chilling effect right now when it comes to whistle blowing well certainly i think the fact that bradley manning manning was punished and severely punished was a signal to all whistleblowers. being punished. and of disclosure you're saying for the trial and having all kinds of heavy having all kinds of things released about his motivations and so forth. and characterizing him as mentally unstable and things of that sort you know that that kind of punishment certainly has a chilling effect on people trying to as i say speak truth to power and you know we have to be concerned about that. a lot of the people who have made the kinds of disclosures you know or now being have been prosecuted people like tom drake. who at n.s.a. raise the question of of. the expenditure of public money for a system that. didn't work as well as the inside one several other people i haven't heard anybody very recently since bradley manning who has been willing to come forward with something major i mean i think people are still sending things to wiki leaks which are which is i think good and we're getting information som

>> i think bradley manning has provided a national service just as daniel ellsberg did 45 years ago. l distinction between ellsberg leaking of pentagon papers and papers that manning leaked. except that the papers that ellsberg leaked were top-secret. nothing that manning leaked was toptop-secret. leaks are how we find out about things about the drone program and watergate. without leaks we would be very much in the dark, and we depend on them. i'm not saying that they're ideal. what would be ideal is a massiveovermassmasssive overhaul of the extreme secrecy, but until that happens i believe manning deserves clemency and gratitude. >> cenk: and some of that information led partly to the arab spring. it had worldwide implications in a positive way. and according to a middle judge he was tortured. she gave him 122 days off of what whatever his sense is going to be. i say let him go. if we are going to keep him in prison, we know bob woodward has released information that was far more classified than bradley manning. should we put them in the brig as well. >> you have landed on the enfor

to sweden could land him in an american prison to suffer the same fate as private first class bradley manning the man who is actually behind the leak itself now manning meanwhile has surpassed one thousand days in pretrial detention and has yet to see his day in court here's what manning said in her pretrial hearing recently listen closely. and finally p.j. crowley he is the former united states assistant secretary of state for public affairs who resigned in after he made a critical comment about the per harsh treatment of bradley manning his comments cost him his job he recently came on our t.v. to talk about the iraq war here's part of that interview. i'm actually a firm believer. in the case against bradley manning his release of hundreds of thousands of documents some of them classified you know to wiki leaks has done serious damage to the united states national security and the national interest you know that said in a pretrial setting where anyone is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law i did think that his treatment was excessive three men with three different points of view

from the source from bradley manning were aiding the enemy. at the time the collateral murder video that bradley manning did release got a lot of traction you enjoying the songs were out on the media circuit say that there was an afghanistan massacre video that was much more devastating and caused much more casualties why didn't we can leaks release this video. i don't know i stopped. a long long long time ago i was told when i was for a short period of time a spokesperson for the kid likes. this video would be coming out i heard that it was really different difficult to crack crack it open because it was encrypted that's the only information that i have really you were out there saying you know it was going to be any day that would be released i also spoke to another member of wiki leaks who said that it was actually destroyed from the inside and i just wanted to get your take on that i mean do you think that wiki leaks was infiltrated and that someone destroyed the video before it got out. no i don't think it was like that i think like i was

very surprised i have to say because if you look at the stuff bradley manning has. claimed responsibility for and the media decided to publish it then he must also mean. the new york times the guardian and or speaker and all the other media that have used the material from the source from bradley manning were aiding the enemy. at the time the collateral murder video that bradley manning did release got a lot of traction you enjoying the songs were out on the media circuit say that there was an afghanistan massacre video that was much more devastating and caused much more casualties why don't we can weeks release this video. i don't know i stopped wanting for a long long long time ago i was told when i was for a short period of time a spokesperson for the kid makes. this video would be coming out i heard that it was really different difficult to crack crack it open because it was encrypted that's the only information that i have really you were out there saying you know it was going to be any day that would be released i also spoke to another member of wiki leaks who

