we might have been given amnesty today, but there is no amnesty for the arctic.these companies need to be stopped. >> meanwhile, russian president vladimir putin suggested the greenpeace activists may have been acting at the behest of a foreign country in an attempt to undermine russia's develop an of arctic energy resources. putin did not name the country. as for the fact there covered by amnesty and as far as i know they are covered by it, we are not doing it for them. but if there covered, that is good. covered, that are is good. i think what has happened should be a lesson and we should turn to positive work in order to make noise. but in order to minimize empire mental risks, if such risks appear, we are ready for joint work including work with greenpeace. about the more amnesty, we go to st. petersburg, russia, where we are joined by two of the arctic 30 activists. peter wilcox was the captain of the arctic sunrise and has worked with greenpeace for decades. nov, a russianvi born u.s. and swedish citizen, and has worked with greenpeace and's 1989. respond t

the amnesty comes a little bit late for him as he has served most of his sentence already. he has been -- we have heard it before in your story -- behind bars for more than 10 years now, and this news in moscow that investigators are working on a new case against him again trying to accuse him of embezzlement and money laundering. critics say that this amnesty does not as well prove whether or not he is guilty of what he is accused. they say the case against him was a political show trial to silence one of vladimir putin's worst critics and worst political opponents. >> but about russia's other political convenience -- opponents that are not subject to this amnesty? could they one day see one? >> well, russia's judiciary system is in quite that condition. there are a lot of so-called political prisoners. critics say the judicial system is very old news to side -- very often used to silence political opponents, political prisoners. take, for example, the anti- corruption blogger or popular opposition leader who was sentenced to five years in jail for embezzlement and money l

this amnesty is the most wide- ranging in years. it could lead to the release of high-profile western detainees the kremlin might like to see the backup. the amnesty law extends not only to convicts, but to those under investigation as well. this is important. that is significant for 30 environmental activists from greenpeace who still face charges of hooliganism after they tried to board an oil platform in russia's arctic north in protest of chilling there, but activists say the law will only free a small fraction of those behind bars in russia. a former oil tycoon will continue serving an 11-year sentence for embezzlement. rights activists say his continued detention shows the amnesty does not go anywhere far enough. >> we are joined now for more on this in the studio by a russian journalist. welcome to the show. first off, this amnesty for prisoners -- some are claiming it is simply a publicity stunt by the kremlin ahead of the sochi olympics. is that too cynical? >> oh, yes, it is very much about publicity in this law. if you lo

amnesty calls them prisoners of conscience. 70. the vast majority of those were the greenpeace 30, who have since been or are going to be allowed to leave the country under this amnesty bill that was signed last week. that is 30 off this list. we are down to 40. another big chunk, about 20 or so, were these protesters. last week, it was announced by a moscow court that they have stopped the criminal prosecution against four of them. eight others will have their trials continued. a large chunk of those have been pardoned or their fates are still uncertain. there are a lot of categories of other people who were involved in drug dealing, what people call trumped up charges -- it leaves tens or dozens more on the list. amnesty international has a much stricter definition when it counts the numbers of what a political prisoner is. it only has 14 on its list. one association says 59 russians are right now the subject of political prosecutions. many of those have been amnestied or pardoned under this latest bill. >> talk about this notion

decision as part of the amnesty bill that the amnesty shall not extend to people who committed acts of violence against. the security forces and representatives of the government and those who committed felonies. or we've been running for more than our. young gentleman. and in other countries by the way. even if you raise a hand to attack aiming to attack a policeman. you will be shot sometimes you weren't even raise your hand and they should even we men and even the children. real school online websites. what. do you think you should raise. around the green peace. activists they're now released on bail why do you think he would do you think. we needed such great force which involves so many public figures around the world. do you think we need to. liberalize one of the criminal code because you've made be jailed for any flash mob positive. regarding anyone who is defending the environment but i don't think it is acceptable to. use this campaign. to promote themselves to p.r. themselves into earn money on that i don't want to give any examples. smuggle you but i won't be able to give y

