and yeah i mean it's you know i think aaron swartz was someone that. brought a lot of attention to the c.f.a. law and there's he his organization demand progress is pushing reform and i think that the you know reform maybe not be enough but i you know looking at these laws and especially this week with the with the d.o.j. revelations of their just rampant abuse of the media this is the same thing this is this is using. the harshness of one of you know one of the toughest certainly the systems in the world to suppress information and to suppress people who are releasing information and you know unfortunately it does signal and everybody's talking about it's a very chilly as i go on so sorry we're out of time thank you so much for coming on breaking down the case of all the more obvious housen masta fans corner for the national lawyers guild appreciate it thank you. well that's it for that show you guys have a great night and i'll see you right back here tomorrow. engulfing the neighborhood syria's civil war to spread across the border into lebanon hezbo

and yeah i mean it's you know i think aaron swartz was someone that brought a lot of attention to the c.f.a. law and there's he's organization demand progress is pushing reform and i think that the you know reform maybe might not be enough but i you know looking at these laws and especially this week with the with the d.o.j. revelations of their just rampant abuse of the media this is the same thing this is this is using. the harshness of one of you know one of the toughest certainly the systems in the world to suppress information and to suppress people who are releasing information and you know unfortunately it does signal an obstacle is talking about it's a very chilling effect on so so sorry we're out of time thank you so much for coming on breaking down the case of all the more obvious housen masta fans corner for the national lawyers guild appreciate it thank you. well that's it for that show you guys have a great night and i'll see you right back here tomorrow. and they should. could you take three. hundred three. three. three. three. three blown video for your media projects a

yorker on line anonymous tip box it's now in a strong box some people are actually calling this aaron swartz his last gift to the internet right before he died it's something that people are particularly impressed with go ahead and explain it aaron swartz was actually working on this up to a few weeks before he passed away in january of this year but it's pretty much this whole intricate model about a wanting to stay anonymous and you know according to erin and kevin polson if you had people who worked on the you know it's a very secure method of doing so you can go onto a website by using the tor my eyes or browser which is already the going through that your traffic is routed from place to place to place and kind of covers up your tracks but from there you go to a special website where you have to use this kind of. excuse me to to upload files that can then be sent to new york or journalists know from there or upload it to a completely separate computer and it goes through p.g.p. or g p encryption it is just a way of actually providing something like what we had and they haven't for a few

that's aaron swartz's idealism. if the white house wants to build a version so people in china can upload information to them in a more secure way, then great. we'll see exactly twhr goes but i hope we'll get a lot of great stories out of this in the next few years. >> nicholas thompson, thank you. on that china story as the chinese press and also some of the american press followed up on that petition from that chinese activist being posted a white house's response was, yes. the white house, we, the people, petition is not only here, is not only something that we will not help the chinese police find anybody through but it is open source and available to anybody and we are happy to provide this code, this means of communicating online to anybody who wants it. it is an open source world even if it makes a lot of us oogy. we'll be right back. [ female announcer ] are you sensitive to dairy? then you'll love lactose-free lactaid® it's 100% real milk that's easy to digest so you can fully enjoy the dairy you love. lact

that has caused the new yorker to combine the first amendment practices of julian assange and aaron swartz in order to protect the bradley manning's of the world reporting from new york or in a fortnight or to. well eva leaders are facing tough talks on tax fraud in brussels with over one trillion euros slipping through their fingers every year it's not a time when they're struggling to justify painful austerity measures being forced upon crisis hit member states there's also in our reports the efforts in brussels look even less convincing in light of tax scandals involving some of the e.u.'s top politicians. tax evasion no that's a hot topic right now here in the e.u. especially as e.u. leaders have decided to go ahead and talk with the likes of switzerland so-called tax havens but are non e.u. members to establish some sort of a more transparent exchange of relevant of banking data and this also comes at a sensitive time for citizens there those who are asking at a time when they are having to pay higher taxes and deal with job losses those belong to the top one percent of the very wealt

the underlying code for strongbox was co-created by our assess inventor and open source activist aaron swartz he committed suicide in january at the age of twenty six while facing a federal trial and thirty five years in prison u.s. prosecutors were targeting swartz for downloading millions of online academic articles journalists are employed with the responsibility of informing the public and holding a lectern officials accountable the first amendment of the constitution protects press freedom but all one has to do is look at recent events to know that doesn't always happen reporting from new york marina portnoy r.t. . fears the conflict in syria could be spilling into neighboring countries have once again been stoked in the latest cross border violence a rocket was apparently fired from lebanon toward israel this is hours earlier five people were injured when two shells landed in a hezbollah controlled area of beirut unclear who was behind that attack but it has emerged that it did come from within lebanon's own borders this comes just a day after the militant group reiterated its support f

the underlying code for strongbox was co-created by our assess inventor and open source activist aaron swartz he committed suicide in january at the age of twenty six while facing a federal trial and thirty five years in prison u.s. prosecutors were targeting swartz for downloading millions of online academic articles journalists are employed with the responsibility of informing the public and holding a lectern officials accountable the first amendment of the constitution protects press freedom but all one has to do is look at recent events to know that doesn't always happen reporting from new york marina portnoy r.t. . after a short break a look into the world of gadgets and gizmos in technology update stay with us here on art. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realized everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture. of the imperial presidency barack obama ran for president in two thousand and eight as an alternative obama has ex

