out. >> that is why he tends to leave it behind. .> jeremy scahill >> my colleagues said we are forced to act like we are spies and we are not spies. we are journalists, but there is a war on journalism around the world, and in some countries it comes in the form of journalists being murdered. your comment it comes in the form of medications being surveilled, home records been seized, communications being monitored. there is something a little bit funny about this, but it is also creepy. when we spoke to the national terrorism center, one of the things they said isn't we know you have been making about -- one of the things they said is we know you have been making a lot of calls throughout washington, d.c., today. thank you for knowledge and that, but the obama administration's posture is only state propaganda belongs in the public domain and if you want to cultivate your own sources and challenge we will go after you

, why,g to journalist xy and what were you saying? x something really interesting -- quick something really interesting that is too much -- >> something really interesting that is too much to get into detail right now, online, go what the government did to justify seizing james rosen's gmail, not his fox news account, but they basic said james rosen was in a conspiracy to commit a serious crime and we need to get all of his e-mails. he was also an imbecile and how he dealt with his source, and

watch and the aclu spoke to for for this report. these are some of the concerns. >> what we found out was that the united states government was collecting all of the metadata that shows who your social and professional networks are, where you are at a particular time, where, perhaps, a source is. they do not need to know what you are -- what you're talking about. they have enough to say why were you talking to this journalist. aen it comes to protecting source, i have yet to teach myself using an encryption engine, this kind of thing. i do not take my iphone with me when i meet a source. unless you take the battery out, you can still be tracked. i was leaked classified intelligence community documents last year that cataloged quite a few years of u.s. drone strikes in pakistan. i went to considerable lengths

peace report. i'm amy goodman. sincehas been over a year edward snowden nsa. -- exposed mass surveillance by the nsa. now comes the most comprehensive look to date at how unchecked government spying is impacting two fields we all rely on to curb abuses of power and defend basic rights. the results are chilling. in a new report, human rights watch and the american civil liberties union, warn that "large-scale surveillance is seriously hampering u.s.based journalists and lawyers in their work." the report is based on interviews with dozens of reporters and lawyers. this is ryan ross, chief investigative correspondent for abc news. feel sometimes feel, or i like we are operating like someone in the mafia. you have to go around with a bag of quarters, or that drug dealers, throw away the learner phones. these are steps to take to give trail.n electronic it makes journalists feel like we are criminals, like we are doing something wrong, and i do