rights activists sisontied detentionhosehe amnesty doe anywhere far enough. we're joined now from oneness in the studio by certain julye's a russian journalist welcome to show first off this amnesty for proof of prisoners some are claiming that it's simply a publity stunt by the kremlin ahead of the sochi olympics is that too cynical. oh yes it is the narrow very much publicity in the school because they keep you if it was a riot case that they would give green summer months because this sentence i almost all are and what about their day greenpeace activists that you cannot prove that because cricket is because it was in international scene in the open seastill they kept e the release them in courts by the claimant by proving they are innocent. all make a good face and say well we'll se tm because we haven't missed it and that is about actually watch the snow peas it's a big debate propaganda of the times. so you say it's a big propaganda advertising but what would be the result of attending can we actually see a father and east west relations. adelaide city

so this was the beginning of what would become known as administrative amnesty. then in december of 2010, a "washington post" article on internal i.c.e. emails and communications reported that i.c.e. had padded its deportation statistics. many of you have heard that i.c.e. claims to have -- and the administration claims that they have deported far more people than before. therefore, they should be applauded for being effective law enforcement officers. but it appears -- not appears. it's a fact. those numbers were padded and exaggerated. according to "the washington post" article, i.c.e. included 19,422 removals in fiscal year 2010. there were actually removals from 2009. now, we have had a problem in this country, and there is a growing concern about this administration not telling the truth, and their philosophy seems to be we say whatever is convenient at the time, and when we get called about it, we just don't worry about it. we just keep right on going, and our friendly press or something will just ignore it. but it's beginning to bite now. people are gettin

it seems to be the call soviet toil traditional kind of an amnesty. vulnerable groups of prisoners pregnant women elderly people minors women with small children and so on and so forth and none of the last moment there is a month on chew include into the amnesty a specific list such crimes those who goodness them and most wrote it and i would like to stay on for just one more question he is in prison imprisonment had a symbolic value it was always presented as sort of reflection of how bad the human rights to sion in russia supposedly was i wonder if you attach the same symbolism to his release doesn't mean that let's say political climate then because maybe changing simply because he is being set free while human rights watch is an organization never said the case of other symbolizes everything that's wrong with human rights in russia in the uk quite to the opposite. it's a very last rites of case and there are many other cases that we documented solar li and that clearly demonstrate that the redgrave human rights abuses including political money pol

well i mean interesting isn't going to yesterday we heard the welcome news i think of the amnesty for the pussy riot and the arctic certainty and these people were protest as they were principled protests whether you agree with them or not they were actually protests and the holocaust is a very different kettle of fish altogether this man is part of a group of oligarchs who affect and stole villains of towns from the russian commonwealth in the one nine hundred ninety s. flow from the russian people this was probably one of the greatest financial crimes of the century so i think that we can see this is part of a trend that i think there was widespread sort of international concern about the arctic thirty there is about could accost feet the fall stuff and i think that a lot of people will be concerned that he may be pardoned early and if he has not going to see his full sentence that even though we're only talking about a matter of months he really had to think this pardon for what are called skase a need at the international community all the domestic audiences well some people say t

i find it inconceivable that he will be granted blanket amnesty. but ally bargain to a lesser sentence i could see. >> schieffer: i think the president will have to be very, very careful about this because after all, what would this say to the next person who thinks maybe it would be a good idea to dump a bunch of information out there when he would say, oh, okay, well i can go out do this. in the end they will forgive me or something. i don't think that will happen. what do you think, margaret? >> i think there are two bigger take-aways from this entire incident which is, one, add to the list of things that russia can say has helped make it player of consequence once again on the world stage. taking edward snowden was one. second more profoundly in terms of long term implication will be damage to alliance manage the. one of the key foreign policy tools of this administration, that means just getting everyone on board at the same time. whether it's about iran or any of the other challenges out there. and this really stressed the lines of our europe

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. >> russia changing its amnesty laws. and drought conditions hitting some california farmers hard. it could be mean higher prices for you at the supermarket. ♪ >> bipartisan budget deal passing the senate today after sailing through the house last week. it passed a key hurriel o hurdln tuesday and avoided on the non-c spending. that will be restored. we're going to see $23 billion reduction in the deficit over 20 years. if you add those up the money has to come from somewhere. people who fly will see an increase in ticketing fees. >> it appears we are having problems with libby casey's live shot coming out of the nation's capitol. we'll try to re-establish that live shot for you and talk to libby on the back end. >>> a stunner coming in from the federal reserve. ben bernanke and the other policymakers announcing that the economy has no now improved enoh to ease back on the long running stimulus program. economists feared that the fed would not act before a stronger economy. this will be ben bernanke's last conference of the year before leaving for the holidays wall street not likin

it seems to be the call soviets toile traditional kind of an amnesty. to vulnerable groups of prison news pregnant women elderly people minors women with small children and so on and so forth and one of the last moment there is a month on to include into the amnesty a specific list such crimes as hooliganism and moss and i would like to stay on for just one more question his imprisonment imprisonment had a symbolic value it was always presented as a sort of reflection of how bad the human rights to sion in russia supposedly was i wonder if you attach the same symbolism to his release doesn't mean that let's say political climate in the country may be changing because simply.

