are too good to have you with the fatal whistleblower bradley manning will be decided at any moment now a u.s. military judge is about to pass down a sentence which could see the former army private spend decades behind bars manning was has been found guilty of most of the charges he faced over the leaking of government secrets but was cleared of aiding the enemy and his news i have across and our correspondent lisa catherine of here with me in the studio to discuss the show and also we're joined by michael korda who is president and general counsel for the national whistleblower center as well as a reporter and columnist james kirchick so welcome to the program all of you and let me yes let me address our gas first michael calling and and james kirchick sir michael please tell us quickly your position on bradley manning to just to turn the stand what actually your grounds. mr manning in the middle of room war he acted out of. he did not go about it the right way however the government overreach when to charge him with espionage he was not involved as he was involved with the leak of cl

free bradley manning! free bradley manning! >> smith: manning has been charged with 22 counts, including unlawful possession of classified material and aiding the enemy. >> i was the bradley manning of my day! >> smith: daniel ellsberg, who famously leaked the pentagon papers, hoping to end the vietnam war, came to his defense. >> bradley manning is no more of a traitor than i am, and i'm not. ( cheers and applause ) >> smith: and so did his computer science friends from boston. >> i'm a friend of bradley manning's, and i've been visiting him for the last few months in confinement, and i got to tell you-- it's stuff like this that gives bradley hope. >> smith: manning has refused to cooperate with the government's investigation. supporters say the government is trying to turn him. >> bradley manning has not been convicted of anything. he's not formally been indicted of anything. and he's bunnghed with this solitary confinement. i believe this is an effort to get bradley manning to crack under the pressure a

one hundred thousand signatories of his nobel peace prize nomination attest bradley manning has changed the world for the better he remains a symbol of courage and humanitarian resistance all that belief in manning's impact on the world is exactly the sentiment echoed by my next guest a man who just last week presented to those one hundred thousand signatures of the nobel peace prize committee in norway to talk about the latest on manning and why he truly deserves to be a peace prize winner and joined by norman solomon co-founder of roots action dot org and founding director of the ins do your problem accuracy thanks so much for coming on norman pleasures so first of all i wanted to get your take on manning's apology what did you think i think it's a testament to how bradley manning like so many other people in so many ways is a casualty of war when you think of the trauma that he went through well initially in terms of his father veteran himself by his own account pushing bradley manning to and then his own experience in the military in iraq seeing that he was ordered to send iraqi peo

war crimes has been sentenced to thirty five years behind bars and the prosecution wanted bradley manning jailed for sixty for the judge at his court martial or refused to hand down the maximum. in fact he'll be eligible for parole by the end of the decade while manning's lawyer will seek a presidential pardon for the man who according to his supporters deserves the nobel peace prize and more now from marty's guy in a chicken. bradley manning supporters who gathered at the white house this evening say he sent bruce is unjust and unfair after all many who committed murder got away with less than thirty five years bradley manning has received a prison sentence that was ten years longer than the period of time after which many of the documents he released would have been automatically be classified bradley manning and his the friends are submitting a request for a pardon the president of the united states has the power to pardon him and you see many people here wearing t. shirts and carrying banners that say part in bradley in his request for the president's pardon bradley manning talked abo

the nobel peace prize needs bradley manning more than bradley manning need to nobel peace prize because there is no question of bradley manning's dedication to human rights and peace there is a real question to put it mildly about dedication to those goals on the part of the nobel committee because barack obama wasn't the first controversial race at the end of this award well more and more there's been a tilt to not be independent not to have a single standard of peacemaking or human rights for that matter from the nobel committee there's been an alignment more and more that with without a willingness to be independent there's more and more of just. expressed affinity towards what we call the west which is often a euphemism for u.s. led forces military and political scene as what's happened to bradley manning he still could face up to a lifetime in prison with the sentencing do you think that the u.s. government succeeded and that it will deter future whistleblowers from speaking out i don't think so at all as a matter of fact that moral cat is out of the bag you cannot cork that bottle

