feel. prison awaiting for his fate to be decided and we look at the media. regarding the . him first as a hero. then. human rights organizations cry foul after palestinian activist denied entry to the u.s. we spoke. about his experience. with the u.s. administration has been. trying to silence. national defenders. and the u.s. republican. military action in venezuela to provide what he calls genocide

as a reporter and invasion is being discussed behind closed doors we spoke to the man behind it. usa id is now talking about military options so this could be done under the auspices of some kind of humanitarian intervention to save. international live. with me. welcome to the program wiki leaks founder julian assange is now in prison waiting for his fate to be decided at an extradition hearing in may one started as a hero by much of the media outlets now appear largely to have turned on him painting him as a villain. looks at what's behind his fall from grace. you want to see just how radically the media you turned on

a songe from champion of the press to a leper an outcast all you need to do is watch saturday night live it's comedy but boy does it hit home. thanks to wiki leaks you can see how corrupt governments operate in the shadows and then lie to those who elect them thanks to facebook you can finally figure out which sex and the city character you are i've attacked u.s. military. because i'm an actor james bond supervillain and i'm one step away from destroying the god. because reality is entirely less funny what our songes faced a tidal wave of smear really ugly stuff a little over a decade ago the us military declared war on wiki leaks drop a plan which was a cli need a plan to discredit it and terrorize whistleblowers and it looks like they're

winning. wiki leaks uses trust as a center of gravity by assuring insiders leakers and whistleblowers who pass information to wiki leaks personnel or who post information to the website that they will remain anonymous the identification exposure terminations employment criminal prosecution legal action against current or former insider is leakers or whistleblowers could potentially damage or destroy this center of gravity and deter others from considering similar actions from using the wiki leaks website back then at the turn of the decade as sanj was a hero of the pundits cheered his leaks exposing bush era war crimes exposing the elites corporations politicians how they loved him for it is outstanding journalism their words he was given on or after on or including the economist's new media award back then we get leaks was news wiki leaks is an

online news organization that specializes in publishing documents alleging government and corporate misconduct we invited judean a song editor in chief of wiki leaks and in pity. how times have changed what was news in two thousand and ten is enemy propaganda now journalistic hero or enemy agent asks the same economist neither reads the subtitle just a useful idiot who the economist awarded for his stellar journalism or take time magazine who gave their front cover to a songe in two thousand and ten now they run virtual hit pieces quoting and headlining anyone that doesn't like a songe it seems be it hillary clinton or a judge that met him once and labeled him a narcissist gets much dirtier uglier wear and. outlets that have historically

supported and she hid america's wars such as the atlantic put out cc's pact hate mails or the equivalent of musingly enough the hack behind this story first calls out assad has premiss cutesy with facts and almost immediately after says this r.t.s. tagline is question more and indeed one might inquire how it came to pass that the spin off of a kremlin propaganda organ and now registered foreign agent in the united states first arrived on the scene i stand ready to see your inquiry unlike other networks and publications who or learned at the same time that might be leaving the embassy we could leaks told everyone unlike them we took it seriously we went and documented what happened this is called journalism journalism like

what i did when he exposed various war crimes at the end of the day come on we all know the exact moment these people turned against their former hero. maybe you're kind of picking up where julian assange was before he went bad because we used to like i'm you know he used to really be doing a good service and then something happened i guess his hatred for hillary clinton maybe is would turn him basically into someone who was a russian. aid really yes yes of course as hated hillary never did anything wrong she was perfect wasn't she. for what he has sown according to hillary clinton however nearly released f.b.i. documents suggest she and her team also have things to once for as artie's equal she's done enough explains. e-mails the reason why you freddy krueger is dressed up

as an i.t. guy in hillary clinton's nightmares the f.b.i. found almost fifteen thousand and released e-mails in two year long investigation of her private server the head of the f.b.i. called you out for careless handling of classified documents said she believed the c. for confidential and some documents actually stood for the order of paragraphs some three years on when everyone thought it was all over and gone new f.b.i. documents reveal more juicy details like what happened to our half of the e-mails that were raised clean by the clinton team we're not talking just a few dozen or hundred or even a thousand e-mails here we're talking some thirty thousand all private according to clinton she did provide a detailed and meticulous explanation of how she picked which e-mails to delete how and who exactly wiped her server that potentially stored top state secrets except