or some sort of amnesty for snowden and and at the same time and then say suggested amnesty or pardon might be an order so this is not coming from the lawyers this is coming from industry this is coming from the agency the agency soon to be deputy director so that's pretty significant and i think with these recommendations with the one two three punch of judge leon's decision followed by the tech giant stressing down the white house for the snooping they've been doing followed by these forty six recommendations that snowden people are seeing bad he told the truth and he revealed programs that were in fact illegal and he shouldn't be the one going to jail for that sure now earlier today i spoke with cass sunstein he's one of the people that was on that review panel that suggested these recommendations despite having what he calls quote complete access to complete this review i asked him if there are any surprises and i want you to listen to what he had to say we didn't discover any shocking character issues. what do you think about that no shocking practice i don't know why you said th

amnesty says prisoners are facing "a shocking catalogue of abuses."e rebels prisoners include children as young as eight years old. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. >> welcome to all our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. a white house panel has proposed a series of curbs on some key national security agency surveillance operations following the leaks by former nsa contractor edward snowden. the panel recommended the nsa hold its bulk collection of billions of american phone call records. the panel's report said -- the panel also said the mass collection of the phone records "was not essential" to preventing any terrorist attacks. but the panel did not call for an end to the collection of the phone records. instead, it said those records should be held by telecommunications providers or a private third party. >> the report was released just two days after a federal judge ruled the bulk collection of telephone dat

greenpeace activists and thousands of others in trouble with the law could soon be set free to see if an amnesty bill penned by president vladimir putin. and the n.s.a. apparently invent a new approach to playing games of work as its agents lead a double life among fantasy creatures and the online gaming world our top stories this hour. from a studio city here in moscow which just turned eleven pm this is international police have dismantled some of the barricades in the center of the ukrainian capital to allow traffic through tension has been high for the whole day with reports of an imminent crackdown frequently surfacing what is there in kiev so paul tell us all these reports proving to be true what are you saying that. perhaps unsurprisingly conflict reports emerging from the streets of kiev this evening now ever since the opposition movement announced that march of the million on sunday there have been reports that the ukrainian special forces on the riot police are going to sweep me down an independence square clear of protests as well as you can see behind me as if yes hasn't happened but

peace activists and thousands of others in trouble with the law could soon be set free to see of an amnesty bill penned by president vladimir putin. the n.s.a. apparent invents a new approach to playing games at work and its agents lead a double life among. other fantasy creatures in the online gaming world. from a studio center here in moscow with just ten ten pm this is r.t. international. police have started dismantling barricades in the center of the crane in capital and moving protesters away from blockaded streets tensions being high for the whole day with reports of an imminent crackdown frequently surfacing. is that. i am here right now in kiev central defender square the essentially the heart of the protest and i personally haven't seen any dismantling going on now and that is not to say that the police aren't doing just that on any other smaller protest walking the streets a little bit further away from the central square been getting the upper hand on the rise here throughout the day largely because of the numerous messages that were saying that the police are coming in and their

>> well, there are 26,000 people who will be receiving this amnesty.inors, women over the age of 55, men over the age of 60, pregnant women, men and women who used to serve in the armed forces, even some people who took part in the rescue operations at chernobyl. we understand the amnesty will come into force tomorrow and last for a period of six months. the decree drafted by vladimir putin himself to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the russian constitution. >> all right. peter thank you very much. >>> egypt's former president mohammed morsi will stand trial for committing terrorist acts in in egypt. he was forcibly removed from power by a military coup and arrested in july as you recall. peter joins us from cairo with more details on the charges. >> yeah, the charges are very, very serious indeed. the charges of espionage, and communicating with foreign organizations to carry out acts of terror inside egypt. and they include giving out secrets to national defense carrying out military exercises to achieve the aims of the muslim brotherhood, and ov

