it's. coming up on r t know before you strike the secretive drone program even has the cia out of the loop classified documents reveal that the agency doesn't know the identities of some of the people they have targeted we'll tell you more coming up. and the n.s.a. has been tracking your phone records under a top secret court order the phone calls of millions of arisan customers are currently being collected and the public is divided over this move details coming up and school's out for every comes reality and some major u.s. cities chicago and new york are among those with massive school shuttering is to save money but is there a link between the schools being closed and the places that they're being closed in more on this story later in the show.

it's thursday june sixth four pm in washington d.c. i'm meghan lopez and you are watching r t well in his foreign policy speech last month president obama laid out strict guidelines for drone strikes on america's enemies but those perceptions strikes are only as exact as the people calling for those attacks a new investigation has revealed that the cia doesn't always know who it is targeting before it authorizes those strikes and b c news reviewed classified documents about drone deaths in pakistan over a fourteen month period and discovered that one in every four people killed with classifying were classified as quote other militants meaning that the cia couldn't determine whether or not this individual was part of a terror network or which one they might have been a part of political commentator sam sachs reports. much of the criticism about

drone strikes both here at home and abroad understandably centers on reports of civilian casualties. there's a wide gap between u.s. assessments of such casualties and non governmental reports that was president obama in his national security speech in may defending his administration's controversial targeted killing program now many of those non-governmental organizations that the president was referring to has put the civilian casualty as a result of these drones in the hundreds if not thousands the white house is reluctant to admit any of those casualties and they insist that they use the highest standards possible when pursuing targets but newly revealed classified documents suggest that the white house itself might not even know who it's targeting with these robots n.b.c. news obtained these documents revealing the details of more than one hundred drone strikes in pakistan carried out by the cia over a fourteen month period beginning in september of two thousand and ten of those strikes roughly a quarter of those killed were classified as other militants meaning the cia

couldn't determine if they were al qaeda or any other associated force not only that the documents reveal that the death tolls from each shrike were uncertain in some cases only estimates were given yet the administration was certain that civilians weren't included in the deaths of the six hundred drone strike deaths outlined in these documents only one was listed as a civilian and this report comes just as members of congress are growing more and more skeptical of these killer robots congressman keith ellison this trial program needs our attention because fifty two countries in this world have thrown technology the genie is out of the bottle how long will it be before we are you know reaping the whirlwind because of some of the things that we have been done in our name on tuesday house republicans included in their version of the national defense authorization act for two thousand and fourteen a proposal by congressman mack thornberry to give congress more oversight of the

white house's targeted killing program this provision sets up a framework where the administration's got to tell us before right after an. then quarterly about the sensitive operation but the white house already does briefed congress on the strikes presumably including the strikes revealed in this new n.b.c. news report also congressman thornberry proposal only applies to strikes carried out by our armed forces not our cia which was the agency responsible for these particular strikes and while there were reports the president might use his national security speech to announce a realignment in the drone program moving all kill operations out of the cia and into the pentagon where there's more oversight such an announcement has not been officially made now over the next few weeks says the national defense authorization act is debated in congress members of both the house and the senate will have opportunities to add more congressional oversight to the white house's drone program as well as the authorization for use of military force that underpins the

drone program this was an issue i recently talked about with congressman keith ellison congress is going to be taking up the new defense authorization act is that the place to fight this battle when it comes to cutting drones and trying to rework the u.s. about that is that that is a good vehicle to raise these issues and we plan on you know developing some vehicles to really push back on this on this endless war program meanwhile if the white house wants some credibility on this issue that in needs to get its numbers straight simply if the cia doesn't know who it's targeting with these drones as these classified memos suggest that how can it be so sure that civilians are among the casualties and furthermore how can it be so sure that these strikes are against ongoing and continuing threats these are questions that need answers and it's going to be up to the people working in the building behind me to demand those answers in washington sam sachs r t well the u.s.

might not always know who as strong as are heading but those strikes continue to happen on a mere weekly basis however newly sworn. then pakistani prime minister nawaz sharif says enough is enough during his speech to parliament he said we respect the sovereignty of others but others don't respect our sovereignty these daily drone attacks must stop now according to the bureau of investigative journalism there have been thirteen drone strikes in pakistan this year alone in each of those strikes up to twenty people were killed leaving behind their families to cope with these losses are to correspondent loose account from off travelled all the way to pakistan to enter duce us to the other side of the story that is the people living under the constant threat of those drone strikes. the locals call it in the skies pakistan's northwest tribal region and american drone as seen from the ground it's become the weapon of choice in the u.s. war on terror and this is the damage you can wreak under president obama more than

