that's a shift of the internet browsers work with anonymous fun various operations before it says the latest hacker attacks are just the beginning. the problem is that the track record of the us and all governments. is such that given the power to do one thing is almost always interpreted by themselves as a means of giving them power. so in the way that you know this that this raid on megaupload cards in this opens it shows that even without sopa already in place they are already arresting and resting the owners of megaupload and shutting it down so imagine when so close. in the meantime my group project. operation donkey punch which latest efforts. to ensure that soap is in that those who support so are routed in the time of day and otherwise to make sure these things don't happen in 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 military not goods situation gets

worse human beings will ask themselves that's one of the notable civil war in the us the kurds your opinion matters to us so we're asking at r g dot com whether hackers and users should protect the internet from the u.s. led anti-piracy legislation but take a look at that number so far the majority thinks that online freedom and speech must be defended sixteen percent believe they shouldn't and this will only discredit their cause by protecting cyber criminals almost the same amount of respondents say the rule of law overrides and. all the brass suggest an official organization should be formed to stand against the controversial body let us know what you think log on to our team dot com and cast your vote. and coming up for you this hour our chief cross talk host peter the value of his guests whether the new legislation may completely change the face of the internet. the fact is 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 is let's go through the division of it is another way to issue if 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 cowards you know these are counterfeit drugs yes there are also if you look at the written material including i you know harm in first harm children harm adults there's a serious there are serious consequences. and. members of the arab league are gathering this weekend here

a final report on the expired observer mission to syria it's widely expected to condemn president bashar al assad who has continued his crackdown on protesters spite promises to stop and start his way of financial reports there's little doubt that the findings will be used to bolster calls for military intervention. people taking to the streets me look like a real force of power and indeed be one. but in syria true test has apparently failed to prove that months of bloodshed with no sign is going to stop anytime soon. howlett ho 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. and c. was created for our main goal is to help the syrian people there present them and their two national committee in order to reach this syrian people freedom

although it's been run by paris based exile but hamdani in the ass and see 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 congress and there are clear is national transitional council and the syrian national council and 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 i know we have. you know we have to be executed there hallett 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 then and the oppression has to stop the tao is another matter his addicted. terrorism cannot be most of without any pressure claiming they're only going to rely on political and diplomatic pressure the asson see to is now cop rating 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 isn't a top is the ball carriers operation where this year that gas has been used to add a vessel that generates a regular jet that because they don't want they want to destabilize syria because they want syria to be part of the day to at least lead to label the opposition claims is just a matter of time before the joint africa sooner or later will force president assad out on his determined 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 brief nationality but syrian opposition is calling for a nationwide rally today in support of those imprisoned over the course of the uprising in the country reports suggest the government's deploying law enforcement

personnel at key sites around the capital and about a journalist but they fail and is in damascus with what's more on what's expected today. there may be small pockets of protest in areas such as me and i wouldn't expect any more than hundreds of people and areas such as there is a likelihood yesterday we did see some footage of protests. amongst the protesters the voice of. fighters i believe from the free syrian army so just how free peaceful those protests were very difficult to tell because the syrian government supported us winning the media war here yesterday the songs of that myself from. the lebanese border had been taken by the free syrian army and i went there myself last night and i as i drove tuesday but i was very surprised to find no checkpoints

by the syrian army on the way and i actually was allowed to go inside and despite having seen footage on the television of convoys of free syrian army feiss i found that there was actually nothing so really objective a version change continues is that of course it's a state that foreign intervention it's not something that is to be expected in the future there is evidence that is of course already happening with support for the free syrian army from countries like places like it's going the route. and elsewhere so foreign intervention is very much forward to taking place as for nato intervention that is something about the opposition is continuing to push for. still ahead for you this hour the sharp war tactics finding use at home u.s. spy drones that have been used in washington's multiple military operations abroad are now keeping a close eye on american citizens too. the battle over scotland

