coming up on r t the government of yemen has requested a supply of drones from the u.s. the request came directly from yemen's president hoping it would help the fight against al qaeda threats more on that coming up ahead. the u.s. attorney for eastern virginia neil mcbride is leaving his post his office has a history of going after notable figures like cia whistleblower curiosity to kim dotcom and wiki leaks we'll look at his work and what it means for some of the pending cases. and here in the u.s. churches are tax exempt but how about a tax break for atheist groups there's a battle brewing in the courts right now over the very issue we'll tell you more later on in the show.

hello there it's friday it's friday night friday friday august twenty third four pm here in washington d.c. i'm aaron aid and you're watching our two. we start our newscast today in yemen where the country's leaders have approached the u.s. they're asking officials to request drone technology in order to increase the country's defense against al-qaeda militants yemen's president has asked for armed drones from the united states mere weeks after american drone strikes hit the country nine times in a two week period killing nearly forty yemenis the drone strikes came as the united states and other western countries closed a number of embassies in the middle east as a result of an al qaeda threat. president hadi of yemen has given his public support to the american drone program because he says that his country does not have the technology to fight fight its own islamists on their own. according to the

associated press president hadi told police cadets on thursday that the u.s. drones have been carrying out attacks in yemen in accordance with an agreement to combat terrorism it was signed by the united states and the former yemeni president after the september eleventh attacks the u.s. does acknowledge that it has a drone program in yemen which is largely conducted from campus into boogy however it does not discuss or disclose information about individual strikes no word yet whether the united states will comply with the yemeni request. and now to an ongoing issue of the n.s.a. is this subject of controversy since the leaks by edward snowden which demonstrated that the agency was spying on american citizens and breaking court ordered rules to do so now in a new interview president obama said this about the oversight of the n.s.a. . what was learned was that n.s.a. had inadvertently accidentally pulled the e-mails of some americans in violation of

their own rules because of technical problems that they didn't realize they presented those problems to the court the court said this isn't going to cut it you're going to have to improve the safeguards given these technical problems that's exactly what happened now know how president obama emphasized that these rules were by a leash and they were accidental they were accidental violations now this account directly contradicts the statement that the n.s.a. has made itself. it told bloomberg news quote over the past decade very rare instances of willful violations of n.s.a. authorities have been found so clearly not all of these violations were accidental but the president was right when he said that the fisa court demanded that the n.s.a. make changes to its surveillance program in fact the guardian has a new story out today about precisely those efforts to bring the n.s.a. to get into compliance with court orders now using new leaks from edward snowden the guardian uncovered that the n.s.a.

paid millions of taxpayer dollars to technology companies like facebook yahoo google and microsoft so that these internet businesses would be in compliance with the face of ruling but that does not but that's not the only development coming out of the snowden leaks today. now in a strange turn of events today a british newspaper the independent came out with an exclusive story about a secret surveillance base run by the united kingdom in the middle east the article says quote the independent is not revealing the precise location of the station but information on its activities was contained in a leaked document obtained from the n.s.a. by edward snowden. why is this so odd well because snowden had this response to the independence article quote i have never spoken with worked with or provided any journalistic material to the independent it appears that the u.k. government is now seeking to create an appearance that the guardian and washington post says disclosures are harmful and they are doing so by intentionally leaking

harmful information to the independent and attributing it attributing it to others so snowden is now accusing the u.k. government of attempting to discredit his own intention his intentions and leaks by doing some leaking of their own the independent for their part they deny all of this. now in other news neil macbride the u.s. attorney for the eastern district of virginia is leaving his post mcbride's office is currently in the national spotlight for a probe into virginia governor bob mcdonald and his family for alegate for allegedly accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in gifts and loans from the c.e.o. of a dietary supplement with regulatory business in the state. he is also known for the prosecution of cia whistleblower john kiriakou and told the new york times that the clandestine agency's systemic torture program his prosecution of kim dotcom and his website megaupload for copyright infringement racketeering conspiracy money

laundering and more he filed charges against n.s.a. leaker edward snowden under the espionage espionage act and is heading up the investigation into transparency organization we can leaks. now his exit after serving four years as u.s.d.a. almost certainly raise questions about the status of those investigations now here discussed mix brought mcbride speedy exit and the high profile cases he oversaw while serving as the u.s. attorney is r t what producer andrew blake carried the day and test again now i want to start a fast can you is this a hasty decision. for me bribes or isn't it resignation was this in the works or is this totally out of left field i mean it seems like really came to a surprise to most people especially given the cases that he's working on right now like you just said he was actually in charge of filing that indictment against edward snowden and of course you know he's on the other side the world right now and it's not working out too well he's also involved in the indictment against wiki leaks which has been several years in the making now and there's been ongoing casey is involved in the indictment against him dot com and they got upload which again

