i was a trim believe or after i joined after the iraq war started i thought what we're doing overseas was great it was all about let's bring them democracy and mass destruction fight terrorism on its own soil etc etc and then i slowly started getting disillusioned over the years but at the same time i needed to feed my family so when i got out of college i went to work for general dynamics it was good to start with and i was excited by the possibility of a new administration coming into office and those hopes were dashed for me obviously. and then finally i just got to the point where it was either. my own sanity or leave that place basically i could no longer live such a double life believing one thing with all you know every fiber of my being yet behaving and working against my own interests and really i think humanity's interests. and i commend your courage and for standing with your

conscience i know it wasn't the easiest thing to do especially from working in the system for so long i wanted to read probably the most powerful part of your letter where you said i was only a foot soldier and a low level clerk however i've always believed that if every foot soldier threw down his rifle war would end i hereby throw mine down why do you think that more people don't refuse orders that they know are wrong. everything is built against you psychologically physically. many times you're overseas you're detached from any kind of support network that won't support you in a decision such as walking away. to keep up personally for me the safety and comfort of having medical insurance a good job the ability to provide for my family that kept me there that keeps a lot of people as a part of it and there is. propaganda and misinformation out there if you speak out in those circles you will be labeled either conspiracy theorists are

they'll just tell you come up what can you do about it you know you're just one person you you can't do anything about it you're not going to change and just go along to get along basically brennan we know one person can do a lot you said that you were inspired by edward snowden to finally resign and of course the war on whistleblowers on the war on the press is designed to chill dissent to stop people from coming out and speaking out obviously the end of verse is true you're proving that right now thank you so much for your courage i commend you for coming out talking about your experience brandon toy former u.s. soldier defense contractor really appreciate time thank you so much it's a pleasure to talk to you. guys we're taking a quick break but still ahead we'll get the latest on the trial bradley manning with our two web producer and blake. right from the scene. first straight to you and i think pictures.

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a crime i did not do. we have numerous cases where police officers lie about polygraph results. innocent people taking shots at police officers don't beat people anymore i mean it just doesn't happen really. in the course of interrogation why because there's been this is like meant no because the psychological techniques are more effective in obtaining confessions than physical abuse and they were often they could do what they wanted they could say what they wanted and there was no evidence of what they did or what they said.

syria and reversed momentum rebels are now killing one another in alienating the people they claim they're fighting for the assad regime has regained lost ground and is on the offensive in the meantime western powers are showing we looked into providing arms to the rebels is it now time to consider a process to stop the violence and talk peace. with a military judge in the trial of army private bradley manning who decided to not drop a charge that accuses the twenty five year old whistleblower of the enemy and he has pled guilty to ten lesser offenses but is still denied culpability for twelve

more charges that he faces a guilty verdict of aiding the enemy could land manning a life sentence or even the death penalty or to his very own web producer andrew blake has been closely following the case and joins me now to break down the very latest hi andrew. so why wasn't this charge dismissed because i was under the impression that there was no proof that he actually did the enemy well what happened was so you know this case is three and a half years at the making at this point almost and you know the government song would say ok manning give way to the enemy because you want to wiki leaks you give them files those files got the internet and then osama bin ladin dialed up his modem and got those papers and because of that we can send you away to prison and you see it for the rest of life and you left because a lot people think that's kind of funny that i. using the internet and sharing documentation that has never been proven to cause any harm not really aiding the enemy right so that was that was the defense's argument and they said you know this is a bit preposterous and when you know this trial has been going on actually only happening for a couple of weeks now when the prosecution actually had to present their case and they had to call witnesses and they actually had to try to make an effort to say