"now." >>> 35 years, that was the sentence that army judge colonel denise lynn handed down to bradley manning just hours ago as punishment for leaking over 700,000 documents to the wikileaks website in 2010. manning will receive credit for time already served and could be eligible for parole after ten years. the sentence came after manning, who also received a dishonorable discharge, was convicted on 20 of 22 charges last month including seven counts of violating the 1917 espionage act. at his sentencing hearing manning apologized saying, quote, i am sorry that my actions hurt people. i am sorry that i hurt the united states. when i made these decisions i believed i was going to help people, not hurt people. manning's first leak to wikileak's julian assange was the infamous collateral murder video showing a u.s. apache helicopter killing several civilians including two righters journalists in bag tad. two months later they were rocked with the afghanistan war logs which detailed previously unreported civilian casualties, use of u.s. drones and special black ops to hunt and kill taliban leader

realize that there were things that would have never been exposed to debate it had not been for bradley manning now generally speaking americans don't care much when it's about their governments wrongdoings abroad they care more about domestic policies possibly that's why you don't see a huge percentage of support for manning in opinion polls but bradley manning may have actually gained more support in the wake of edward snowden's revelations more and more people are starting to realize that the government will always be trying to sweep controversial issues under the rug u.s. troops may have never left iraq had the iraqi government granted them immunity from prosecution something that the obama administration was trying to negotiate around the same time bradley manning leaked all those eye opening files president obama would have not announced the review of fairness a surveillance program see if it weren't for edward snowden whether or not that review is just a symbolic gesture is a question worth asking but still we wouldn't be having this conversation if it weren't for the leaks in the meanti

well you hear bradley manning now wants to be referred to as chelsea manning he requested hormone therapy to which the army said no he's going to live in a male prison there's obviously a lot of personal drama involved bradley manning has struggled with his gender identity for a while now in two thousand and ten he wrote to his supervisor that he joined the army to quote unquote to get rid of it of course has been a struggle for him we heard his defense talk about talk about this but his attorney also said the stress that he was under was never an excuse because that's not would drove his actions. he said what drove his actions was a strong moral compas he said that because for most media here personal drama becomes the main story and it overshadows everything bradley manning has actually done and it's easier to talk about his sex than about foreign policy and the human cost of war and that's what grabs the headlines and we see everybody jumping on it and then someone is going to watch the story and say ok this is where it's coming from and that kind of a narrative could be convenient for

ok staying with whistleblowers here and bradley manning's lawyer says that he will appeal for a presidential pardon after the man responsible for a massive revelation of u.s. war crimes was sentenced to thirty five years behind bars of course the prosecution actually wanted manning jailed for sixty years but the judge at his court martial refused to hand down the maximum term details here to answer his guy in a church you can. bradley manning supporters who gathered at the white house this evening say he sent bruce is unjust and unfair after all many who committed murder got away with less than thirty five years bradley manning has received a prison sentence that was ten years longer than the period of time after which many of the documents you released would have been automatically be classified bradley manning and his defense are submitting a request for a pardon the president of united states has the power to pardon him and you see many people fear wearing t. shirts and carrying banners that say part in bradley in his request for the president's pardon bradley manning popped out the post

to discourage future whistleblowers bradley manning also has supporters who were somewhat relievedby the sentence so pleased he is not going to spend the rest of his life in prison as prosecutors wanted his lawyer said in ten years bradley manning will get a chance to be released on parole there is hardly any chance president obama will pardon him really especially in the current environment of the government's crackdown on whistleblowers and environment where you have the new whistleblower edward snowden someone who was not discouraged by the crackdown so the government definitely doesn't want more people following suit as far as public support is concerned bradley manning has probably. edward snowden's revelations more and more people are starting to realize that the government will always be trying to sweep controversial issues on the right. they have never left iraq iraq the government granting them immunity from prosecution is something that the obama administration was trying to negotiate around the same time bradley manning leaked all those are opening files president obama

