it is a dangerous i mean example of national security extremism. the world reacts to the guilty verdict handed down to us whistleblower bradley manning still facing over one hundred years in prison this via being acquitted of aiding the enemy. still no solution inside the u.s. sets a nine month deadline to and the israeli palestinian conflict has restarted talks give a glimmer of hope. sounds off or on the u.s. secretary of state plans to visit pakistan this week or shrouded in mystery and that islamabad's growing anger at american drone strikes.

this is r.t. coming to you live from moscow i'm marina josh and welcome to the program well u.s. army whistleblower bradley manning has been found not guilty of aiding the enemy but he could still spam more than a century behind bars the judge convicted him of twenty out of twenty two counts which could see manning in prison for up to one hundred thirty six years sentencing will begin later on wednesday but it could be weeks before manning learns his fate are his andrew blake has been following the proceedings from the courtroom. after three years of pretrial detainment and two months of testimony the court martial of private first class bradley manning is finally wrapping up in fort meade maryland starting wednesday the court case will enter its sentencing phase and the government and defense are expected to call upwards of forty witnesses total in order to testify to the merit and intent and motive of private manning now during the last two months of testimony we've heard all sorts of stories about how private

manning acted and off of the battlefield what kind of experience he had as an army intelligence analyst however not all of those testimonies will be heard by members of the public or the press in fact or more than a dozen of the testimonies that will be entered in the court will be done so under seal those are all classified witnesses whose testimonies could harm national security if they were released earlier this year we heard from manning himself how he did it and why he did it he admitted guilt in releasing more than two hundred fifty thousand state department diplomatic cables guantanamo bay detainee assessment reaves iraq war logs afghan war logs and a number of other classified materials according to private manning himself when he went to the web site wiki leaks he did so in order to expose the rest of the world to the atrocities that he saw while serving in iraq private manning was held in pretrial detention up until earlier this year having spent more than one thousand one hundred days in military custody now that the trial approaches a conclusion however manning's fate will for once be

a little bit less undecided once the judge decides how many years he will have to spend in prison they'll finally have an answer. now we've been talking about the verdict but let's now take a closer look at how the charges against bradley manning actually break down so the twenty five year old was acquitted of the most serious charge against him that is of aiding the enemy which carried a potential life sentence but the army private was convicted on fifteen counts of espionage and staffed of government property there was also a computer fraud charge along with similar infractions manning committed while in the military so add it all up and manning could face one hundred thirty six years behind bars so for a closer look at how the white house has used to ask in its war against whistleblowers here's artie's going to check out the espionage act was never intended to punish whistleblowers it's a nine hundred seventeen statute for spies for the obama administration has already

charged eight whistleblowers with espionage and here's doing songs the man who gave media pot for two bradley manning's revelations here's what he said about about the verdict this is the first if it is you know it's conviction against was the united states it is a dangerous precedent and unique sample of national security extremism is the short sighted judgment that cannot be tolerated and it must be reversed. it can never be . true to the public is and yet yet even in the face of those very serious charges whistleblowers keep coming forward with revelations about the government's wrongdoings as they see that bradley manning's example didn't stop edward snowden for example from doing what he did and the question now is to what lengths will the government go to stop the whistleblowers so the future prosecution evidence or even claimed.

came home as a result of the bad news disclosures the only victim was the u.s. government's problems but the abuse of this fine young man bradley manning was never the way to restore. the world with a sense of disco's. ministration on. its attacks on bradley manning not a sign of strength. of course we don't want to underestimate the fact that the military judge ruled that manning was not guilty of aiding the enemy but the obama administration's treatment of whistleblowers in general has already done a great disservice to investigative journalism especially to journalists who cover matters of national security many of them say their sources have dried out people in the government are afraid to speak up in the wake of bradley manning's leaks to the government came up with the so-called insider threat program under which

government employees with clearances are basically encouraged and instructed to snitch on each other on top of that journalists learn that they can be targeted as accomplices of a crime for seeking classified information and publishing it as is the case with julian assange remember julian assange is not a whistleblower he has provided media platform for whistleblowers and on the list and then most recently that was the fox news reporter who was investigated as an accomplice of a crime for having sort of classified information so all of this is certainly sending a chilling message to the journalistic community here. now the un said manning could have been tortured while awaiting trial in solitary confinement for nearly a year but we can make spokesman kristine robinson says that the prospect of such treatment won't deter future whistleblowers we have seen that despite the way that bradley manning was treated being tortured in prison in isolation in solitary

