coming up on r t car bombs explode a key down is taken over in iraq while the body of a u.s. major general returns home after he was killed in afghanistan violence across two contraries as the u.s. seeks new options more on that just ahead. more violence in ukraine but this time it's in kiev mass protests erupt during clashes with police we'll have an update coming up. and the best of the best in cyber security are in las vegas for the black hat conference our team is there talking all things tech later with the host of boom box aaron eight later today show.

hello there it's thursday august seventh five pm in washington d.c. ireland france you're watching our team america the u.s. is considering airstrikes on humanitarian airdrops in iraq today in response to thousands of religious minority groups suffering at the hands of jihadist militants who are running rampant across the country's northwest tens of thousands of iraqis mostly from the yazidi minority group are trapped on top of a barren mountaintop in iraq's north after sunni extremists encircled the group cutting them off from water and food islamic state in iraq and syria or isis have uprooted christians and religious minorities throughout the country and now the obama administration is the bating how to respond option one is humanitarian air drops with food and water option two is targeted airstrikes despite reluctance by the president to get involved since isis began to threaten baghdad the u.s. says the country is now in need. and the violence is not reduced to the northeast

take a look in and around baghdad a suicide attack killed at least twelve people today at a police checkpoint and fifty one others were killed wednesday night when a string of car bombs tore through busy shopping streets in several baghdad neighborhoods and to the north residents and officials in the region confirmed that isis now holds the mosul dam the largest in iraq in afghanistan fifty five year old major general harold green was killed and fifteen other allied troops wounded tuesday after an afghan soldier opened fire with a nato assault rifle at camp karaka when a group of officers from international forces passed by green is the highest ranked u.s. officer to be killed in combat since one nine hundred seventy during the vietnam war the thirty four year u.s. army veteran will be buried at arlington national cemetery and in the meantime secretary of state john kerry has made an unannounced stop in kabul ahead of runoff elections in the country he's reportedly there to press the presidential candidates

to end their feud over june elections and form a new government next month i was joined earlier by tony shaffer senior fellow at the center for advanced defense studies i first asked him what he thought of the united states plan in considering other military options to deal with the threat of isis in iraq. well they're both good and long overdue i think tank london center has been advised and congress to be a lot more deliberate and requiring the executive branch to do something and let me be clear on this this is not simply about us saving face it's about the fact that you have individuals who are minorities being subjugated to very harsh conditions by isis so there's two things we have to consider how do we actually do something to help those people and secondly i've actually put forward the idea of something called and i'll say this the proper way to get our stuff back act of twenty fourteen where you basically say crisis if you capture something it's ours we gave the iraqis you will die if you're next to it so i think that the air strike option should be on the table if nothing else to prevent the adversary from using the gear

we left the iraqis and more importantly then to do something to help those which are being besieged by by the isis folks well the u.s. has hesitated getting involved since the beginning of the isis threat now it looks like it's critical it's aligned then drawn and i think we've got it we've got to do something does that signal a policy change here or do you think it's purely a humanitarian response. that's an excellent question and the answer is i'd like to believe people are finally waking up and again of you but i've been on r.t. a lot i'm not one of those who goes around saying when used must use military action constantly i'm against military action but in this case i think it's necessary by the fact that certain objectives which are shared by multiple countries in the region this isn't just the united states we're talking about simply jordan turkey saudi arabia all being on the same side on this and so we need to look at this realistically and by the by the way we have serious till we're talking about syria still being unstable we're talking about more instability

