when you say no to the government. they have the ability. to talk to the owner of law. about why he shut down his company. revealed the whistleblower edward snowden used in the. lawyer. for the whistleblower he's been sentenced to thirty five years for us war crimes. the u.n. calls for an investigation in syria. of chemical weapons use as rebel fighters claim hundreds have been gassed just on the outskirts of damascus.

the world why. it's a pleasure to have you with us today. it seems it's not only whistleblowers who are now being steamrolled by the u.s. government but also those which somehow. that's how it turned out for the email provider. shut down the service after it was demanded to hand over information about its customers following revelations that edward snowden himself had used it. says he doesn't want to perpetrate what he called a crime against the american people by cooperating with the government he talked to my colleague. if i had continued to operate i felt like it would have put me in a ethically compromising position. in other words the service no longer would have been what i intended it to be which was a secure and private method of communication for americans so you posted

a message on line saying that you were in an impossible situation that either you would quote do you hear become complicit in crimes against the american people or walk away from a decade of your hard work what do you think you would have faced if you didn't shut down the service when you say no to the government. they have the ability to take everything they have the ability to take your business take your money and take your freedom and there really isn't all that much you can do about. it i was looking at the very real possibility of an impossible debt and possibly being put in jail and still not being able to tell people why i was even in jail you wrote on the line that without congressional action or strong judicial precedent that you would advise people users against trusting a company that has physical ties to the us why is that all of the major providers

here in the us. have provided. our government with real time access to the private information of their users and they don't really have a choice about it and they don't really have the ability to tell anybody about. it so the fact is if you trust your data to a company even if they they haven't already been approached. and been required to provide access. the simple fact is they could be in the future. now the n.s.a. illegally intercepted tens of thousands of emails per year that's according to declassified documents from a us court the violations took place between two thousand and eight and two thousand and eleven but the seized e-mails had nothing to do with national security in fact according to the court this data gathering violated the fourth amendment of

the us constitution which bans on reasonable searches and seizures the latest revelations come hot on the heels of a series of exposé is regarding the n.s.a. with most of the least coming from edward snowden just earlier this month iraq obama promised an independent and transparent probe into the conduct of the notorious surveillance agency. and are staying with whistleblowers bradley manning's lawyer says that he will appeal for a presidential pardon after the man responsible for a massive revelation of u.s. war crimes was sentenced to thirty five years behind bars as we know the prosecution wanted manning to actually go behind bars for sixty years but the judge of his court martial refused to hand down the maximum term more on this with artie's guy in a chicken. bradley manning supporters who gathered at the white house this evening say he sent bruce is unjust and unfair after all many who committed murder got away with less than thirty five years bradley manning has received a prison sentence that was pin years longer than the period of time after which

many of the documents you released would have been automatically be classified bradley manning and his defense are submitting their request for a pardon the president of united states has the power to pardon him and you see many people fear wearing t. shirts and carrying banners that say part in bradley in his request for the president's pardon bradley manning talked about the post nine eleven age the age of the war on terror saying in the efforts to meet the risks the u.s. has that gotten its humanity but will be monitoring our way the desire of the government to make an example out of bradley manning to discourage future whistleblowers bradley manning also has supporters soon were somewhat relieved by the sentence of these thieves not going to spend the rest of his life in prison as prosecutors wanted to say in ten years bradley manning will get a chance to be released on. there's hardly any chance president obama will pardon him really especially in the current environment of the government's crackdown on

whistleblowers and environment where you have the municipal edward snowden someone who was not discouraged by the crackdown so the government definitely doesn't want more people following suit as far as public support is concerned bradley manning has probably gained more support in the wake of edward snowden revelations more and more people are starting to you. trying to sweep controversial issues on the u.s. may have never left. the rocky government where any of them immunity from prosecution is something that the obama administration is trying to negotiate around the same time bradley manning leaked all those eyeopening files president obama would have not announced a review of n.s.a. surveillance programs if it weren't for edward snowden and whether or not that review is just a symbolic gesture is a question worth asking of course but still we wouldn't be even having those conversations if it weren't for them and the supporters of bradley manning saying what's at stake here is not just manning scooter but also the future of journalism