whistleblower bradley manning's defense will file a request to the u.s. president to have the former army private pardoned manning has been sentenced to thirty five years behind bars for disclosing the largest amount of classified data in american history meanwhile bradley manning has revealed that he would now like to be known as chelsea manning and live the rest of his life as a woman. is joining us now live from washington d.c. a very interesting new twist gaius so what can you tell us about manning's announcement and how will it affect the situation around his sentencing. well you know your how it's going to affect the sentencing. it's how it may affect the appeal process and maybe maybe he could be part of we don't know that but upon bradley manning's request we now have to refer to him as chelsea manning he or she also requested but we're going to go with he for a while and then then we'll figure out how we refer to him here in the news but he also requested hormone therapy the army responded to manning's decision to see to see corman therapy with a

and also bradley manning meanwhile want to be known as chelsea manning and live as a woman for the rest of his life and after you cast your vote check out how the internet is reacting to bradley manning's desire for a new identity and we're monitoring the social media that money created on r.t. dot com for you. right. to see. her struggle. and i would think that you're. on our reporters. and i. could be in the middle. he was still full during the arab spring and he's facing life in prison for allegedly ordering the killing of hundreds of protesters but egypt's former leader hosni mubarak could be freed from prison later today have a back in court on sunday but will now be preparing for those proceedings while under house arrest. explains the decision to release them behind. century the clock is being turned right back to two thousand and eleven before he started any of these trials so it's almost like he'd never been sentenced in the first place because he's already been in detention for several years now can't keep him in there before he's actually sentenced now he has been in jail obv

more than bradley manning need to nobel peace prize because there is no question of bradley manning's dedication to human rights and peace there is a. real question to put it mildly about dedication to those goals on the part of the nobel committee because barack obama was in the first controversial race at the end of this award well more and more there's been a tilt to not be independent not to have a single standard of peacemaking or human rights for that matter from the nobel committee there's been an alignment more and more that with without a willingness to be independent there's more and more of just. expressed affinity towards what we call the west which is often a euphemism for u.s. led forces military and political scene as what's happened to bradley manning he still could face up to a lifetime in prison with the sentencing do you think that the u.s. government succeeded and that it will deter future whistleblowers from speaking out i don't think so at all as a matter of fact that moral cat is out of the bag you cannot cork that bottle because we've had edward snowden we've h

i think the snowden stuff coming after they had already tried to sledge hammer bradley manning, julian assange and others is interesting that a man would still come out knowing what they did to them. i also think it's important to understand that if we keep using these kind of sentences against people like bradley manning to deter people from coming out as bradley manning and he had snowden did, then we aren't going to have the discussion we need to have on have the open government. thinking that these two can work together is absurd. we're not going to have sledge hammer work against whistle blowers and expect people to come out and tell us what our government is doing. we need to have an open government. ed snowden is true. the reason -- he's gotten a lot of support. that's true because he's talked about what was happening to americans. bradley manning talked about what they did overseas. different conversations neld different arenas. u.s. attorney for wikileaks, michael ratner, thank you for your time. >>> one year ago after this week, president obama announced chemical weapons in s

has been following bradley manning's trial very closely our web site r.t. dot com is keeping you up to date there you'll find the latest analysis and opinion on the case. former egyptian president hosni mubarak alstad from power in the revolution of two thousand and eleven could be freed from prison as early as tomorrow the court has ordered his release as part of a case into allegations of corruption but mubarak still faces a retrial over claims he ordered the killing of protesters two years ago well for more we can now cross live to fill true she is joining us from cora so well how come the man who's been accused of ordering killing will now be free and just what sort of reaction are you seeing now amongst the egyptian people over this development. well this is actually a legal decision grounded on proper law even though it seems quite ironic that two and a half years after this revolution people are calling for. ouster and wanted him to be in jail he could be seen walking on the streets in the next forty eight hours basically hosni mubarak has been in de