spreading throughout the region so like the spread of a cancer you've got to pick a time when you can actually start treating the cancer to stop it from spreading and i think finally people of recognize that what other options are available aside from some as they say the potential humanitarian airdrops or airstrikes i mean what about turkey getting involved these people are. i mean you might for that border watch that's one of the things we put forward a lot of center dot org has a series of recommendations we made to congress one of those actually putting together a nato type organization which consists of jordan turkey egypt saudi arabia which actually will go in there and deal with always their own high isis yes remember that isis is a sunni organization you can organize the sunni nations which we've helped train and equip to go take care of this nobody wants isis to be successful even a sunni muslim so you've got to look at this realistically and frankly the american people are tired of war i'm not saying we should be the ones doing all the heavy lifting we can do or support we can do logistical support but those folks we've trained militarily can go in and do the hard work to secure the country yeah of

course they're in the neighborhood right in the paper very well it appears that you know isis has taken over the dam and we spoke yesterday with middle east expert daniel pipes that that's what that's what he says about the strategic importance of the dam in moscow itself. if you control the dams in iran you control. it to whoever is euphrates and tigris are the lifeblood of iraq. you know the source of water of course an electricity. ok well very forward to the point if you agree with this assessment absolutely this is an issue we've been looking at as experts for over a month now and the administration their bottom destruction seems to be completely out to lunch again this is not simply about a failed policy regarding us being there or not being in iraq this is about trying to preserve whatever's left for the people in iraq we've been trying to supposedly help if you allow this dam to fall there's two things could happen first off you lose power worst off they blow it up you could flood the entire area we're talking about baghdad being under water so either we were going to say do what we say we

want to do which is help the people of iraq are going to sit there and watch everything fall further into chaos and see that continue you can only in the government we can only bring up old stuff to us to first how long do we need to operate from where you are now which is these at the isis taking over now to afghanistan where we've recently had the killing of major general harold green what is the general's killing i mean the operations moving forward and afghanistan in the short two things first this is part of the taliban's game plan the high water mark for blue and green a green on blue killings was actually two thousand and twelve we had i think over sixty one with that said now there's been a demented munition of the journal joe dunford came in last year and actually have as worked to reduce this plus our footprint is lower what this means now is for what's left that is to say the objective is to have ten thousand troops proximately in december going into two thousand and fifteen they were the taliban want to destroy the integrity of our relationship with the afghan military thereby further undermining the government which by the way the taliban wants to basically up and

as soon as possible after departure this is one step closer to that this is asking for the general is meant to drive a wedge between the afghan forces that we've supported and trained and the afghan people for which we're trying to support and by the way you know you we want to quench it with him but you knew of his work and he was a very competent general right after a loss for the this is this general was truly a great leader as well as a tough technically competent leader which is a rarity today our generals. trust me i know a number of them and this guy was good he's a good guy all his neighbors loved him here in northern ireland local guy he was a local guy so i think this is a tragedy and multiple issues and frankly at this point in time because of the relationship issues this this is general's weight sort of speak it goes far beyond his own individual value this does up up and heard the potential long term relationship between us and the afghan army something that we're going to be very concerned about over the next six months as we transition out what about the long term not in washington has been pushing distracted there let's have

a karzai to keep military presence in afghanistan past twenty four thousand do you see a change well cars are going to sign the agreement you have to present your candidates the recount or audit has now started up again i get two days ago. and mr guy only have both said they will sign the agreement so as soon as one of them are annoying to the president i think the group is going to be something the important thing for the united states is this i don't think we should ever put conventional forces in there i was there no two in zero three this was a this was a military operation that really was focused on special operations all along the ten thousand years of our main selling of the name so we should never try to make afghan more like you know not north dakota it was a huge mistake with i so with that said we need to do what's necessary to understand what's going on on the ground there because al qaeda is moving back in afghanistan i know people don't want to accept this in the white house is reluctant to admit this but as taliban great gains strengths al-qaeda is moving in with them from pakistan so we've got to do what's necessary for the united states the afghan

people i think would benefit from that by the fact that we do good intelligence operations good anti-terrorism operations that'll give them time to sort their own issues out that they will not necessarily up with a jeffersonian democracy but at least if it's somewhat stable then we shouldn't worry about who you know who's in charge there civility is it we're not going to be making many paul revere tell me they're going to let them be what they want and with that said i think there's a reason for us to be there for special operations and intelligence assets to figure out what's going on now busy time right now this summer then i can't thank you very. much tony shaffer senior fellow center for advanced defense studies i think fred. ukrainian authorities clashed with lingering protesters at kiev's independence square after attempting to kick them out under the excuse of needing to clean the square this comes more than seven months after activist first set up camp there to protest the u.n. a quite rich led government who which has since been replaced. my.

