if they want to get you they'll get your. former cia technical assistant to expose an unparalleled u.s. surveillance network comes forward and says he now faces his life insists he's done nothing wrong. one refuses to back down from his hardline stance towards a nationwide protests as clashes again erupt in turkey's largest cities brought police to point to be a gas and water cannon. mind your manners u.k. police are warning twitter users after a flurry of arrests for abusive messages including one concerning the soldier to death in london which claimed he may have deserved it.

for their look back at the events which shaped the weekend the latest developments this is out. the identity of the man behind the leak of the global mega surveillance network run by the u.s. government has been revealed edward snowden a former cia technical assistant has come forward despite fears for his life and the lives of those who are close to him. i could be you know rendered by the cia i could have a people come after me or any of their third party partner you know they would they work closely with a number of other nations or you know they could pay off the triads for you know any any if their agents or assets we've got a cia station just up the road in the consulate here in hong kong i'm sure that they're going to be very busy for the next week. and that's that's a fear i'll live under for the rest of my life however long that happens to be you can't come forward against the world's most powerful intelligence agencies and be

completely free from risk because they're such powerful adversaries the no one can meaningfully oppose them. if they want to get you they'll get you in time. the details of the seven year old prison system is slowly emerging sparking outrage both in the u.s. and the broad potentially hundreds of millions of people worldwide may be hiding information intercepted by washington phone records online browsing history and even credit card transactions reportedly being tracked using data obtained from internet companies the president obama has defended the program saying some privacy can be sacrificed in return for security from a m i five officer it was an emotional and says those in the security services see injustice every day and that's what spurred some of them to act. this happens time and time again and as the the powers of state and the power of the corporate corporate estate become greater and people come more concerned about civil liberties not just within their

own countries but also the implications around the world people are worried about this the implications so i think that more young people within the intelligence agencies are going to think well actually we doing this for good reasons or bad reasons and they will speak out well often people who do blow the whistle do try and deal with it in-house i mean certainly we did it and you go to your boss or you say this is wrong you say that you know perhaps we should learn from mistakes made or whatever it is and they tell you just to shut up not rock the boat and follow orders now particularly we're looking to situation where intelligence agencies are being asked to spy on their fellow citizens or to draw up cia drone kill lists across the middle east or to kidnap and torture people terrorist suspects and we have a situation now where young people are going to be coming into this room thinking all is this right should we be doing this to our fellow human beings and if it's not right what can you do raise the boxes that goes nowhere you're told to shut up . the only other way in in this internet age i think is to go public and get the maximum exposure well on our website we're asking what you think is in store for

edward snowden well here's how your answers allotting up so far this hour here we go the fifth of you who go there are forty percent was quite a lot really isn't it think that what's known what follow the innocent as example and seek refuge in a friendly embassy thirteen percent say he was bradley manning's fate if placed under arrest twenty seven percent up there in a corner saying we eliminated to stop any further leaks and forty percent as we say reckon the case is too complicated to make predictions let us know your view on our website r.t. the cup. across the atlantic leaked details of the u.s. surveillance network of course shock the e.u. officials now demanding answers from washington and britain has also been implicated with sources saying its intelligence service is a direct access to the prism program civil rights activists using three m.

says the global consequences are immense legal make up clearly very very massive database of millions of citizens of almost all of their activities what they're doing and there's quite a bit you can construct from knowing every single place you go every day who you talk to and how you talk to them can tell you quite a bit about and this is being collected on millions and millions of citizens completely indiscriminately which means there's a giant database of american citizens activities on a daily basis that the government has or its control and its keeping under secret mark and we are no idea how they can use it to give us and many of our there's a wide range of people around the world who could be affected by this i mean imagine something as simple as so your college and roommate was from russia and you stay in contact and you continually talk to each other that you something every government could decide. create some sort of pattern about you given what happened in the boston bombing and then they can use that as a pretext to search your entire house and so i think certainly that not only

