award winning journalist to glenn greenwald is charged with cyber crimes in brazil over his reporting on a high profile corruption scandal that condemnation. u.s. officials call for an investigation into claims that the saudi crown prince was involved in the phone of billionaire jeff bezos the amazon boss the washington post where journalist. he was killed by a saudi hit squad. a psychologist who designed the cia torture techniques in the wake of 911 justifies his actions during the pretrial testimony in guantanamo bay. i believe there was a genuine threat of an imminent attack. this

is international on sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us. prosecutors in brazil have charged a pulitzer prize winning journalist glenn greenwald with cyber crimes authorities say he coordinated the hacking of top officials phones to get information on a high profile corruption case last year intercept news site in brazil co-founded by greenwald was behind the release of damaging conversations between top figures in the probe. quarter picks up the story. brazil's president has never been a big fan of journalists if you don't go there was exposed to the result of this if you will go very far off i fell for that but the money it will provide still a difficult but as with everything with him as you are you know much of what you write usually you know very well read through everything in order to really be

a bit of both of us all thank you. but asked if i wasn't going on this so it's no surprise freedom of the press is once again under attack in the country american journalist glenn greenwald is facing cybercrime charges for leaking text messages of government officials glenn greenwald in a free conscious involuntary way directly assisted encourage and guided to criminal group of hackers during a criminal practice acting as a guarantor of said group and also narrow is more than a little defensive he should not be here he says to him brazil where is he he was denounced by the justice system don't you believe in the system at the same time the president's son who is also an m.p. cannot contain his glee. glenn greenwald always said he loved brazil and wanted to get to know the country in depth maybe he will even get to know the inside of a jail the charges come after greenwald's news outlet exposed

a possible conspiracy within the judicial system based on the leaked private text messages they purported to show then federal judge colluding with the prosecution in a high profile corruption case the same one that landed both scenarios main rival lula da silva in jail preventing him from running for another presidential term the federal judge denied everything and even went on to head the justice ministry as for the journalist to shed light on the scandal he found himself under investigation even though the federal police and the supreme court told the administration to drop the case in our government president bush in our own multiple members of his government simply don't believe in a free press we don't believe in prosper they don't even believe in democracy they've repeatedly and explicitly praised the military dictatorship that ruled the country until they needed 5 years disappear your form of government and this is all about ushering in that level of repression whistleblowers and watchdog organizations are calling the situation a blatant attack on journalistic freedom absolute resolute this is unbelievably

could retaliation for revealing the extreme corruption at the highest levels of both scenarios administration and the nexus then shoot through it to investigative journalism in brazil in an outrageous violation of press freedom the brazilian government has ignored a supreme court order in charge journalist glenn greenwald with cyber crimes for the intercepts investigative series on widespread corruption in brazil. how government must immediately condemned this outrageous assault on the freedom of the press and recognize that it's a tax on press freedoms at home have consequences for american journalists doing their jobs abroad leg length going wild the prosecution of glenn greenwald is once again putting the spotlight on the current administration's a legit corrupt dealings it's no wonder balsa naro has no love for journalists this is just what's happening to journalism around the world those who attempt to shine a light on the inner workings of power are being. at best pushed to the margins and

often prosecuted under the full extent of the law does it make a difference yes i think it is important to journalists it's vital it's essential to what we do unfortunately the power of journalism to. not only expose abuses of power and crimes fraud and wise of the powerful but to then push away then a system so that people are held accountable has been severely weakened and this is just true everywhere including of course in brazil they have pulled email exchanges a stand simply between julian a son and. then private bradley manning to argue exactly the same thing and it's it's fictitious it's untrue but it's clear that that is the mechanism they want to use to go after greenwald just

like the united states is using that mechanism to go after julian. un human rights acts birds have called for an immediate probe into allegations that the saudi crown prince hacked the phone of a billionaire jeff bezos the amazon founder also owns the washington post newspaper where dissident journalist jamal khashoggi worked before being assassinated by a saudi hit squad in 2018. the alleged hacking of mr basis his phone i'm those of others demands immediate investigation by the u.s. and of the relevant authorities including investigation of the continuous munty a direct and personal involvement of the crown prince in efforts to target perceived opponents well it appears according to the information that has been presented that the phone of jeff bezos was hacked via the messenger application known as whatsapp now saudi arabia denies that that's the case now it's important to note that not only is jeff bezos very wealthy

