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every vote taken every word uttered during the lawmaking process can transparency be a double edged sword with so much of our government now subject to strict oversight requirements perhaps it's worth asking who is really doing all this oversight and why and does artie's brigitta sent us finds in her upcoming special report corrupt transparency some of the answers may be not just counterintuitive but dell right shocking. the work of congress is a matter of public record billions and billions of. citizens join the you lose the oversight to control the real power belongs to the rich representatives. with the money to always watch the transparency the way. bridget joins us now is a very very investigation shed some light on who benefits most from the transparency we've been busy enforcing on capitol hill welcome for gita. i don't

have it the entire hour always fun to have you on and now we get to ask you questions as opposed to your role in the world according to jesse where you're always asking questions. so apart you the special expire stating apart and i'm not saying that just because of the relays and voice you have the promo there but we've go look we've grown accustomed to the months of transparency always being a good thing the name you know watching the hawks itself speaks to that oversight that with that we all like to promote but you appear to have uncovered the downside of transparency can you tell us a little bit more about that. yes so this entire topic that i went down is totally counterintuitive even to myself and as i was reading all of these studies i was thinking surely this can't be real but it turns out it is now transparency has basically become a weapon of the establishment it's been corrupted to the point that now it's being used by special interest groups and lobbyists to hold members of congress

accountable now the mainstream narrative is that we as citizens will be the ones to hold congress accountable if we can see everything that they're doing but unfortunately it is nearly impossible for an average citizen to follow congress and keep track of every single thing that they're doing because a single committee can have over a million pages of documents but when it comes to lobbyists and special interest groups they can hire teams of people to pore over every single word in the legislation and then they force they can therefore attend all of these markets sessions and to get the laws passed that will benefit them rather than passing laws that are beneficial to the people and popular by the people which is why we so often do not see laws being passed that the people want which riseth some of the transparency requirements on capitol capitol hill it seems from from your investigation that they seem to benefit lobbyists a heck of

a lot more than they benefit your average you know inquiring voter do you think president that this is by accident or budget by design. i think this was totally by accident and i don't even think people that are taking advantage of transparency in this manner aren't even aware of what is going on a lot of reforms took place in the one nine hundred seventy s. sunshine reforms that now required all of our congress members votes to be put on the public record and around that time is when you start seeing all these insane changes and disparities in wealth inequality partisanship a lot of these things started getting worse and it. directly correlate with when we started requiring congress members to put their votes on the record and a lot of people don't realize that prior to the one nine hundred seventy s. before these laws were enacted the lobbyists were confined to the lobby they were in the lobby that's why they were called lobbyists but as soon as these votes and sessions were opened invited not only the public in but it did invite all of the

special interest groups inside as well and so they've been taking advantage of transparency unfortunately it's fasting the year old has to because like most average citizens never they know lobbyist politicians. but we need more transparency because see what's going on and it's interesting to see this turned on its head now we all know that one of the most infamous concepts in politics is the kind of proverbial smoke filled back room. internet way in which political decisions were made behind closed doors with cigars and minimal transparency. are some transparency advocates now saying that we might need to bring that idea back to the small bill back room back in order to help shut out. how can we trust that to work. transparency advocates are not saying that it's people who are looking at this and saying maybe transparency has been too much of a good thing and maybe we should dial it back with people who are actually looking at this there are

a bunch of researchers out of harvard who have been investigating this very closely giving great examples which i do go over in my special but basically they are looking at it and going back to when the constitution was drafted back in those days our founding fathers did not want the votes to be public because they were worried that factions would start influencing how people would vote so they actually had a gag order they kept everybody out who was not involved in the process and kept it secret for that very purpose and we tend to forget about history and forget about how it used to be back then but what's interesting is that there was the question of been how do. whole how does the public hold elected official what culpable if they don't actually know how the person voted would push came to shove if that's the. secret then. yeah that's an important thing but again all of the research that i've looked at shows that the average citizen cannot and does not follow congress because they simply cannot again it's this illusion

when is the last time any of us were able to hold any elected official accountable regardless of how many crimes or things that they've done that are in the public we see them we all complain about them we show them on the news every day but when has anything actually resulted in actual accountability and again i'm only talking about transparency in the legislative branch i'm not talking about in the executive branch you know wanting to see trump's tax returns i'm not talking about transparency in the judicial branch it's strictly in the legislative branch but you're seeing all of these problems although i would say that it's worth an investigation into those other issues well great point you bring up a great point and i think one of the things that's so important is that those are the politicians that you have the most control over as a voted for this and i feel like those are the ones that are controlling the big decisions in washington washington and there are those conduits and they should be like someone should be looking at what they do and it shouldn't be up to these lobbyist to be deciding what's right for the american people which brings me to