also blog bradley manning's defense will file a request to the u.s. president to have the former on a private pardoned mani has been sentenced to thirty five years behind bars for disclosing the biggest amount of classified data in american history prosecutors wanted a sixty year jail term to discourage any potential whistleblowers in the future. which account has the details from washington. probably manning has received a prison sentence that was ten years longer than the period of time after which many of the documents you released would have been automatically be classified bradley manning and his defense are submitting a request for a pardon the president of the united states has the power to pardon him and you see many people here wearing t. shirts and carrying a banners that say part in bradley in his request for the president's pardon bradley manning talked about the post nine eleven age the age of the war on terror saying in the efforts to meet the risks the u.s. has forgotten its humanity but will he manage to outweigh the desire of the gove

from our studio center here in moscow which now just turned eight pm this is the whistleblower bradley manning his defense will follow requests to the u.s. president to have the former army private pardoned manning has been sentenced to thirty five years behind bars for disclosing the largest amount of classified data in american history meanwhile bradley manning has revealed that he would now like to be known as chelsea manning and live the rest of his life as a woman what he's going to run as the details. he now wants to be referred to as chelsea manning he requested hormone therapy to which the army said no he's going to live in a male prison there's obviously a lot of personal drama involved bradley manning has struggled with his gender identity for a while now in two thousand and ten he wrote to his supervisor that he joined the army to quote unquote to get rid of it of course has been a struggle for him we heard his defense talk about talk about this but his attorney also said the stress that he was under was never an excuse because that's not woodrow he's actions. he said what drove his

uncovered and the day after sentencing many six became the main story who is healthy this week bradley manning announced that he wants to spend the rest of his life as a female and asked to be referred to as chelsea manning one of the defense psychiatry at trial testified that manning has narcissistic tendencies and i wonder if there's anything to that in the sense that she's announcing this in this very big public way no i think this is really trying to let people have the answer that they wanted she never really wanted this to be public to begin with and when the information came out you need to understand that she gave it to her in a limo in a very private setting in a one on one chat never expecting this to be public now that it is unfortunately you have to deal with it in a public manner chelsea manning's attorney also said his client never wanted personal issues to become the main story and overshadow the debate that the whistleblower wanted to start through the leaks in washington i'm going to. prosecutors wanted a sixty year prison sentence for bradley manning in a bid to discourage bu

plus i exist i don't i'm not really interested in talking about bradley manning i've been talking about the horrific environment of homophobia in russia right now and to let the russian gay people know that they have and they have friends and allies and solidarity from people all over the world and we're not going to be silent in the face of this horrific repression that is perpetrated by the payment by your paymasters by vladimir putin that's what i'm here to talk about all right that's what you're talking about and i don't know how as a journalist you can go to sleep at night and seen what happens to two journalists in russia who are routinely harassed tortured sunshades the hospital background i can see how you can call yourself a terrorist and how you can go to sleep at night i find that abominably trying to keep everyone out of this network should be ashamed of yourself going to jail so they should cover what's happening in russia you should have a horrific and and divide six. way. you know you have twenty four hours a day to lie about about the united states and to ignore wh

whistleblower and former army private bradley manning has been sentenced to thirty five years in prison after he was found guilty of handing america's secrets to wiki leaks. former egyptian president hosni mubarak will be set free after a court ordered his release despite a pending retrial over his involvement in mass killings during the two thousand and eleven revolution. massacre or mass hysteria rebel claims that syria's government launched a major chemical attack near damascus denied by officials and locals accusations coincide with the arrival of u.n. investigators our top stories this hour. international news and comments live from our studio center here in moscow where it's just turned nine pm this is r.t. so to our breaking news this hour whistleblower bradley manning has been sentenced to thirty five years behind bars the former army private who leaked thousands of classified u.s. documents to wiki leaks we'll also be dishonorably discharged producer andrew blake was in the courtroom. colonel denise lind just handed down a sentence of only thirty five years and i say only becau

