we'll be bringing you all the latest twists and turns from the controversial legal case of david miranda. america's huge soon to be open new spy complex is the target for outrage with authorities failing to keep the public away from what was supposed to be a secret facility. they put it inside of the middle of an army base so you can you have to go to the protest of the army to protest the n.s.a. . activist bases the already notorious data center in utah which will host super computers able to store piles of phone e-mail and search engine data that has been harvested. and peace in ruins pakistan says attempts to negotiate with islamist militants have been destroyed after a u.s. drone killed the leader of the taliban country. from our headquarters in moscow you're watching archie with me and he said now a our top story british authorities say the partner of the newspaper reporter glenn greenwald has been publishing edward snowden's leaks was involved in espionage and terrorism the accusation was made in a scotland yard document which is being used as evidence in a london court hearing let

legal action against the british government little by david miranda questioning got to see all the action is now well underway bringing you all the latest twists and turns from here in london. and other news america's huge soon to be opened new spy complex is the target for outrage for the already failing to keep the public away from what was supposed to be a secret facility. they put inside of the middle of an army base so you can protest to the army to protest the n.s.a. action has been seen as the already in a tory is data center in utah which will host super computers able to store piles of phone e-mail and search engine data that has been hard. and in ruins the sound of attempts to negotiate is from the militants have been destroyed after a u.s. drone killed the leader of the taliban in the country. oh. it's seven pm here in moscow this is archie coming to you live ammunition now way with our top story this saturday british authorities say the partner of glenn greenwald who has been publishing edward snowden's leaks was involved in espionage and terrorism the accusation was made in a

probably was involved in breaking the leaks david maraniss no challenging him still in the detention through the courts although british authorities insist miranda's actions constituted quote terrorism professor of international security david gold braid believes the government's going too far though. i do think the public has a right to know exactly the overall ramifications of the intelligence community most definitely i think that the issue around how far the u.k. government can go in squeezing an independent an independent newspaper or news organization is totally is totally unacceptable within a democracy and we have a strong and you just will system which is suggesting that the government is going too far and its crackdown on the government but the key thing is that we have to have trust in our and our politicians that they will have proper responsible

now the document was put together it was read pardew's the legal action that david miranda has launched are against the british government that's calling for the documents that were taken for him to be returned and questioning indeed the legality of his detention if you cast your mind back to the end of august he was detained when he arrived from thailand at heathrow airport question for nine hours and had these documents seized from him sheet that was read in court saying that the intelligence indicated that miranda was likely to be involved in espionage activity and that it had the potential to act against security interests big langley was reportedly responding saying that they absolutely explicitly are now equating terrorism and journalism and of course that is going to be causing huge concern this is part of going to play here in the u.k. surrounding press freedom at the moment and causing a huge amount of concern just earlier this week we reported on the prime minister david cameron seeming to issue a veiled threats towards newspapers saying that if they didn't show some restraint

from an article nineteen perspective to give input to the high court case obviously surrounding david miranda at the moment and also do a submission to the parliamentary committee that will be reviewing the guardian in the context of terrorism legislation. you know some officials say the leaking of classified data indeed jeopardizes national security to what extent do you agree or disagree with that. course national security is a very serious issue and there are permissible limits to freedom of expression and person freedoms according to national security and they are well prescribed in international law our concern is that the u.k. government has simply gone way beyond what those normal prescribed limits are. and therefore the oversight and accountability of those actions is very much a question. well you know the chief of the u.k. spy asian. these will be testify expected i should say to testify in public this week what do you expect to hear from them what would you like them to say. probably more of the same i would have thought this very open ended argument that the mass surveillance that

raided by g c h q agents and hard drives were destroyed as well you may recall that a month later david miranda partner of former guardian journalist glenn greenwald was detained for nine hours at heathrow airport he was in transit between birth and rio after beating a filmmaker who was apparently involved in breaking the leaks david miranda and stanley no challenging as to tensions through the courts although british authorities insist around his actions constituted terrorism we talked to professor of international security david gold braid he believes the government's going too far. i do think the public has a right to know exactly the overall ramifications of the intelligence community most definitely i think that the issue around how far the u.k. government can go in squeezing an independent and independent newspaper or news organization is totally is totally unacceptable within a democracy and we have a strong judicial system which is suggesting that the government is going too far and its crackdown on the government but be here in years is that we have to have trust in our and i'll effici

