satellite bugging fake internet cafe's in a blanket surveillance of diplomats are exposed by nearly even former russian president medvedev was targeted by american and british agents. grady's new york golan heights fear of dramatic military escalation on their doorstep as america moved to arm the syrian rebels and iran reportedly pledges troops to help president . and syria push his money matters in the background as world leaders gather for the key eight summit in northern ireland shielded from protests by a colossal ring of steel.

international news and comment watching r.t. coming she live from moscow. global leaders and even close allies were all spied on by british and american intelligence according to n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden he's linked to new documents showing that the g twenty summit in two thousand and nine was a surveillance playground with u.k. and u.s. agents attempting to bug senior figures like the russian president at the time dmitri medvedev r.t. contributor afshin rattansi says it was an attempt to gain the upper hand. i think that kind of blanket surveillance we're talking about fake internet cafe's of the jewelry being set up blackberries routinely monitored that surveillance is being used and of course with their on the rage and presuming they were trying to make those talks amenable to washington and british interests these kinds of revelations show that when governments such as britain and the united states come close to

worrying they will use this to try and persuade different officials or different governments to sway them for many years written knew or some british people realized that the national security agency was basically using the united kingdom and the largest spying out for the united states is here in britain but who runs the spying who or where is the sovereignty and perhaps british people will realise that they are living in a state where their media and all institutions surrounding them all industrial aspects to civic society are under a kind of surveillance state that is not being covered in the news the problem is the mainstream media will try and prove this and say everyone knows this ever and if everyone knew this all world leaders and all delegates at that summit in twenty nine know that they are being surveilled then why do the british or american authorities do this here in london meanwhile hong kong has launched an official investigation into the extent of united states cyber attacks against its citizens

alleged to number in the thousands in the us dozens of lawsuits are being filed against the government surveillance practices that washington is trying to downplay their reach when it comes to telephone calls nobody is listening to your telephone calls that's not what this program is about. lawmakers themselves though are contradicting president obama it was earlier alleged that thousands of n.s.a. analysts could listen to any phone call without a warrant but other government sources say official authorization is required it's also emerged the scope of the surveillance operation and the help it received may have been underestimated is our washington correspondent. what edward snowden revealed could be just the tip of the iceberg we're learning that in addition to internet giants thousands of u.s. technology finance and manufacturing companies that include software and hardware

producers banks internet security providers satellite telecommunications companies thousands are working closely with u.s. national security agencies according to the people familiar with the exchange the cooperation of some of the company says helped the u.s. government infiltrate computers worldwide so this certainly adds to edward snowden's account note and said he believes that the n.s.a. has carried out more than one thousand hacking operations globally snowden said he was leasing the information to demonstrate quote the posse of the u.s. government when it claims that it does not target civilian infrastructure unlike its adversaries he also said quote we hack network backbones like huge internet routers basically that give us access to the communications of hundreds of thousands. of people computers without having to hack every single one in these sources who speak on the condition of anonymity say u.s.

companies help intelligence agencies do exactly that and they say it's not subject to any oversight now it's all done of course on the national security but there are some very obvious discrepancies here robert muller director of the f.b.i. for example he said the massive surveillance program that the u.s. has now could have prevented nine eleven then what about the fort hood shooting in two thousand and nine the perpetrator of that one needle molly costs on had been exchanging e-mails with anwar locky for a period of time or time alonso are now if multiple warnings over several years radical content on his you tube web page. one may ask the question then why this massive collection of information when all of that was missed. well the unwavering support of many u.s. firms to the government surveillance program is raising questions among experts and the public having pieced together rare comments from officials on this artie's lucy catherine off explains what is it for the firms. the story certainly raises more

questions than it answers as my colleague reported earlier we know now that thousands of companies have been sharing sensitive information with the u.s. government in exchange for various benefits now this raises concerns about the extent of the private sector collaboration with the u.s. government not to mention questions about what exactly those benefits were now the details may be murky at this point but let's go over exactly what information we have now companies who did hand over data to the government got a big thank you that's according to michael hayden who used to head the cia as well as the national security agency which runs of course the prism program and mr hayden told bloomberg this if i were the director and had a relationship with a company who was doing things that were not just directed by law but were also valuable to the defense of the republic i would go out of my way to thank them and give them a sense as to why this is necessary and useful all right well what kind of thank

you exactly are we talking about here well again not a lot of details but anonymous sources did tell bloomberg that leaders of the companies who handed over data to the government were showered with attention and information by government agencies in fact in some instances that meant quick warnings about the threats that could affect their bottom line for example serious internet attacks and who's behind them of course this exchange of information is supposed to be voluntary and while at this point we don't exactly have evidence that this is not the case but while most of the companies seem to have participated simply because the government asked them for help one former c.e.o. paints a slightly different picture in two thousand and one when some telecom giants allegedly were asked to participate in an n.s.a. information sharing program one company qwest initially refused to play ball in according to court documents filed by its then c.e.o. joseph not cio as a result of that decision the company was denied lucrative n.s.a. contracts he believed to be worth fifty to one hundred million dollars retaliation