the activist currently in the square claimed they're there to hold the new governments feet to the fire to ensure a real change takes effect the move by authorities to clear the square came as nato secretary general anders fogh rasmussen met with ukrainian prime minister arseniy yatsenyuk to discuss further western alliance support for ukraine. as the violence continues in ukraine with refugees continuing to flow across the border. from

ukraine to russia one group is bringing the suffering of those caught in the middle of all this to the attention of united nations artie's anastasio is at the u.n. in new york with more. a russian human rights organization with a focus on protecting children has delivered a petition signed by forty one thousand people to the united nations secretary general ban ki moon they're going to says the signatures come from citizens of russia as well as several european countries this comes as violence and bloodshed continue to rejoin in ukraine the petition asks that the international community act more vigorously in response to the humanitarian crisis raveling on the ground and asks to help put an end to what it calls atrocities crimes against humanity and genocide committed by authorities in kiev. we consider what is unraveling on the ground to be genocide and forty thousand people who have signed this letter think the same we are asking to have measures be taken and pushed the ukrainian government to proceed to peaceful talks this letter signed by forty one thousand

people expressed his outrage over the terror being inflicted on civilians in the ongoing crisis in ukraine including children who the organization says have become the most afflicted victims in the ongoing conflict this comes of course as as many as one hundred eighteen thousand people have been displaced internally inside ukraine as well as as many as seven hundred forty thousand people have already fled to russia because of the violence unraveling on the ground this open letter calls for several steps to be taken this includes closing the airspace over lugansk and pushing the key of authorities to negotiate with the south eastern leaders inside the country as well as involving more international organizations in helping put an end to this humanitarian crisis and a condemnation of the actions by the key of authorities as they are to new york. a cease fire in gaza is close to expiring and there's no agreement to prolong it talks in cairo between israeli and hamas mediators have so far brought no results

a month long conflict has already claimed nearly two thousand lives during the pozen violence victims of the conflict are trying to recover and as harry fair reports some gaza residents in need were able to flee the strip for help in jerusalem but not all were so lucky. every pair of patients arrive from gaza to palestinian hospitals in jerusalem and the west bank the marcus said hospital easters has received dozens of cases since the latest conflict erupted in this room he is six years old patient that was two weeks ago he has multiple business skull fracture after the bombing of his house here to see unconscious of the environment. in his first few days here khalid's life was maintained by a country that has made a solid recovery doctors there and is now able to make his last his mother has been

alive aside for almost three weeks only one relative was allowed to accompany such medical cases from gaza but the only granted one day's access to israel. no again i was leave the hospital because my son in because i have a permit to remain in israel for just one a day because when i leave i show them the medical records of the crossing and they let me into gaza it is not easy to come out of gaza it is not easy to be coordinated there is checkpoints that are procedures that israelis have and therefore we're not getting enough patience although there are thousands upon thousands of patients we need support and help forty two year old pfizer was in her home preparing dinner for have family when her house was suddenly demolished upon i asked if she felt lucky to be outside of dallas or receiving exposure yeah it was

issue ration in the gaza strip is an absolute disaster how can i feel like when my people are dying. over nine thousand palestinians have been injured in gaza getting medical treatment outside of its overstretched health system is like winning the lottery three year old young mean a boob job or survived an attack on his family home in gaza as they gathered for the first night of the islamic and rest of us a month. and eighteen members family was wiped out leaving just this one child literally i mean still calls out for his favorite sibling his older sister he doesn't know she's being killed along with all the others a relative. has lived through six wars between the palestinians and israel. and i don't see either israel or the palestinians is winning we the citizens over for the through war everybody is a loser whoever thinks of peace is the true human being. these patients are lucky