pussy riot members on the greenpeace arctic thirty could be among those set to benefit under a new amnesty bill drafted by russia's president we'll have details with a live report in just a couple of minutes. and plans for a multi-trillion dollar free trade zone across the asia pacific struggles to overcome fears that some countries could fall prey to ravenous corporations looking to take advantage. of area warmer welcome to you from a very chilly moscow it's r.t. international with me roll received this hour's top headlines for you it has been a nervous a night in ukraine's capital where hundreds of troops and riot police have been deployed around protest sites and they have been fears their presence was a signal that force was about to be unleashed but so far police have moved in only to dismantle barricades blocking government buildings while leaving demonstrators on kiev's main square in peace now let's show you some video here on r t international police here are not cracking down on protests protesters they are pushing them back from walkways and civil offices where work has been par

doesn't mean much well you just mentioned several of their high profile cases that were part of the amnesty and again as i mentioned holocaust case is a bit different because it was totally up to put in the whether to release him or not it was his as president he could have chosen not to exercise it so if amnesty was going on anyway if twenty thousand people were going to be released including some of those very famous prisoners that if you just mention that's what have created these public splash anyway in the political goal that you're alluding to would have been achieved anyway so why what of koskie well first of all most political who might be kidding because if you look into the amnesty it seems to be the call soviets toil traditional kind of an amnesty touching up on the vulnerable groups of prison news pregnant women elderly people minors women with small children and so on and so forth and none of the last moment there is a month on to include into the amnesty specifically as such crimes as hooliganism and mass and i would like to stay on for just one more question his imprisonment

this really stands out because it wasn't part of the amnesty but rather he was released on a presidential pardon or what put in was humanitarian grounds i wonder if you read anything into it whether you believe that the grounds were indeed humanitarian well i think it's largely an effort by the authorities to boost russia's image in the run up to the olympics in sochi in which are just a few weeks away possibly the g eight summit which is also learned in sochi in another few months so yes indeed i would actually agree with me how you how they're costly himself. it is a public relations project does it make of what's less well new not at all because indeed it means quite a lot harder for his family it means quite a lot from those prisoners of bollocks if i may call them out there is protestant is in charge what most riots for individuals for individual victims of abuses means that it means freedom but done for the state of the rule of law in russia i'm afraid it doesn't mean much well you just mentioned several other high profile cases that are part of the amnesty and again as i mentioned

could be among those set to benefit under a new amnesty bill drafted by russia's president. and plans for a multi-trillion dollar free trade zone across the asia pacific struggles to overcome fear that some countries could fall prey to ravenous corporations looking to take advantage. live from moscow it's r.t. international for you today. from all of us here thanks for joining us it's been a nervous night in ukraine's capital where hundreds of troops and riot police have been deployed around protest sites and there have been fears their presence was a signal that force was about to be unleashed but so far police moved in no need to dismantle barricades blocking government buildings while leaving demonstrators on kiev's main square in peace now let's look at this video here and you can see that police are not cracking down on protesters just pushing them back from walkways and civic offices where the work has been paralyzed the days of the opposition leaders however say they will stand their ground tensions are being stoked by the fact that some protesters with sticks of beha

doesn't mean much well you just mentioned several other high profile cases that were part of the amnesty and again as i mentioned holocaust case is a bit different because it was totally up to put in the whether to release him or not it was his prerogative as president he could have chosen not to exercise it so if amnesty was going on anyway if twenty thousand people were going to be released including some of those very famous prisoners that you just mentioned that's what have created this public splash anyway in the political goal that you're alluding to would have been achieved anyway so why fight of koskie well first of all most political whim of the kidding because if you look into that amnesty it seems to be sceptical soviets toil traditional kind of an amnesty touching up on the vulnerable groups of prison news pregnant women elderly people minors women with small children and so on and so forth and none of the last moment there is a month added on to include into the amnesty a specific list such crimes as hooliganism and mass riots and i would like to stay on for just one more qu

peta is with the strip in jail on the russian prison amnesty. a former russian oil tycoon makeup political speech on the spot that would challenge president putin at the disco business. opposition forces in south sudan take control of the keyhole town as ethnic violence escalates. thousands of anti government demonstrators being costs of buying coke to a hole in the late tuesday to oust time and spending and every yes i know kinda of russian punk band with the riots has walked free from jail today and read amnesty in twenty twelve she was one of three women convicted of hooliganism but the folding of cream punk prayer against president that to me a pigeon matt diaz potomac on a coat but is expected to be free to make two today. at that time meant that had ten sentence suspended any of these yet. i look in and took on a coat that could be due for release in march that qualified for the amnesty proponents like pitching in coptic is that mothers of small children. he was jailed for two years for that protest in moscow's main cathedral. denouncing t