sovereignty is heating up in the u.k. with scots being told they may hold an independence referendum only if london gives its blessing it comes as a fearful british government wraps up ridicule heavy rhetoric against the independence bid but authorities 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 i hope yes 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 that because if shocked i think a shutter i don't think you should have an easy the fires of. scots of never taken . kindly to 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 teach the machine to but it's completely but. he's actually been the best recruiting sergeant the s. and p. i think is of a simple certainly says margaret thatcher. in the last seven days with a group of those members 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. thought the u.k. may be mired in domestic affairs later in the program we report on an international well for the country as a former senior official admits to a spying scandal. the embarrassment of these revelations is not so much the spying itself but the fact they were caught doing it that's now being stone of a modern day james bond that rock solid evidence for the kid figure to finally come clean. but first america's controversy the use of its drones in asia may have caused overwhelming anger but now it's threatening to do the same at home washington's case spying weapon in overseas operations is becoming a common tool for us police stirring up privacy concerns among more and more americans are to. 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. 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 see 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 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 and six aero vironment 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 flak jackets helmets the modern police look like the military and so now they're going to be using military women a first lawsuit has been slapped against the u.s. department of transportation for a legit. 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 is 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 the air this month the federal aviation administration is expected to propose new rules making it easier for law enforcement agencies to fly drones through america's democratic stock more weapons used overseas to keep the u.s. safe now being considered a serious threat to u.s.

freedom at home marina port artsy new york. well the runners in russia's presidential election do this march are starting to get active the country's current prime minister in canada has published a preview article on wanting the challenge of the country faces are going to go fast as the current commotion and russian politics. with just under fifty days before the march presidential election and major campaign is still simmering in the candidate's headquarters mr putin decided to unleash his powers of persuasion on the electorate and nonpublic speaker for change he's decided to be more scholarly picking up the pen for the first in a series of articles outlining his vision for the future of russia what he's calling for its new economy to built. the gravitation away from dependence on oil i standing welcoming political dialogue and the strengthening of civil society in russia putin however said people should

concentrate on just what candidates are promising to do rather than the theater of personalities we need extended dialogue about priorities about long term choices national perspective and development this article is an invitation to such dialogue it's important to say that prime minister has never denied the possibility of establishing such and they just become friends his ravenous and this is what is making people take the initiative into their own hands this week some of the most prominent participants of december's post-election protest pulled together to form the league of constituents so they all know where should the new public mood has blossomed people are showing a desire to make an educated vote to know where their votes are going on the understanding that the country needs competitive politics those behind the new group are quick to point out they're not going to turn into a political party but do hope to become a major support group for anyone wanting to make

a difference with their vote i didn't have political activists are nothing without this type of newly found public support there to help boost them the key to public support is the media and that's with hootin found himself touring the card while criticizing one of russia's most popular radio stations and go from being to pro western in its coverage. the prime minister told its editor in chief not to take offense at his words since you don't get mad when you cover me with liquid crap from dawn till dusk. this is all things i think. that's. why they're so thirty. years to life. in war so. very. well don't hesitate to log on to our website for the latest videos comment analysis and much more it's all for you at r.t. dot com and here's some of what's there for you today tear gas versus molotov

cocktails were many have joined the club are they thinking the resignation of their theatres as the country faces its worst protests in decades. and the brutal killing of the outside libyan leader remains without any investigation for two months now we give you one more years of opinion on why i had to r.t. dot com. the u.k. secret service has been literally rocked by the admission of one of the country's former top officials who confirmed that britain had been spying on russia that's come six years after moscow first presented its allegations after catching agents red handed r c five or bennett has more. it's not exactly the most glamorous of james bond gadgets but he didn't in this fake stone was a high tech transmits of 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 of was the one behind the exposé and left no stone unturned. at first i had to delts 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 general's hidden under a tree in the songs lying nearby the guy wanted to look natural so we 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. up 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 cold war agreement supposedly forbids britain and russia from spying on each other no doubt they'll be more careful from now on either bennett r.t. london. brief okinawa's from world news this friday the french president nicolas sarkozy has announced his country is suspending all training operations for afghan troops and also warned of a possible early pull out of the french contingent the move was in reaction to an attack on nato troops in the eastern afghan province of capias copy should say during which four french soldiers were killed because of this and blames a rogue afghan army soldier for the shooting the incident brings the total number

