NSA Whistleblower Indicted for Leaking Classified Information to Reporter
http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_59399.shtml
The article above is a great demonstration of the power secure email has and why someone would need to encrypted emails. However, that doesn’t mean you should use it to send things not deemed acceptable. Thomas A. Drake, a National Security Agency (NSA) met with in-person and emailed hundreds of encrypted emails to an unnamed newspaper reporter about “the inner workings of the super-secret spy agency. Drake set up a free email account and then paid for a premium Hushmail account that allowed users to exchange secure emails without disclosing the sender or recipient’s identity.” He is currently being charged with 10 felonies!!!
Now, after learning how to send encrypted emails and how well they work I can see why he thought he might be able to get away with what he was doing; but that doesn’t make it right! I’m sure Mr. Drake was very well trained on the art of stealthy emails, being that he was an NSA agent, so maybe now he’ll have plenty of time to re-think ways of making his emails more secure while he sits in prison.
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