clinton did none of that instead she felt like joking about it to do what the sort of like with a cloth or something that well no. i don't know how it works digitally at all. it's because you know wipe has two meanings delete or cleaning of the wine stain from last week and it's funny because it's called ever but ok now that you're all done laughing hundreds of newly revealed f.b.i. documents shed light on how that server was wiped a company called plot river networks did all the dirty works and these conversations between two of its employees leave no questions as to why they think they did it it's all part of the hill recover our poor peroration i'll have to tell you about it of the party. thanks for the heads up. but even with only half of the

e-mails available the new have be i papers reveal that from the get go key people had no doubt the server compromised classified material i have personally reviewed hundreds of documents in the h r c collection i can now say without reservation that there are literally hundreds of classified emails in this collection maybe more when this collection is released in its entirety the potential damage to the foreign relations of the united states could be significant one of the reviewers of the clinton then intelligence community inspector general charles mccullough testified in the senate that documents beyond top secret were stored on the north the right server is what happened next it was personal blowback to me to my family to my office i was told by members of congress be careful you're losing your credibility are people at the get to there was an effort on the certainly on the

part of the campaign to mislead people in the sense that there was nothing to see here. the clinton campaign released a statement in two thousand and fifteen claiming that none of the e-mails had been classified at the time and were only assigned levels of secrecy as a result of the investigation yet the f.b.i. knew everything from the panic signs setting in over the secrecy of the information handled by this to the clean up crew admitting a cover up but eventually james komi sided with clinton. although there is evidence of potential violations of the statutes regarding the handling of classified information our judgment is that no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case although the department of justice makes final decisions on matters like this we are expressing to justice our view that no charges are appropriate in this case well this is been the problem all along i mean we had james komi who was practically a criminal accomplice in helping hillary evade prosecution or conviction or even

charges for what she did and this is this is not even a minute factor this is the main factors that the f.b.i. is no longer an objective and i guess you could say ethical law enforcement agency . a prominent palestinian activist has been denied entry to the u.s. despite having a final. is co-founder of a movement to boycott israel which seeks to end what it considers the jewish state's oppression of palestine we spent to him to hear his story. i was. prevented from boarding a flight of the airport because under instructions from the u.s. consulate u.s. immigration have burned me from entering the u.s. despite having a valid visa and valid travel documents we see this as outsourcing it's

mccarthy antidemocratic repression against the b.d.s. movement for human rights in palestine to the united states the us administration has been mobilized now to do israel's bidding in trying to silence palestinian israeli and international human rights defenders who are active in this extremely important and very effective nonviolent b.d.'s movement. traveling to the u.s. to take part in a speaking tour at several prominent universities including panel discussions with policymakers and journalists human rights groups have expressed outrage at washington's decision calling it the politicized sation of borders so far and it is a refused to give any comment saying all information relating to the case is confidential. co-founded the only cult to divestment and sanctions movement known as sent two thousand and five it calls on the international community to stop supporting israel and its companies it also seeks to return the territory in the

west bank to palestinians in ten televisa accuses the movement of being anti-semitic director of the center for public affairs says the decision to deny its entry was not arbitrary. think that is the that's the argument that we're hearing all over the place is that this is what they call the shutting of mouse in the and the closing of free and the prohibition of free speech but this is not the issue of omar barghouti all more barghouti from the united states point of view as a foreign agent with terror links to the islamic jihad p f l p hamas and other designated terror get as asians by the united states and europe so they don't like to have those types of terror linked individuals coming into the united states. to date over half of all u.s. states have introduced laws penalizing boycotts against israel earlier this year the senate passed a bill and states to terminate contracts with entities which support the boycott

movement. again says this legislation comes from fear of the movement growing in popularity. the u.s. supreme court ruled that boycotts for political social and economic change are considered free speech protected by the first amendment of the us constitution so all those twenty seven states are following israel's orders basically but they're violating their own u.s. constitution we will challenge that we are challenging that in u.s. courts a.c.l.u. is challenging at least a few states on their antidemocratic us laws and we think we will. struggle israel is trying to suppress b.d.s. from above by passing laws because it has miserably failed to stop the immense growth of the movement at the grassroots level among unions churches women's groups groups and so on and so forth. us republican senator calls for military action to

