after the break protesters and activists came to quantico this weekend to hail army specialist bradley manning private accused of leaking classified information to the wiki leaks website but will all of this last we're going to sit down with georgetown university professor christopher chambers to find out. for the feel we've got. the biggest issues get invoice face to face with the news makers. yesterday activists rallied outside the marine corps base a quantico for twenty two year old army private bradley manning is being detained now many are there trying to applaud the young men who military officials suspect of leaks thousands of intelligence documents to the whistle blowing web site wiki leaks i mean i think that he did a courageous thing is much more creative to speak against the huge military machine and at the risk of your career and any future career possibly than it is to just stay a part of it even when you disagree. now military supporters also showed up to the park and there was even some debate between the two groups but the protests remained peaceful if convicted bradley manning

the real crisis we have right now in terms of national security is not about bradley manning. it is about the radical outsourcing of our national security policy to for-profit corporations who answer to their bottom line and profit more than they do to their flag and their country. yet almost no one talks about 2 that on capitol hill. it is a nonissue. why? because of the campaign finance system in this country. war is business and business is good and democrats and republicans alike take huge contributions from the war industry. no one wants to upset that cart. but it is the responsibility of journalists to do precisely that. this is not partisan. it is not about who is in power. it is about the consistency of our profession. we are the people that are responsible journalists for providing information to citizens in this country and around the world that will empower them to make their own decisions. my plea to you would be to be that new generation of unembedded journalists. blogging is great. tweeting is fun. it is cool to think of working in a newsroom somewhere. talking p

private bradley manning. many intelligence experts also suspect another culprit. one is the post 9/11 pushed to share more intelligence to prevent a repeat of the failures. >> we always knew this was a danger where something like this could happen because we have moved into a world in which more and permission is more available to more people. this is the dark side of that virtue. >> the u.s. intelligence industry has mushroomed. an investigation found 854,000 people hold a top-secret clearances. 1200 government organizations work on intelligence issues and 1000 private companies. in the world of cyber security, so much of the focus has been on protecting the system from outside attacks, but the inside job was a combination of the technology, lowering of security barriers and access that gives low level operatives to a vast array of them permission. the failed detroit airliner bombing shows u.s. intelligence still struggles to connect the dots. the suspect's father told the u.s. embassy of his concerns and there were reports of a suspect meeting militance in yemen

army private bradley manning, already charged with downloading documents. many experts suspect another culprit. one is the post 9/11 push to share more intelligence to repent -- to prevent a repeat of the failures. >> we knew this was a danger where something like this would happen because we have moved into a world in which more information is available to more people. >> the u.s. intelligence industry has mushroomed. a recent investigation found 854,000 people hold a top-secret clearances. 1002 madrid 71 government organizations work on intelligence -- 1271 government organizations. so much of the focus has been on protecting a system from outside attacks, but whoever the leaker turns out to be, he inside job is a combination of technology, lowering of security barriers and access that gives authorized operatives to a vast array of information may be just as much of a security risk. the failed detroit airliner bombing shows u.s. intelligence still struggles to connect the dots. the suspect's father told the u.s. embassy of his concerns. there were reports

and 22-year-old private bradley manning is suspected as the source of the leak. he was recently moved from a prison in kuwait to quantico, virginia. betty, back to you. >> tara mergener in washington for us. thank you. >>> now we want to take you to the gulf of mexico where the broken bp oil well remains sealed at the top and officials say the long-delayed bottom kill procedure may not be needed after all. to leaks from the well have been detected. it was capped almost a month ago after spewing nearly 5 million barrels of crude into the gulf. scientists say a quarter of the oil remains. many reaching beaches and wet lands. alabama filed suit against bp and two other companies on thursday, accusing them of negligence that damaged the state's coastline. >>> more dangerous thunderstorms are expected today in the midwest, including iowa, where days of heavy rain this week caused deadly flooding. among the worst hit was the university town of ames, which is north of des moines. bottled drinking water was distributed to the town's 55,000 residents on thursday after flo

all sit down with a criminologist to discuss the issue and as many rally this weekend to free bradley manning we have to ask how the twenty two year old army private specialist will look years from now will he be considered a hero for exposing military secrets we'll speak with georgetown university professor christopher chambers then we're going to look in depth of the recent media coverage surrounding afghan women they're being portrayed as victims of war but are they also victims of the american media one blogger thinks so more get her thoughts on the issue and is porn going mainstream and upcoming hollywood films using dirty websites to promote its release so does that mean that pornography is finally becoming accepted in american society we'll debate that issue at the end of tonight's show but now let's move on to our top story all eyes have turned to the death of ten multinational aid workers in afghanistan six americans two afghans one german and one brit who had all been giving medical help at an eye clinic and nurse town province were on their way back to kabul they chose a longer har

yeah i mean the thing is with this bradley manning it was under arrest as one of the potential leakers of this information. would he have access to all this information and you know there's some questions about how much access and what systems he had access to to compile this amount of information and i think the last leaks also the leaks were tough on the taliban tough one pakistan and the i.s.i. the intelligence service a nation and tough on iran indicating that iran was providing shoulder launched heat seeking missiles to the taliban when in fact iran is a sworn enemy of the taliban so none of this seems to make much sense. in the greater scheme of things and i think things and i haven't seen this kind of back and forth between the pentagon and wiki leaks it didn't even happen during the height of the cold war between the pentagon and the soviet k.g.b. in the russian ministry of state i've been to the chinese ministry of state security we never saw this kind of response going on between the pentagon and those intelligence agency as you saying there were in several countries the gove