and amnesty international says hardline see when rebels have a stoppage to a new form of tyranny enforcing a reign of terror with secret prisons but children as young as eight allegedly tortured. this is international coming to live from moscow my name is you know main news now and this is breaking news actually this hour president advisor putin says he will sign a motion to pardon jailed tycoon mikhail khodorkovsky the business and who spend more than ten years behind bars for basil mint has reportedly already filed a petition to be pardoned and joining me now live for more is this going all they were so from your point of view why putin has decided to pardon the businessman well the president was hosting a media conference which lasted over four hours with the biggest news came after it finished he was surrounded by journalists and someone asked the question about that of course again suddenly the president said that the former had asked him to be released and he says the man has already spent over ten years behind bars and he is ready to sign papers to let him free. that you don't know

you've got this amnesty for many people locked up, 20,000 people will get amnesty including members ofhe pussy riot's musical band locked up. left and right, you've got them sweeping up to try and pretty up the picture before the world arrives on their doorstep in february for the winter olympics. whether or not that, would, we can't say. that's for individuals to decide. but let's not forget it, khodorkovsky was convicted and has served ten years in prison. it's not exactly as if this amnesty -- he was due to be released next year anyway. it's not exactly as if this amnesty is the largesse of the greatness. >> richard quest request the there in new york. >> yeah, he was one of the richest men in russia. >> the richest man. >> he doesn't have riches anymore. >> he has a little bit left over. his son was telling me he's got a few dollars tucked away, but not billions like he used to have. >> we are learning why a u.s. general in charge of nuclear weapons was relieved of duty. apparently a trip to moscow was the last straw. an air force investigative report says major general michael car

approaching a new start for thousands of russian prisoners who will be freed under a game changing amnesty law this just passed parliament it's good news then for the public protest band pussy riot as well as the greenpeace activists arrested in the arctic drilling protests. and ukraine's multi-billion dollar deals with russia cries of treason from kiev its most radical opposition leader who accuses president on a code beach of porting national assets for a chance to fix the budget. this season international live from our h.q. here in moscow just past eight pm now our top story the neither a killer nor a terrorist but an online activist and alleged attack and yet he's being held in conditions worse than some of those mass murderers we're talking about one of the founders of pirate bay's untangled a complex legal battle accused by denmark of stealing millions of personal id numbers tease peter all of the reports. abroad since he was arrested in august twenty twelve pirate bay found a gold threads fartman vog seen the inside of jail cells in cambodia sweden and now solitary confinement in de

walt a part of some a fascist most famous prisoners for at least recently as part of a nationwide amnesty but rather than seeing it as an octave clemency critics accused the russian government of trying to manipulate public opinion on the eve of the sochi olympics so who is really beating the rap here well to discuss that i'm now joined by tom election not the russian program director for human rights watch thank you very much for your time first of all let's talk about the release of. whose case really stands out because it wasn't part of the amnesty but rather he was released on a presidential pardon. what was humanitarian grounds i wonder if you read anything into it whether you believe that the grounds were aimed. humanitarian well i think it's largely an effort by the authorities to boost russia's image in the run up to the olympics in sochi in which are just a few weeks away possibly the g eight summit which is also learned in sochi in another few months so yes indeed i would actually agree with me how you how they're costly himself. it is a public relations project does it make of

approaching and a new start for thousands of russian prisoners who will be freed under a game changing amnesty law that has just passed parliament is good news than for the punk protest band pussy riot as well as the greenpeace activists the rest of did not arctic drilling protests. and ukraine's multi-billion dollar deals with russia draw cries of treason from kiev is the most radical opposition leader who accuses president got a code which of porn in national assets for a chance to fix the budget. we're going to bring for me kevin and if you just joined this it's the live from r.t. h.q. in moscow just after nine pm here now our top story this neither a killer nor a terrorist but an online activist of alleged hacking but yet these being held in conditions worse than those of mass murderers one of the founders of pirate bay is in tangled in a complex legal battle accused by denmark of stealing millions of personal id numbers peter all of the reports. banged up abroad since he was arrested in august twenty twelve pirate bay found a goat for its walk home vog seen the inside of jail cells in cam