prevent what he calls a genocide by venezuelan president nicolas maduro more laps after a break. after the previous stage of my career was over everyone wondered what i was going to do next the hope the ball different clubs on one hand it is logical to sit in the home fields where everything is familiar on the other i wanted a new challenge and a fresh perspective i'm used to surprising people and i saw one on t.v. . i'm going to talk about football not the or else you can sink i was going to go.

by the way ways of that slide here. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. welcome back to the program the u.s. republican senator has called for military action in venezuela in order to prevent what he's calling a genocide by president nicolas maduro washington recognized the venezuelan opposition leader on quite a as interim president in january and has repeatedly stated that all options are on the table if material doesn't go. we've got to really consider whether we do

military. you know help getting this aid in to stay this save the starving people of venezuela they are starving to death i mean this is genocide emma duros doing it meanwhile an american a think tank called the center for strategic and international studies all c.s.i.s. has reportedly held on on off the record meeting to assess the use of military force in venezuela a list of roughly forty attendees of the event includes current and former u.s. officials including from the state department my colleague neil harvey spoke to my experimental the editor of grey zone dot com and the man behind the reporter's. i confirmed that the meeting took place with a staffer at c.s.i.s. however she refused to give me details grik stream lee nervous on the phone in a second source who participated in the meeting who confirmed it also refused to give details they were extremely nervous that somebody in the media knew about the

existence of this event it was a very high level meeting with basically the main people in washington involved in making the sausage of trump's venezuela policy one of the more interesting elements was the participation of high level staffers from the u.s. agency for international development and usa id is now talking about military options so this could be done under the auspices of some kind of humanitarian intervention to save venezuelans but it's really interesting that an aid agency is participating in this discussion and the u.s. is using economic sanctions as a form of unilateral coercion in place of a military invasion that's according to the un special rapporteur or edris just siri. and they don't seem to be removing the dural the u.s. has called on the military in venezuela to turn on the door on they've stood firm and honored the constitution and one kind of on

a tour around venezuela and he's not rallying the crowds the u.s. had hoped for and so i see this secret or a private meeting at c.s.i.s. as evidence of the u.s. is desperation and they're trying to find any means to dislodge the material after several months if the u.s. wants to use military force to go in to a sovereign nation do you think that the people of america would tolerate that and on not i think this would cause an existential crisis for the trumpet ministration many people think oh trump would be happy to distract from his problems but i think you would see the anti-war movement similar to the kind that we had during the invasion of iraq with hundreds of thousands of people in the streets. and you have a catastrophe across south america that entire region right in the us is so-called backyard would be destabilized so many ways this is unworkable but i never underestimate the arrogance of washington's elite policymakers.

now the risk of a measles and rubella outbreak in india has reportedly increased significantly after a sharp rise in people declining vaccinations being driven by misinformation on social media according to reports schools are preventing health officials from vaccinating students while in new delhi parents are opposing vaccinations due to rumors spread mainly through whatsapp and facebook some of the false messages say vaccines are linked to autism and other disorders. every year more than one hundred thousand people die from measles across the globe and a third of the cases happen in india unicef says repeller also causes tens of thousands of birth defects in the country unicef has expressed deep concern over the spread of misinformation. it through marson what's up with that of the chief culprit they have travelled faster than the vaccines it's terrible it's really

really bad and the fact that these can't be ins are being sprayed in india i think must be condemned the media has a role to play in this and the first thing you learn as a public health journalist is do not create p.r. and what these campaigns are doing are creating feo and you know against vaccinations against i mean this is a poorly but yes the message you spreading very very widely and very in a very bad way in india there are no consequences to what what is happening i mean people are dying because yes scandal vaccinations unfortunately unfortunately there is no back scene again stupidity. however india is not alone in the fall in victim to fake news about vaccinations this year the u.s. registered one of the biggest outbreaks of measles in almost two decades something is being put down to misinformation social media platforms promise to crack down on this facebook said it would reduce the ranking of groups and pages spreading anti