. >> reporter: tonight, private bradley manning is in detention at the quantico marine base south of washington as investigators are reportedly widening their search for suspects. some of those who have been questioned according to "the new york times" say investigators are trying to learn if any of manning's friends including college students in the boston area may have helped him or have connections to wikileaks, which released the 76,000 secret documents. the california hacker who turned manning in believes others may be involved. >> he never would have tried to have taken this sort of action on his own. >> reporter: and tonight what the pentagon says was one of its greatest fears point leaks may be coming true. a spokesman for the taliban quoted by a british broadcaster saying they are combing the documents looking for names of afghan informants adding "we know how to punish them." >> by putting those names out, certain people in afghanistan are now on hit lists. >> reporter: we looked at only a fraction of the documents and found nine afghans working with nato forces who were na

lies that have cost thousands of lives, billions of dollars and one brave soldier by the name of bradley manninged that the truth had to be told. and he said that he was willing to do it regardless of the consequences. and he essentially followed the nuremberg principles which is when you see something like this being committed and lies being told to bring your country to war, you have to speak out against it. you can't just line up and be a good german and do what you are told to do. so this brave soldier put up on the internet through wikileaks footage that was just absolutely incredible and sad and pathetic to watch, and for that now, he has been arrested. he's in jail, and this is the opposite should be happening. he should be rewarded for saying i witnessed a lie, a i'm going to tell my fellow americans the truth. >> larry: wikileaks will not confirm the source. and now he has been arrested, but the assumption is that he is the source, and it is not yet a fact. all right. you see him as a hero and how do you see the leaks affecting the obama administration which has condemned them? >> well,

grad said he met and exchanged e-mails with army intelligence analyst bradley manning. he denied any role the in the leak. the fbi confirms it is interviewing several students in the boston area with apparent ties to manning. >>> nbc's david gregory will have much more on the wikileaks scandal on this morning's "meet the press." he'll speak to admiral mike mullen about how the leak could cut soldiers in danger as the war wraps up its deadliest month. >>> iran says three u.c. berkeley graduates must stabbed trial on charges of illegally crossing the border. the three have now spent more than a year in jail in iran. they were picked up on the iran/iraq border in 2009, and they're accused of being spies. but they have yet to face a judge. support rallies were held across the world yesterday, on the one-year anniversary of their capture in san francisco's mission district, more than 100 people gathered to call for the trios' release. organizers say their imprisonment violates international law. >> the public needs to be reminded sometimes, as i myself need to be reminded, th

the probe focuses on private bradley manning who is now in a marine base detention center and some possible accomplices as well. here's david kerley. >> reporter: america's top military officials continue their heated criticism of the leak of thousands of secret documents to the website wikileaks. on abc's "this week," defense secretary robert gates said that one rogue soldier may have jeopardized the lives of many who are critical to the war on terrorism. >> this information puts those in afghanistan who have helped us at risk. it puts our soldiers at risk because they can learn a lot. our adversaries can learn a lot about our tactics, techniques and procedures. >> reporter: but pakistani journalist ahmad rashid who writes about the taliban disagrees. >> a lot of these leaks are quite old and people have moved on. >> reporter: the leak comes at the end of the deadliest month for u.s. forces in afghanistan and at a time when the obama administration is facing criticism for setting a withdrawal deadline. secretary gates insists that forces will remain until the job is done. >> we are not lea

well, the former computer hacker who alerted the federal authorities to the wickileak suspect, bradley manningnow says two men in the boston area allegedly claim they helped the suspect pull it off. adrian lamo says both men attend m.i.t. and both work for wickileaks but he wouldn't identify them saying he's being threatened. manning is charged with leaking an air strike publishished in april. the pentagon says he's the prime suspect in last week's disclosure of thousands of feel reports from the war in afghanistan to that website. >>> 8:15. in a speech today iran's president said he's ready to meet face to face with president obama in a public debate over disputes between the two countries. president mahmoud ahmadinejad says he plans to visit new york for the next u.n. general assembly. that's in september. the iranian president said while there, he's ready to meet with president obama and quote put the world's issues opt table. but president mahmoud ahmadinejad is not mention the three uc berkeley graduates who have been imprisoned in iraq for a year now. relatives protested outside of the u

