the c.i.a. a senate report detailed the treatment. many questions were unanswered, including what, if anything would be done to those. >> al jazeera contributor lindsay moran did a special section on this as the former c.i.a. agent >>> khalid sharif spent two years in a stret prison, not knowing if he would live or die. >> what are the officers told me i can pull out my gun, kill you and i will not be accountable. if you don't speak. outside. >> it wasn't one of his men that made the threat. it was an american working for the c.i.a. when sharif was imprisoned by the americans, he was a high ranking member of the libyan group bent on tackling muammar gaddafi. he was living in exile as a devout muslim, the americans thought he way know something about al qaeda. >> translation: after 9/11 america didn't distinguish between these that attacked them and those did not. we didn't have tieless, our goal was to fight muammar gaddafi. >> al-sharif spent two years at a black site after being snatched from

a secret cable reveals a c.i.a. operative in east jerusalem asked his south african counterpart to put them in touch. the south african writes that the c.i.a. seems desperate to make in roads in hamas and gaza. he said south africa would benefit in that we would establish collective priorities and they would know what the c.i.a. is up to. meanwhile in 2009, south africa's spy chief gets a direct phone call. he's shocked at the protocol and orders his staff to verify the number. prominent south african jurist richard gold stone led a report and crucially the report said israel committed numerous war crimes. the palestinian authority leader was said to privately support the israeli position and wants south africa to vote it down. according to mossad's top man. the cable reveal how they are privately forming clandestine alliances they would never admit to in public. >> one of the claims in the spy cable has been denied that president abbas with the help of israel tried to persuade africa not to approve the report. take

a secret cable shows a c.i.a. operative in east jerusalem asked his south african counterpart to put them in touch. he writes the u.s. seems did he also pretty to make in roads in hamas and gas. he said by doing so, south africa will benefit in that we would establish collective priorities and requirements of the c.i.a. in other words, they would know what the c.i.a. is up to. meanwhile, in 2009, south africa's spy chief gets a direct phone call from assad boss. he's shocked at the breach of protocol and orders his staff to verify the number. later, a meeting. assad wants south africa to vote down the gold stone report, a u.n. fact-finding mission after the 2009 gaza war. prominent south african jurist led it and crucially the reported said israel committed numerous war crimes. the mayor said the palestinian authority leader abbas privately supports the israeli position and also wants south africa to vote it down. according to the top man, he felt voting in favor of the report would play into the hands of rival ha

in other words they'd know what the c.i.a. is up to. in 2009. south africa's side chief gets a phone call from the boss. he's shocked at the breach of protocol and orders staff to verify the number. later a meeting. bashar al-assad wants south africa to vote down the goldstern report, a fact-finding mission. prominent south african jurist richard goldstone led it saying israel committed numerous war crimes. the palestinian authority leader mahmoud abbas supported israeli position quietly, and want south africa to vote it down. according to mossad's top man, they felt voting in favour would play into the hands of rivals and weaken his position. in this way the cables reveal how the u.s. israel and palestinian authority are privately forming clandestine alliances they'd never admit to in public >>> and you can read the original spy cables related articles, and exclusive on the website at aljazeera.com. spy cables. tell us what you think on twitter, with the hashtag spy cables. >>> breaking news. a lot of you are interested in this. f.i.f.a. task f

this is not c.i.a., this is mike morell. i think the debate over the number of centrifuges is misplaced. because the number of centrifuges-- we're talking about the number of centrifuges at declared facilities, facilities that have been declared to the international atomic energy agency, right. that are inspected regularly by the international atomic energy agency. >> rose: you said they want one. they want to build one now, and if they don't, why not? >> here's what i can say. i can say that up till-- up until 2003, they were building one. in 2003 they stopped. >> rose: and we know about the guy who left and went back-- >> they stopped. why did they stop? most people believe they stopped because we had just invaded iraq over weapons of mass destruction,ing and the supreme leader was afraid we'd do the same thing to him, right? >> rose: which was the same opinion held by gaddafi. >> right. >> rose: right? am i right about that? >> yes. >> rose: they looked at what we did in iraq and said we don't want that. >> and the north