whistleblower bradley manning hope hans purple washington's will crimes to wiki leaks is now seeking a politician from the white house manning was sentenced to thirty five years in jail this week for the biggest leak of military data in history and dress to barack obama the whistleblower strive to pay the patriot act and to protect be very liberties america's hold dear but the mainstream media has launched a fresh smear campaign against him as if he's going to check out reports bradley manning sentence of thirty five years behind bars has said on and president of punishments threshold for whistleblowers bradley manning should be walking the streets and being treated for who is a whistle blower who exposed war crimes in iraq afghanistan secret war in yemen and the other corruption of the governments the us supported bradley manning supporters gathered outside the white house to call for the president to pardon the whistleblower the supporters of bradley manning say what's at stake here is not just manning the trip but also the future of journalism and the public's right to be informed

bradley manning has been sentenced to thirty five years behind bars the former army private who leaked thousands of classified u.s. documents to wiki leaks we'll also be dishonorably discharged manning's defense is planning to call on president barack obama to release an ati producer andrew blake was in the courtroom. well denise lynn just handed down a sentence of only thirty five years and i say only because private manning came into this case looking at potentially a life a life sentence he would have faced life had he been found guilty of aiding the enemy and then when the conviction was finally handed down a few weeks ago he was downgraded to a potential maximum sentence of only ninety years so thirty five years is really much less than a lot of people had expected and even the prosecution asked the court for a minimum of sixty three years ago that he was first picked up outside of baghdad iraq he was deployed as an intelligence analyst at the u.s. army and he was arrested and charged with a number of crowds related to his admitted role with the anti-secrecy website wiki leaks man

uncovered and the day after sentencing manning's six became the main story who is healthy this week bradley manning announced that he wants to spend the rest of his life as a female and asked to be referred to as chelsea manning one of the defense i. at trial testified that manning has narcissistic tendencies and i wonder if there's anything to that in the sense that she's now saying this in this very big public way no i think this is really trying to let people have the answer that they wanted she never really wanted this to be public to begin with and when the information came out you need to understand that she gave it to her in a limo in a very private setting in a one on one chat never expecting this to be public now that it is unfortunately you have to deal with it in a public manner chelsea manning's attorney also said his client never wanted personal issues to become the main story and overshadow the debate that the whistleblower wanted to start through the leaks in washington i'm going to. and i will exact. one of those complaining in support of bradley manning he says the whistleblower de

yeah we also heard from bradley manning is on deborah than all c.n.n. and she was able to give us a glimpse into manning's character because manning actually lived with her for a time she talked about the strained relationship that manning had with his parents talked about. what it was like that he was really really interested in politics really interested in current events and was shocked to find out that he was joining the army but said that the he she tried to discourage him from joining the army but he really really was intent on doing so because he really wanted to go to college he really wanted to find a way to pay for his education and this was a way that you saw this was a way that he saw that he could actually achieve this goal of his. attorney david coombs after many changed throughout all of this throughout this whole ordeal and she said yeah manning is a lot calmer now he seems a lot more grown up and a lot a lot more mature so his family members today really were able to. give us a glimpse of manning really humanized him and gave us a glimps

private bradley manning has apologized to the court hearing the whistleblower responsible for the biggest leak of classified data in american history said he never meant to cause harm to his country manning tonight faces ninety years in jail and he's awaiting his sentence this war. bradley manning took the stand he remained silent throughout the trial but he did give a very brief statement and i think what he said during that statement shocked a lot of people he started off by apologizing he said quote sorry that i hurt the united states he said he has suffers from issues and there is no excuse for that he said i can't go back and change things i want to go forward i want to be a better person and i got to the point where it seemed like he was just leading to the judge pleading for his life he said to the judge i hope you can give me an opportunity to be a productive person and i say that these statements come as a shock because it was a very different bradley manning than the one we heard during the pretrial hearings where he said that he did what he did because he was trying to do the r