three hundred such strikes in pakistani soil against alleged al qaeda and taliban suspects. but ordinary civilians are also paying a price to see this man is one of them i mean it was on his way to work at a mine near his village when a drone struck the area he lost his leg in the attack three other miners who were with them lost their lives we live in constant fear of another strike we are simple villagers we're stuck in a war that we didn't ask what religion it's a hopeless feeling or to be as good as above our heads all the time. although the attack took place three years ago i mean the law says the pain is still severe the sight of his injuries upsets his host children meanwhile depression and anxiety and lingering severe have pushed him to take up tranquilizer pills among the mad if i do them in the thing americans should be able to tell an ordinary person from a television leader or whatever they should know who they're killing the what did we do to deserve this through. this is in my. own arctic it's

a question echoed by no dark part of his hearing the short term memory and you know he has. the drones shockwave was so intense that it threw us far from the place where we were sleeping after several minutes there was another strike and it killed many more people attorneys out of bar has sued both the u.s. and pakistan on behalf of the civilian victims he says they're the voiceless people of. isolated by geography and politics simply call it a concentration camp that you have built a wall of. military and militants and behind that wall you keeping more than eight hundred thousand people who are not allowed to come out and no one from the rest of the country is allowed to go in and that's a kind of tree which u.s. is using to use and test its drone program in many ways the epicenter of the cia's highly classified drone program is a black hole on the map

a region of pakistan off limits to outsiders especially westerners now evidence of the drone strikes is almost impossible to get but these were smuggled to islamize from the tribal areas there are believed to be fragments of actual hellfire missiles retrieved from a war zone most americans never get to see the fragments collected by a local journalist who spent years documenting the civilian toll of especially on children disturbing images of the living and the dead for your it's personal. whenever my three year old daughter years of playing she runs inside and won't sleep that the children here have been traumatized. the sound of a shot is enough to terrify them. and that fear can turn to anger a new generation radicalized by the war by drone strikes killing innocent people who are not part of the conflict you just why did the conflict. you're giving

a reason to people who were not part of the conflict to become part of the column. of course this is make me hate the americans we are angry and want revenge they've destroyed our lives my parents my wife my children we all see america as our worst enemy now while promising to rein in their use the white house says drones are both legal and effective. policy. wise. when translated by defense that's cold comfort for the victims. r.t. pakistan well can you hear me now only if you're the government of horizon customer the government absolutely can't hear you that's because the national security agency as been collecting millions upon millions of phone records from the risin users without their knowledge and the best part is that all of this seems to be

legal the guardian newspaper was able to obtain a top secret court order that was issued back in april allowing the n.s.a. access to information on all arise in telephone calls within their system both within the us and outside of it that's until july nineteenth of this year so are you scared yet well arty's chan boyle took to the streets of d.c. to see if any americans are actually ok with this type of blanket surveillance. how do you feel about the recent news that was released today that the n.s.a. has been taking the phone records of horizon users they're not listening to my calls i figure they're probably going to do what they're going to do so i'm not too worried about it but i think it's a bit sketchy and scary for like has them of age and of my privacy if our me i would be really upset with horizon do you feel in a way though it's the government playing big brother or do you feel like they are trying to keep the say. they're playing big brother to help keep us safe there's probably no need for them to go in i understand they're just arguing that they were

just getting data and not content but where do you draw the line with that i mean not really into the whole big brother situation but as i don't have anything to hide i'm not very surprised that the government is taking her information and if you make a personal phone call to someone that shouldn't be tracked back unless you're a pedophile or something like that give anything to hide now now i mean they're going to see a lot of calls my mom and the babysitter but that's about it whether you're on verizon sprint or eighteen it seems the consensus among cell phone users is that the government collects your phone records is an invasion of privacy in washington and chad boyle r.t. so it appears as if some people are ok with what the n.s.a. is doing while others to see it as a huge breach of privacy if you're wondering what these records give the n.s.a. access to the agency can figure out who you are calling how long you spoke for and the agency might even be able to determine where you were when you made that phone

call as well as the location of the person that you were talking to as a result of this discovery several prominent figures have come out against this court order like vice president former vice president al gore a senator rand paul and senator mark udall and they're not alone here to discuss this story and further doubt those gender mccall she is the director of the open government program at epic gender thank you so much for joining me so let's start off with senator dianne feinstein she chairs the senate select committee on intelligence and. he said that this court order which was issued back in april appears to be quote the exact three month renewal of the program that has been underway for the past seven years she went on to call about lawful as a lawyer do you see it as lawful know on multiple levels it's unlawful first there's the question of whether or not the foreign intelligence surveillance court really ought to be in the business of allowing for surveillance of purely domestic communications and if you look at the order this is for not only foreign communications but also wholly domestic communications there's also the question of