national international concerns. i mean while the trial of another major whistleblower started in earnest this week in the u.s. the wiki leaks or separately manning was accused by the prosecution of knowingly aiding the enemy far as he leaked was this video of an apache helicopter gunning down journalists and civilians in iraq this is closer also revealed a much higher civilian death toll in iraq and afghanistan campaigns than was previously admitted by washington amounting insists it was motivated by the need to show the public the truth and were alleged war crimes parties miniport now has more now on the government's preference for secrecy and with transparency. the military court martial against private first class bradley manning begins at a complicated time for the obama administration u.s. journalists have been spied on an unprecedented number of whistleblowers have been imprisoned and access to the truth many say grows increasingly harder by the day we

have a severe problem with transparency and secrecy in this country that's for sure our problem is a cult of secrecy extreme levels of dystopian secrecy washington classified ninety two million documents in the year two thousand and eleven that's the last count we have to put things in perspective what bradley manning leaked is less than one percent of that manning pleaded guilty to ten of the twenty two charges he faces the twenty five year old said he wanted the public to know how the u.s. military campaigns in iraq and afghanistan had little regard for human life it should be clear to anybody paying attention to bradley manning. thought of himself at the times in whistleblower that he did what he did because he thought he was making the world a better place he's in no way a time american and has never expressed and he american sentiments in any way in fact he's always said that he is and was driven by a sort of sense of patriotism prosecutors however are pursuing

a court martial on the remaining charges including the espionage act and aiding the enemy which carries a life sentence in prison in an interview with democracy now julia songe addressed washington's allegations that manning aided the enemy by going to wiki leaks if that president is allowed to be erected it will be interesting for a slightly. it means it's a potential death penalty for any person who really treats pretty. sensitive about it but secondly it also holds the journalist and the publication shereen of communication they would say to the enemy and therefore making him susceptible as well to be espionage act which also has capital offenses and that is it was the. us that latter part is part of the us attack.

including myself broadly we hope this letter finds you healthy and strong daniel ellsberg known as the original whistleblower leaked seven thousand government documents to the press in one thousand nine hundred seventy one revealing the truth about the vietnam war more than four decades later he says the us government is going to even greater lengths to keep the public in the dark call it a war on truth telling truth telling specifically. truth that the government doesn't want. truth about government crimes or that the public needs to know. if military prosecutors successfully prove that whistle blowing is aiding the enemy then bradley manning could spend the rest of his life in prison a verdict handed down under president obama just to usher in an era of transparency when he stepped into the white house reporting from new york marine up

or not martin. griffin the former trooper with britain's elite special air service says that manning decided to take action on the illegal and more that it is in iraq and afghanistan. manning had access to a huge amount of information and did and do thousands of other employees of the united states government he saw that information within the information actions of activity that were illegal and immoral and he thought he should do something about that he was the only one to take action on that he thought that if other people could see what was really going on in iraq and afghanistan and in the relationships between u.s. government and other governments around the world that something would happen you know i grew up thinking that britain was a great country and our armed forces were you know the good guys that's what i was brought up believing and my experience in iraq you know so pace that bubble i realized you know things are a lot more complex than that what we're involved in in iraq the actions were involved in were in effect illegal and i decided as a matter of conscience i can continue to do that and you know manning is in the

same vein as myself this is a guy who's joined the military to do the right thing and then realize that actually the actions of that military are immoral irrational and illegal and he's decided to do something about it. and drones strike again they're killing the seven more people just days after the newly sworn pakistani foreign minister called for falls to the u.s. as washington remains silent about who the intended targets were into the program we look at the plight of civilians who fall victim to america's war on terror. but turned not a violent protest is underway in anchorage with riot police charging at stone throwing protesters tear gas and water cannon already in action the demonstrators appear to be undeterred but recalled a number of protesters was reported on such the nights and more and i expected more tease when you go to school reports from turkey but again the protesters have come under fire from police on caracas is their second day in

a row that such and such an event has happened in fact all guys one of those is one of the chicken cities which has been under a lot of pressure when it comes to public. reacting to the protests in fact it has been gassed or somehow the water cannons have been used on protesters almost every single day off the protests which happened going for more than a week at this point almost two weeks in istanbul there worrying trend here is that the prime minister don't want continues to talk about his supporters who are also getting ready to go to the streets according to don't want to he's their patience is running thin and those who are siding with the prime minister are ready to take to the streets and express their points of view is that of course happens that all of allister experts are predicting that extreme civil unrest in the country and all of all of them of course are hoping that that will not be the case as it stands at this point people in istanbul show absolutely no determination to go anywhere they