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the underlying code for strongbox was co-created by our assess inventor and open source activist aaron swartz he committed suicide in january at the age of twenty six while facing a federal trial and thirty five years in prison u.s. prosecutors were targeting swartz for downloading millions of online academic articles journalists are employed with the responsibility of informing the public and holding a lectern officials accountable the first amendment of the constitution protects press freedom but all one has to do is look at recent events to know that doesn't always happen reporting from new york marina portnoy r.t. . well president obama insists jinnah should not be at legal risk for doing their job but those who break the rule by leaking government secrets should be punished greg paid as the from the report his committee for freedom of the press says the government's attempts to protect itself should not intrude on constitutional rights they obviously have a very strong interest in protecting their information and we've always counted on the justice department to balance that interest aga

the underlying code for strongbox was co-created by our assess inventor and open source activist aaron swartz he committed suicide in january at the age of twenty six while facing a federal trial and thirty five years in prison u.s. prosecutors were targeting swartz for downloading millions of online academic articles journalists are employed with the responsibility of informing the public and holding a lectern officials accountable the first amendment of the constitution protects press freedom but all one has to do is look at recent events to know that doesn't always happen reporting from new york marina portnoy r.t. . now quick look at other stories making headlines this hour two rockets have hit a hezbollah district of the lebanese capital beirut leaving at least five people injured according to reports little information has been disclosed about the attack but one source says the rockets were fired from a tat on lebanon some thirteen kilometers away it comes barely a day after the lebanese hezbollah leader promised victory and support to ally bashar al assad why would the u.s. and israel

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inventor and open source activist aaron swartz he committed suicide in january at the age of twenty six while facing a federal trial and thirty five years in prison u.s. prosecutors were targeting swartz for downloading millions of online academic articles journalists are employed with the responsibility of informing the public and holding a lectern officials accountable the first amendment of the constitution protects press freedom but all one has to do is look at recent events to know that doesn't always happen reporting from new york marina portnoy r.t. . some news in brief for you two rockets have hit a hezbollah district of the lebanese capital beirut leaving at least five people injured that top stoke concern that syria has called it may spill into lebanon which has similar sectarian divides this comes a day after the lebanese hezbollah leader promised a victory to his ally president assad while condemning the u.s. and israel for supporting the rebels has allies now helping the syrian army to push opposition fighters out of their strongholds. sixty one people have been arrested of

the underlying code for strongbox was co-created by our assess inventor and open source activist aaron swartz he committed suicide in january at the age of twenty six while facing a federal trial and thirty five years in prison u.s. prosecutors were targeting swartz for downloading millions of online academic articles journalists are employed with the responsibility of informing the public and holding a lectern officials accountable the first amendment of the constitution protects press freedom but all one has to do is look at recent events to know that doesn't always happen reporting from new york marina port ny r.t. for. a brief look at some of the stories from around the world sixty one people have been arrested following violent clashes at a techno music protest parade in the swiss capital burn police used water cannons and tear gas on anticapitalist hardline is known as the black bloc clashes broke out when the protesters attempted to temporary every cade's looking polity. hundred fifty thousand people turned out for an anti gay marriage rally in the french capital demonstrators in paris

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the underlying code for strongbox was co-created by our assess inventor and open source activist aaron swartz he committed suicide in january at the age of twenty six while facing a federal trial and thirty five years in prison u.s. prosecutors were targeting swartz for downloading millions of online academic articles journalists are employed with the responsibility of informing the public and holding a lectern officials accountable the first amendment of the constitution protects press freedom but all one has to do is look at recent events to know that doesn't always happen reporting from new york. r.t. and at midnight forty five g.m.t. we talk extensively about press freedom in the us with vice chairman of the new york toy james good dale i missed that. fresh fears of the syrian conflict spilling over borders have been ignited by an attack on the capital of neighboring lebanon several people were injured when two rockets landed in the as border control district to beirut the lebanese militant group's been strongly supporting the embattled syrian government but the rebel syrian army has deni