bradley manning give way to the enemy afterwards the defense said we don't think so we don't think you even you we don't think you even gave enough evidence that the judge can actually make this decision so they filed a couple of motions a few weeks back and just today colonel denise lynn the military judge presiding over the case she finally responded and said no there's enough evidence that i can actually go ahead and i can make a decision not to make the decision now the court case is going to wrap up sometime next month most likely but she is not dismissing the charges by not dismissing the charge bradley manning will now face a maximum of life plus one hundred fifty four years in prison i believe life plus one hundred fifty four years and he's been well he's a hell of a guy you might live to and yeah you know you know aiding the enemy or not your life span how is the prosecution going to prove this i mean i guess we don't know but based on what they've already said it seems pretty flimsy elder we already know that manning did all this stuff really aid the enemy but we know he's played with the leaks of hundreds of thousands of classified documents that sets that's out

there he admitted that the prosecutions tried saying that these documents caused harm to national security and they had people come in and testify about all of these documents separately released iraq war logs afghan war logs collateral murder video that went on will be a detainee assessment all these information and that's what the last couple of weeks of ben witnesses being called by the prosecution and by the defense trying to say well either you know he did it knowing that this could happen or no he was a naive twenty something guy who wanted to help the world but that's going to be ultimately up to the judge to decide unfortunately if we go from here and what's next and when can we expect to hear closing arguments closing arguments could begin as early as tomorrow the best thing that everyone. i can do is go to fort meade and attend the hearing because it's it's pretty much held in secrecy and without people going there today i believe there were twenty seven spectators it without people going there and without twenty seven members of the media without people going reporting on it the case can't be accurately reported because the government's not releasing the actual files so that's what people can do if they want to get involved or at least hear about the case otherwise we'd have to wait and see if the

government can actually prove that a soldier should spend the rest of his life for going on the internet the shame that we've heard so much about the zimmerman case and virtually nothing about this one has enormous implications for everyone thank you so much and thank you for shit . perhaps one of the most disturbing hallmarks of the post nine eleven era is entrapment see the government spends hundreds of thousands of dollars and countless resources every year to coerce individuals in the breaking the law or they might not have the means or motive to otherwise do so now while this tactic is widely practiced by federal authorities to justify the war on terror as the messed up front it's also a practice carried out by local law enforcement across the country take for instance the story of thirty eight year old sal. alosi was an optometrist in northern virginia and like many others he was also

a fan of sports betting which is something he has friends of quite often with small wagers but when virginia detective david camm overheard talking about bets one night at a bar he decided to make close to his next project the friend in him and ultimately setting him up as their friendship evolved over many months bo cam continuously pushed closely to up the stakes of his betting hobby ultimately convince closely to bet more than two thousand dollars in a single day now under virginia law that was enough to charge him with running again with an operation and that's where things took a turn for the worse on a night when both camera range for the two to meet he was. alone the detective brought in a whole swat team with them to raid home for any evidence linking him to run in a gambling operation and as closely stepped out of his house to greet his friend he was suddenly shot and killed by another officer his last words were directed at boca and he said dude what are you doing the entire incident was chalked up to

nothing more than a mere accident by authorities to add insult to the death fairfax attorney robert horan said i feel for the family of the victim in this case but i also feel for the police officer this is a good police officer fine record almost seventeen years really you feel bad for the officer wow you know it's bad enough that a full swat team is issued to take down small scale bookies but at the end of the day closely was molded into a criminal it broke out of never be friended the thirty year old optometrist he would still be alive today and what's worse is that instead of police taking accountability for using excessive force the taxpayers are the ones who end up paying the price so in the case of closely this family eventually received a two million dollars settlement from fairfax county paid for by the residents along with a warning statement by police about the risks associated with betting pools but

something tells me that you might be executed if you gamble wasn't included in that note so i guess it's business as usual police grossly overstepping their bounds a man is dead and you the taxpayer is left to clean up the mess. and that's a wrap for us here in d.c. today you guys have a great night thanks for watching and we'll be right back here tomorrow. i've seen the perception of the cross many to. i'm spoiled it doesn't matter if there's snow a heat wave or hail stones from people keep on going i don't expect anything i just want i told myself i keep on going as long as my heart told me to watch that's all i wanted at the moment. i have send so mind she's seen i'm carrying these sayings on my shoulder.

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