are approaching a new start for thousands of russian prisoners will be freed under a game changing amnesty law that's just passed parliament it's good news the two for the public protest band pussy riot as well as the greenpeace activists arrested in an arctic drilling protest. and ukraine's multi-billion dollar deals with russia draw cries of treason from kiev's most radical opposition leader president going to coach of poorly national assets for a chance to fix the budget. if you just joined us it's ten pm here in moscow my name's kevin now in our top story neither a killer nor a terrorist but an online activist an alleged attacker and yet he is being held in conditions worse than those of some mass murderers one of the founders of pirate bays and tangled in a complex legal battle accused by denmark of stealing millions of personal id numbers. are all of the reports. abroad since he was arrested in august twenty twelve pirate bay found a ghost for its walk home vog seen the inside of jail cells in cambodia sweden and now solitary confinement in denmark it's just terrible as his mother to

it seems to be the call soviet's toil traditional kind of an amnesty touching upon vulnerable groups of prison news pregnant women elderly people minors women with small children and so on and so forth and one of the last moment there is a month added on to include into the amnesty a specific list such crimes as hooliganism and mass and i would like to stay on the holocaust for just one more question his imprisonment imprisonment had a symbolic value it was always presented as sort of reflection of how bad the human rights to shine in russia supposedly was i wonder if you. attached the same symbolism to his release doesn't mean that let's say political climate in the country may be changing simply because he is being set free while human rights watch is an organisation nullus the case of course symbolizes everything that's wrong with human rights in russia in the uk quite to the opposite. it's a very last rites of case and there are many other cases that we've documented solidly and that clearly demonstrate that there are grave human rights abuses including political manipulation of

it is amnesty goes through, there is no one doing it. the genie of the left would've escaped. >> ultimately, the american people have little trust that administration would not enforce the law in the past will do so in the future. that is why real immigration and nissan mechanisms to ensure the president cannot simply turn off the switch on immigration enforcement. the bill contains such a mechanism. not only does it strengthen immigration enforcement by giving the federal government the tools it needs, it ensures where the federal government fails to act, states can pick up the slack pursuant to the act, they are provided with specific authorization to assist in the enforcement of federal immigration law. states and localities can in act and enforce their own laws as long as they're consistent with federal law. it shows how to avoid mistakes of the past with regard to immigration law enforcement especially the 1986 immigration law. the bill expands the type of serious criminal activities for which we can remove aliens including criminal

i want to thank larry cox with amnesty international -- [applause] laura murray with amnesty international, shi rell brown, equal justice usa, the naacp -- [applause] ms. jen marlowe -- [cheers and applause] we also have kim manning hooper with amnesty u.k. kim, can you please stand? [applause] as wendy mentioned, when we first started out, it was the davis family, it was my sister, martina, who was persistent in getting my brother's story out. through that struggle, like she said, you know, we -- they have come to be extended family. we have larry, my nephew calls larry uncle larry. kim, she's the duchess, she's auntie kim. wendy is auntie wendy, auntie laura, and jen is our baby sister. [laughter] but, you know, god has actually kept us together. we have so many supporters, so many very dear friends of troy's that are here. i don't want to, you know, miss any names, but we have gloria canello, rosanne harvey. i just want to thank all of y'all that are here. we are here tonight on one occasion, and that's to celebrate the life and the legacy of troy. some of troy's last words were to his

listen to it and is it enough to protect your privacy and some answers ahead amnesty international has released a new report on atrocities in syria detailing inhumane acts by john as groups like torture and murder for the crisis in syria coming up could jamie dimon end up behind bars years after the financial meltdown of one report shows how the j.p. morgan chase c.e.o. violated a federal law that could carry twenty years in prison so where's the justice department will take a closer look at this story ahead. it's thursday december nineteenth eight pm in washington d.c. i'm like a lopez and you are watching r t well the white house appointed review group on intelligence and communications technologies released a report detailing forty six recommendations for the national security agency to become more effective and transparent we're at r.t. have been combing over the three hundred page report to bring you the most important information for an in-depth look at this and other developments in the n.s.a. surveillance saga here's artie's sam sachs. the week started with edward snowden reach