we begin today with the latest in the sentencing saga of bradley manning manning the army private convicted of the largest leak of classified information in u.s. history spoke during the sentencing phase of his trial in fort meade maryland this afternoon r.t. correspondent liz wahl and producer andrew blake are on the ground in fort meade with all the latest here's anders report on today's testimony delivered by dr worsley. in fort meade maryland this morning we heard riveting testimony from captain michael worsley but he testified as a defense witness he testified as a subject witnessed on clinical psychology dr worsley spent a number of years in the military but beginning in december two thousand and nine he directly observed private first class bradley manning while the soldier was deployed in iraq dr were asleep first met with private manning only weeks after manning arrived just outside of baghdad and in till may twenty sixth of two thousand and ten he met with him semi regularly to discuss his his progress during a time of what was later determined to be gender identity issues if you

whistleblower bradley manning who passed proof of washington's war crimes to wiki leaks is now seeking a pardon from the white house manning was sentenced to thirty five years in jail this week for the biggest leak of military data in history and it lets a draft of barack obama the whistleblower stressed he's a patriot who acted to protect the very liberties that americans hold dear for the mainstream media however has launched a fresh smear campaign against him as guy nature can reports bradley manning sentence of thirty five years behind bars has said on the president it punishment threshold for whistleblowers bradley manning should be walking the streets and being treated for who is a whistle blower who exposed war crimes in iraq afghanistan secret war in yemen and the other corruption of the governments the us supported bradley manning supporters gathered outside the white house to call for the president to pardon the whistleblower the supporters of bradley manning say what's at stake here is not just men but also the future of journalism and the public's right to be informed on th

and expected apology a military whistleblower bradley manning says he's sorry for the biggest leak in u.s. history sparking speculation he's being pressured to stop when he's down. and sitting on a goldmine no more the u.s. federal reserve loses trust i mean mounting concerns that it no longer holds their mound of precious metals that would play. hello and welcome to. news live from moscow. our straight to our top story now egypt is locked in a state of emergency after a nationwide street battles which will tear gas and gunfire five hundred twenty five deaths and as many as three and a half thousand injured security forces swept through two protest camps full of supporters of the ousted president mohamed morsy who have to warn you some of the images you are about to see now are disturbing and they're these are just some of the victims of the deadly clashes between protesters and security forces of the muslim brotherhood claims the real number of casualties is much higher than officially admitted authorities are now in forcing a curfew in cairo and several other provinces across the co

mubarak could be free in the next couple of days. >>> a military judge sentenced private bradley manning to 35 years in prison. the former intelligence analyst leaked classified government documents to wikileaks. manning was discharged and lost his pay. not going the university of cal, mr. ellsberg thank you for joining us. we appreciate it. >> thank you, glad to be here. i'm not sure that i understood you. i'm not hearing terribly well, who did you say cost thousands of lives? >> we said that you thought perhaps some of the mistakes that you had made may have led manning exposed has been indicted or less alone prosecuted or convicted for what they did, i would say that bradley manning should not spend another day in jail. there is an unjust. >> you actually said in the past when i hear bradley manning and when i read what he said in a chat log i'm hearing myself when i was--i'm hearing myself when i was manning i was burdened with the knowledge that the war was going on against the wishes of the vietnamese people the u.s. was prolonging that in some vain hope of success justifying the l

private bradley manning has apologized at a court hearing whistleblower responsible for the biggest leak of classified data in american history said he never meant to cause harm to his country manning faces nineteen years in jail and they're waiting his sentence out he says wall has more. bradley manning took the stand he remained silent throughout the trial but he did give a very brief statement and i think what he said during that statement shocked a lot of people he started off by apologizing he said quote sorry that i hurt the united states and he said he has suffers from issues and there's no excuse for that he said i can't go back and change things i want to go forward i want to be a better person and it got to the point where it seemed like he was just leading to the judge pleading for his life he said to the judge i hope you can give me an opportunity to be a productive person and i say that these statements come as a shock because it was a very different bradley manning than the one we heard during the pretrial hearings where he said that he did what he did because he was trying