and the public's right to be informed on the actions that their government is taking on their behalf in washington i'm going to check on. peter tatchell is one of the activists who's been campaigning in support of bradley manning he says the u.s. government has at the end of the day just declared an all out war on whistleblowers it is quite extraordinary that bradley manning has got thirty five years for telling the truth and exposing us war crimes lies and cover ups while the people who committed these criminal acts have walked away scot free they have never ever been prosecuted it is a notable fact that president obama has how to change them prosecuted more whistle blows than even write republicans like richard nixon and ronald reagan that is a pretty damning indictment of president obama and his democratic administration whistleblowers are not criminals they are the canaries in the mine who warned us

about danger they warned us about untruths about reality that people in power don't want us to know. are essential to them or. good to have you with us here in our to today and still to come for you in the program the main goal for many in egypt's revolution was to see former president hosni mubarak rest up the rest of his days behind bars report a bit later the leader could be walking free within hours correspondent explains why in just a just a few minutes. from now though here on the program the u.n. security council says an investigation is needed into allegations of a deadly chemical attack in syria the opposition there is accusing us forces of gassing hundreds of people just on the outskirts of damascus on wednesday the syrian government though claims the allegations are a diversion time to coincide with the visit of a u.n.

chemical weapons team details now from our new york correspondent marina portnoy deputy secretary general john allen said was also on hand at the closed door security council. consultations he said that there is no confirmation of the use of chemical weapons and he says that this needs to be underlined meanwhile britain's foreign minister william hague said that the alleged attacks should be an eye opener for all those who support assad his comments leave no options open to the fact that had opposition or terrorist group could be responsible for the alleged use of chemical weapons now it may be no coincidence the syrian opposition is making these allegations latest allegations against the syrian government just a few days after a team of u.n. inspectors arrived in damascus to examine previous suspected cases of chemical weapon use in the war torn country meanwhile officials from the russian foreign

ministry say that reports by quote biased regional media unquote about the alleged chemical weapon use near damascus might be a provocation planned in advance russian foreign ministry citing its sources said that a homemade rocket carrying unidentified chemical substances may have been launched from an area controlled by the opposition now the incident reportedly took place on her tori surrounding the syrian capital though the region on the outskirts of damascus is known for its opposition inclinations and has been the site of past clashes between government forces and the rebels experts say. affiliate has had a long time presence there and the area has faced sustained military pressure for months. a brian becker is the director of the anti war coalition he says the very timing of these allegations cost a huge question mark over them completely ludicrous that the syrian government

would use chemical weapons at the very moment that the un is a launching its investigation of chemical weapons and especially since the syrian government has its advantage but none of it matters what really matters is what the intention is of the white house and their their friends in london in terms of escalating their own intervention i think the big goal of the of those who carry out the stage provocation is to disrupt any sort of negotiations that could lead to a positive outcome for the existing syrian government meaning that the forces of the civil war had not succeeded in dislodging the assad government that's their plan because they know without western intervention without escalated foreign intervention there is no possible way they can succeed on the syrian battlefield they don't have the popular support in syria and they don't have the military where with all to defeat the syrian government. according to the u.n.

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i got a lot of headlines for you today here on r.t. let's get straight to it now and turn our attention to egypt where the urge to topple the former dictator hosni mubarak of course was the key driving force of the two thousand and eleven revolution but after being sentenced to life in prison for ordering the killing of hundreds of protesters in the uprising and a successful retrial appeal that followed mubarak could actually be freed from jail

later today he will however be back in court within a few days to further proceedings on various issues. true explains how his release even became possible. century the clock is being turned right back to two thousand and eleven before he started any of these trials so it's almost like he'd never been sentenced in the first place because he's already been tension for several years they now can't keep him in before he's actually sentenced now with he has been in jail obviously because there been other charges against him knew of charges in regards to corruption now that he's been acquitted if they're used there's no reason to keep him jailed however he still have forty eight hours max for the prosecutor to basically appeal the decision to release him if they decide that he should be released and he will remain in jail almost see you know how long though keep him as the trial goes forward the reaction on the streets has been right largely mixed people here are kind of reeling from the situation in the last few days been basically in the bloodiest weeks in egyptian modern history in the

