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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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. ✌️&❤️

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

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

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.

One of the best documentary I've ever seen

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.

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.

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.

It's amazing how a lawyer has this much power

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Great coverage. Wow.

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.

I love these docs, narrators voice, priceless.

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.

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

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

It is a two-hour quality documentary video free on RU-vid, 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.

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

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

@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.

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!

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

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

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.

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.

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

Just a classic one ❤️

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

Clear Snowden's name and allow him to return.

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

Fun fact: Snowden was supposed to travel to Cuba, using russia as a gateway. From cuba he was to proceed onward to South America. In summer 2013, this plan was supposed to take place. But a few things happened. One of which, cuba changed their mind, saying they would not allow Ed to land. Fast forward to 2014, Obama opened up talks with cuba, a starting point for re-opening American travel to the country. By 2015, john kerry was giving a speech in cuba. Cuba diplomacy is known as a milestone of the Obama presidency. But it seems as though it was nothing more than a bargaining chip.

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

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.

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🙌🏽

I’m even scared to write my opinions on internet anymore

With good understanding you'll know this hit hard

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.

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

I love you PBS

Great content

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

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

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 !!

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 🙏🕊️🤍🌸🌼

Thanks for sharing 🍏🧢🍎

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

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

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!!!!

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

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

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

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

Outstanding

The Program book will be bought by me.

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

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. 🤬

And they are still at it!

This is what RFK Jr said and warning us right now but everyone is calling him insane and that its not true

Probably my favorite Frontline doc of all time.

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

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

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

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.

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.”

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

Biggest problem is our corrupt government

I think that what Snowden did was one of the greatest things a citizen can do for his or her country and that is to hold or try to hold his government accountable !!! Good for him though it saddens me that he must live in exile !!!!! I sincerely hope that one day , he may come home !

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