it was the first look at how the c.i.a. n.s.a., and other agencies work to track down cyber suspects, some of whom have been on the run for nearly five years. industry experts have called 2014 the year of the hack, and it could be more of the same in 2015. scott, consumers are being advised to pay close attention to their financial statements and credit reports. >> pelley: jeff, thank you. in another hacking casualty today, amy pascal announced her resignation as cochair of sony pictures. perhaps the most powerful woman in hollywood pascal saw her sensitive e-mails about stars and president obama dumped into public view. the f.b.i. says the hack came from north korea, which was angered by a sony movie about the assassination of its dictator. tonight, european leaders and secretary of state john kerry are in ukraine to stop a revolution. the white house is considering sending weapons to ukraine to fight the rebels in the eastern part of the country rebels who are backed by russia. elizabeth palmer discovered what the ukraini

and julianna goldman with a master of disguise for the c.i.a., taking on a special new mission. >> it's going to go like that. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. this is our western edition. private information about millions of americans is in the hands of cyber thieves tonight. they broke into a database at this country's second largest health insurer. it's called anthem, and it runs blue cross blue shield plans in more than a dozen states. the company says that database contains 80 million records, including names, birth dates and social security numbers. a gold mine for identity thieves and con artists. it is not known if the hackers got health records. kris van cleave begins our coverage. >> reporter: anthem was one of thousands of health care companies warned twice last year by the f.b.i. that their industry was particularly vulnerable to hackers. in 2014, there were 42 cyber attacks targeting health providers, compared to just five in 2010. in this document, the f.b.i. cited the industry's lack cyber- security st

lindsay moran is ex-c.i.a., she's about to join them. entering a biolab. >> sorry, we cannot confirm your identity concern? >> what is going to be like ebola, but we haven't seen it yet. dr charlotte mcshane is a mechanical engineer. tonight what she learnt about tornados. phil torres. i'm phil torres. 'm an entomologist. that's hour team, nout let's do some science. >>> hey, guys, welcome to "techknow", joined by dr ross shimabuku, and lindsay moran. microscopic things have been making news. viruses. take ebola - it caught america offguard. in some places we overreacted and in other places we doesn't do enough. >> there's a lot of scare around ebola, because we don't know much about it, compared to measles. which is also a hot topic. >> when we think of diseases we tend to think of containment. how do we contain them. i had an opportunity to meet a small group of scientists who are seeking out the pathogens in order to understand it. it might surprise people that metropolis. that's good reason for that. let's have a look. >> reporter: w

perhaps, not all journalists are aware that they are doing the c.i.a.'s bidding but they do not believe there is such a thing as an independent journalist. i tried to explain this concept to them. they were not familiar with it. anyway yeah, i mean, in the beginning, it was very difficult. i was in -- i was in a verge room that has been doctor's office before the revolution, but they had turned this entire hospital into a large kind of torture chamber. so i heard the torture day in, day out. >> you said that there were other hostages in this room with you. who were they? >> at first, i was by myself. the first three months between october and january 22, i was by myself and then they put another american named matt fryer into a room with me. >> you said you heard often torture, others tortured in another room. >> that's right. yes, they called it in a investigation. an investigation is really when they put somebody we they immobilize a person and beat him such that he loses consciousness. >> what sort of information do they want to find out? >> they were

you were telling us about your c.i.a.with taxi drivers. >> when i was in the agency i always struck up conversations with cab drivers. they're almost always from other countries and you nevada know who they are. they could be physicists. it in is a pilot program going on in new york city where they're driving around completely electric vehicles. it's a really cool story. >> imagine a new york city with taxi fleet dominated by electric vehicles. now imagine the year, is it it 2030? 2050? how about 1899. that's right. there were close to 100 batly powered taxis on the streets of new york. that same year one of the electric cabs earned the city's first speeding violations barreling down the avenue at 10 mph. 114 years later electric taxis are back. the city is rolling out six fully electric nissans for a year-long test run. >> this is where i plug in. >> an owner operator who has been driving a taxi for 17 years. he's also one of the test drivers. >> it's something new . it's never been tested before, and i wanted to be a pa

michael morell is the former number two at the c.i.a. he's now senior security contributor here at cbs news. michael, assuming that they're not just simply psychopaths what is it that isis is trying to accomplish by provoking jordan? >> scott, i think they're trying to send two messages. one is that they will not be intimidated by the west, by the coalition high technology. it's interesting the number of aircraft f-16s that are shown in this video. so i think they're sending the message that they will continue on, no matter what we throw at them. >> pelley: are these tactics working for them? >> scott, i don't think so. i think the first beheading that they did was what brought the international community together. the first time, and i think this will likely backfire, too. i think there will be an outcry internationally, and they will not, they will not succeed in intimidating the west here. >> pelley: some of us in the newsroom have had a look at this video and what strikes us is its near-hollywood quality in the production. i wonder i