he says for refusing to partake in the government's spy program. so to sum it up companies that share data earned government goodwill information about threats possible classified information and of course there's concern that those who did not play along could could have been left out of lucrative government contracts course we don't have more information on this but that's person i see the point the lack of transparency about this data swap is a major concern now it's done in the name of security but at what cost and to whom this account for not reporting for our team in moscow. got plenty more coming up over the next few minutes including germany's fleeing for choose the country's homegrown entrepreneurs are turning their back on europe's largest economy for being hostile to healthy businesses. around is reportedly gearing up to send thousands of troops to syria to beef up government forces against the

rebels and also went as far as proposing a new military for and tear in the occupied golan heights coupled with american intentions to arm the syrian opposition israelis living in the area fear they're in for some big trouble. reports iran just got that much closer amid reports that tehran is sending some four thousand a rainy and revolutionary guard to help the syrian president bashar assad israelis living here in the golan heights are worried because now for the first time at least officially iran is on the border the reason you want war. in reunion warn the finisher. him to do it. like syria. this is an israeli bunker on the israeli syrian border less than a kilometer from here is connecticut that has been the scene of fierce fighting between assad's forces and rebel fighters with the american decision recently to

arm the rebels one of the groups that will be most directly affected are israelis living here in the golan heights any increase in hostilities in the area will impact on their lives you know to be. jewish. to understand virtue. you need to fight for your place in the last few minutes i've heard three explosions the united nations chief banking moon is warning that the ongoing military activities in this area have the potential to escalate tensions between israel and syria and jeopardize the longstanding peace treaty between both countries and this is one of the questions that israelis who are asking if assad was to be overthrown would the forces that were placed in be interested in maintaining the cease fire israelis and fortunately seeing. arms and weapons they're going to be used

against in as a threat from iran. in this board needs to be friendly with these functions have been here for years but for decades there's been a sense of tranquility and predictability now all of that in situ change with america's decision to arm the rebels. probably it's good for them and it's good for america otherwise they wouldn't do it maybe it's for the purpose of helping themselves and it's not about if it's good for israel or not there is fear we are afraid the rockets will hit us and it's already happened this is a fight that attract tourists but many fear it will soon attract folgers and become active once again policy r.t. on the israeli syrian border while syrian troops have been advancing in recent weeks while the leader of the opposition's free syrian army says it's in urgent need of weapons so let's have

a closer look at the balance of power and how it is teetering at this stage amid reports that iranian squads could join president assad's forces it is lebanon's hezbollah which are openly admits being engaged on the government side the rebels are being backed by al qaeda link this is the hour moves for a front as well as possibly mercenaries from the gulf states the opposition meanwhile enjoys widespread diplomatic support in the west and the prospect of lethal arms supplies from the u.s. and some european allies despite warnings of die consequences. even the most optimistic analysis of the rebels would have to admit there are a variety of people not only fighting assad but also fighting each other the whole idea that we can be confident that we supply even if we give them to people we train will stay in those have. turned against ours it seems to me to be extraordinary in practice our trade the risk that the sort of people who would actually break use of these weapons may initially be probably against assad but

we've seen from afghanistan over the last thirty years to the present day we can see from the chaos in libya american diplomats and. it's very on what to think we really do control these people on the ground. syria's conflict conflicts are is likely to steal the spotlight at the g eight summit in northern ireland which is security walled off for many protests but some campaign is still cooking up a storm. getting a head start trying to attract the attention to global hunger and got that story coming up. technology innovation. developments around. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something

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will follow suit artie's party boyko looks of what is at stake at the high level gathering. host david cameron had planned to discuss issues such as global tax avoidance and sustainable growth but it looks like rising tensions over the escalating crisis in syria are going to eclipse that formal and jen and i'm going to be dominating the talks last week the usa france and the u.k. claimed that the syrian government had used chemical weapons in the usa has now pledged military support to the syrian opposition the u.k. hasn't gone that far yet but speaking off the talks for gladly at putin in downing street yesterday prime minister david cameron. said his school's for bashar al assad to step down and said that the u.k. would be continuing to provide normally filleted and training to moderate elements of the syrian opposition now the russian government has western claims that the

syrian government has used chemical weapons and vladimir putin yesterday spoke about how dangerous he thinks it might be to all in the syrian opposition at the same time both leaders have stressed that they have a common goal and that is a diplomatic and peaceful resolution to the syrian crisis they say that they're going to push g. eight leaders at the summit to try an edge closer towards organizing a peace summit for both sides of the syrian conflict in order to get them around the negotiating table to hammer out a pause to peace but the anti's opt so much over the past week it looks like it's going to be tough talking in northern ireland for some it's going to be held at the very remote. where a fifteen million pound ring of steel has been a wreck did in order to god against protesters and to provide security for the likes of us president barack obama russian president vladimir putin and the various