a billionaire in the united states but he's also the owner of the washington post and the washington post was the employer of jamal khashoggi folks will recall jamal khashoggi was brutal killing so at this point that raises some interesting concerns this is what has been presented about the possible hacking the information we have received suggests the possible involvement of the crown prince in surveillance of mr bezos in an effort to influence if not sign it's the washington post reporting on saudi arabia these allegations a run of and as well to own going evaluation of claims about the chrome prince's involvement in the 2900 muddle of saudi and washington post showing this. now in october of 28 teen jamal khashoggi visited the saudi embassy in istanbul and he never came out of the of the embassy he was dismantled within it cut into pieces and at that point there was a lot of international outrage about the incident now a sense then they came of saudi arabia has declared this was simply

a rogue operation 5 individuals have actually been sentenced to death for their involvement in it however 3 top officials were cleared of any wrong doing and many observers noted that it took a long time for the trumpet ministration to criticize the actions of saudi arabia or to even give any response to the answer let's review what the response from the trump administration what if i. came was this is how they responded to the killing of journalist jamal khashoggi employed by the washington post i don't like stopping massive amounts of money that's being poured into our country spending $110000000000.00 on military equipment and on things that create. others for this country we have identified at least some of the individuals responsible including those in the intelligence services the royal court the foreign ministry and other saudi ministries who we suspect to have been involved in mr coo show us death now the possible hacking of the phone of jeff bezos the

billionaire and owner of the washington post adds a new chapter to this case however many observers have noted that the ties between the united states and the king of saudi arabia are not small and the trump an administration in particular has embraced the saudi kingdom trumps 1st international trip after all was to riyadh to meet with the saudi monarchy so it appears that when issues like human rights the killing of jamal khashoggi or the war in yemen come up the united states seems to prioritize its friendship with saudi arabia over other issues so perhaps this new hacking will be another incident that will that will raise some concerns but many have observed that the usa seems pretty loyal to saudi arabia former u.s. diplomat jim says it will take more than a killing and a phone hack to spoil u.s. and saudi relations. i don't think anything is going to break anything of the foreseeable on the horizon is going to break these close ties with saudi arabia.

you know people had a little momentary loss about killing because after all he was part of the building he was. walking close he was involved with the cia so this was a terrible terrible thing just like however they don't they couldn't care less that saudi arabia has slaughtering people in yemen in fact we're helping them do it it doesn't make any difference for 2016 ran against the kind of foreign policy we've had for the last 3 decades but has done nothing with her shoot the scene see the ban and all up and said that means not putting america's interests 1st but putting israel's in saudi's saudi arabia and it gets worse in the middle east and so we have the same network of power and states and i think it's just business as usual. reminds me of when. obama was caught hacking angela merkel's cell phone after 2 years. a psychologist dubbed the architect of the cia's enhanced

interrogation techniques is unapologetic about his role in any torture program that admission came during the trial of 5 guantanamo bay detainees on their alleged roles in the $911.00 terrorist attacks which have a personal consequences i would live with i believe there was a genuine threat of an imminent attack i thought my moral obligation to protect american lives outweighed temporary discomforts of terrorists i get 6 a day and do it again. james mitchell was contracted to by the cia in the wake of $911.00 to create an interrogation program for al qaeda suspects he personally used waterboarding a torture technique that simulates drowning on several prisoners later he and another psychologist set up a company that provided support for the interrogations the cia's program included now illegal coercive measures.