confinement for almost a year it has not stopped whistleblowers and there are still brave people there who act on their conscience and with the public interest in mind we have seen though a new era beginning and an expansion of the limits of journalism an era that began in earnest of course prior to two thousand and ten and with the wake of his revelation in two thousand and ten the world saw a new opportunity and a chance for information getting out bypassing the mainstream media who often. lapdogs of the year administrations instead of being the watchdogs they should be well let's not get some reaction on this verdict from a story an author and filmmaker tariq ali mr ali think is so much for joining us here on r.t. so tell us what he's saying this verdict has in store for the future whistleblowers and will it so potentially stop people from speaking out to the public. you know i think the aim of the tough sentencing and the fact that he didn't get the maximum

penalty is so i think a psychological ploy it's obvious that they want to keep bradley manning in prison for a long long time and the aim is very clear to deter that whistle blows i mean there could be no other possible to him except to restrict the flow of information in what is pope ultimately a free society but it is closing down very rapidly so i think the cherone it will not work because many young people come to these things fresh they don't think should we do it because x. was punished they think should we do it because what we are witnessing is utterly obscene and should be made known to american citizens and the world at large while we are closely following the case of bradley manning here in r.t. and as we know the sentencing will start in a few hours time so what sort of sand is do you think he'll end up getting.

i mean you know get thirty forty years he could get effectively life imprisonment and i think the only way out of it is not the judicial system because this is under the control of the military since he was tried in a marshal local i know that military court but i think that. one will have to campaign amnesty for it make him a prisoner of conscience the nobel peace price committee if it has any sort of strength at all which is unlikely should give him the peace prize for this and sentra that is the way to keep him alive pretty and tell him that there are people outside who will support him and i think with snowden to it's very interesting that america is divided bay's no you know sort of a big majority in favor of punishing people like that and the fact that many of these people doing so are libertarians as interesting as a third point. is that american liberalism seems to have died on its streets since

obama into the white house i mean just imagine what the outcry would have be had all this being done by bush. and cheney white house the liberal sort of being up in arms many many liberals who are protesting claims like this being done under bush and cheney accept them under obama or at least fold silent and i think that is a very very dangerous precedent for american democracy will certainly be interesting to see what will be happening after this case subsides a little bit and you know after some time whether it was all really worth it as a bradley bradley manning himself said that he wanted to stir public debate and attract attention to his wrongdoing abroad well now also i'd like to ask you this question now the u.n. has been concerned dad bradley manning might have been tortured or was tortured in solitary confinement so is. anyone going to look into this what's

your take on this well i don't think any serious quality is because affectively what is done by the united states backed as ever it's probably was in the european union it's never a group before a call to floor a may have better be equivalent justice you would have seen bush and tony blair are not as tried for war crimes in iraq before the international war crimes tribunal but none of this ever happens and of course the u.s. military will deny that it was torture and that will be that i mean there are two laws in this world one for the defeated and one for the crime for them ok well during his two thousand and eight campaign president obama actually praised whistleblowing and he said that it was a courageous and patriotic ad and should be encouraged so why change of rhetoric now why is he in such an unprecedented hands for whistle. blower's i think obama

used a fair bit of great crew going as election campaign precisely because he wanted to mobilize people especially young people to come out and vote for him which they did need to let them down very badly disappointed a great deal and the fact that he is seen by bush certainly as a continuation of the bush cheney regime at the white house is saying is a great deal of his being no banks really between the previous regime bush cheney and the obama regime you can just see it on affectively on food should be every level all foreign policy and domestic policy so the fact that he went back on this is one of the a surprise or a tiger you think is so much more of us very much appreciate that sir and that was historian and author and topic are talking to us here on our team. well the case sparked concern among makers and some of whom called on the u.s.