prosecutorial overreach in january of this year internet activist aaron swartz killed himself as he was facing several charges of computer fraud and abuse carrying with them a thirty five year prison sentence aaron's family blames overly aggressive d.o.j. prosecutors for hounding aaron to death and then there are the current prosecutions of internet hacktivists jeremy hammond and bear brown both could be facing wildly disproportionate prison sentences for the crimes they've committed. plus the d.o.j. is currently fighting a four year lawsuit by you of trying to privacy information center demanding to know if holder's d.o.j. illegally surveilled on wiki leaks supporters and of course there's holder's overzealous prosecution of drug violations conducting roughly two hundred raids and nine medical marijuana states resulting in at least sixty one federal indictments since two thousand and nine these actions alienate people in the left and the right side of the spectrum leaving holder with very few friends and while the department of justice has been so eager going after activists and whistl

seems like justice has been before this thing from their minds whether it was you know going after aaron swartz the way they did the imprisoning john kerry aku. it's just been you know more of a you know a farce that has been justice and people ought to be concerned you know we were here on the gun debate people say oh we get over guns we can protect our liberty what liberty you from warrantless wiretapping to drone strikes to indefinite detention it seems like liberty in that horses left the barn does it smell it watergate's you colonel it does to an extent i mean certainly i think the president if he just sits back and lets his continue to fester is that watergate smell to it that he ought to be out there out front explaining what happened and being honest i mean the american people deserve the truth me out to be out there telling you how to ask you really quickly do you see any resignations coming out of this do you think holder is going to hang on through the summer or what's going to happen i don't know i've been thoroughly disappointed with the department of justice under his leadership f

in prison for 10 years, forcing them to take a .lea this is the same sort of legislation that aaron swartzfound himself under. parlay used also in the brand name manning proceedings. theartly used also in bradley manning proceedings. those people who effectively criticized this new central power in the u.s. should not be able to sew. >> in addition to facing a maximum of 10 years in prison, jeremy hammond may also be required to pay up to $2.5 billion in restitution costs. you have talked about how this is part of a widening range of crackdowns on whistle-blowers. what do you think this kind of precedent this sets, and what kind of example doesn't give people who will be whistleblowers in the future? the obama administration is becoming a sausage factory making political prisoners. bradleyjohn hammond, manning, a number of other examples as well. set is do notey criticize this power block at all. be a way found to criminalize it. manning,ke hammond, are used as examples in order to decrease criticism and embarrassment on behalf of this new common dominant political institution in the unite

the underlying code for strongbox was co-created by our assess inventor and open source activist aaron swartz he committed suicide in january at the age of twenty six while facing a federal trial and thirty five years in prison u.s. prosecutors were targeting swartz for downloading millions of online academic articles journalists are employed with the responsibility of informing the public and holding a lectern officials accountable the first amendment of the constitution protects press freedom but all one has to do is look at recent events to know that doesn't always happen reporting from new york port ny r.t. later this hour we talked extensively about press freedom in the u.s. with vice chairman of the new york times' james good though mr interview that's coming up shortly here on o.t. . a clear image of iraq after invasion. twenty day taxi trip through the country. the roads full of danger. clear evidence from north to south. the rooftop of iraqi tragedy. after the war waiting for peace. taxi on r.t.e. . wealthy british style. is not on. the. market why not. find out what's really happeni

the underlying code for strongbox was co-created by our assess inventor and open source activist aaron swartz he committed suicide in january at the age of twenty six while facing a federal trial and thirty five years in prison u.s. prosecutors were targeting swartz for downloading millions of online academic articles journalists are employed with the responsibility of informing the public and holding a lectern officials accountable the first amendment of the constitution protects press freedom but all one has to do is look at recent events to know that doesn't always happen reporting from new york marina portnoy r.t. . so i had to r.t. dot com to find out how mosco decided to played save all of these so many issue of defense applies to syria my whole to a deal to sell it it's down to the souls was up to a billion dollars to damascus for fear they could fall into the wall. and also mind what it takes to win a scholarship and they leave the british school also teenagers to pretend to be the prime minister and justify the all of the shooting and killing twenty five protested. today. these are t

the underlying code for strongbox was co-created by our assess inventor and open source activist aaron swartz he committed suicide in january at the age of twenty six while facing a federal trial and thirty five years in prison u.s. prosecutors were targeting swartz for downloading millions of online academic articles journalists are employed with the responsibility of informing the public and holding a lectern officials accountable the first amendment of the constitution protects press freedom but all one has to do is look at recent events to know that doesn't always happen reporting from new york. r.t. later this hour we speak extensively about press freedom in the u.s. with the vice chairman of the new york times james gudiya james goodale don't miss the interview coming up shortly. fears the conflict in syria could be spilling over the border once again been stoked as reports of a merger of another cross border incident and the latest exchange a rocket has apparently been fired from lebanon toward israel just hours after two shells landed in a hezbollah controlled area of beirut that atta