there is a large free bradley manning community. or those who think i admire what he did we have a right to know what's being done in our name but he did break the law and he needs to pay a penalty for it. where do you stand? >> i think he's paid enough penalty already. he's been in prison for 1,000 days. i haven't seen any casualties for what he did. the people that, for example are responsible for the war crimes, none of them have been held accountable. so i think like why don't we have a little bit more balance. in particular, the united states was a society that wanted to be a society where you have a much more fair and balanced justice system than what it looks to me from outside. and i've been quite shocked to see the changes that have happened since i lived here in 1991. >> john: it is rather shocking to see the politicians who put our soldiers in harm's way accusing bradley manning and wikileaks of endangering our soldiers' well-being. thank you for your time today and for your bravery and taking the time to visit us on "vie

helicopter attacking civilians in iraq the man who leaked the private bradley manning he could spendthe rest of his life in jail kidney is whistleblowing worth it do you think. sorry his whistleblowing worth it i would actually just greatly there we can't tell whether it'll have the same impact as the so-called collateral murder video because there will be research as out there who knows unemployed journalists out there will be able to find out stories and correlate the facts that come out in these cable releases with other facts to reveal other elements of us foreign policy that has to do we didn't know as to bradley manning more than a thousand days of course in jail he was tortured even hillary clinton's state department spokesperson resigned over the torture of p.j. crowley doesn't mention that much it's very difficult to even comprehend how bradley manning has survived and we must also remember how the media tries to destroy the reputations of people related to this case obviously they tried to destroy the reputation of julian assange. destroy the reputation of wiki leaks but th

is an exception so you just made a public statement about the awful detention of army private bradley manning former presidential candidate told us news that it's manning who deserves the nobel peace prize not president obama he said quote while president obama was starting an expanding unconstitutional wars overseas bradley manning his actions have caused exactly zero deaths was shining a light on the truth yannis wars it's clear which individuals done more to promote peace. while done frankly i couldn't agree more many people wonder why obama got nominated for a peace prize on practically the first day of his presidency meanwhile the story of bradley manning who spent over a thousand days behind bars is practically nonexistent in the corporate media and i should also note that manning has effectively been nominated for the peace prize three times now it's refreshing to see that at least one politician is willing to speak out about manning's story but as for the rest of them. let's keep breaking the set. the likes. of you never seen anything like that. i've recently discussed the states that

are we going to stick their necks out and take risks for peace that's certainly the case with bradley manning so those petitions are symbolic as well in a sense that we're just you guys are trying to get that message out there kind of just show and reveal the irony the terrible irony of the situation and of course the bradley manning decision really does reveal the change the reflection of a growing awakening for truth tellers in this country norman i want to move on to your book though made easy where you point out similar efforts across various administrations that are used to justify and retain support for war i why do you go over a couple of these similarities that you found. yes well there's a in effect a repetition compulsion disorder that exists in washington and in other capitals that resort to military action but at this point the united states has engaged in serial warfare over the past several decades and my book begins with the vietnam war and looks at these patterns of agenda setting here or building up the messaging that military action may be necessary then the hysteria for an

a whole lot of hope that bradley manning's actually going to get the prize but we're using this as a way to educate the public about about bradley manning and about about president obama's certainly so this group you know that you are citing the recall based on hypocrisy can you give me some examples that you feel are blatant hypocritical actions that he's taken that maybe display what he doesn't deserve the award well the drone drone policy is an easy example you know we are we have with our country is responsible for the killing of thousands of people in pakistan a country with which here we are not at war and these drones go in and kill people. seemingly randomly they're not identified many of them are children are women are people who are noncombatants but this is a country with which we're not at war and there's remember been any declaration of war liza finally you i think certainly we thank you so that was leopold your board member and past president of veterans for peace so drunk campaign protest are underway in the u.s. with the goal in mind to get the spotlight to the drones

