and what is the future of whistleblowing in the federal government susan lindauer a former cia asset and a whistleblower herself join me in our studio early earlier today she told me why she thinks the whistleblowing is being criminalized in the u.s. . they are trying to but it's going to fail because the truth is truth will out there's no way to suppress the truth the internet is so strong that even if the corporate media will not cover stories it is possible now to get information directly from the net and that is why we keep leaks is being threatened and and prosecuted persecuted so badly because they're trying to scare the internet out of telling these stories and it's not going to work we are not going to back down when i ask you because we are seeing kind of a trend the obama administration has prosecuted more whistleblowers than any other

thank you thank you so much for weighing in on this that was former cia asset susan lindauer. well syria growing isolated under sanctions from the arab states the u.s. and e.u. sanctions are response to syria's crackdown on anti-government protesters this crackdown has become increasingly violent over the last two days with some one hundred fifty protesters reportedly being killed over that time span this brought the death toll up to somewhere around five thousand people since the protests began and mart all of this happening as the assad regime prepares to allow foreign monitors from. arab league into the country to oversee the events as they happen there obliques plan calls for the removal of these syrian forces and heavy weapons from city streets as well as an open dialogue between assad's regime and opposition leaders but that might not be enough the opposition now calling for arab military intervention to protect them from government security forces the violence there is taking the toll holmes is being described as a city on the brink of civil war where some of syria's fi

future of whistleblowing in the federal government joining me now to talk more about this is susan lindauer she's a former cia asset and a whistleblower herself welcome susan want to ask you is a whistleblower and being criminalized in the us they are trying to but it's going to fail because the truth truth will out there's no way to suppress the truth the internet is so strong that even if the corporate media will not cover stories it is possible now to get information directly from the net and that is why we keep leaks is being threatened and and prosecuted persecuted so badly because they're trying to scare the internet out of telling these stories and it's not going to work we are not going to back down i want to ask you because we are seeing kind of a trend the obama administration has prosecuted more whistleblowers than any other president why do you think that there seems to be this increased push to crack down well i was one of the very first whistleblowers prosecuted i was the second non arab american ever indicted on the patriot act i was indicted after i approached the offices of