that's a year and a half in the sense it was filed in this just hanging out so who is going to take over these things who is going to have to follow up these cases who is going to prosecute these people for the u.s. government it's a really good question and i think it was rather unexpected he's only been there for four years he was appointed by president obama early on in that administration and he's really put his nose in a lot of places during that time so i was particularly me i was taken aback by this i was rather surprised because he was someone who i've been following relatively closely because he's involved in a lot of cases that i think could have major repercussions for everyone worldwide not just in the u.s. not just in the eastern district of virginia he's in charge of cases like with but we switch will have massive ramifications for journalism and with democracy the megaupload case ramifications for the the internet so i he hasn't quite said yet why he did this or where he's going to go or what he's going to do after this but i

think a few people were actually taken aback by this myself included right now it seems like nick brought mcbride he is kind of he's involved in trying many cases under the espionage and. if you will is that a departure from other people who held his job before him well i don't know if that's something that you could personally blame you know mcbride for if anything i think you should look at the obama administration itself of course during the last five and a half years president obama has prosecuted more people under the espionage act for leaking or for allegedly leaking leaking state secrets than every other president combined twice over there's been a pattern during the last couple years it seems to continue every few months believe it or not we're different people who take information and put out in the public are being called spies and that bride has been spearheading that campaign under the obama administration's umbrella i'm not sure that's going to continue without him it's a lot of people have been saying that sets a really dangerous precedent what they've been doing especially with the wiki leaks

case you know the wiki leaks investigation is still rather mysterious there's a grand jury sealed indictment there's been all sorts of testimonies that no one knows about it's completely separate from the p.f.c. bradley manning court martial that had concluded it was filed by the by the u.s. government. actually investigating wiki leaks as take in the eastern district court into a position where they've been pursuing charges or at least investigations against people all over the world not american citizens citizens in iceland in sweden in the u.k. and it's it's it's shocking to see that the u.s. government could be charging people who are not u.s. citizens with espionage but now critics of mcbride they say that he engages in prosecutorial overreach for instance you know they became dot com you went to new zealand to meet with that organization can you tell us what they had to say about mcbride's prosecution well i don't think you really have to ask him dot com or megaupload about the prosecution because from an outsider's perspective i think it

was ridiculously over the top here is i mean i mentioned earlier you know i think it's outrageous that you can take someone outside the u.s. and charged with espionage i guess essentially that is what espionage is but the. what i'm trying to make here is that the u.s. government has been going after a lot of people outside of the us and prosecuting them and attempting to convict them for crimes that aren't illegal in those jurisdictions with the megaupload case we saw the f.b.i. coordinating a raid with new zealand authorities that ended with dozens of agents and helicopters coming off of kim dot coms roof while his family was asleep and in just detaining everyone seizing all of his possessions all of his money this is a new zealand citizen the other side of the world literally the other side of the world who was writing a website that people all over the world in the u.s. included were using in that something like with the wiki leaks case can the u.s. really go out there and take a journalist in this case julian assange any of his associates and charge them with espionage when they're just running

a journalistic endeavor on the other side of the world it's a bit silly but it's definitely something that we've been seeing under the reign of feel that bride. that was our web producer andrew blake thank you. as new york city mayor michael bloomberg nears the end of his reign over the big apple we decided to look back at some of the more memorable decisions that the politician made while in office things like his attempted ban on large sodas and trans fats the blank favoritism of wall street particularly goldman sachs and who could forget the final major act of his from his political modest administration stop and frisk argy correspondent liz wahl brings us mayor bloomberg top three most memorable aka questionable moments. as the race to find the next new york city mayor is underway current mayor michael bloomberg has left a legacy of some controversial decisions it's fight to keep stop and frisk alive and well is the latest this is. the old it is harder

to. say. stop and frisk critics see it as a way to legalize racial profiling and just yesterday the city council overrode the mayor's beat out to scale back the law not too long ago mayor bloomberg was on a crusade to ban big sugary drinks. this is nothing to do with banning your ability to buy as much or as many sugary drinks as you want simply the size of the cup that can be used it cannot be greater than sixteen ounces under this regulation well this regulation outraged critics that's not as another example of the mayor creating a nanny state liberals and conservatives alike took shots at the attempted ban a.