fighting between morsi supporters and security forces who will get by that the fun of hosni mubarak could be free to the same time is almost too much for some revolutionaries here who's speaking to me and told me that what was the point of coming out to streets two years ago what has been the point of fighting for justice and freedom and bread in the last two and a half years is the very person they started by to get is to be walking free we will see what happens as his trial is start to restart again on the twenty fifth of august at the same time as many other leading muslim brotherhood figures will also stand trial and some ironic that these two that figure is it because it basically to be facing trial at the same time but largely on the streets people are pretty upset that this much hated figure could be seen to be walking home. and i we spoke to a car a post award winning journalist. she says that the situation in egypt has become so bad that the surprising news on mubarak's possible release has actually been pushed to the sidelines. you have the president the democratically elected president in jail but is there

a case against him and was going to be released it's kind of everything's been flipped over the news of his possible release was just a kind of cherry on top for everyone so much has happened so many people died that the broadcast. needed into the background a little for a lot of people when you think. the death of the protestors in eighteen days and then you compare the fact that grigory number. one debut last week kind of puts things in perspective for a lot of egyptians. our web team is always loading up the best new stories to the website for example we've already seen a russians unexpectedly encounter tanks boats and even fighter jets in their every day lives but have a look at this their experience may be upstaged by this one right here the beach was bit of a shock make a living grad look at. the pieces gone and shot at by a. whole craft those details on the web site right now. for you.

as washington's drone program keeps flexing its wings over more and more countries . now find themselves short of stuff we were able to pilot the soaring fleet those details also. at this my. first trip. and i think you're. going to be with us here on r.t. today just a moment on the world update for now though a growing of employees in the u.k. are being left in financial limbo by firms increasingly using the controversial employment tactic of what are called zero hours contracts and the sad reality for

the staff working under these conditions means they could end up penniless despite spending every waking hour at the job. or investigate. if you have a job but you don't know when you'll. if you'll be paid that's the reality for a million brits employed on zero hours contracts donald says admitted that it employs ninety percent of its u.k. workforce in this way stuff are expected to be ready for work in the mornings in case best summoned by their bosses they also have the right to refuse crucially though there's no guaranteed minimum set of working hours per week hence the zero and that's why this man in his twenty's is almost zero hours contract with a well known restaurant chain every morning he waits for the call telling him whether or not he'll have work really in charge of your own destiny as it were you working there to be able to. make that much profit this week so actually we're

trying to stuff as we can you guys can all be cut and we'll just do and three stuff this week is complete and for the government has promised to investigate the controversial employment amidst concerns that leaving an increasing number of brits in financial limbo with few rights low pay and no stability or stock in the guarantee of other jobs i wasn't making enough money to pay the rent was falling as the number of zero hours contract topped during the recession some economists forecast that employers will return to hiring workers on better terms when the economy recovers the trade unions buying it in recent months and years we have start to see a growth of. particularly among the public sector workers no longer are these small groups of workers who are employed on temporary employment now in some sights is this type of employment relationship is becoming the norm macdonald sports direct dominoes and even buckingham palace zero hours employers they've been accused of

exploiting people desperate for any kind of work is part of the race to drive down the terms and conditions the pay of all working people. big business is using the history measures in the government economic crisis as an excuse to use these contracts but business representatives say that the financial crisis is forcing companies to use zero hours contracts there's people who criticize their eyes contracts have got to recognize the impact that that would have on unemployment levels it's actually the flexibility that. wasn't available to employers i don't think it would be acting is the kind of employment stabilizer we're seeing it work out but terms of these contracts may see the bosses but many of the young people on them say that while they're on zero hours they've got zero chance of any financial stability i think they're wrong no i think they should i think they should shouldn't be less extreme than they are because it was it doesn't

happen that you don't have zero zero hours and you can sort of expect that at some point you made polyploid azzi london. before we get to the kaiser report from our rushers ministry of emergency says the flood situations in some areas of the country's far east is now slowly stabilizing still though the main worry is in the city of homs where the water levels are expected to reach eight meters this weekend five thousand people have already been affected emergency workers of erected almost seventeen kilometers of temporary embankments ten of them in a lot of the floods that have been described as the worst in a century with many thousands of hectares of farmland swamped it's estimated more than sixty million dollars worth of damage so far may have been done by the high water levels are simply caused by heavy downpours in early july in order to expected to start receding until early next month. or let's get into the some of the global headlines for you thailand we go where of course convicted two iranians