we'll be bringing you all the latest twists and turns from the controversial legal case of david miranda. america's huge soon to be open new spy complex is the target for outrage with authorities failing to keep the public away from what was supposed to be a secret facility. they put it inside of the middle of an army base so you can't you have to be protesting the army to protest the n.s.a. . activities businesses they already notorious data center in utah which will host super computers able to store piles of phone e-mail and search engine data.

legal action against the british government little by david miranda questioning got it see all that actions now well underway we'll be bringing you all the latest twists and turns from here in london. and other news america's huge soon to be open new spy complex is the target for outrage with an already failing to keep the public away from what was supposed to be a secret facility. they put it inside of the middle of an army base so you can't yet you would be protesting the army to protest the n.s.a. action has been seen as the already in a tory as data center in utah.

that that letter raises and their concerns center around the use of terrorism legislation against david miranda when he was detained at heathrow airport they also talk about the sustained pressure against media organizations reporting the edward snowden leaks the guardian newspapers come . to mind back they had government officials actually enter their building and destroy the hard drives now i think a very interesting point that the lesson makes is over the potential violation of freedom of expression now this is the argument we hear the u.k. government use a lot when they're condemning the leaks being published that it's damaging national security in the u.k. and iraq permissible limits to freedom of expression and person freedoms according to national security and there will prescribed in international law our concern is that the u.k. government has simply gone way beyond what those normal prescribed limits are now in the letter it says that the protection of national security can be a legitimate reason for limiting the freedom of expression but and this is the really important point that go

was involved in terrorism and espionage and the statement was disclosed during a court hearing david miranda filed a legal action against the british government seeking the return of his possessions and they review of the legality of his detention and nine hour questioning among the things come a schedule with materials supplied by edward snowden which the authorities said could endanger people's lives if released greenwald lambasted the claims in an e-mail to reuters he said the government was quote absolutely an explicitly equating terrorism with journalism. well we'd like to know what you think about the ongoing n.s.a. scandal and you can log on to our website r t dot com and participate in our latest world wide hole let's bring up some numbers for you here on r t today we're asking given the stream of n.s.a. spy revelations since june what impact will further leaks have on here are the numbers for you so far the majority believing that politicians will make more noises about respecting privacy but will do nothing to rein in the government wiretapping almost a quarter saying they'll lead

supplied by edward snowden that claim was made in a scotland yard sent a statement at a court hearing david miranda was detained at london airport in august question for nine hours and then released without charges after that he took legal action against the u.k. government demanding the return of materials police seized from him the authorities started their own criminal probe without spelling out the basis for the investigation through they said they're reviewing items miranda was carrying which include fifty eight thousand documents from us a u.k. intelligence now the n.s.a. revelations have been piling up and many believe more leaks are to come so what impact will they have that's what we're asking you on our website today sixty percent of you so far have said that politicians will talk more about privacy but do nothing almost a quarter are predicting a rise in public discontent and more protest a little more than ten percent believe there will be no effect at all as everyone is already used to the leaks now the minority just four percent are hoping for steps to secure privacy and curb surveill

journalist who closely was working with edward snowden was involved in terrorism and espionage david miranda was detained at heathrow airport in august question for nine hours his belongings were seized among the things with materials supplied by edward snowden the authorities claimed he knowingly carried objects that if released could endanger people's lives a miranda has filed a legal action against the british government seeking the return of his possessions and the review of the legality of his detention well here at r.t. would love to know what you think about the ongoing n.s.a. scandal you can always log onto our website r.t. dot com and participate in our latest web poll and let's bring up the numbers for you here on the program today we are asking you given the stream of n.s.a. spy revelations since june what impact will further leaks have also for the majority believing that politicians will make more noises about respecting previous see but do nothing to rein in the government snooping almost a quarter say they will see a rise in social resistance to n.s.a. practices such as the re