should the united states give amnesty to edward snowden?elcome to "washington journal" on this monday, december 16. for republicans please call -- you can also tweak at us. question is posted on facebook at facebook.com/cspan. you can also e-mail us at journal@c-span.org. we will take your calls in just a few moments but first let's turn to "the new york times" to get the latest on the nsa. the headline says -- american intelligence and law enforcement investigators have concluded that they may never know the entirety of what the former nsa contractor extracted. that is from this week's "new york times." on cbs 60 minutes, they took a deep dive into the nsa and spoke with leading intelligence officials who disagree or not with offering edward snowden amnesty. [video clip] my personal view is yes, it is worth having a conversation about. i would need assurances that the rest of the data could be secured. it would be more than just an assertion on his part. >> is that a unanimous feeling? >> it's not unanimous. >> among those thinking making

it seems to be the call soviet toil traditional kind of an amnesty. to vulnerable groups of prisoners pregnant women elderly people minors women with small children and so on and so forth and one of the last moment there is a month added on to include into the amnesty a specific list such crimes as hooliganism and moss and i would like to stay on for just one more question his imprisonment imprisonment had a symbolic value it was always presented as a sort of reflection of how bad the human rights to shine in russia supposedly was i wonder if you attach the same symbolism to his release does it mean that let's say political climate in the country may be changing simply because he is being set free while human rights watch is an organisation nullus the case of course symbolizes everything that's wrong with human rights in russia in the uk quite to the office it. it's a very last rites of case and there are many other cases that we documented so really and that clearly demonstrate that the red green human rights abuses including political money pollutio

. >> and then there was putin's amnesty.or their so called obscene performance in the main cathedral with the poster girls of the amnesty, expected to walk free over the next few days. and the arctic 30, rounded up by russianboarder police, in the freezing northern, toes during a green peace demonstration, and a russian drilling rig, will also it seems will be home for christmas. >> as for the fact thatster covered by the amnesty, and as far as i know they are covered by it, we are not doing it for them, but if they are covered,s that's good. it comes at a perfect time. to put presidential spin on recent events here. al jazeera, in moscow. >> a british jury has found two men of hacking a british soldier to death. the soldier was just outside. they wanted to dive themselves and become martyrs. lauren lee has been following, his outside the court for us now. >> why they freely admitted in killing them, which they did, but they denied the charge of murder, because in their eyes this wasn't murder at all, it was warfare. >> he m

well first of all this is the so-called broad amnesty s.x. rooster wait up to as you just mentioned twenty two thousand people to be released following that amnesty and it was reported to the document has already been submitted to the state duma deputies and is expected to be approved as early as a by the end of this year now the amnesty has been prepared by the russian president vladimir putin and it marks the anniversary of the doctrine of the passaggio russia's constitution of one thousand nine hundred ninety three now the main question is of course who will benefit. coming out now among xhosa people who are likely to be a part of following out those documents are those who are charged. and of course we're talking about some of the. group members. now there have been serving our current two year prison sentence as well as the greenpeace activists from the greenpeace vessel arctic sunrise. just. now they also fall under the. it was. a serious crime. dana thank you very much indeed for that no doubt we'll be hearing more. from you a little l

russia's parliament house has an amnesty bill that meaning live jailed members of pussy riot could be freed by a new year and the crew of a greenpeace ship seized in the arctic could have all charges against them dropped . from jail cells in cambodia and sweden to solitary confinement in denmark the founder of the pirate bay website continued his battle against the authorities in a case with powerful or great interest at play. western powers single a rethinking their support for syria's rebel movement apparently acknowledging that the fall of offloaded could lose six three minutes such as those implicated in a recent massacre outside damascus. ukraine's multi-billion dollar deals with russia drawing cries of treason from the most radical opposition leader who accuses president yet to call which of pawning national assets for attempts to fix the budget. you are an international line from moscow with me and he said now we have breaking news this hour a sweeping out in a sea bell that could pardon tens of thousands of people has passed in russia's parliament not only with the measure giv