to free the whistleblower and i am if he is from france sweden spain portugal caray show island and germany send a letter to president obama and the defense secretary they say that manning isn't a traitor and that he had the best interests obvious country in mind the lawmakers also expressed concern over the u.s. war on whistleblowers saying it harms democracy both in the u.s. and europe manning has suffered too much says the latter by spending over three years behind bars including ten months in solitary confinement well the message is manning should be freed as soon as possible and that's the view of some americans as marine important i point out. union square has been something of a stomping ground for bradley manning supporters in new york city you see over the years many rallies have been held here in honor of the army private first class intelligence analyst now manning has been found guilty of downloading and releasing confidential u.s. documents that subsequently disclosed illegal activity and crimes on the part of

washington manning faces up to one hundred thirty six years in prison instead of telling you how the public is reacting to this news we're handing our microphone directly over to the citizens bradley manning didn't commit any crimes would be like is if you shot me and the camera man said hey i've got this footage of this crime and he. you know put it out there for justice and instead of trying you they try him it doesn't make any sense it whether it's a mr manning or a snowden. i think they're doing a good thing because the american people are basically enslaved and they're you know they're told what to do by the media and they follow orders it would appear to me that the manning verdict would be sending a message to edward snowden i'm sure he's listening to news in better hands in

russia doesn't matter you. abide by whatever we do i want to just salute broadly modern we would support to you if you look at the apache helicopter video which probably the most famous one. for the american public at least you know what is actually going on in the wall i think something needs to be done is far from a legal standpoint needs to be changed because like the american public needs to know about things like that now although manning has been acquitted of aiding the enemy charges he may be punished for the rest of his life for presenting the american public with the truth reporting from new york for an up or nine are take a while whether you're. you would have voices from the streets of new york or not we here on r t want to give you a chance to have your say on the case so you can log onto our ti dot com and let us know what you think but right now let's take a look at what some of you have already expressed now the majority of those who participate in our online poll believe that court's decision is wrong and that

private manning is a hero fifteen for santa think that he deserves a span of sanity of several years just for percy and saying manning should go to jail for twenty years and another four percent and a thing that he deserves the death penalty or life in prison so do it us know what you think on the issue by logging on to our. manning sentence hearing it all is set to begin at thirteen thirty g.m.t. so make sure you join us here on r.t. because we'll have all the latest from those proceedings at fort meade maryland. this is so hard with. you know the. muslim world is ablaze with conflict and turmoil be a revolution civil wars or external meddling there could be no doubt this region

will never be the same again it would also appear to be told me a whole new order for much of the region is coming to an end but what is replacing it and who is on the right side of history. the. right to see. first strike. and i think picture. on our reporter's twitter. instagram. to be in the.

welcome address as r.t. israeli and palestinian negotiators have agreed bather relaunch peace talks will shift from washington back to the region in two weeks but there is no compromise on the horizon just yet the two sides still have major disagreements on a number of issues like borders and security washington says the goal was to reach a final status agreement with the nine months and they are aiming for two states. solution under which israel would co-exist peacefully alongside a new palestinian state but the two sides will first have to tackle a number of burning issues israeli settlement expansion the status of jerusalem and the fate of refugees the palestinians also want israel to return land it seized in nineteen sixty seven our disposal here has a story of one arab minority fighting for equal rights in israel. each weekend his radius flock to this truce village on the top of mount carmel the shops are busy

the restaurants full and the laughs flow as freely as the wine there is very good restaurants here in the area it's very welcoming like a lot of that brings it's great to make you feel really comfortable the twelve thousand inhabitants of a sphere village have opened their doors to tourists it's a way of bringing in cash while preserving the traditional dru's lifestyle. kamel above owns a popular cafe that would not be out of place in tel aviv or any other israeli jewish city. the people who come here usually look for something with center something they can only find within the druze community what they don't look for and don't see is something just as authentic a community floundering on to a lack of basic necessities the druze are an arabic speaking people who follow an offshoot of islam they hold a distinct place in israeli society as the only major non jewish community whose

majority of members are drafted into the israeli army. has lived here for twenty years his home still has no electricity and only three years ago did he get running water i served in the army my kids will serve as well will live in israel but we don't receive what the israelis are getting i don't know why we don't ask for special privileges just electricity crews and arab villages have always received less funding than jewish areas resulting in poor quality of education in arab schools and weak infrastructure and social services. our relationship with the jewish communities around us is perfectly fine no problem but our relationship with israel establishment is different for the trees people are not with the druze people we have difficulties on many levels first of all getting budgets approved for planning and then the planning itself. most of these radios who visit here are bolivia's to the problems and even those who know prefer to look the other way i

haven't heard my own so i myself don't know about it i read that there was some problems regarding some of the just feeling but i don't know if israeli government approved drugs. yeah i heard about it i know the problem. a lot of problem and sewage and. trouble building because of limited space in building but it's not only about turning the other cheek and choosing not to see there are israelis i've spoken to here feel nothing about uttering racist slurs about arabs and then eating in a restaurants but getting them to admit it on camera is almost impossible. the problem is not on my side i know their language but they don't understand mine i served in the military i understand them but they sometimes come with certain prejudices about the druze and we surprise them by how alike we are. but not enough alike it seems to stop them living in very different worlds policy r.t.

