely solely on an outside source for direction. This is clearly demonstrated in the Maga cult, and is repeated in the convoluted dogma and magical thinking of Evangelism, New Age Spirituality, Ancient Aliens, and Graham Hancock. Always alluding to a secret to be revealed, but always in vague nebulous terms and undefined benefits of a far away place with no means to verify one way or the other.
      "Trust me bro"
      Effectively they all play the same role of an Enlightened Guru with deep understanding of life matters who can solve all your problems. It's likely no coincidence Reagan emptied the mental health services in the US, over half of those in Jail and living on the streets have undiagnosed ADHD.
      Auyawasca and Psychotropics are also a staple in brainwashing, as is telling the target they've been brainwashed and that the Guru has the cure, right wing propaganda uses this language heavily by flipping the script and arguing they are the victims, that they're the ones being silenced and cancelled, that they oppose child abuse while also defending it, that the deep State is out to get them, when they're the Deep State and always have been.
      Aleister Crowley was a big advocate of using Psychotropics to brainwash, just like the CIA, Opus Dei and MK Ultra.
      Brand and Trump both use hand waving and holding them outspread in a "settle" gesture called pacing. They can also stare at an opponent, "asserting dominance" to put the target on the back foot and unsure how to respond. Peterson does this a lot, along with rapid fire speech, and using an insulting or demanding tone. By using these tactics as well as loaded language (Newspeak) and inference (plausible deniability) only to move the goalposts and reframe when challenged.
      Trump's Mentor Roy Cohn admitted to using kids to blackmail politicians on behalf of israel, and trained under him alongside Epstein and Roger Stone. Trump's Jesuit mentor was Norman Vincent Peale, a 33rd degree Master Freemason. He was born June 14 during a Super Wolf Blood Moon to Fred Christ and Mary McKleod, he keeps a book of Hitler's speeches called _My New Order_ and uses it verbatim at his rallies. The Von Drumph family come from the same place as Hitler, Vienna Bavaria, Capital of the Holy Roman Empire. He paints himself Orange to represent Apollo; the Dawnbringer of Aleister Crowley's Golden Dawn. Jamal Kashoggi's Mossad brother Adnan sold Trump a Superyacht for Russian Roman Abromavich, who was also paying Boris and Farage for Brexit. Most of israel's govt are non religious Russians.

  • @glenysshelton8898
    @glenysshelton8898 22 дня назад

    Be open to other ideas be open to those amazing people that protect humanity

  • @Luzeon
    @Luzeon 2 года назад +111

    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 года назад +7

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

    • @Luzeon
      @Luzeon 2 года назад +7

      @@cryptouncle6630 lol

    • @Luzeon
      @Luzeon 2 года назад +4

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

    • @sam-fc9ky
      @sam-fc9ky 2 месяца назад

      911nsdjb

  • @chesterwisniewski9698
    @chesterwisniewski9698 6 месяцев назад +2

    This is a very good piece of journalism. I wish PBS and The NY Times would devote the same amount of energy to exposing malfeasance in Democratic administrations.

    • @rcyadav9746
      @rcyadav9746 4 месяца назад

      I love u west which east doesn't have minority family in globlisation internet war of words

  • @conniewebberhunter
    @conniewebberhunter 6 месяцев назад +2

    The Program book will be bought by me.

  • @angelbankslopez577
    @angelbankslopez577 2 года назад +39

    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 года назад +1

      Politicians are Just hos in suits

    • @Mr1998Brandonify
      @Mr1998Brandonify 2 года назад

      No, government makes it so.

  • @cr-cg7kn
    @cr-cg7kn 10 месяцев назад +47

    just imagine the things our government is doing that we’re not aware of..

    • @sam-fc9ky
      @sam-fc9ky 2 месяца назад

      They bad people

  • @BobF510
    @BobF510 6 месяцев назад +2

    This is content of the highest order. A book with similar insights was a life changer for me. "The Silent Bridge: Echoes of the Unspoken Past" by Emma Wick

  • @dennismixon9028
    @dennismixon9028 6 месяцев назад

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

  • @redit5332
    @redit5332 2 года назад +379

    I feel like I am a fictional character looking through a one-way mirror and literally have few options or power to do anything about this insidious invasion of privacy. It's not just about advertisers, it's about governmental (any country) invasion of privacy or invasion of privacy in general. I feel more kindness towards Drake and Snoden for their lives were changed for standing up and telling the truth. Many thanks for upholding the Constitution and protecting our constitutional rights.

    • @aStarBas3Odyss3y
      @aStarBas3Odyss3y Год назад +8

      The way this was put together and narrated is PHENOMENAL. I’m impressed with FrontLine. Excellent job!
      We, need to give up some freedoms in order to protect our Country and People who aim to exploit and destroy it. So certain rights to privacy should be bent in the name of security.

    • @johnshaw8228
      @johnshaw8228 Год назад

      Many others have done what Drake and Snowden have done and even more. Why only those two? All of these posts seem to center around the elite on the well-known. There are many other cases of extreme Injustice that are completely ignored and left in the dark because the victims are not rich or famous or prominent. When you people focus only on the elite you are also perpetrating a wrong.

    • @peacefulandsensationworld6315
      @peacefulandsensationworld6315 Год назад

      This is global Devil corruption criminals organization and Mafia drug cartel politicians created drama 🎭 in society to depopulations and destroy the spirit.
      They are power grasped, but they failed and they want take all of us down with them.
      Devil Vs God
      Lies Vs. Truth
      Death ☠️ Vs. Life
      Leftist VS. Rightist
      Bad Vs. Good
      Destroy Vs. Build

    • @susanray8811
      @susanray8811 Год назад +6

      @@aStarBas3Odyss3y Ppl justify every horrible act they've ever conceived of ... including the rape of a small child, assassinations, and brutal murders. It's why the guard rails were placed on this, to begin with.

    • @dertywhiteboy6892
      @dertywhiteboy6892 Год назад +15

      I’m with you,when I watched the Snowden documentary,I was thinking,what the hell was it he done wrong,He was trying to warn us!!!

  • @willo7734
    @willo7734 2 года назад +44

    Probably my favorite Frontline doc of all time.

    • @skolbeer4205
      @skolbeer4205 2 года назад

      Mine as well. All painfully true and accurate

    • @malachi-
      @malachi- 2 года назад +2

      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.

  • @chadnordhoff9591
    @chadnordhoff9591 8 месяцев назад

    And the weirdest thing....not one person went to jail and yet they broke the law for years.

  • @Brian_Taylor_
    @Brian_Taylor_ 6 месяцев назад

    ALL I CAN SAY IS WOW

  • @crazyuncleted5817
    @crazyuncleted5817 2 года назад +25

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

  • @nefwaenre
    @nefwaenre 2 года назад +34

    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 года назад +2

      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 года назад +1

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

    • @singingchef23
      @singingchef23 2 года назад

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

    • @kristenfromOZ
      @kristenfromOZ Год назад

      Exactly. He could only do what he could