of french troops killed in the afghanistan campaign to eighty two. million students have taken to the streets of the country's capital spend jago demanding the government provides more funding for public education mass protesters joined the group and clashed with security officers police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse the one thousand strong crowd students have been regularly demonstrating over cuts to education funding since last april. where a huge debate show cross talk is coming your way as we put the points of the controversial stop online piracy act to the test first though the latest business news with katie. hello a warm welcome to the business program that has been some relief for the eurozone after spain outfront successfully pushed through a keyboard they sold over fourteen billion years in the government securities

however talks between greece and its creditors remain dead lot keeping the region's debt crisis on the boil the head of poland said to bank says the way out is not easy but the e.u. collapse is not on the table. the worst that could happen. is that one or two countries and it was a one country will obviously mean greece could be forced to leave the euro zone but the euro zone is big enough to survive such a blow like like withdrawal of one country and what makes me moderately optimistic is that the european central bank has instruments it has never used so far quite recently they have started supplying the market which is banks with long term liquidity and very low cost. in unlimited quantities which means that those banks have enough money to be able to buy. and in russia the central bank is

trying to make it easier for foreign banks operating in the country to open new branches it's possible that to set up equal conditions for domestic our foreign lenders russia has to join the world trade organization buy this from abroad will no longer have to make special requests to the central bank to simplify the registration process. i'm moving on let's have a look at them all because oil is a raising games and is now trading in the red price is suffering because of negative news coming out of the year i started with the euro weekend against the dollar law while talks continuing graze on added to that fuel consumption in the u.s. dropped to its lowest level since september two thousand and one and as for the european markets that they are indeed down with that debt swap deal talks in greece dominating investor sentiment that he has managed to claw its way back down

it was a default in the black it's gone back down a huge government subset tougher rules on budget deficits in the latest school treaty ok let's move on shall way and here in moscow the markets a lot this friday you've got a mixed few just yes on the my stakes are so our last of the all test was bouncing between gains and losses but my sense has been much of the day and it's set to close that would keep you updated later on pace to get a let's move on it to the biggest movies on the my sex. level reflecting the sentiments in gary's and coal mine at ross pad sky is among the main loses the company is about to finish taking beds from minority shareholders for a buyback that shaz and not its new call is almost. the company is planning to reduce production to death to a pool in global mess with him on the mine also expects to report in around fifty

percent increase in net profit for the two thousand and eleven. the business news and was over from me at my colleague kareen at medical show we had the nights out with only a market for your business needs right now that. mission is. going to take three in-store charges. arrangements three. three stooges free.

and free blog live video for your media project and a free media gondar t.v. dot com. at three thirty pm moscow time these are the top stories on our change web wars a global hocking group crippled the web sites of the white house and the f.b.i. in a series of attacks on major u.s. internet pages to avenge a growing crackdown on file sharing services. arab league observers wrap up their much criticized mission to syria and prepare to deliver their report of the syrian opposition beats of strong in favor of millet. barry intervention. and london ramps up his outbursts to bring the scottish independence band to an unsuccessful land as

northern nationalists look to exit a three hundred year old union in favor of an old rich you're. up next peter the bell and his gas discuss the rao overplanned us legislation which critics say will censor the internet worldwide. and. we welcome to crossfire computor logo it's a contest pitting silicon valley against hollywood with washington in the middle supporters of the stop online piracy act claim they are losing billions of dollars a year to staff on the internet opponents of sopa worry the internet as we know it today could be hijacked. and.