to have temporarily escaped to receive the very best in medical treatment many are looking forward to returning to their families in gaza but awaiting them is a horrified and devastated community harry fear r.t. jurist. as people weigh in with their personal opinions on the crisis in gaza plenty of them are experiencing social political and even professional follow for expressing their thoughts be it through social media open letters or even through a soundbite some of these opinions show principled stances others show emotional reactions and plenty of them show just plain racism one university professor steve insulated got on twitter typed out some pretty inflammatory remarks about israel he'd recently resigned from virginia tech to take a job with the university of illinois until the tweets went out and promptly had his new position revoked or so it would seem at this point one of his. tweets

right here is talking about at this point if that appeared on t.v. with a necklace made from the teeth of palestinian children would anybody be surprised that's just one of them he then goes on to talk about the president and the nobel peace prize another goes on to talk about obama and kerry and bludgeoning palestinian children it's all very offensive to a lot of people and it makes me uncomfortable to read those on air earlier today i talked with the editor of inside higher ed scott jessica about the situation involving professor so later and although these tweets were descriptive opinionated and too many offensive i first asked him how do universities decide when controversial goes over the line. that's something that they're just starting to grapple with many advocates for academic freedom believe that there's no such thing that that a faculty member should be able to say whatever he or she wants on twitter and that

should not be a factor other institutions say that it does matter or impose certain limits well let's talk about what would make the university decide that funding would some of these decisions to kind of faculty or staff member or student come from student past the complaints bad publicity pushback from funding groups or is it more of a decision made at the back and level. well i think i think you can see some of all i mean there are few cases where i think there would be general acceptance that tweeting was irresponsible for instance if in fact that the member was violating confidentiality about student grades or student conduct rules that require faculty members not to publicize certain private information may have been designed before twitter but twitter still turns out there's a lot more dispute about the same political tweets as these were in the illinois

case generally it is accepted that academic freedom protects the right of faculty members to say what they want and say a newspaper op ed twitter by its nature is a series of very short comments which can make them unintelligible sometimes or quite provocative or as you said in this case to many people sense lives what is being in of our safe saying about its choice to break ties with. the university saying absolutely nothing. wow ok so the university has nothing to say about it but where does that professor's first amendment rights come into play where the lines drawn between i professors representation of the universe today and a general academic freedom well one of the key issues in dispute right now is that the professor's supporters are maintaining that he was effectively hired and then fired the university seems to be implying that he was never actually auditor and

the reason that distinction matters is that at most institutions and certainly the case of the universe of illinois a startling number it can't just be body or there has to be some due process some procedure and that didn't appear in the same place here so this argument over what his hiring status was is going to play into this larger question of what justifies dismissal already nonna player so this professor isn't teaching middle eastern civics or has trained the professor of american indian studies while he has arisen about the middle east that's not what he was hired for so should it be taken into consideration that he's not actually teaching what he's preaching. well he actually does research that links that the comparative studies of native americans and palestinians i have not read that writing but he doesn't fact link the two so i don't and he has written

a scholarly book about israel so i'm not sure you can say that his twitter views are totally disconnected from his work. but that's the same for many faculty members like their faculty members all over the country who may tweet whether they like or don't like president obama or any controversial thing here. twitter is not generally viewed as a scholarly vehicle but it's a very public vehicle. that was scott jacen editor of inside higher ed. one of the biggest international information security events in the world is going full throttle right now las vegas hackers and cyber security expert to like head up the black hat cyber security conference sort of comic con for the tech crowd we've got aaron a there with the very latest. you know lindsay yesterday dan gere here he's a huge name in the cyber surveillance industry and the key note speaker here at this event he sat down with us following his keynote address yesterday morning to

