i'm joined live now by sarah brown worked with anonymous on various operations before thanks very much for being with us parry this morning so what is the group want to achieve in the long run. well because this incident came in the wake of what's already been an acrimonious battle over sopa which is a bill for the u.s. house and senate which would effectively give the u.s. the ability to determine. what web sites are engaged in piracy even by linking allegedly to part of the genitals and the shop and immediately now this obviously what caught many problems not just for the u.s. but for people around the globe it would give the unprecedented power over the contents of the internet over speech to the u.s. government which has already shown itself to be unreliable in terms of it being given power and using it in a responsible manner so this particular attack was a. decision by the f.b.i. to close down megaupload and arrested its owners was very bad at the time. many in

the nonnes movement were already very angry so when it was discovered this morning it was it was happen it took about seventy minutes for a press release to go out and then for the justice department web site to be u.s. attacked which means that a lot of people get together and use their bandwidth to bring the website down followed by universal a media company out here in the u.s. well those are retail eatery attacks as we can see but are we to expect more attacks from this group from this group called anonymous in the future or is it just the beginning what we're seeing now what do you think everything we've seen the last couple years that there's been going but in this case especially even this morning with the beginning since the attacks on those websites. was also taken down and i think a compromise beyond the u.s. attack. on the web sites the all another in france that represents a french entertainment conglomerate or trade group was also brought down in the

meantime my group project. initiated operation docking punch which is the latest effort which. insurance so because the leaders in the those who support so are around and intimidated and otherwise to maturity these things don't have it yet. so what stands for stop online piracy add just to clarify this but on the other hand what's wrong was protecting copyright and persecuting illegal file sharing you know if there was a ground i think there would be less of a reaction from our side the problem is that the track record of the us and all governments. is such that giving them power to do one thing is almost always interpreted by themselves as a means of giving them power for many other things case in point in the last eight years twelve years now the executive branch of the us has claimed itself increasing powers based on some pretensions of existing laws and the same time he tried to

push laws that would codify those powers make it more official so and the way that you know the rate on megaupload cards in this opens it shows that even without sopa already in place here they are already arresting and arresting the owners of megaupload and shutting it down so imagine when some post so the there's no good faith that we can see on the part of the us government and everyone people are not going to see that people in other groups see the end of the future of the very near future as you'll see there will be a number of other groups that will pop up using more and more military not the. situation gets worse and things will escalate until the point as you know the most civil war in the us the kurds will bear it what's your forecast for the future i mean why are the chances of this legislation put into effect and where the possible repercussions if the legislation anders' into force. about forty percent chance of actually passes and some more now. that coupled with.

another. sweeping powers executive branch to imprison anyone they want us. these will show more and more people who five ten years ago were quite radical that they have little choice now but to join us or some other group. going us ok barry brown thanks very much indeed for sharing your letters with us and very brown worked with anonymous on various operations before thanks very much for your thoughts here on our team. now your opinion matters to us and so we are asking our to dot com what you think the anonymous attack will lead to so far let's take a look at what we have in our site vote we've got so far forty four percent of those who voted and who believe the u.s. government will credit down on the hacktivist twenty nine percent of the worse things this won't stop the bills becoming a law but will just bring weeks of chaos nineteen percent and wrecking the u.s.

congressman van the bills coming into force after the attack others believe the hacking group anonymous is just a bunch of kids i'm able to bring any change so you can let us know what you think on this issue by logging onto our dot com. and coming out after seven thirty am g m t r t's crossed asks his guest whether the new legislation may completely change the face of the internet. business what we're trying to do is enforce u.s. copyright laws on foreign companies whose copyright laws may be different from ours and what we're saying is if you don't follow us law in terms of copyrights then we have the right to shut you down the other part of the problem is affectively that's going through the division of it is another. you're objecting to the fact that people are trying to stop sites that are pirating american american intellectual property and it's not always just movies and music it's also physical goods that

are carrying you know these are counterfeit drugs there are also if you look at the written material that can be on i you know harm infants harm children harm adults there's a serious there are serious consequences where it's one thing if there's one sure the child is going to object to these sites but the problem here the problem here is in terms of how you go about remedying the problem if there is a problem that should be remedied particularly if you're talking about a remedy that imposes very significant costs on the rest of us why it is the rest of us should suffer all of these very serious consequences in terms of the interruption to the structure of the internet in terms of the censorship of sites. and. how members of the arab league are gathering this weekend to hear

