Episode 565 • • 2:12:23 - 2:16:44
565: Spy in a Bag
Perry Fellwock, NSA Whistleblowers and Ramparts Magazine
The hosts discuss Perry Fellwock (alias Winslow Peck), the original NSA whistleblower who exposed the agency's activities in Ramparts Magazine in 1972. Fellwock revealed the existence of Echelon and the NSA's massive budget compared to the CIA. The discussion links these early revelations to the Church Committee and the subsequent tightening of congressional oversight.