have been camping out here and taksim and gezi park for more than a week at this point their main demand is also to see the prime minister leave his post but the prime minister obviously has made it clear that he is not going anywhere exactly how things have been developing for world for more than a week of protests in turkey particularly in istanbul and of all the main points of the protest here is the report that we have filed earlier. i feel that i was hit so i put my hand up and took it away there was blood gushing down my hands everywhere i saw my friends in dostum to get me out of that so he put me in a taxi i don't remember what happened next because i passed out i woke up in hospital where i stayed for the next day. photojournalist she quits there when the peaceful protests spiraled into knoll out standoff between the police and protesters in taksim square more than forty seven hundred people are said to have been injured during clashes with police over the past week with amnesty

international calling for an investigation into how the turkish police handled the protest rallies spread to squares and parks all over the country by then the message was no longer just about the trees. go on to the change their plans about the park and give us our freedoms. ergo i think that they are. but the prime minister knew exactly who he wanted to blame for the ever growing protest movement there is a problem called twitter right now and you can find every kind of lived there the thing that is called social media is the biggest trouble for society right now according to the thousands and give the park are looters and alcoholics being spurred on by foreign spies who infiltrated crowds of demonstrators to spread dissent among the turks reportedly fifteen foreigners were arrested for their alleged role in the protests. i know what he's thinking when he says what he does

he wants to show that he's still got power to those who support him but he doesn't know what to do with the protest as large as they were for the first couple of days the demonstrations went ignored by the turkish media. from c.n.n. international the old protectors you get the polies the people and the new c.n.n. turk there is there was a pain in the commentary so it's. actually it's the pressure of the prime minister that is reflected on the media and we think it's unfair other channels international channels sharing this information and we have to find out about it on the international attendance it's unfair to the people at this point the protests are so huge they're impossible to ignore pretty much just like the barricades that people continue to build a lot over the city to keep the police out and gets everyone insists that the destruction of the park will continue to go on as planned and that leaves one to wonder what exactly is in the future for the turkish prime minister with his team

in this regard to the opinion of hundreds of thousands of people in istanbul and in a party. but he has been among those demanding a thorough probe into the use of excessive force to crush the anti demonstrations the prime minister rebuke to brussels saying a similar process were met with far greater brutality in any country videos and images have emerged on the internets throughout the week showing right firing tear gas using pepper spray and beating campaigners it's also been reported that over the past twelve years turkey has increased its tear gas stock fifty fold with mostly american made supplies bringing the total arsenal to six hundred and twenty eight tons something that will cost turkish taxpayers around twenty one million dollars and he spoke to one man who says he felt the full force of the heavy handed policing. as a protester i am one of the mosques that has been explored by did cheer gas and

water cannons it were used. and of course crying and sneezing and since i had asked him not during that event i had not able to be or ask him actually acts and i can say that the main provoker police and government they want to create fear and i'm sorry ordination they cannot scare us we are the people we are nation we are turkish we are turkey they cannot change that they know that and this is i can say that i mean i love to explain that this is a peaceful event we do not do any harm to anyone or anything but however provocateurs such as government the police officer calls us and shows us that we heard every word without any reason that's we cannot accept that. on our website we have more on how anger against the government has been spreading across turkey and auntie dot com you'll also find images and photos from our film crew in istanbul which is closely following the unrest you can browse the footage in the in vision

section. the newly sworn in pakistani prime minister has some of the u.s. envoy after a drone strike killed seven in a northwest of the country it came just days after and i was sorry for once again called on washington the whole strikes and respect the country's sovereignty meanwhile the u.s. president continues to defend the daily program claiming it actually saves more lives and it takes for the latest attack only adds to a worrying tally of america's drone at war in pakistan almost nine hundred civilians have died in the attacks supposedly only target terrorists of those almost two hundred were reportedly children number of strikes has risen sharply during at barack obama's presidency six times more than under his predecessor he