diary i don't think. what do you think his efforts to protect those rights are we need a better. you know a i think it gives liberals a bad name really do a big liberal flick like bullies who want to tell people what to do well just as the band was set to go into effect the state supreme court struck it down allowing new yorkers to enjoy sugary drinks and whatever size container they please he also tried to get soda tax to have eighteen percent that didn't fly with the state legislature either the mayor's quest to control what we put into our body is doesn't end with soda he made it new york city the first major city to ban smoking in bars and restaurants a few years out. for that he banned all trans fat foods from being served at restaurants in the big apple it's also thanks to mayor bloomberg that every big chain restaurant in the city post calorie counts on all food items it's unclear if

the move actually has led to people eating fewer calories or a skinnier population so one thing is clear bloomberg is a mayor with a machete but there's still a debate if it's a public safety mission or a nanny state mission here in washington liz wahl r.t. . should the atheist groups receive the same tax breaks that religious religious organizations get the federal government thinks so the u.s. government wants to give tax breaks to leading atheist groups saying that atheist leaders can be considered ministers atheists however say we are not a church and have no interest in being considered as such a court battle over the tax break that allows ministers of the gospel to claim part of their salary as tax free housing is being contested by the free by freedom from religion a madison wisconsin based atheist organization that believes the exemption gives religious groups an unfair advantage and is unconstitutional but government lawyers say that atheist leaders can be ministers too since. atheism can function as

a religion here to discuss the ongoing battle is jamila bey host of the sex politics and religion hour and a board member of the american atheists thank you for being here it's my pleasure thanks for having me thanks i want to start off by asking you do other atheist organizations around the country agree with the organization freedom against religion with their stance ok so the freedom from religion organization says absolutely atheist or not churches there if we look at what the law actually says ministers of the gospel are entitled to take tax breaks for their housing. but here's the thing. any nonprofit organization in the u.s. should either be able to be treated as people who are groups that are going good work or they should get the same protections that religion or religious organizations do the problem is that atheist groups are not churches there were not

none of the groups or using a supernatural claim to a higher power you know rabbis are ministers of the gospel the moms are ministers of the gospel but if we're all doing organizational work that requires organization exemptions for housing either everybody gets it or nobody does don't try and fudge the issue by saying you're a church and you act as a religion you act as a minister absolutely not even the government doesn't buy that there be mused by the whole thing now what in your opinion makes this tax exemption specifically unconstitutional for the congress shall make no law ok here's the deal let's pretend that you are minister aaron and i am not a minister jamila now if your job says you can't have part of your salary and housing that's money that all taxpayers are giving to you you don't you can deduct

it off of your taxes and you don't have to report it whereas if i say ok well i work with i work with a school group that teaches science i don't get the taxpayers to help pay my mortgage that that's unjust only because you claim to have some supernatural thing going on do you get a real and easy to see benefit that i can even apply for simply because i don't claim to have god or gods or whatever on my side it's an equal treatment the fourteenth amendment says equal protection under the law that's that's what we're looking at here you are treated in a manner that is preferential and i am not also when we look at the fact that just the paperwork required to become a church if you say. i am minister and i want to be a church the government says here's your five a one c three exemption enjoy you don't have to tell us how you're spending your money you don't have to tell us all that how's example how much actually are you paying that that's a little change now. since rick warren and saddleback was taking seventy thousand

dollars for his own housing and then protested when the government said hey prove it you need that much. if i am not a minister i've got to fill out a form that says i want to be a nonprofit government here's your eight hundred dollars upfront every year i've got to fill out a schedule nine ninety form which i've got to go to an accountant and pay those fees it's a burden that i've got to do every single year and just because a minister and for the sake of this argument minister and you're a church you don't have to do that you don't have to keep going back and disclosing what you get you don't have to disclose disclose anything at all how do we know who's doing any kind of financial malfeasance isn't it in the interest of the government to learn that now what do you ultimately hope for in this court battle what would you like to see happen everybody gets the exemption or nobody gets it do not try and you know play lawyer ball and go you atheist or our churches and ministers nobody believes that even the lawyers of making that argument don't