a file were thwarted they expired observer mission to syria it's widely expected to condemn president bashar asad who has continued his crackdown on protesters despite promises to stop. the reports there's little doubt that the findings will be used to bolster calls for military intervention. people taking to the streets may look like a real force of power and indeed be one but not in syria protest has apparently failed to prove that months of bloodshed with no sign is going to stop anytime soon. how it hold jeff from the syrian national council the country's main official opposition body says making the people's voice louder and bring in an end to the violence is what the s.n.c. was created for our main goal is to help the syrian people there present them and their to national community in order to reach this syrian people's freedom

although it's been run by a paris based exile that hamdani in the essence he has been recognized as the country's legitimate government by the new libyan authorities and supported by some and nato countries which has made some doubt the council's innocent intentions. with regards to libya the promise that nato made to the national transitional council perspective leaders was that they be given a major seat at the table in a new libya so there is power broking going on behind the scenes and i absolutely wager that the same thing is happening with syria they've either been bought off financially or they've been promised a major role in a new syrian regime the national poll was in there are clear is national transitional council and the syrian national council well it's not just their names they have in common supported and sponsored from abroad i think he likes opposition forces and their major goal is to overthrow the regime but there is

a difference to the absences huts cortez are not in damascus but here in istanbul we are not talking about democratic regime if i go to syria now we have. you know. we have to be executed there howlett says he spent fifteen years in jail in the one nine hundred seventy s. and eighty's just because his father supported the opposition he claims nothing has changed since than and the oppression has to stop but how is another matter his addicted terrorism cannot be mo of without any pressure claiming they're only going to rely on political and diplomatic pressure the asson see to is now carburetor in with the free syrian army fighters who have defected from assad's military in was a clear shift from the essences initial entirely known armed peaceful stance. the cows who also sees humanitarian corridors and buffer zones as options to protect

civilians in syria even though these might mean foreign troops arriving this is a top is all tatars operation where this year that the gas has been used to at yes and i just made to work at it because they don't want they want to destabilize syria because they want syria to be part of nato at least league to label but some continue to believe the group's a positive force a leading turkish newspaper editor says he sees the essence the as offering a clear opportunity for the syrian people to be heard. no position no real opposition party was permitted in syria for decades so you have to you have to give them a chance the violence continues and has worsened ten months since the start of the uprising and from the time the f.c.c. came to the fore in august with more and more people being killed from both sides

the u.n. estimated over five thousand deaths the opposition claims is just a matter of time before the joint efforts sooner or later will force president assad out his return and to stay but the question remains exactly how long should these people have to wait for the bloodshed to stop and how many of them will actually see the end of it. turkey. still halfway this hour here in r.t. the sharp war tactics firing views at home u.s. spy brass that have been amused washington's multiple military operations in iraq are now keeping a close eye on american citizens to. the battle over scotland sovereignty is heating up in the u.k. with pm david cameron declaring the scots may hold in the pan's referendum only if london gives its blessing his comments come as a fearful british government ramps up its rhetoric against scottish nationalists with increasing ridicule of the bit but laura smith reports london's grandstanding

is ruffling more than just feathers among the scots. britain a three hundred year old union that once ruled the waves and tossed the known world but on home soil the country's closer than ever to a messy divorce. this is the man who want scotland to go it alone nationalist party leader alex salmond's promising scots will get a say on being single but london wants to call the shots and get it done and dusted . they don't want to talk about the substance i sometimes feel when i listen to them it's not a referendum they want it's a never ending question travel debate and that's keep our country together. but why would scotland want to separate itself from a britain that still among the world's richest economies scotland always retained

its own distinct national identity and the s.n.p. feels it's almost time to take that one step further. yet from the scottish people would mean scotland would gain control over its own north sea oil and gas and represent itself on the international stage but it doesn't want to hold a referendum until two thousand and fourteen and that delay is letting london ramp up the scare stories telling scotland it'll have to pay the price such as the billions of pounds british taxpayers spent keeping scottish banks alive that it would have to find its own currency and lose thousands of jobs when the navy heads south not that it seems to bother scots who see their country as having been strangled for long enough i don't think it's any of his business if we present a strong enough case to be independent then i can't see that he can argue against. his shocked i think