whether or not this is allowed under the patriot act and we've seen one of the architects of the patriot act come out and say that it is likely not allowed under the patriot act and then there's the fourth amendment question whether it's permissible under the fourth amendment which we believe it's not looking at this it seems on its face to be an unreasonable search because it is such a dragnet search so this court order refer specifically to verizon wireless but it's possible the rise in is not alone and is can you explain that a little bit further it's likely that for us it is not alone in these in fact i've seen news reports that have indicated exactly that the news reports have indicated that eighteen t. and other major cell phone companies have similar orders now is there any way to be able to be protected is there any phone service that will protect you at all from these kind of searches and seizures or are we really at the whim of the government at this point at the whim of the government we certainly don't know of any phone service that would be protected we're also not sure if this extends to e-mails and

other communications as well ok now i want to bring up something that the horizon executive vice president and general counsel randy e-mail sent out to his employees today kind of talking about this it's a brief statement but in it it says that the company has no comment but also noted that the alleged court order that the guardian published on its website contains language that compels for eyes and to respond forbids the company from revealing. orders existence and excludes the production of content of any communication or the name address or financial information of a subscriber or a customer what should we make of this note is this for arisan making excuses for itself or is this just the facts well i've looked at the order and those are specifically the facts of the order however it's a bit misleading they aren't giving names or addresses or financial information of customers but it's easily identified there are several identifying characteristics

within these records that could be used to trace back to a given person now this is a similar kind of collection of information is what we saw with the a.p. the associated press when it's attacked the d.o.j. for going after a bunch of its reporters phone records now as a response to the a.p. the o.j. scandal there was a lot of outcry both from lawmakers and also from media outlets and the media has very specific protections when it comes to what the government can and cannot obtain but the public doesn't right oh well the public still has protections against what the government can and cannot obtain the fourth amendment the patriot act the electronic communications privacy act all of these statutes in the constitution protect the public against unreasonable searches by the government so all of all of this information that is coming out and it's very slim still there still a lot of things that we don't know what are the most pressing issues that you want to know about. who watches the watchman here it seems like congress was asleep at

the wheel there's a committee on congress that's supposed to be overseeing the n.s.a. the foreign intelligence surveillance court is supposed to oversee the n.s.a. they're supposed to ensure that the agency isn't participating in exactly this kind of wholesale collection and retention of information and instead what we see is the senate on both sides of the aisle making excuses for the agency and we see the foreign intelligence surveillance court signing off on surveillance of communications that aren't in any way foreign are in fact wholly. domestic and finally is there any kind of end for information who has this data for instance or want they were looking for we know that this came just a few days after the boston bombings is there any indication what this information is for well this may have come a few days after the boston bombing but what we heard from senator feinstein is that this has been going on for seven years i think that she meant for that to be a comfort to the american people but they shouldn't certainly be comforted by the fact that this program is ongoing and has always been since probably two thousand

and six there's no telling looking at the order what exactly it was that they were looking for and that's particularly problematic because if they're going to be participating in this sort of search there should be some particular thing that they're looking for a particular arised investigation a particular person that they're interested in instead of just dragnet surveillance that allows them to pull in all of this information and retain it forever and what we do know is that these documents that were obtained gave us a very exclusive sneak peek into what we were not supposed to know and what i have horizon and other wireless companies are not supposed to be telling us and this information isn't even supposed to be declassified until twenty thirty eight so i hear mccaul director of the open government program an epic thank you so much for your insight thank you. well the hunger strike at guantanamo bay has now reaching its four month mark lawyers for the detainees have been the only real insight for the american public into this strike along with the force feedings and conditions at the camp however many of those very lawyers say that they are having

a hard time meeting with their clients because of a new invasive search process required for detainees to go to the meeting rooms that are off site now those lawyers have filed a lawsuit for to force one tunnel by officials to end these body searches at a u.s. district court hearing yesterday the lawyers claim that these searches include feeling the genitals and between the box of these detainees and that their clients are refusing to visit them as a result one of those lawyers is david remes he recently told me that this is a form of religious humiliation to force the detainees to end their hunger strike take a look. i think that this would be a junction a bill from a westerner standpoint outrageous for of a westerner standpoint but for devout muslim men i think it is the. one of the worst forms of humiliation there could be and for that