sort of corporate interests in the research and interviews you did what are some of the most glaring instances of corporate influence you've discovered that that our viewers should pay more attention to. so i'll give you a recent one in terms of the parkland shooting in florida they held a vote for the members of congress to come in and vote whether they wanted to ban a ar fifteen style rifles now when they were required to vote by voice which does not attach a legislator's name to their vote they agreed to ban these weapons but just seconds later when they were. to go on record and vote by roll call which does attach their individual names to their votes the vote reversed and they did not agree to the ban and that's because the national rifle association gives all of those people in florida so much money and you can actually see the ones you can cross cross examine them and see which legislators voted no on that and how much money they've taken

from the n.r.a. and it's not just corporate interests in the united states it's also foreign companies so you have massive pharmaceutical companies oil giants weapons manufacturers you name it they are all in there. influencing the policies of america. it often seems like corporate influence in politics has been surging in them you know as you say you bring up other other interests as well with lobbyists now more prominent in the capital than ever before maybe go back to boss tweed any recent law changes or court rulings that have fueled this rise or you know why are we seeing this many lobbyists today why isn't the swamp draining. well it goes back to that legislative reorganization act of one nine hundred seventy that did open up the committees to the public and lobbyist but then you also have the citizens united versus the federal elections commission which allows corporations to funnel unlimited amounts of money into campaign

advertisements so these are ads that are either pro candidates or anti candidates and they basically just influence public opinion and therefore your votes so this is something that people just have not looked at they don't investigate it and they widely accept this narrative that transparency is super amazing and really allows people to hold congress members accountable but that's simply just is not the case if you actually look at the data and the actual facts it's just completely an illusion. have you spoken to you about this suggests any proposals or is ideas that. it's sort of this thing you want to know how your congress person voted in order to decide whether you want to vote for them but at the same time as you pointed out sometimes shielding those votes give them more ability to do what's right when not being pressured to do fine any more any suggestions or proposals

from the people you talk to about how we can fix this. so one suggestion is to repeal that legislative reorganization act specifically the amendments that require our congress members to vote publicly and to put them back on a secret ballot think about it when you and i go to the polls we vote with a secret ballot for the very reason of preventing voter fraud vote buying and intimidation so why would we not give that to our legislators as well because there is not much evidence to prove that they're easily bought off in that situation because they could change their votes they can lie to you and say ok i'll take your money all of in your favor lawbreakers and then they can turn around and vote secretly but it's the exact opposite way lobbyists can now look at their votes and say you know what i know how you're voting i'm not going to get rending for your next election great great point it's really what's happening great great point in your special corrupt friends for. r.t. america tuesday five eight. thank you so much richard. and.

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. the headlines in r.t. u.s. president donald trump says he'll announce his decision on the iran nuclear deal within the next few hours becomes britain's foreign secretary pays a last minute visit to washington in a bid to save the agreement also from controversial pick the cia chief is preparing to be grilled by the senate and house police implicated in the agency's the tourists torture program and work of the museum say they are being targeted by polish nationalists who demand that only polls be allowed to work is official guides of the former concentration camp.

hello welcome to shift on two o'clock in the afternoon this tuesday here in moscow you're watching r.t. international now the showman there he is donald trump has left the world waiting on his word an expectation he fired off a tweet saying he would decide the fate of the iran's nuclear deal later on tuesday in about six hours from now while the u.s. president's threat to scrap the deal has raised alarm in europe so much so the british foreign secretary boris johnson paid a last minute visit to washington in a bid to sway his thinking on the matter johnson met with the newly appointed secretary of state might prompt and also appeared on trump's favorite t.v. show. the president has been right to call attention to it but you couldn't do that without just throwing the baby out with the bathwater without scrapping the whole thing because if you do that you have to answer the question what next foreign secretaries first stop in d.c. with fox and friends why well johnson wasn't able to speak to the president so he

decided to deliver his message via trump's favorite t.v. show he's not the first european official that's tried to warn the us against leaving the deal the german and french foreign ministers have stated that there's no justifiable reason to pull out of the deal and before that president mccrone and chancellor merkel even visited washington d.c. to discuss the matter but they were unable to convince trump otherwise we could open a pandora's box that could be a war i don't think that donald trump wants war while the u.s. is divided along partisan lines and it's mostly democrats who want to uphold what's widely regarded as obama's only foreign policy achievement according to many pundits on t.v. here but believe it or not the republican chair of the house armed services committee advised against leaving the deal check out what he had to say i'm not necessarily opposed to sticking with this deal forever but you need to have a clearer idea of about next steps if we or going to pull out so it looks like there's both a domestic and international effort to convince trump against killing the deal