we're up to 20,000 now from 90 countries. >> pelley: michael morell, former number two at the c.i.a. holly williams our correspondent covering isis from syria and iraq, reporting tonight from istanbul. thank you both very much. in texas the defense opened the case at the "american sniper" trial. the ex-girlfriend of the man charged with murdering former navy seal chris kyle testified. she said that two weeks before shooting kyle, eddie ray routh grabbed a sword and a knife and blocked her from leaving her apartment. routh is mounting an insaint the story of chris kyle, the deadliest sniper in american history, made us wonder how real american snipers are made, and our david martin found out. >> reporter: you can't see it at first, but you're looking at a deadly weapon-- two, in fact--ta marine snipers stalking their prey. this is a scout sniper school at quantico, virginia, where, says brigadier general austin renforth, stalking skills are every bit as important as marksmanship. >> to be able to infiltrate through unimaginable distance that most civilians wouldn't understand. >> repo

arturo works with the c.i.a. and the f.b.i. and he is -- many of these people are managed by someone. sergio pen onwho at that time was with the elight intelligence group, the miami police intelligence group managed cobow. when he was arrested for the drug charges, if you follow that story, i think there were like 9,000 kilos of something, he was there. but they knew how much more there were because he knew. so and he has done a great deal for our country. the second question was -- >> how did the reagan administration obviously respond to this threat? i think traditionally it's been thought of that carter was weak and that castro took advantage of his weakness, but then subsequently what was done to track down these spies or did you find any -- >> i can tell you something very interesting about jimmy carter. jimmy carter is a very, very christian man. he's a very good man. but he reached the end of the line about the middle of september when he -- he was a very good friend of castro. one of the things he did, he was very caref

(olivia) you can't tell anyone it came from me, and you can't bring it to the c.i.a.is morning. that meeting isn't on my schedule. it's so late at night and three times a week. who is it? he's not cheating on me, cy. he's cheating on you. the mole is not in the agency. the c.i.a. is clean on this. thank you, osborne. (quinn) he can't know we're on to him. (projector and camera shutter clicking) his name's jake ballard. he's a naval intelligence officer with the joint chiefs of staff. put him under the microscope see what you find. the more dirt, the better. it'd help to know why i'm doing this. he sleeping with your husband? in a manner of speaking, yes. so this source of yours-- the one who gave you the fax transmissions on the kashfari hostages... yeah? you think there's more blood in that stone? (pouring) there might be. why do you ask? i want you to look into it. me? don't you have a building in langley that does that? i do, but so far all they've done is rule themselves out as the leak. you need some backup. i need some backup. someone i can trust. which these da

a former c.i.a. agent. lend a use of torture. that is this week on "america tonight". . >> tell us what you think at aljazeera.com/americatonight. talk to us on twitter or facebook and come back again for more "america tonight". crops, but not far away sits this... the vast pacific ocean. and so here in carlsbad, north of san diego, the largest desalination plant in the western hemisphere is under construction at a cost of a billion dollars. and farther up the coast... >> we are in the lovely city of santa barbara at our desalination facility that was built during the last drought and we are looking at reactivating the facility to help meet the demands of this current drought. >> twenty plus years ago this facility was state of the art, but time and technology has changed, recommissioning this plant is a huge undertaking, but without it, the region could likely run out of water. is "techknow." a a show about intersection of hardware and heuvment and we're doing it in a unique way. this is a show about science, by scientists. toni

a former c.i.a. agent. lend a use of torture. that is this week on "america tonight". . >> tell us what you think at aljazeera.com/americatonight. talk to us on twitter or facebook and come back again for more "america tonight". >> abducted. imprisoned. tortured. we talked to a cia insider... >> what is our definition of torture, and what are we allowed to do? >> and a former prisoner who was never charged. >> he was beaten, he was denied sleep. >> find out what really happens in a cia black site. >> you will do whatever it takes to get this man to talk. >> an "america tonight" in-depth report: prosecuting torture. tuesday, 10:00 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> welcome to the city of culiacan sinaloa, a place that is known as the cradle of drug trafficking. >> ahead of you lies a treacherous border crossing. >> people have died there and so we're like practically walking into a death trap. >> this is the most dangerous part of your trip. >> so the first day don't kill ya, it's the third day that kills ya. >> we are really