role really soon but first he was he was upset but then he realized that he was a hero bradley manning he called him a hero he says that he wants him to released and that nothing should stop that he said that yes he was bad the other soldiers in the video were bad now bear in mind he was the one that actually saved those children he got reprimanded for the fact that he saved those children by his commanders or so he sets and then the video came. and everyone the whole world got to see what it was like so absolutely he does call bradley manning most heroic person and all of us military chain of command thank you so much for coming on trying to motional story that in the court may come up as shit that's our show for today guys thanks for coming on breaking the set with me and we'll see you right back here tomorrow. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so for late sleep you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harvey welcome to the big picture

amazing is that the person that wrote me that first email that tipped me off to this was in fact bradley manning who is the soldier that admitted during his court martial to providing the diplomatic cables to wiki leaks as well as the what was called the collateral murder video of u.s. forces in iraq gunning down a number of iraq. civilians including two reuters journalists and i didn't the name didn't ring a bell with me i didn't know who he was and in fact i you know i didn't realize that it was bradley manning until well after i had done that story and he became you know an internationally known figure but i don't want to share too many of the details because i do want to protect the individual that ultimately gave me the information that i could document but i will say that what what struck me from bradley manning's e-mail is that this was an incredibly thoughtful guy who seemed very concerned about what he was seeing in the world and very concerned about the idea that someone like eric prince was able to move around freely when his company had been involved with so much death and destructio

that put wiki leaks on the map turned the tide of war in iraq and landed private first class bradley manning in military detention but for army veteran ethan mccord it was just another day on duty the helicopters are approximately about a mile and a half away. when they resume these guys. and from looking at it now you can't see anything and i mean that right there is obviously a camera dangling. if you were to really pay attention. that guy has a k forty seven right there that i doubt iraq two thousand and seven the two hundred sixteenth battalion was out patrolling a volatile part of the city i was about five blocks away four or five blocks away to the. to the left of the screen this was a battalion wide mission and then the situation turned deadly. we heard the apaches firing. ethan and his infantry squad began running toward the scene to provide support again the apache helicopter opened fire. when he arrived on the scene the apache guns were quiet the accused enemies were dead. one guy's head the top of his head was completely off and the brains were. on the ground and the smell this sm

says an exception so you just made a public statement about the awful detention of army private bradley manningformer presidential candidate told us news that it's manning who deserves the nobel peace prize not president obama he said quote while president obama was starting an expanding unconstitutional wars overseas bradley manning those actions have caused exactly zero deaths was shining a light on the truth the army's wars it's clear which individuals done more to put .

nominated for a peace prize on practically the first day of his presidency meanwhile the story of bradley manning who spent over a thousand days behind bars is practically nonexistent in the corporate media and i should also note that manning has effectively been nominated for the peace prize three times now it's refreshing to see that at least one politician is willing to speak out about manning's story but as for the rest of them. let's keep breaking the set. a little bit more of do you ever seen anything like. i've recently discussed the states that are limited to abortion access across the country one of which is arkansas a state that has one of the most extreme anti-abortion measures on the books while last tuesday the arkansas state senate voted to defund planned parenthood unfortunately its impact will be felt by students across the state who currently take a sex education curriculum administered by the organization it's a move that many are calling irresponsible considering how arkansas currently has the third highest rate of teen pregnancy in the u.s. but this recent measure is just one

but the question i have for you is would bradley manning -- a man that we know that has leaked classifiedtion that has nothing to lose -- also be in court listening to more classified information provided by this said individual? >> yeah, i mean, look, he is a defendant in a criminal proceeding, and, you know, he's not a terrorist. he's a u.s. citizen, he's in uniform. he's entitle l -- entitled to be present at every stage of the proceedings, so you can't bar him. remember, it's not the -- the defense is the one moving for, to exclude the navy seal. and i think the reason they're doing that is they're worried it might prejudice the jury. in other words, you have this american hero come in, and it gives the prosecution a chance to cart him out in front of the jury and then engender all this anger towards their client who's giving this information that's possibly putting his life at risk. jenna: but the judge has ruled this person can testify at the time. >> yeah, absolutely. remember, the defendant has a sixth amendment right to confront the witnesses against him. how are they going to pr