terrorism and that's vietnam's now the statement was disclosed during a court hearing earlier david miranda filed a legal action against the british government seeking the return of his possessions and a review of the legality of his detention and nine hour questioning among the things confiscated were material supplied by edward snowden it's the authorities that could endanger people's lives if released greenwald lamba the claims in an e-mail to reuters news agency he said the government with absolutely and explicitly equating terrorism with journalism. now the country is targeted the most by the n.s.a. snooping activities are seeking ways to put a bridle on u.s. surveillance germany and brazil submitted a resolution to the un general assembly hoping to create international oversight mechanisms that would prevent their governments from being spied on. but the chinese confusion between switzerland and sweden the countries consulates have come up with a funny solution to explain which is which head to our website find out the details . ukraine's gearing up to sign a landmark partnership deal

agents and hard drives were destroyed a month later david miranda the partner of foreign guardian journalist glenn greenwald was detained for nine hours at his or airport and he was in transit between berlin and rio de janeiro after meeting a filmmaker who was involved in the break. that leaks the man is challenging his attention although british authorities insist miranda's actions constituted terrorism and finally last month prime minister david cameron threatened publishers of intelligence leaks with legal action but has there been a national security david galbraith believes the government's going too far. i do think the public has a right to know exactly the over already i think asians of the intelligence community most definitely i think that the issue around how far the u.k. government can go in squeezing an independent and independent newspaper or news organization is totally is totally unacceptable within a democracy and we have a strong judicial system which is suggesting that in fact the government is going too far and its crackdown on the government but the key thing is that we h

involved in terrorism and espionage the statement was this close during the course hearing earlier david miranda filed a legal action against the british government seeking the return of his possessions and a review of the legality of his detention and nine hour questioning among the things confiscated were material supplied by edward snowden which the authorities said could endanger people's lives if released greenwald lambasted the claims in an e-mail to our reuters news agency he said the government was absolutely and explicitly equating terrorism with journalism. when we would like to find out what you think about the ongoing n.s.a. scandal log on to our website are two dot com to participate in our latest web poll today we're asking you given the stream of n.s.a. spy revelations since june what impact will further leaks have so far the majority of you believe politicians will make more noises about respecting privacy but do nothing to rein in government snooping almost a quarter says they will lead to a rise in social resistance to n.s.a. practices such as recent stop watching us march in w

which had some of the files were raided by agents and hard drives were destroyed and months later david miranda partner a former guardian journalist glenn greenwald was detained for nine hours at heathrow airport he was in transit between berlin and after meeting a filmmaker who was involved in breaking the leaks well the man is challenging his attention through the courts although british authorities insist moran his actions constituted terrorism and finally last month prime minister david cameron threatened publishers of intelligence leaks with legal action. now we'll be talking we'll be discussing the implications of all of this a little bit later in the program with an expert in the meantime like to remind you that you're watching r t coming to you live from moscow and later in the program japan is braced for the most dangerous operation at the crippled fukushima nuclear power plant since the two thousand and eleven meltdown and our t. crew is monitoring events there. plus nuclear negotiations with iran kick off in geneva with guarded optimism later in the program we'll speak live with a sp

in a british court have shed new light on why london police detained glenn greenwald's partner david miranda back in august they thought his position of top secret intelligence documents. made him a terrorist yes a terrorist in the metropolitan police's opinion miranda was a threat to public safety because he was going to bring the documents to greenwald who would then publish them in the guardian court documents known as the court's circulation sheets read as follows the disclosure or threat of disclosure is designed to influence a government and it's made for the purpose of promoting a political or ideological cause it's their fault therefore falls within the definition of terrorism and as such really requires that the subject is examined under schedule so schedule seven is a reference to the part of the u.k. terrorism act of two thousand. was always mean well it means that the london metropolitan police think that journalism is terrorism and that is very very. coming up boulder colorado is leading the charge when it comes to making the fossil fuel industry paid to clean up its waste it is