michael flynn who retired last summer as director of the defense intelligence agency, the pentagon c.i.a. holding every top level military post and revolutionized how the military handles intelligence. general flynn welcome to fm news. >> the obama administration issued a new national security strategy on friday and president obama writes this "the challenges we face require strategic patience and persistence and the national security advisor susan rice said this." >> the dangers we face could be more numerous and varied they are not of the nature we confronted during world war ii or during the cold war. we cannot afford to be buffetted by alarmism and a nearly instantaneous news cycle. >> general is that the right way to look at the threat from islamic extremism? >> let me start out by saying that obviously if you read the national security strategy it is complex. this is not about one president or one administration or another. this is about the nation's strategy going forward. i would tell you that we are facing a form of a cancerous component of the islamic religion which has a fanat

somebody it doing to do that, nothing is going to change >>> al jazeera contribute your and former c.i.a. officer lindsay moran here says one of the experts say it goes to vladimir putin. i thought the cold war was over. >> we have seen an increase in cold war rhetorics, and hostilities have never been greater between russia and the west since the cold war, up until now. what you have to understand is this is personal for vladimir putin. he has made no bones about the fact that he wants to restore russia to its previous greatness. so that includes, you know, increased nuclear capabilities, a modernized navy, and what we are seeing new tools in what is essentially information warfare. threat. >> absolutely. >> so much of this is pointed at the energy infrastructure. sac like 50 types of malware pointed at the energy. what is the serious risk. day. >> we have to live with it. inconvenience. >> when you think of new york city, the blackout. a large scale. this could impact americans and go behind inconvenience. >> health risks, absolutely. >> we are not just talking about the grid, we are t

the pentagon admitted the interpreter worked for the c.i.a. the past. >>> president obama could submit a bill today asking for congre of force against isis. one senator who attended a closed door meeting about the issue said the bill would stipulate there would be no enduring combat operations against isis. the senator bob menendez of new jersey says the measure would expire in three years. >>> the man accused of killing university of virginia student will not be facing the death penalty. jesse matthew is charged with first-degree murder and police say he is responsible for hannah graham's death. graham disappeared september 13 of last year and she was last seen on surveillance video with matthew leaving a charlottesville, virginia bar. graham's remains were found in october. >>> new bills are being proposed in maryland to make changes to the criminal justice system. one calls on the state patrol commission to review the status of people who are still in prison at the age of 65. another measure calls for better tools for people leaving prison

delegation was a washington's who's who, from secretary of state john kerry senator john mccain, and c.i.a. director john brennan, to former secretaries of state of state james baker and condoleezza rice. >> jon: holy ( bleep )! everybody. let's see if i can do the math. between saudi arabia and france, that's everybody. minus nobody. ( laughter ) carry the what the ( bleep ). you know what though you know what? who'd want to go to gross paris anyway when you could go to-- ( laughter ) the city of... a city. and just look at riyadh's effect on nancy pelosi and john mccain. ( laughter ) apparently, these ( bleep ) only fight here in america. ( laughter ) apparently, the only thing that can bring our divided political system together is saudi arabia. they really are a stabilizing force. so obama leaving india to go to saudi arabia is really sending a message to france. you want us to come over and march with you guys in solidarity? find a way to turn this into this. ( laughter ) ( applause ) we'll be right back. we did it charlie. at&t's network now has the nation's strongest lte signal. let

. >> the c.i.a. admitted it... >> then you have to start questioning the whole system... >> the rise... fall... and redemption of freeway rick ross >> freeway crack in the system only on al jazeera america . >> it's an unsolved mystery and a sharp indictment of how a city that prides itself on its power, children for years have been warehoused in a building never meant to be a shelter. a facility politicians keep promising to shut down. you might think aafter eight-year-old relisha rudd fell through gaping contraction in the safety net, city leaders would be ready to make good on its promise he but you're i don't think. lori jane gliha continues with the story. >> this hospital building was home for eight-year-old relisha rudd and her family. >> it's amess, to be honest with you, it's no place for children, to be honest with you. >> how many people were in a room? >> it was six of us. >> in 2013 the family was among 600 others living@d.c. living at d.c. general, a stone's throw from a drug rehab center. >> they go through security every day to just to get into the shelter. they eat in