is fear village in northern israel. well that's more for you is available on our website or two dot com including an italian village that faces the full force of mother nature as a freak turn into rips through the land promise resulting in millions of euros worth of damage the full video is online. and meet the man who flies beside planes and has a want to custom made jet power and watch that video and others on our website r t dot com. now the u.s. secretary of state john kerry is set to visit pakistan this week but the meeting with the country's new government is shrouded in uncertainty one main issue is the cia drone strikes that continue to be carried out on pakistani soil while some have claimed that rather than destroying militant groups the a man attacks actually the extremist ranks earlier my colleague kevin owen spoke to us foreign policy analyst for bronfman about kerry's visit and how drone politics

are affecting the region. key him so just two years ago when he was the head of the senate foreign relations committee it correctly said that afghanistan is the sideshow into the main event which is pakistan so he understands the importance of having good relations with pakistan and the first step to doing that is to end the drone strikes mediately because they've turned eighty percent of the population against the united states they strengthen the pakistan taliban they've made it impossible for the us to cooperate with the pakistani government and safe and it's nuclear weapons so we did touch on it just now i just want you to elaborate on it a bit more you said how much the population i guess naturally are against it more and more then i guess it's driving a maybe into the hands of terrorists the pakistani taliban that were far weaker in two thousand and three than they are today as

a result of our drone strikes of we've put tens of thousands of people into the pakistani taliban and strengthen them and the pakistani government has not shown it so that you would be capable of controlling them several dozen u.s. national security experts have said been very clear terms that these drone strikes are not harming the pakistani taliban but actually helping them recruit members this is a strategic catastrophe without parallel in american history. time now for a brief world of dating crowds gathered in london to protest against new cuts to public spending this time the government wants to slash the legal aid budget they want solicitors' so you get a fixed fee rather than a payment for the work they put in it's fear of the fans lawyers will start pushing guilty pleas at any cost to save both their time and money. at least nine people have been killed in bomb attacks on mosques in baghdad this comes as an al qaeda

linked group claims responsibility for the series of deadly blasts which left sixty data. cross iraq on monday iraq's interior ministry says the country is now in open war with insurgents who want to bring down the government. and when it comes to banking bigger isn't always better while the e.u. is struggling to beef up its ailing financial institutions europe's mahler's bags have been doing very well some run by just one member of staff artist peter all over travel to small german village to meet one such banker. it's not all big city banks with bailouts bonuses and big shots in rural germany this small town has all its financial needs taken care of by just one man constantly and wants a new war here we only concentrate on people from gams if you live ten kilometers away sorry you can't be a customer in fact the furthest away one of our customers lives is about seven hundred meters. with only nine hundred customers peter believes he can offer

something that big banks can't. and he has to personally people get a personal service here i know everyone who comes in of course i do there my neighbors this means there is a big trust the aren't just a number or part of a money making machine when our t. stop buying at this one month bank we found that the man in charge wasn't alone the regulators were going through the books like they do in every other european bank that people have to a once a year someone counts for four weeks i think it's a bit too long but hey that's the way it is even as we live more and more of our daily lives online in small towns like this one is still a place for the face to face because a bank sometimes i need to go to the city banks are all run by machines don't even get me started on the internet the concept we have here we're all members not customers. it's hardly the most modern of operations opened

at the end of the nineteenth century some of the equipment looks like it isn't much younger now wouldn't mind what do you know how did my predecessor had a quite specific grip you can see here over forty years he wore the pain away all the modern stuff doesn't look right here if it works why buy new. so the whole lot. even the youngest in town a case of for having their own individual money boxes to make sure they aren't sheepish about saving. they even gets a lesson every now and again to make sure that they know that not everybody should be trusted not see it ok who wants to count your teacher's money. right now. with twenty sure any money you got me.

make everyone gets a lollipop. oh well due to the cost of running them small rural banks of all put disappeared for most of germany the people of the town of. want to hang on to this for many more years to come these are all of the south west germany next tensions brewing all over middle east is this a regional civil war that's what people about is asking his guest in crosstalk here in r t. two news sigrid laboratory to mccurry was able to build a new most sophisticated robot which fortunately doesn't give a darn about anything tombs mission to teach music creation why it should care about humans and world this is why you should care only on the dog.

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