a shutter i don't think you have any say in the fires of. scots have never taken kind. hearing stern words from the mother of all parliaments down in london but for the nationalists it's a boost to the lackluster thirty percent support for a split mr cameron feels he had to the initiative but it's completely but viable he's actually been the best recruiting sergeant the s.n.p. i think is a simple certainly says margaret thatcher. in the last seven days we've had over a third. so you know up to now the u.k. and scotland's key players will continue to cross swords at stake but alex salmond is a reputation built on restoring a proud scotland for prime minister cameron is the potential to become the man who let the united kingdom come apart laura smith at him. while the u.k. may be mired in domestic affairs later in the program we'll report on an

international blow for the country as a former senior official admits to spying. the embarrassment of these revelations is not so much the spying itself but the fact they were caught doing it. as no big stone for the modern day james bond as moscow's rock solid evidence forces a key figure to finally. america's caught aversion to use of its drones in asia may have caused overwhelming anger but now it's threatening to do the same at home washington's key spying weapon and all receipts are variations is becoming a common tool for us police stirring up privacy concerns among more and more americans are these more important i'll look into the issue. they are the cornerstone of america's military arsenal dropping bombs on bosnia pakistan afghanistan libya and yemen a manned aerial vehicles known as drones have become the trademark of washington's

war missions targeted assassinations and spying operations overseas but today the local police departments using unmanned spy plane said to catch suspects the remotely piloted war weapon is flying domestic u.s. local police and federal officials are increasingly using drones under the auspices of keeping citizens safe police departments are using them in the united states or even i think almost two hundred sixty six applications that have been approved for police departments to use drones as aerial surveillance devices drones can be armed with a wide range of surveillance technology including high powered zoom lenses and infrared ultraviolet imaging. as the u.s. government flies prying eyes through the sky lawmakers have neglected to create any privacy protections for american citizens is.

controlling the. anger and. they're. not just. being federalized the agencies keep using more and more of these to justify their existence so they can say we need this to crack down on drugs we need this because there are a lot of robberies in this neighborhood we need this the united states is not only now a military industrial complex it's a homeland security complex they've merged into one in two thousand six. a drone manufacturer received four point seven million dollars from the u.s. defense department to develop new unmanned aerial vehicles. the newest and smallest invention is hummingbird a palm sized q looking spy plane weighing less than one pound there can be

a very lucrative market in the united states for drones with police departments who are already militarized tanks the assault vehicle to assault rifles. the modern police look like the military and so now they're going to be using military first lawsuit has been slapped against the u.s. department of transportation for allegedly withholding records pertaining to the domestic use of drones currently the american public cannot find out why drones are being used or who is controlling them every corner there's a closed circuit camera watching what you're doing so now we don't only have a law on the ground we have them from this month the federal aviation administration is expected to use new rules making it easier for law enforcement agencies by drones to america's democratic sky more weapons used overseas to

keep the u.s. safe now being considered a serious threat to u.s. freedom at home marina porter artsy new york. don't hesitate to log on to our website for the latest videos comments and analysis and addresses are dot com as always so here's some of what's there for you today tear gas versus molotov cocktails romania joins a club say it's seeking the resignation of the arab leaders as a country faces its worst for decades. and the brutal killing of the ousted leave me to remains without any investigation for two months now i'll give you one the lawyers opinion why so had to our website r t dot com for more. a former top official in the u.k. has finally come clean and confirmed out the country have been spying on russia six years after moscow first presented its elevations he admitted they have been literally rocked when russia's federal security service caught them red hair that

are these are about explains why. it's not exactly the most glamorous of james bond gadgets but he didn't in this fake stone was a high tech transmitted british spooks used to spy on russia the allegations from moscow have always been dismissed but six years on there is rock solid evidence the u.k. can no longer deny tony blair's former chief of staff come clean admitting british spies were caught red handed the spy rock was embarrassing they had us bang to rights clearly they had known about it for some time and had been saving it up for a political purpose. the embarrassing revelations confirmed the findings of a russian television report in two thousand and six it showed this video of a man slowing down and looking at the rock as he passed apparently an agent beaming top secret intelligence from a mobile computer to a digital drop point concealed in the stone another man was filmed picking up the