kept an awful looks at the impact on those who are getting caught in a lot of fire. the locals call it death in the skies in pakistan's northwest tribal region an 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 it can wreak under president obama more than three hundred such strikes in pakistani soil against alleged al qaeda and taliban suspects. but ordinary civilians also pay a price this man is one of them i mean 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 or we are simple villagers who are stuck in a war that we didn't ask for it's a hopeless feeling bored to death is above our heads all the time. although the attack took place three years ago i mean new laws says the pain is still severe the

sight of his injuries upsets his four children meanwhile depression anxiety and lingering fear have pushed him to take up tranquilizer pills. in the americans should be able to tell an ordinary person from a taliban leader what they should know who they're killing what did we do to deserve this. this is my ex and he did it in the drone arctic it's a question echoed by neck dharm who lost part of his hearing his short term memory and nearly his foot on. the drone shockwave was so intense that it threw us outside far from the place where we were sleeping after several minutes there was another strike and it killed many more people in many ways the epicenter of the cia's highly classified drone program as 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 bought 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 fragments collected by nor a local journalist who spent years documenting the civilian toll of drones especially on children disturbing images of the living and the dead for nor it's personal. whenever my three year old daughter hears a plane she runs inside and won't sleep that night the children here have been traumatized by the drones the sound of a door banging shut is enough to terrify them. and that fear can turn to anger a new generation radicalized by the war carrying no drone strikes killing innocent people who are not part of the conflict you just why did the conflict you're giving the reason to people who were not part of the conflict to become part of the conflict. 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 that's. all that's on. us. when translated by defense that's cold comfort for the victims. r.t. pakistan and some other world news for you now protesters in spain have rotted against continued cuts to social welfare and ongoing invitations demonstrators fall through central madrid waving and chanting slogans against the unity of major financial figures and institutions is the essence spraying ost for help from the e.u. and i.m.f. to save its banking system. a lot still militants attack is reportedly under way at

kabul international airport in afghanistan you so it began with a series of explosions including mass suicide bombers according to the local police chief and has a large military base at the airport and is there any speculation that it could have been the militants target really more on that as we get it. aftermath negotiations north and south korea are set to hold two days of high level talks later this week and saw the new south korean president says he wants to reestablish trust with pyongyang after months of growing tensions on the north says it's looking to kick start joint commercial links in the border patrol closed off the country was hit with u.n. sanctions. now you should think twice before you tweet nancy advice from police and media experts in the wake of a number of arrests in the u.k. for posting offensive messages on twitter a london correspondent sara firth reports on how british police are playing catch up when it comes to laying down the law and how to counter abusive online comments

. we trust our officers with a baton we trust some of the c.i. sprit and yet for some reason we can't trust them with a twitter account in the wake of the recent willet murder a number of arrests were made across the country after police responded to tweets it was the latest clear sign that police are in placing seychelle media in a way they never have before twitter might be new police territory but their actions tread a fine line already someone familiar with the legal ramifications of their tweets felt the full force of the law one notable example came after a tweet to footballer james mcclean joining in online anger at the footballers decision not to wear a remembrance day poppy katie aiden look he tweeted he deserves to be shot dead alongside a picture of bullets two weeks later and he was arrested by manchester police do you feel like you crossed the line looking back on their.

time to think of. the consequences they katie's cases since being dropped it's easy to see the cyber threats can. cause real fear and often is deserving of punishment but other cases have ranged from the confusing to the downright ludicrous and figures obtained by artesia steadily rising number of prosecutions in person under the communications act two thousand and three including phone calls emails and social media pastes within the police service with another public sectors but it really is more about leadership than technology no the technology needs to change absolutely fundamentally what needs to change is the attitude that leaders have to lourdes social media many see as a huge risk what they fail to recognize is the fantastic opportunities are to really display the great skills great problem solving skills and

a great leveller service new guidelines set to be made final by the criminal prosecution service in the coming weeks but with the explosion of social media leaving british law fighting to catch up many in the legal profession a warning that social media uses no need to tread very carefully i mean it is very deeply concerning i think legal perspective and i guess it would be interesting to see your advice to people that actually even though it's a case of say somebody say things when it comes to social media that it is thank you they say well i'm afraid twitter simply isn't my thing for me there is facebook and your activities. but that's never been for. the advice to be extremely tough for. sarah ferguson london in a few minutes the shadow of hunger over areas of africa why are some of the. more to

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