david cameron now extra police have also been drafted in from the u.k. main around to help bolster security that this is one of the biggest security operations that northern ireland has ever seen. well outside the exclusion zone surrounding the g eight summit some familiar faces have loomed large these protesters who don't join headmaster outside belfast city hall called on the world's richest nations to address global hunger and poverty for them is the world's poorest countries and desperately need leaders attention artie's katie pilbeam now looks at what's cooking at the meeting and whether any wish list will get answered. the fight against all still zones is excel or a say the host of the g eight event david cameron insists it is a means of helping the poor and writing injustice then air is editor in chief of business in new york magazine if this is where list. because

it means you have to police the entire world the thing about the system is necessarily international that means any country one tiny little country who chooses not to abide by this. offer is. as i say convenient services for people trying to hide money. means that the whole thing becomes a mockery there's no way of controlling it so you can work towards it you can it will take time and probably it's a good idea you've got several countries like cyprus example but luxembourg still switzerland for who are offering their services as a business it becomes a big part of their economy and it's very difficult for a small country like luxembourg to tell them they can't do it because they have no other way of making money so it sounds like mr cameron and his fellow supporters have a tough task ahead convincing these tax haven countries to give up their economic

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seen a steady flow of immigrants from crisis countries like greece and spain but its own citizens especially successful entrepreneurs heading for the exits leaving europe's largest economy to capitalize on their business opportunities now expects. packing up for a new life elsewhere yemen's and his family are joining a growing number of germans seeking a future away from home is here germany is a nice place right now the future looks really dark so we're getting out that's why his software business and plan tie a company off the sale and he setting up a new business in canada away from what they see as shortsighted policies by german and european politicians. all they're doing is taking the debt higher and higher and by breaking their own rules it's something the family has been planning for a long time after one and a half years their paperwork is now in the final stages as well as his family yes

is also moving almost two million euros worth of business to canada people of always move to new countries in search of opportunities but last year saw over one hundred thirty thousand jet off from germany the most in a generation an increasing number of making the move to to concerns over where the country's economic. among the most popular destinations were switzerland the united states australia and canada away from the e.u. and the bureaucracy of brussels he clobbered does the feeling. we are going to see intrapreneur as leave europe it's one hundred times easier to shut down a business here than create one i still use it to block you for the last year on the side of the job creators. don't do roth is a lawyer in bavaria heading to new zealand he sees the current system in europe is almost comical the team get bored look at the ten commandments there are probably

around five hundred no words here then i think the relations on something small like production can i mean that you know it's over ten thousand words most of the nonsense this will leave europe like a banana republic with so many more was no one can follow them. with dissatisfaction in the e.u. on the rise germany runs the risk of seeing more and more of its job creators taking off to find new opportunities elsewhere peter all over party. smother international news the dozens of activists on the orange jump in the stands in northern ireland to call on the u.s. to close guantanamo bay human rights group amnesty organized the stand ahead of the g eight summit in belfast saying keeping the prison open is clearly a breach of international law more than one hundred ton of my when mates are on hunger strike over their indefinite detention over forty of which are being painfully force fed in a procedure that has been labeled as torture. riot police are struggling to keep

taxing the square clear of protesters with another night of street skirmishes two of the country's major unions have also called a one day nationwide strike against the government crackdown on demonstrators on sunday prime minister rally tens of thousands of supporters in centrally stamboul in a show of strength even as the central square was being cleared. wiki leaks edited humaneness sanchez met ecuador's foreign minister head of the diplomats meeting with the british foreign secretary the two are expected to discuss the whistleblowers fate songe was granted asylum at the ecuadorian embassy in london last year but britain said it won't let him leave the country. oh and violence has erupted for a second day in the brazilian capital as police ranted on protesters calling for more government spending on health transport and education they say too much money

is being wasted on sporting events before the world cup to be held in brazil next year officers fired tear gas to disperse the six hundred strong crowd that had gathered in front of the national football stadium in brasilia. after the break with all the spice guy. with breaking cross told looks at just time much security u.s. citizens get for the freedoms they are forced to give up. its. secret lover tori to mccurdy was able to build a new most sophisticated robot which fortunately doesn't give a darn about anything tim's mission to teach music creation why it should care about humans and world events this is why you should care only on the.

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drones and death squads do we need a supercomputer to keep track of the many ways we have to see. to cross out the national security state i'm joined by katherine marr in washington she's director of strategy and engagement at the digital rights organization access and a fellow at the truman national security project in new york we have michael kelly he is a defense reporter for business insider and in philadelphia we cross to dave lindorff he is an investigative reporter author of the book the case for impeachment and a founding editor of the online newspaper this can't be happening dot net all right cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want katherine if i go to you first in washington d.c. when we look at the size of the national security state now is it manageable and is there any way we can reign it in over considering all the things we've heard of the last few weeks and months. i mean i think that it's really evident that.