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The FRONTLINE Interview: William Binney

NSA technical director, 1965-01

William Binney is a 36-year veteran of the NSA. He resigned from the agency and became a whistleblower after discovering that elements of a data-monitoring program he had helped develop -- nicknamed "ThinThread" -- was being used to spy on Americans.

AIR DATE 5/10/08

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