. >> the c.i.a. admitted it... >> then you have to start questioning the whole system... >> the rise.nd redemption of freeway rick ross >> freeway crack in the system only on al jazeera america >> monday, a climate emergency. >> so a species could not be here in ten years. >> nasa steps in to help protect the future of the planet. >> the tropics regulate our climate. >> "techknow" heads to costa rica to see how one rainforest is fighting back. >> wow! some of these are amazing. >> "techknow's" team of experts show you how the miracles of science... >> this is my selfie, what can you tell me about my future? >> can affect and surprise us. >> don't try this at home. >> "techknow" where technology meets humanity. monday, 5:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. welcome back to tech know. you are about to tell us a story about one of the strangely magnificent birds in the world. >> close up it is pretty ugly. so it isn't the most beautiful bird close up. but when it is flying, it is absolutely gorgeous. at 1 point, the population was down to about 22 birds total. and it's all because of

and juliana goldman with a master of disguise for the c.i.a., taking on a special new mission. >> it's going to go like

and juliana goldman with a master of disguise for the c.i.a., taking on a special new mission. >> it'soing to go like that.

. >> the c.i.a. admitted it... >> then you have to start questioning the whole system... >> the rise... fall... and redemption of freeway rick ross >> freeway crack in the system only on al jazeera america . >> i'm david shuster, and you are watching "talk to al jazeera", with sir ken robinson, a leading thinker on innovation and creativity. >> so many people would agree that the education system doesn't foster creativity, are you optimistic that at some point american society will realise this and turn things around? >> america is a resilient culture, there's always reason to be optimistic. it would be wrong to underestimate the challenges. it has major economic purposes, but they are social, cultural and personal. and it's important that we pay attention. at the moment on average across the country it's estimated that one in three students who start the ninth grade don't graduate in the 12th grade. i hesitate to use the word dropout. to call someone a dropout implies they fail. most probably the school fails them. there are lots of programs designed to re-engage children. they are m

american intelligence officials are for the first time acknowledging the c.i.a.'s role in the 2008 killing of a top hezbollah official. they told the "washington post" that american operatives helped build the bomb that israeli intelligence agents later planted inside the spare tire of a car driven by imad mughniyah. he was hezbollah's international operations chief and had allegedly been involved in a number of terror attacks including one against the u.s. embassy in beirut and another against the israeli embassy in argentina. some legal scholars question the legality of the operation, saying it might violate international laws prohibiting what is known as "killing by perfidy." the federal government has issued another massive recall because of faulty airbags. some of the two million cars recalled today by toyota, honda and fiat-chrysler had been recalled earlier. but even after the fix, airbags in the vehicles can deploy prematurely. the recall affects cars manufactured in the early 2000s. for a list of vehicles being recalled, visit www.pbs.org/newshour. a new

and julianna goldman with a master of disguise for the c.i.a., taking on a special new mission.

he told the judge he recognized the translator from the c.i.a.prison and he could not trust him. that was followed by a conspirator there on the right accused of training hijackers in afgh recognized his translator from the secret site but he also alleged that he took part in the torture program. so this complication this morning doesn't even begin to address another complex legal issue which is the allegation the f.b.i. has tried to plant an informant into one of the defense teams. >> f.b.i. agents don't operate in a vacuum. they operate as part of a bureaucracy. from the very beginning, we pressed for anness to the question, who authorized this investigation? we never received that answer. >> and one of the complaints from the defense team is that the case is so tainted that it's highly likely now that one of the 9/11 conspirators will be separated from the other four so two trials will be running concurrently. that's likely to slow it down even further. >> thank you very much. >> military leaders taking aim at the white house strategy against

she has a degree and worked at the c the c.i.a. and they get themselves on television in a place where they can't actually articulate these more complicated thoughts. they should try to find them. >> they think the american people, they believe, are not ready to hear what it takes to defeat these people and the reality is nobody. >> you think that they are not talking to the american people because they think we're not ready? >> do you think this president. >> this president after making a commitment is prepared to go before the american people and say hey, this is what it's going to take to defeat them. >> here's the problem. i don't think american people want to do that, they just don't. you have to, the leader of the free world if we can still call the president of the united states that, the leader is suppose to say i know you don't want to hear this. i'm telling you this is what we have to do. the consequences are not extra wide. the problem is they start with the conclusion. the conclusion is we don't want to send them back t