believe that it's an intellectual exercise for them the real fact of the matter is that all americans need to be treated equally this country is founded on that principle this weekend of all you know the anniversary of the fiftieth anniversary of the march on washington for jobs and freedom wanted everybody treated equally whether one is religious or whether one is not do you think that religion can provide a societal good it can so can raise parties so can team sports a lot of things can provide good do they sometimes if you're going to give me a tax break give me a tax break if i do good not because i'm doing good in hopes of avoiding hell or cuz that's what my religious tradition tells me do it because it's good to do do it because it benefits americans thank you very much that was jamila bey host of the sex politics and religion our. in other news twenty eight year old adult film star

cameron days health has brought the porn industry to a halt after it was revealed this week that she tested positive for hiv has come forward to confirm her diagnosis which prompted a moratorium on the making of pornography in california filming will be on hold until an s.t.d. over say a group for adult performers test all of the partners they have since two weeks before her last negative test now it has only been confirmed that zander corpus who shot her last movie with had unprotected sex only weeks later with sydney left with sydney leathers during the filming of their adult movie about about anthony weiner leathers has been in the news recently after it was revealed that she was anthony weiner's latest sexting partner leathers has released a statement saying that she has been tested and retested for hiv and the results have been negative here to discuss how the porn industry is responding to these revelations is adult film performer chanel preston. i'm going now what does

wednesday is news of the news for the adult porn industry and cameron bell being diagnosed with hiv mean for the industry as a whole well i mean it just means we're going to keep on doing what we're doing i think that a lot of people try to make us responsible for what the performers do outside of the industry but the reality is we can only be responsible for the protocols that we put in place when they come into the industry to keep our performers safe and that's exactly what we're doing now you've said in other interviews actually one here on our network that you think female performers in your industry are usually weary about sleeping with people outside of the porn industry because of how infrequently non porn stars are tested for disease do you believe that cameron bay felt the same way as you do. well i don't know cameron bay and unless this was forced upon her i'm going to assume she doesn't feel the same way as me however i stand behind what i said before and i feel a majority of the porn stars are cautious of who they sleep with so just because

one person isn't shouldn't suppose standard for everybody else now what measures are currently in place to protect people from contracting onset. currently the standard is every two weeks we get a full panel test and then performers can also set their own standard they can say oh i want performers to be tested five days before a week before and some performers do use condoms now for how long will the porn industry be on hiatus. the protocol is to obviously test. cameron and then anyone who has had contact with her will be tested and until they are clear that we will not be shooting now we often hear about the porn industry being on high alert if you will following a positive test result from a sexually transmitted disease and your experience in the industry how frequently would you say this has happened. i've been in the industry for three and

a half years and twice someone has tested positive for hiv however both of those times him he was not contracted onset it was outside of work so a lot of people look at our industry go oh my god twice someone's got me but the reality is they should look at and go oh that's great only two people have tested for hiv because that's what the test is there for for people coming in we test them and it hasn't spread it all so what we're doing is working would you say that you are still wary about having unprotected sex with people outside of the industry yes will you continue to stay that way. i'm sorry what was that do you want to continue to stay that way do you like to kind of only have sex with people in the industry given particularly what's happened this week yes because i think anytime anyone no matter if you're in the industry or not any time you choose to be

sexually active you're taking a risk so just because someone is putting money in my hand to have sex doesn't make that more dangerous and because we take extra precautions it actually makes it less dangerous so yes i feel safe having sex within the industry and i don't feel safe having unprotected sex outside of the industry now it's been reported that cameron bay had unprotected sex with actors and or corbis in wiener and me he plays anthony weiner who then had sex with sydney leathers have you spoken with any of these people and if so how are they reacting to these revelations i haven't spoke with either of them so i can't speak for either of them now you kind of touched on this before but are you scared to go back to work no i'm not i really do believe in our testing system and i'm not afraid to go back to work and you think the industry will be sound despite all this yes thank you for your time we really appreciate you

speaking with us that was adult film performer chanel preston thank you. now it's one thing to have the government track your phone records and snoop on your emails without you knowing but what if it was your bow tracing your every move while tens of thousands of brazilians downloaded the boyfriend tracker app that would do just that that's before it was removed from the google play app store last week in the digital age you can be your own private investigator here's how it works the tracker has to nab the phone the tracker has to now the phone from their partner to install the up after they've done that then they can track their partner's location they can get receive they can get received text messages forwarded to their own inbox and even force the phone to but dial the tracker so that they can listen in on their partner. now since its launch in brazil two months ago it's drawn fifty thousand users and this is despite privacy concerns google says they won't comment on why it removed the app but here is some unsolicited dating advice if you need to

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