of taking part in a failed bomb plot allegedly targeting israeli diplomats or the tel aviv accused of terror activities the men were never charged with terrorism offenses they were found guilty of. possessing explosives among other counts i wonder saved a life sentence while the other fifteen years in prison and the attempt was exposed last year after an accidental blast destroyed a villa in the capital where the pair were staying iran has denied all allegations of any involvement. to colombia where protesters have been blockading the highways for the third day in a row now in various regions are locking horns with police thousands of students farm workers and truckers all took to the streets of the capital bogota to demand better working conditions or higher wages as well and out of free education the rallies are actually part of nationwide protests and the largest anti government demonstrations seen in decades. and of pakistan where a blast has ripped through

a train station in the northwest hitting at least two people and wounding more than a dozen and the bomb exploded near the ticket counter destroying the waiting area and investigation is underway into who was behind the attack while the emergency rescue workers are still searching for survivors possibly in the desperate. now cannabis campaign is in a german town and found a rather unorthodox way to go green arguing that pot can actually be less harmful than tobacco and alcohol they have literally planted the seeds of an alternative opinion all over the place peter all of a house the story. it's high time for a change in the law say activists in the university town the. scene a novel form of protest springing up is around a thousand marijuana plants were added to the leafy city this autonomous group wanted to raise awareness and to get publicity for their cause which was legal as a show of marianna and they just wanted people to stumble over the plants was just

something that you would find on your way to work or on your way across town despite an active program of weeding out the weed by authorities it isn't hard to find a spot where the surreptitious seeds have sprouted. in fact what we can find here is that very plant and you can find them in all sorts of random places like this one those behind the planting who call themselves a few autonomous flowage children also held an online photo contest to gather pictures of the best birds which the police told me is very handy when it comes to tracking down the pesky plants and we first got wind of it when someone saw this online contest this is a very big and a very green city the best way for us to find them was to look for landmarks in the picture. many have passed off this stunt is a bit of student high jinks towards the end of the academic year however this could

be the start of something far bigger say those in the legal profession i think that this. is an act of civil disobedience should be a starting point for a much wider discussion on legalizing all kinds of drugs are not doing it i am not . made up my mind to it but we should have this discussion supporters of the activists believe that used responsibly cannabis could be far less dangerous than things like alcohol and tobacco many people think that you can actually consume it . and assume as you have that a responsible approach towards consumption then it should not be a problem to legalize that supplying the drug carries a prison sentence in germany so far no one connected with the raising of this crop has faced any legal action due to the your ability of the plant meaning it can grow just about anywhere don't expect the pot pioneers to give up their campaign any

time soon peter all of their arty get in germany. we're coming to you live from moscow it's all it's here with me rory sushi next to the war lords of money and that of global bank manipulation the late edition of the kaiser report that's coming your way. they say geo politics is a lot like a schoolyard and while obama snubbing a meeting with the president of russia to in theory punish him for the stone incident sounds kind of amateur that is the kind of stuff the girl you did when you're sixteen would do cancel date just to show you how much her feelings are hurt

let's not mistake the cancelled meeting with cutting off diplomatic relations which is the total rejection of any form of discussion with another country which really isn't a bold and possibly dangerous but a call message but obama did was more like a minor annoyance he knows that he will talk to putin again in the near future i mean how are they not going to talk of the next g. eight summit what is he just going to have to hide behind merkel the whole time and hope it works out or ducked behind the shrimp cocktail whatever here's a russian accent one could argue that to appease republicans he had to do something to look strong after the storm debacle but this grandstanding just comes across as silly passing something like a new jackson verda commandment yeah that is how you could shows people that you're really mad even if your anger is irrational because stone pretty much did the right thing but that's just my opinion. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something

else you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom part of the big picture. welcome to the kaiser report imax kaiser you know an eight hundred ninety congress passed the sherman antitrust act at first of course those modest at the supreme court refused to enforce the law always siding with the monopolists unless it was to break up a union but then in one thousand to two teddy the trust buster roosevelt went after john pierpont morgan j.p. morgan who control the bulk of the.