in the immediate aftermath of 911 we tortured some folks. lawyers for the 5 detainees are now asking for any statements made under interrogation to be disqualified from the trial on grounds of torture anti-war activist sara flounders believes the guantanamo bay court proceedings are deeply flawed. well none of this could possibly be a fair trial i mean how can you have a fair trial with people who've been held in total secrecy whose testimony is based on torture. the media isn't allowed in except for conditions so strict that they can't even have a picture of the court room all the testimony is restricted. that none of this none of this layers and layers of secrecy is about providing any kind of

justice or accountability or even of information it is going through a theater in order to once again exert their power their power over people's lives and we should just note that there were juveniles who were youth who were held for years at guantanamo there were people who had nothing to do who are simply sold for bounty who were kuantan m o $780.00 prisoners and then the thousands who were held in secret rendition or around the world no accounting for them so this was a huge program and its ramifications were still feeling today the 1st to detainee mr mitchell water boarded was a palestinian man known as abu zubaida he has never been charged with a crime but remains indefinitely in guantanamo he was the 1st known cia prisoner to undergo enhanced interrogation and even lost an eye while being tortured during his

time there has attempted to illustrate his experiences and a bit of warning you may find some of the following images distressing. as soon as they locked me up inside the box i tried my best to sit up but in vain for the box was too short i tried to take a curled position but to no avail for it was too tight the very strong pain made me scream unconsciously.

they kept pouring water and concentrating on my nose and my mouth until i really felt i was drowning and my chest was just about to explode from the lack of oxygen . the. long hours went by while i was standing in that position my hands were tight to the upper bars. it felt like an eternity to the point that i found myself falling asleep despite the water being thrown at me by the guard. there's absolutely no justification that can ever be given or accepted for the horrendous and systematic torture that was used and it was used and authorized from the highest

levels from the presidency f.b.i. the cia the top levels of the military the studies were known the conditions were no. this isn't just one or 2 people michel and jennings this was an entire unit set up in order to use torture and to study how to apply the most excruciating forms of torture of pain of waterboarding how slamming of of packing into tight boxes of stress positions and on and on so how could you justify any of this and none of this torture provided any real information of course not that that that that would even be an excuse it was done to hundreds of prisoners there were also hundreds of secret prisons secret rendition and a geisha in centers all of this really has to be exposed and there are accounting demanded not only of those who designed the torture but of those who set up these

torture camps greek islanders are protesting against the influx of migrants that story much more of a short break this is art international. in the united states presidential candidates debate the future of the u.s. and the world. mexico is a red state you see her but to get into the burning questions of this election cycle one so pick every week will tax student debt trade wars corporate money universal basic. and more catch up with what's front running this sunday exclusively on r.t. . it seems like 2016 all over again bernie sanders is popular and doing well in the polls and the

democratic establishment along with the donor class are nervous they're centrist politics is fraying now throw in identity politics the problem for bernie this time around apparently is that he's not inclusive enough is a democratic primary to get. back this is our chanter national greek islanders went on strike on wednesday in protest against the influx of migrants and thousands of locals took to the streets and businesses were shut down for 24 hours on 3 greek islands some us and the kiosks which are all popular tourist resorts and local authorities will later be heading

to athens to present their demands to the government some refugee camps on the islands have more than 10 times the number of people they were originally built. we're trying to give a message around to the whole world that this can go on it can't go on anymore lesbos has had the load on their shoulders for 5 years this these ladies were you know we have nothing against the refugees and migrants have shown this solidarity all this time but we are asking for a change to government policy that should lead to the equal distribution of refugees and migrants. this the migrant should go with the racist simply the situation on the island designs of control 100 percent you can see for yourselves what's happening coming in and they're not leaving open the borders so they can go to salute both gary and germany the minute. for the past 5 years the greek islands have become a key entry points to the e.u.

for migrants and refugees many fleeing war or poverty in sub-saharan africa and the middle east the greek government has promised to toughen asylum laws and to deport all illegal migrants who are not entitled to protection. german chancellor angela merkel is calling on western powers to include china in the pursuit of common goals and not return to cold war era exclusion of course we also have to build up fairness of course we have to practice multilateralism so the rules apply to everyone but i believe for us not to fall into new bipolarity but rather that we try was the result an experience we have to include a country like china multilateralism and treated at least equally. well this comes as the u.s. and china managed to reach a truce in their trade war germany manufacturers suffered collateral damage from tensions between washington and beijing that mostly hit as its car industry and