rock and collecting the data. the moment was the one behind the exposé and left no stone unturned but. at first i had to be dealt i thought it might be a fake story or a political game but we cross checked everything with multiple sources and it turned out to be true some footage we didn't include in the film was particularly convincing for example there was a video of a british spy unit in front of the camera at carroll's hidden under a tree in the songs lying nearby the guy wanted to look natural so he pretended that he needed to take a leak n.e.p. right in front of the camera before picking up a stone and leaving. but it was his word against his britain fiercely denied the allegations with tony blair laughing them off as russian propaganda the truth was buried inside the u.k. secret service headquarters supposedly never to be seen again so after six years of dodging the bullet why admit it now they're very embarrassing but i think that the

british government has decided. to have bygones are bygones and say ok we made a mistake. and we want better relations from now on so i would see this as a first step on the road to improve relations with russia this is the home of britain's spooks m i six the government is a broad their job may not be secret but how they do it is or at least should be so the embarrassment of these revelations is not so much the spying itself but the fact they were caught doing it a post called. war agreement supposedly forbids britain and russia from spying on each other no doubt they'll be more careful from now on either bennett london. or brings us up to date here on r t let's see what's happening in business here is katie.

hello there welcome to the business program wasn't just russia's passenger jets have route through the skies of the middle east at the bar on the one hundred sequoia super jets has been the star of the exhibition russia's top officials say the region as a priority market with traffic expected score drupal there over the next two decades but iran air is already eyeing three to five super jets with a final decision likely within months artie's telly on a pollack over how small. this is the middle east they blew off russia's new passenger act probably two parts a bridge at its manufacturer there are a lot of the aircraft corporations out there richard is one of the priority to market or they can put it they believe the political situation here will soon stabilize and the region or i want it i am a lot sure i am comfortable secure demobbed for the super duper john mccain

obama regime who by the way a professional pilot has profited packs of the plane and about a factor of hope his interest will turn you to real or to fall for a boxer a company is already very here. there's no plane similar to see pitch it holds a unique needs between planes like. serious jets like boeing is more comfortable and it's up to fifteen percent more fish and cheaper than its rivals. commercial airline traffic in the gulf area is expected to quadruple over the next two decades several move them to add crop producers here competitive to secure borders bottom to the russian part of the group the russian lights closing the show today with a new third segment of the aerobatic program and their fellow countrymen here believe that this is just the start of russia's current file bishop middle east airspace but can't recall

a bit of our fear from bahrain air show. russia's finest ministry may limit using cash in the country according to find minister of it and also the counts for a quarter of all money in russia that's two and a half times more than in developed countries lawmakers want to see commercial spending as one asuna is converted to normal cash transactions an incentive to reduce the cost of money was announced by bank has announced yet but it was criticized by some who say the man is could carry a security risk passing the system see the saddest sight so economy. which in russia still accounts for about a third do you think. i could have a look of the markets and. all of those trading at a one week i love you all to get something so gross and consumptions falls the lowest in ten years in the us a can stun a considering the us is the world's biggest consumer of the economy and now on to the ecb does it see what's happening in asia shows that are on the rise with

exposures and bands and evolves and positive news from the us with fewer americans filing for jobless claims benefits i guess than expected earnings reports in hong kong the guy is limited by chinese manufacturing out to us he remains in contraction. two hours ahead of the opening bell here in moscow the russian act is finished on a positive note. of dalton for a full day in a row yes and did nearly a percent in the back of the my stocks was nearly point seven percent in the plot and i say friday's onto the page of positive news. as well as the outcome of the now the e.u. meeting should add to the upbeat mood. a little business now at the back and about fifty five minutes of.

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video for your media projects a free medio gondar teton tom. potter back and watching r c these are the top stories whether war is a global hacking group or pulls the websites of the white house and f.b.i. a series of attacks on major u.s. internet pages to change a growing crackdown on file sharing services. and. league observers rather they are a much criticized mission to syria and prepare to deliver here with borat as the syrian opposition beats its drums favor military intervention. and the london ramps up its efforts to bring the scottish independence bid to an

unsuccessful land as northern nationalists look to exit the three hundred year old union in favor of an future past the headlines here in our team up next moscow team has to florence to look for traces of russian culture in the heart of it only. hello and welcome to the program today the moscow team although it's early as we continue our exploration of russian culture abroad music from. russian creativity has been studied and celebrated for centuries around the world to join the martyrdom.