we'll just have to wait and see what happens. meanwhile trump and former secretary of state john kerry for shadow diplomacy because the ex diplomats reportedly met iran's foreign minister at the u.n. where the two allegedly discussed ways of preserving the deal hammered out with the obama administration the iran nuclear deal her was reached back in twenty fifteen between tehran and five permanent un members plus germany the negotiations had taken over nine years and under the agreement iran is obliged to limit its uranium enrichment in return for the lifting of sanctions. threats to scrap the deal though iran's president hinted that his country may actually continue to comply with its terms in any case we discuss the issue with the political analysts should bear a son only who thinks that trumps brinkmanship could end in war fronts astroid germany has tried. no one seems to get through to trump except on yahoo the war

hawks in the white house such as bolton pompei oh. this is i think one of the biggest problems of our merl they'll be pushing harder harder and harder to go to war with iran with the deal did was going to be a lot more warmongering you'll have accusations w m d's like we had in two thousand and two two thousand and three in the run up to iraq iraq is pretty similar to libya has been decimated yemen is being decimated. president pick for cia director gene pool is gearing up for a senate grilling her candidacy is controversial as she is implicated in the scandal surrounding the agency's so-called enhanced interrogation techniques but against the it is more. trump's really pushing gina haskell is the perfect candidate strong really strong smart tough and with thirty years of judy behind her so why all the hate one highly respected nominee

for cia director gina her support has come under fire because she was too tough on terrorists think of that in these very dangerous times we have the most qualified person or woman who democrats want out because she is too tough on terror when jeana tough and terrorists meaning she ran a secret cia detention center where she those under her reportedly tortured prisoners by the way the videotapes which allegedly documented some of the most horrific tortures we destroyed by the cia tough woman all right with years of experience in the moral torture and any other reasons to vouch for her there's no one more qualified to be the first woman to lead the cia than thirty plus years cia veteran dina has spoke any democrat who claims to support women's empowerment and our national security but opposes her nomination is a total hypocrite. interesting how someone's gender is now

a factor when selecting a new cia head great argument as well that's like telling all black people all white people to only vote for the candidate of their skin color and people aren't buying that argument torture sarah to choose the reasons why she's not qualified if you ridiculous trump loving idiots feminism is about ensuring that women have the same rights and opportunities as man it also means holding women as accountable as man i oppose any talk to a male or female for cia director that's like saying if you're going to be a group monk but refuse to eat one of jack the ripper his prime cuts of meat you're a hypocrite women's empowerment is about getting their rights women nominated for the job not just one with seniority now gina who apparently had no problem torturing tied up suspects is allegedly squeamish about the confirmation hearing

all those tough questions and in public might prove too much but trump has her back don't tell me it doesn't work to what your works ok folks you know have these go torture doesn't work believe me it works ok trump was applauded for that and many are of course against haskell and for their troubles their targeted with this president trump is nominated hospital leave the cia but rand paul is opposing her confirmation falsely accusing her of torturing good luck trying to appease a big ass paul did exactly what our country asked of her and what was necessary to keep us safe call rep with mine to washington to represent us. fortunately those resisting on capitol hill alone one hundred nine retired generals and admirals have urged the u.s. senate to reconsider given her ties to you know torture. during human beings as

a retired general and flag officers of the united states military we are deeply troubled by the prospect of someone who appears to have been intimately involved in torture being elevated to one of the most important positions of leadership in the intelligence community with this much opposition to gina has sports nomination the job is still far off but make no mistake if the former torturer gets the job despite everything many many people will cheer and applaud. for a ghastly of their now workers at the museum at the former nazi death camp say they've become the target of a hate campaign by polish nationalists they've also denounced an increase in anti semitic incidents since the controversial holocaust speech law was passed in the country early this year most recently the home of an italian guide to the concentration camp was vandalized with swastikas and xenophobes slogans including poland for the poles and only post guide. polish nationalists have accused

officials at the memorial site of downplaying the death of non jewish polish prisoners in the camp by focusing on its jewish victims. what we hear is that people who died here mostly were jews that's a lie let me speak and so it is the government of israel and jews polish jews especially our attacking us they make us look bad. if issues also say they've been victims too of a wave of online harassment and fake news reportedly incited by nationalists they've also denied claims the museum's activities of not being representative enough of polish teen well palin's new holocaust speech law bans claims the country collaborated with nazi germany during world war two and specifically the legislation prohibits references to war time nazi death camps in the country as being polish that is in violation of the law face up to three years behind bars

since being passed in february the law has met with a backlash in particular from israel and from the us why the polish government has seen fit to come up with this legislation for beating people to have an opinion about the guilt or lack thereof of the polish nation it is bad for governments to try and regulate culture and history and literature. while no one can understand what why they would like to have some control over the narrative but it is all in all that bad practice the history of auschwitz no matter whether they are polish or foreign should be guards and this should be. the standard everywhere in every.