vaccine messages we've asked the social network for comment on its progress. let's bring in. public health expert live on the program thanks so much for coming on to the program now what can you say about the death toll from the measles mumps and rubella in india in comparison with other countries. when i think you know the two points which we need to consider any did it which happens because of the vaccine preventable disease is something we should not happen so it's not so much about the number of deaths you know the numbers ranges anything from a thirty thousand to a fifty thousand depending upon you know which particular study are you referring to but as a person who has been working in the field of human assertion and public killed our forest any death is something which could be prevented and we as as a sort of a citizen of this everyone who should be concerned about this should try to do

everything to stop it so it's it's it's it's more about what we can really do to reduce this numbers rather than looking at comparing it with any other geography if you look at how some of the dissent information is spread through whatsapp and through facebook why do you think people are listening to those messages if they are indeed untrue. well as we know in the you know i think you're being into the media the good news travels faster than some of the sorry i'm sort of the bad news for travel faster than the good news and in today's world where you know every human being is bombarded by so many channels of information which is coming in you get to hear a lot of things you don't really know who to trust who not to trust and in this particular environment even if you have a sort of a seed of such specious are you have you in a kind of a grave. in

a thinking you are a sort of dick or stay which is a little bit more of a cautious nerdy side of it the people who are saying we will not go for vaccination and on those guys do not really realize what they are really doing something which is against the interest of their children but i think it's all sort of sponsibility for us to sort of see what can we really don't do educate them. are sensitized them and really sort of not just apart from offering them the right vaccines offer them a lot of education and sensitisation on the subject if we're talking about education on the scientific community has dismissed claims that the vaccines and suppose it links to any danger but this we've seen this debate and this link being rearing its ugly head a number of times is there any evidence. between autism and these vaccinations is there a link no and i would sort of state categorically no there is no link between these

two. however as you rightly said this is a debate which has been going on for sort of a long period of time it continues to raise its ugly head again and again and i think it's it's there severe you know there's the mean water challenge and opportunity lies i think apart from having a program for vaccine dissemination ensuring the access to the vaccine this was a huge need for us to have a program for vaccine communications. as someone who has worked in the comic book is see across multiple public. one thing which we do realize is that when we are developing a need for any program the focus is largely to ensure that we have the right vaccine we have the right product we are ensuring that it reaches to the right people. but enough attention is not given to the communications and i think this is

high time that everyone who is out of vaccine program across the. big dog in a sense of the fact that there is a need for us to have. a sustained my view channel multi-stakeholder programme for west vaccine communication which is targeted towards all the community's. public health expert thanks very much for coming on to the program and sharing your opinions and views thank you thanks a lot. so that's the news i'll be back around thirty minutes time but. now as it's . up next on international.

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on the home of the homeless is about as you well know. something about those must be. our world today may be a high tech wonderland but way the users no nothing in it with our personal data being the new oil for big tech how do we break it's great but our digital lives will ask richard stallman the founder and leader of the free software movement.

today's internet opens up possibilities like never before it's present in every aspect of our lives but facilitate survey limbs and control on the unprecedented scale with governments tightening the screws on rules and regulations online can the web ever go back to the wild west days of the world wide web will global connectivity bring about giant leaps in human progress and wellbeing will become the real world is big brother in a brave new world record stallman the founder. leader of the free software woman welcome to the show great to have you back one more time it's been a while so richard has the internet off today is all about collecting and using people's data for instance you call facebook at surveillance engine because all of the data mining it does do you think it is possible to make an enormous platform like facebook without this large scale data collection a social network that one spy on you or is collecting and monetary

inherent to the business model of today's internet products well i don't know if it's either one and i don't think there should be a platform like facebook the only thing about facebook that is special useful is that you can get in touch with lots of people. who have offered to be contacted perhaps the government should run a platform you can do that with just so everyone can be on it but once you contact the person you shouldn't be pushed to communicate through that same platform no quite the contrary that should only be for how to get in touch with someone and then you will talk with each other in the system of communication you choose so you see the business model of facebook is to pressure people to continue communicating .