it is way beyond bradley manning. it is what it means to be a whistleblower and we will crush you and we will destroy you. what are some of those documents are videos released? with newspapers all over the world worked with mickey leaks because there were so newsworthy, the guardian in london, as these have been so significant especially with a crackdown of information. to tell the story of one video, of ricki lake's called it the collateral murder video but it was the video coming out of the of paper was an incident february 2007 where apache helicopter unit in the area of baghdad was hovering and they sought to iraqis putting their hands up in a surrender signing because they are written by low-level soldiers there not a peace activist writing these days of the logs of daily activity of war. they put their hands up and did not know what to do there in a helicopter and called back to base in the lawyer said you cannot surrender to a helicopter so they blew them away so i daresay if people knew what had taken place th

but in bradley manning's case, the allegations are that he engaged in illegal activity for political vations. >> people in the united states think he's a traitor. >> that's clearly not true. >> regardless of what happens to private manning, any prosecution of assange will be fraught with problems because wikileaks wasn't alone in publishing the classified material. the new york times also published some of it. if the government were to try and prosecute wikileaks and not the times, it would likely need to prove that assange was actively involved in a conspiracy to illegally obtain the documents. did you encourage anyone to leak this material to you? or have you done anything in connection with the u.s. cases, in terms of encouraging an individual to provide you with material? >> no, never. >> there are people that believe that it has everything to do with the next threat, that if they don't come after you now that what they have done is essentially endorsed a small, powerful organization with access to very powerful information, releasing it outside their control. and if they let you

. >>> whistle blower bradley manning hope the honorary grant marshal of the pride board said it was a mistake. gay activists plan a reversal at his office tonight at 5:00. manning is charged with leaking u.s. secrets to the wikileaks. his court marshal is set for a few weeks before the parade. >>> and it is set to begin before harris. harris is accused of assaulting his boyfriend at a menlo park restaurant last january. the defensive tackle admitted he was gay shortly after the incident and said he kept his sexuality a secret during his entire career. he played one season with the raiders. >>> coming up next, new information on the investigation of the boston bombings. the fbi is working around the clock to answer one critical question. >>> plus early education funding, why the numbers are not adding up for children right here in the bay area. >>> golden gate bridge traffic looks good, we will tell you more about the bay area commute and the bay area weather. look at 'em. living on cloud nine with that u-verse wireless receiver. you see in my day, when my mom was repainting the house,

prosecutors say the witness would testify bin laden had digital copies of documents bradley manning admitse leaked. >>> 6:15 right now. new this morning, governor jerry brown signing a trade deal of sort with his china. >> scott mcgrew joins us. the governor is limited on what sort of deals he can actually make. >> yes, that's true. states can't make their own independent deals with sovereign nations. brown, who is in china to push for better trade with california as best he can, was able to hammer out some sort of deal. california and china signed a deal to create a task force to find the best ways to boost trade and investment. now, china already hugely important to california. a third of all chinese exports to the u.s. either end up here or pass through california ports. and more than a third of all chinese educated in the united states are educated at a handful of california universities. the dow industrials hit another record tuesday. we're back to records after sort of sideways trading over the last few weeks. except the nikkei. money has been pouring into that market for reasons we

who participated in the osama bin laden raid to testify in court for bradley manning. he's accused of leaking documents to the wikileaks website that mirrored those found -- those found during the raid. the navy s.e.a.l. has documents that mirrored those in bin laden's suggestion, they say. >>> in a bill to stop the practice known as swatting has been passed by the senate. swatting works like this -- police get an emergency call about a crime at a home of a celebrity. when they arrive, they found it's a prank. russell brand became the latest victim. they got a call about an armed robbery in progress. the report was false. >> just last week we had rihanna, selena, justin timberlake and shawn coombs' home. all within a 72-hour period. >> the bill would make the swatters or if they are underage, their parents pay for the response. one swatting call can cost $10,000. >>> the cleanup continues in san francisco from a storm this week. powerful gusts prout down giant trees like this one on sunset boulevard. there was heavy damage at lake her red, harding golf course, the olym