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approaching and a new start for thousands of russian prisoners who will be freed under a game changing amnesty law that just passed parliament it's good news for the punk protest band pussy riot as well as the greenpeace activists arrested in an arctic drilling protest. the two grains multi-million dollar deals with russia drug crimes and treason from kiev the most radical opposition leader who accuses president you know called which of pawning national assets for a chance to fix the budget. six pm here in moscow you're watching r t international with me and he said no way straight to our top story this hour neither a killer nor a terrorist by the online activists and alleged hacker and he's being held in conditions worse than those of some mass murderers one of the founders of pirate bay isn't tangled in a complex legal battle accused by denmark of stealing millions of personal id numbers or peter all over reports. banged up abroad since he was arrested in august twenty twelve pirate bay found a ghost for its wattle vog seen the inside of jail cells in cambodia sweden and now solitary confine

it grants amnesty to everyone who is here. it's is an invitation to everybody who is been deported in the past and said marie apply, -- re-apply. as a promise that everybody who comes or after the deadline, they've also get amnesty. that is the package. everybody here and deported and everybody here are going to get it on less they are convicted of a felony. by the way, nobody is coming out of the shuttle who does not want to. the people they think will be sorted out, fellas will not be -- felons will not come out. they will live in the shadows. here is how bad it is. despise how badly i obama care. i spend years of my life fighting against obamacare. i spent many years. i despise that bill because it is unconstitutional taking of our by these, our health and everything inside it. it is terrible and it diminishes the destiny of america. if i have to choose -- if it came down to this, if there was an offer that you will do one or the other and you have to choose one. i would take obamacare try to live with that before i ever at

the counterbalance is saying it is not amnesty, it'll be a very long process. the one set out at least in the senate bill, a 13 year pass have -- a 13 year pathway they have to pay taxes and have to learn english and jump through all these hoops. before -- they get is the opportunity to apply for a green card. and then later for u.s. citizenship. the argument is saying why are we breaking in of these guys are letting these folks stay here when there are so many america unemployed? >> you mentioned senators who have concerns in 2014. every member of the house has reelection concerns in 2014. are there key members in the house trying to work and those in favor? >> we are starting to see change. there was a bill introduced by democrats and the house that has garnered 190 cosponsors. not very surprising that all democrats would be on board. it has picked up three republicans. jeff denham in california, a couple of others have followed on. what did they are seeing, they come from heavily hispanic districts, some of them have their own personal stories about immigrat

this amnesty comes a bit late.heir prison sentence would have ended in march of next year already. this comes a bit late. this coincides with the winter olympic games. many believe here in russia. the kremlin tries to polish russia's image in the world ahead of these first ever to be had in the lynn -- in the olympics. >> that was moscow. >> a situation in south sudan deteriorates with rebels claiming control of key oilfields. >> the lynn has not airlifted staff out of the town as fears grow the ethnic violence will spiral out of control. they're preparing for possible further evacuations. view an estimate 1000 people have been killed in the past week and 100,000 forced from their homes. a u.n. general ban ki-moon is excited to ask them to deploy additional peacekeepers. it was strength in the 7000 soldiers and police already on the ground. he vowed to bring those responsible for the violence to justice. here's what he said. >> the world is watching. attacks on civilians in the human peacekeeping were deployed to p

with few options. >> he has already said if i got amnesty, i would come back. given the potential damage to national security, what was your thought on making a deal be? >> my personal view? it is worth having a conversation about. i would need assurances that the remainder of the data could be secure and i might bar for those assurances very high. >> is that a unanimous feel something. >> it is not. >> reporter: among those who think make ago big deal is general alexander. >> this is like a hostage taker taking 50 people hostage, shooting ten, and then saying if you give me amnesty, i will let the others go. what do you do? it's a dilemma. >> do you have a pick? >> i think people have to be held accountable for their actions. what we don't want is for the next person to do a same thing where he is off to hong kong with another set of data knowing they the strike the same deal. >> snowden has said he would return to the united states in exchange for amnesty. you can watch john miller's full report sunday on 60 minutes right here on kpix5. >>> two high end wine

right now the debate over amnesty for edward snowden. he said he would come home if he got protection from prosecution. what is he saying about the offer? we're going to tell you. right now finals week back on at harvard after a bomb scare this morning briefly shut down parts of the campus. with nerves still raw from the boston marathon bombings, university officials were taking no chances. we'll have a live update from cambridge just ahead. >>> hello, i'm wolf blitzer in washington. they say every vote counts and supporters of that compromise budget deal are counting every vote in the senate right now. they expect a deal to pass, but the outcome is not necessarily completely guaranteed. the margin could be razor thin. among the republicans who say they'll vote for the bill, senator susan collins, senator ron johnson, senator john mccain, senator mccain spoke about it on cnn's "state of the union." >> i hope it will pass the senate. i'll do anything, not anything but we must not shut down the government again. we can't do that to the peo