host: the front page of "the new york times" -- a piece looking at private bradley manning. what are the implications of this? guest: it is hard for me to calculate how bad the damage was. the callousness with which the information was put out there, allegedly by this soldier, is stunning. host: what do you know that others do not know? guest: he believes, by reading these documents, which are sensitive and which are not. the best i can say is he believes the contents of the document determined whether it is sensitive or not, whether it is legitimately classified. those of us to do this for a living now that it is really the content of on that determines whether a document should be caught -- classified. it is the source. he does not know the source. he puts a document up there that suggests the americans knew ied's would be placed in the spring of 2007. he does not know that an american patrol -- this is purely illustrative -- that an american patrol team intercepted that team. at the time, they chalked it up to bad luck. now the taliban is looking at this report, which he

host: the front page of "the new york times" -- a piece looking at private bradley manning. what are the implications of this? guest: it is hard for me to calculate how bad the damage was. the callousness with which the information was put out there, allegedly by this soldier, is stunning. host: what do you know that others do not know? guest: he believes, by reading these documents, which are sensitive and which are not. the best i can say is he believes the contents of the document determined whether it is sensitive or not, whether it is legitimately classified. those of us to do this for a living now that it is really the content of on that determines whether a document should be caught -- classified. it is the source. he does not know the source. he puts a document up there that suggests the americans knew ied's would be placed in the spring of 2007. he does not know that an american patrol -- this is purely illustrative -- that an american patrol team intercepted that team. at the time, they chalked it up to bad luck. now the taliban is looking at this report, which he

host: the front page of "the new york times" -- a piece looking atrivate bradley manning. what are the implications of this? guest: it is hard for me to calculate how bad the damage was. the callousness with which the information was put out there, allegedly by this soldier, is stunning. host: what do you know that others do no know? guest: he believes, by reading these documents, which are sensitive and which are not. the best i can say is he believes the contents of the document determined whether it is sensitive or not, whher it is legitimately classified. those of us to do this for a living now that it is really the content of on that determines whether a document should be caught -- classified. it is the source. he does not know the source. he puts a document up there that suggests the americans knew ied's would be placed in e spring of 2007. he does not know that an american patrol -- this is purely illustrative -- that an american patrol team intercepted that team. at the time, they chalked it up to bad luck. now the taliban is looking at this report, which he does

. >> what about bradley manning? >> i do not discuss active investigations. >> maine voted for the state aid bill today and overcame the filibuster. do you consider it an emergency? >> i think today's vote represents an important development as we head back into the school year and tens of thousands, probably more than once hundred 60,000 teachers, as a result of this economy were likely facing pink slips. we know what that means for any of us who have children in school. we understand what that means. when the ticket number of teachers out of the classroom, you increase the students last teacher ratio. it affects our alarm -- student/teacher ratio. it affects our long-term ability. senator collins and senator snowe stood up and joined 59 others in ensuring we would take some of those steps. this is something that was of great importance to the house. it is our hope that we can get something to the president's desk that can prevent those tens of thousands of teachers from the late dr. de >> do you think the president

of the real question we have now in terms of national security is not about bradley manning. it is about the radical outsourcing of our national security policy to for-profit corporations to answer to their bottom line and profits more than they do to their flag and their country. and yet almost no one talked about that on capitol hill. it is a non issue. why? because of the campaign finance issue in this country. war is business and business is good. democrats and republicans alike take huge contributions from the war industry. it is the responsibility of journalists to reveal information. this is not about partisanship. it is about the consistency of our profession. we are the people responsible, journalists, for providing intimation to citizens -- providing information to citizens in this country and around the world that will empower them to make their own decisions. my advice to you would be to be the new generation of an indebted journalists. blogging is great. reading is fun. it is cool to think of working in a news room somewhere. whenever you're interested in doing -

of the real question we have now in terms of national security is not about bradley manning. it is about the radical outsourcing of our national security policy to for-profit corporations to answer to their bottom line and profits more than they do to their flag and their country. and yet almost no one talked about that on capitol hill. it is a non issue. why? because of the campaign finance issue in this country. war is business and business is good. democrats and republicans alike take huge contributions from the war industry. it is the responsibility of journalists to reveal information. this is not about partisanship. it is about the consistency of our profession. we are the people responsible, journalists, for providing intimation to citizens -- providing information to citizens in this country and around the world that will empower them to make their own decisions. my advice to you would be to be the new generation of an indebted journalists. blogging is great. reading is fun. it is cool to think of working in a news room somewhere. whenever you're interested in doing -

the 26-year-old man and 27 year old alex jesse bradley said -- became the 18th and 17th homicides for the year's. >> she was kind of basically at the wrong place at the wrong time. i know he was running and that is when he got shot the >> friends echoed those sentiments be like he was a nice person and i did not think he had enemies out their mac. i am in shock that this happened to him. >> reporter: police say that is a good description. a 28-year-old man dominic woman was killed -- a 28-year-old woman was killed and sunday morning a man was killed at this apartment. police say he confronted officers with a 10-inch knife. friends and family of recent victims say they are well aware san jose is looking for a new police chief and hope the new police chief can stop the violence's >> it's crazy. that this person did this to a good guy >> they are holding another community meeting and family and friends say they would like to give their input but are busy making funeral arrangements. in san jose, robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news' >> in san francisco three juveniles and one adults are und