talk about some of the deeper and more esoteric concerns surrounding the doubters surveillance community take a look at what he had to say. we are frequently right now most focused on the issues of roughly speaking confidentiality data breach privacy cetera et cetera you know that that might all be. collected on the word confidence you know that going forward it could well be that we inadvertently or maybe just decided we'll give up on confidentiality put integrity. in the big issue. we're very very good here at some pretty interesting stuff and he went on to give us a lot more you know one on one detail about what he sees as the deepest biggest concerns and he meets really controversial suggestions following in his keynote as well which we're hoping to get a lot of pushback from and which we will air on going bust next week. well sounds

great now we hear a lot about the internet of things lately what can you tell us about what that is and why we should be concerned about it. yeah the internet of things that is a huge catchphrase here and we're hearing it over and over and over again and basically the easiest way to describe it is it refers to the interconnectivity of basically computers be of the internet ok so what does that even mean basically it's like the best way to describe it in real time what we're seeing the net. or there's another one called heat genius these are home thermostats that basically know you understand you and kim heechul or cool your house depending on your schedule or your desires which is not but you know this gets a little bit tricky and dan was very concerned about things like heart monitoring implants bio chips and farm animals automobiles as the internet of things gets bigger and bigger we're seeing more of these in our everyday life just regular citizens dealing with their life online but one place where it's really scary is

insulin pumps they've already had major problems with this people can hack into insulin pumps that are used by diabetics to be in something need to survive and they can add a lethal dose of insulin up in it and that's something that's really really concerning and dan had interesting things to say about the integrity behind that check this out. electronic health records already sold for more on the black market than credit card records do so it's not as if this isn't something for which the first glimmers can be seen or for that matter the integrity of of configuration for all the things you want to be an automatic. well there you have it you know really interesting stuff and when it comes to confidentiality and interest there it is going to tell us more next week i'm going bust that as a host of boom bust aaron aid from las vegas that does it for now folks for more of the stories we covered go to youtube dot com forward slash r t america or check out our website r t dot com forward slash usa you can also follow me on twitter at de

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you know it's really hard not to believe the conspiracy theory that there's an exclusive group of people plotting to control the world when exclusive groups of people keep getting together and plotting to control the world and now there's a new secret exclusive meeting going on forget builder burger the bohemian grove now there is that camp the conference for world's elite sponsored by none other than google it's happening this week at the super posh for der golf and spine resort on cicely's southwestern coast just like any illuminati sounding conference google's keeping the details quiet they haven't been publicized yet and when both the new york times and business bitched out to google they were fused to comment

they can't exist and hasn't been disclosed before and that's secretiveness does nothing to make it seem less like it's gaining a little bit out here and the guest list also raises questions about what the hell goes on at the camp this year attendees include lloyd blankfein the chief executive of goldman sachs was apparently going to be on a panel about the future of europe more high profile banking tycoons and venture capitalists are all set to attend tech entrepreneurs like elon musk travis kalanick from goober and evan spiegel from snap chat will all be there so we'll brian roberts chief executive of comcast and arianna huffington will be there too so all the top names intact banking and business will basically be there figuring out what they'll be plotting against top since it's so high. but according to industry analyst jeff kagan who spoke to fox business the camp is google trying to stir the

pot sure they'll have a formal program with speakers on panels and q.a. sessions but it's really about what happens after the session during cocktail hours and both dry those who were invited were encouraged to bring their families too so it's less about the plotting session and more about networking getting to feel more like one big family you know legs one big illuminati family that rules the world i'm not pro illuminati here so any time i hear about a summit like this i would naturally averse to it but i will say this if there's any illuminati summit to get behind it be googled the camp why because notably missing from their list of attendees are all politicians now one of those disgusting jerks were invited much to their chagrin i'm sure so if there's going to be a new world order.