reason if they don't want to leave their camp because of the searches they end up not being able to meet their lawyers not being able to have telephones with their telephone calls with their lawyers not being able to have telephone calls with their families clearly this policy will end if they break their hunger strike it's one of the greatest pressures applied so far now all of this comes as the president makes a new push to close guantanamo bay for good by a rapper aiding the detainee repatriating the detainees but reems says there is a little possibility of getting a closing before president obama leaves office and even when it does close that will not mark the end of indefinite detention for america's enemies. well president bush promised that no child would be left behind when it comes to education president obama said he is going to make sure everyone gets a fair shot but neither president specified where that education would take place

over the past two years american families have watched one supposedly in effect of neighborhood school after another or close all of this as a way to redistribute student staff and resources to more successful schools this consolidation of education is something that we've covered from time to time here on our t.v. a number of our guests have argued that these closures are as ineffective as they are disruptive take a look. students in chicago are getting a firsthand lesson in civil disobedience and it's. the third largest city in america plans to shut down fifty four public schools by autumn this year it makes us feel like we are not important to anybody so. a total of sixty one school buildings including this one are targeted. district is now. shutting down schools because of under. the drop in

a role has been overstated big. numbers because they're absolutely we have had homes in for the last twelve years they have nothing money they have not improved educational outcomes for children still goes into a. prosperous country. very very well the basic social services are you for. ninety percent of these schools are in african-american communities where is our kids going to go to school now with the school year just wrapping up students in dozens of schools in pennsylvania walk the halls for the very last time now because the state run school reform commission voted in march to close twenty three public schools to cut back on costs chicago will be closing fifty four schools a new york city has announced that it will close twenty six of those schools the problem is that almost all of these schools are in low income neighborhoods where

the vast majority of students affected are black and latino are to correspondent liz wahl tells us about the color of school closures. well cities across the country are struggling to close budget deficits and oftentimes public schools are on the chopping block and beyond programs are supplies we're talking about entire schools shutting down right here in d.c. fifteen schools are set to close in chicago fifty four closing its doors in new york city twenty six and in philadelphia twenty three schools will be close to students and philadelphia that means at least three thousand teachers counselors and school administrators would be laid off as a result class sizes would get bigger and existing schools more crowded all of this city officials say is being done to shrink a budget deficit of over three million dollars now tough times call for a tough measures but one project in the works and the cash strapped city is raising eyebrows lawmakers have announced that four hundred million dollars is being

funneled toward building a brand new prison in philadelphia independent journalist run your college noted it would be the second most costly prison in the state when finished the two thousand and fifteen in two thousand and fifteen the new cell blocks classrooms and supports space surrounded by twin fortified senses and a lead certified earth be will replace the old prison and its reinforced concrete walls of homes of four thousand offenders including seven hundred serving life sentences that's according to the philadelphia inquirer and we've reported extensively on the school closings in chicago where dozens of schools are shutting down mayor rahm emanuel insists it's a last ditch effort to address what he calls a budget crisis this as a city announced plans to build a one hundred million dollars basketball arena at the paul university the timing is stirring outrage according to the nation quote these are not the actions of

a mayor or the actions of a mad can also unsettling for affected human communities is that most of the school closings. of that people of color in chicago eighty percent of affected students are black ten percent are latino and a whopping ninety four percent are considered low income we saw teachers parents and students voiced their anger over the city's decision clearing this nine year old chicago student. the are the you. so these communities feel as though education is not on the top of the agenda for their elected leaders and oftentimes

you just need to follow the money to find out where the true priority is really are in washington liz wahl r.t. if the international meeting of the minds that we are simply not supposed to know about the secretive builder or conference is an annual gathering of the world's most influential movers and shakers this year it is being held in a walk for in the walk for girls there heard for shire region of the united kingdom as usual very little information is coming out of this meeting r.t. sarah firth tells us what she was able to dig up. welcome to build of a twenty thirteen is the gathering of world leaders and it's taking place here in what fit in the way the exclusive hotel you can see about a quarter of a mile in the distance there and perhaps not the most glamorous of locations for the hundred and forty delegates who are expected to attend among them some big names we've got the chancellor george osborne we've got his labor council part as

well as the former u.s. secretary of state henry kissinger got the former head of the cia david petraeus not of course to forget the heads of google and amazon and b.p. and goldman sachs and you get the idea now delegates famously don't disclose details of what happens behind closed doors and what's discussed fueling the conspiracy theories behind those doors plots for world domination now was artie's sarah first reporting and that's going to do it for now for more on the stories we covered go to youtube dot com slash r t america and for the latest information coming out from your world go to our team dot com slash usa follow me on twitter at meghan underscore lopez and stay tune prime interest next. finally i think. i'm.

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