other flashpoint was chinese tech giant huawei the u.s. is continuing to pressure the european union to ban wall way 5 g. equipment over fears it could spy for beijing and steal intellectual properties the company denies all geisha ins in germany the question of 5 g. has long been debated by lawmakers with beijing promising a backlash if wall way is banned in order to appease washington if germany which would make a decision that led to his exclusion from the german market will be consequences the chinese government will not stand by. our guests gave us their views on the long running dispute over what way. for germany and for e.u. 2 meant taking its independence to maintain its own judgment on major issues in the world rather than purely passively just to follow the leadership of another major country makes a lot of sense china after all is a permanent member of the security council of the united nations and it is the 2nd

largest economy in the world and to marginalize china will not succeed on the one hand and also will bring a lot of economic it is advantage to whichever country which tries to push china down on the ground the e.u. in general is one of the poles in a global order and china doubtless needs another one so were there would be more collaboration getting done but been a continuous agender and also because of the bad shit is the means dong very soon and there be a new suspects so maybe it is a plan to install a new policy to create a new consensus among the country and for china of course right now is for its own critical and for the period of a sign us trade war and shows government always will engage the european countries as a remote island to kind of kind of balance automotive and electrical energy giant tesla

has divided the residents of a town near the german capital over plans to create its 1st major european factory where dozens of demonstrators have been denouncing possible environmental damage with plans to cut down 300 hectares of forest for the factory but they were met by counter protesters as well who appeared to be enthusiastic over the promise of thousands of jobs. it tells me that many people are absolutely not aware of this decisions great fall out our water management agency and has already admitted that there is no guarantee the locals will be supplied with enough water after the launch of the factory they have to think about it because they've got not sure whether it's good or not i'm worried about the environment having advances there will be new jobs and new transpired it's hard to imagine anything better that's got this new it's a good opportunity for our region but electric cause once over everything and then manufacture causes environmental damage as examinee are but i'm in favor of job creation and tesla as

a company but wasn't there any other place for this factory. you know it to be can a young graduates haven't been able to find work that fits their skill was hearing growing high though so a lot of them had to move to other cities and i hope this project will provide a boost for the whole region because of bank of course we're concerned about it on the one hand we're glad that investors are interested in brandenburg on the other hand we're talking about serious interviewer ince natural processes we should be carefully considered we should do everything to me to get damage based on the deforestation area the implications will be very grave we're talking about total deforestation and the extinction of all the animal and plant species which once inhabited this rude.

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it but hacked it we've got the details so much to get to on this very busy day so let's get started. with a phase one trade deal between the u.s. and china in the books and a reworked inapt in place u.s. president donald trump held a surprise press conference at the world economic forum in davos switzerland and set a sights on europe the united states has been losing 150000000000 and more for many years 150000000000 more i mean really more than that with the european union they have trade barriers where you can trade they have tariffs all over the place they make it impossible they are frankly more difficult to do business with than china and it should be noted that the u.s. and france are on the brink of a trade friction of their own but got a reprieve earlier this week as trump and french president emmanuel mccrone chose not to escalate tensions and trade deals were not the only thing that caught president tribe's ire during the press conference in davos he also took issue with

the world trade organization the world trade organization has been very unfair to the united states for many many years. and without it john it wouldn't be china china wouldn't be where they are right john and that was the vehicle that they used and i give them great credit and they also don't give the people that were in my position great granted because frankly they let that all happen and again we must point out whether you agree with the sentiment or not the trump administration has hamstrung the w t o in recent years by blocking the naming of new judges to the appellate body which makes trade rulings now the body can support 7 judges needs 3 to make a ruling and currently only has one in place but there is a bright side here president trump says w t o director roberta as bedo will travel to washington in the coming weeks to discuss the dips between the organization and the u.s. and there's a lot to go over here and for expert analysis we are joined by professor richard

wolffe host of economic uptick richard thank you so much for joining us today. glad to be here and others a time to go over here and i know as i was saying there with the world trade organization. kind of been hamstrung by the trump administration they haven't been naming judges to the appellate body they're supposed to be 7 they need 3 to make rulings right now there's only actually one. and it's not a particularly popular organization but professor wolf what do you make of the president's comments about not being treated fairly by the w.c. oh. well i think it's a consistent message that he has been giving out even before he became president his posture which i believe is designed to get him reelected is that he's protecting the united states from the mean nasty foreigners who are taking advantage of us he's going to correct the misbehavior of past presidents who weren't vigilant and tough enough the way he is.