employees william binney and thomas drake were very close to jail time after they separately blew the whistle on the government's massive surveillance program which they saw as ineffective an illegal needless to say their careers were destroyed edward snowden's revelations of only confirmed would be drake had been saying for years but possibly unlike binney and drake snowden has also made public indisputable proof of the existence of the programs i had the chance to interview three of these men john kiriakou william binney and thomas drake they talked to me about what it's like being targeted by the u.s. government take a listen to your in itself is control. and what people will do when they're fearful is they were be will begin to censor themselves so much of what's happening now particular my case it sent it extraordinarily chilling message that anybody i was a senior executive the government had a very high position to say it sends it extraordinarily chilling message that if you speak out if you speak up we're going to hammer you and we're going to hammer you hard because look what

that makes drake as worried as ever.lieves president obama has used that power even more aggressively than the man democrats accuse much shredding the constitution, george w. bush. >> i had private conversations people that used to work in the bush administration and their reaction is we he couldn't have gotten away with half of what the obama administration is now doing. the secretive regime has been expanded. >> far less transparent than the bush administration? >> yes. >> that is another reason why they he have become mass critics of the outside data center saying it would have a limitless capacity to pry into americans' digital lives. >> what is the government going to do with it and what could they do with it? what do the roles or oversights mean? >> the current director of the national security agency general keith alexander. when decline declined requestst down with us for an interview we stopped by the office of a washington think tank where he was speaking at an event. >> will it hold the data of american citize

employees william binney and thomas drake were very close to jail time after they separately blew the whistle on the government's massive surveillance program which they saw as ineffective an illegal needless to say their careers were destroyed edward snowden's revelations of only confirmed would be drake had been saying for years but possibly unlike binney and drake snowden has also made public indisputable proof of the existence of the programs i had the chance to interview three of these men john kiriakou william binney and thomas drake they talked to me about what it's like being targeted by the u.s. government take a listen to your in itself is control. but what people will do when they're fearful is they were be will begin to censor themselves so much of what's happening now particular my case gets sent extraordinarily chilling message that anybody i was a senior executive the government had a very high position that. it sends that extraordinarily chilling message that if you speak out if you speak up we're going to hammer you and we're going to hammer you hard because look what

would be me and drake had been saying for years but possibly on like beanie and drake snowden has also made public indisputable proof of the existence of the programs i had the chance to interview three of these men john kiriakou william binney and thomas drake they talked to me about what it's like being targeted by the u.s. government take a listen if you're in itself is control and what people will do when they're fearful as they were being will begin to censor themselves so much of what's happening now particular my case it sent it extraordinarily chilling message that anybody who i was a senior executive the government had a very high position and say it sends it extraordinarily chilling message that if you speak out if you speak up we're going to hammer you and we're going to hammer you hard because look what we did to mr drake the court is supposed to protect the constitution all these all these people in government take an oath to defend the constitution and they're not living up to their oath of office i never believed i would be going to prison under a president obama never.

that makes drake as worried as ever.sident obama has used that power more aggressively than the democrat they accu person that was accused of shredding the constitution. >> if anything, the secrecy regime, expanded. >> far less transparent than the bush administration? >> actually, less. >> reporter: and they are fierce critics of the massive utah data center, saying it would have a nearly limitless capacity to pry into american's digital lives. >> the real question, what could they do with it? what are the controls, the oversight? >> reporter: we hoped the current director of the national security agency, general keith alexander would answer. when he declined requests to sit down for an interview, we stopped by the offices of a washington thinktank, where alexander was speaking at a cyber security event. will the utah data center hold the data of american citizens? >> no, we don't hold data on u.s. citizens. they take protecting your civil liberties and privacy as the most important thing they do in securing in nation a

i would like to see russell tice, william benny, thomas drake and curt webe testify before congress under oath testify that these programs are unconstitutional and criminal, they have asked to testify and have been ignored by congress. that is exactly the debate that edward snoanld wante -- snowdend to have. that is the conversation that should take place in congress, not being involving the pfizer court, the thousands and thousands of acceptance, it's clearly a rubber-stamp court we need to change that.

russell tise has stated as have any other nsa whistle blower, william ben yir, curtis drake, william webe, that this is the tip of the iceberg, nsa is

but the judge says drakes bay must clean up its operation.hat includes removing clams from drakes sis stair row and cleaning up debris. >>> a man is under arrest and in the hospital after crashing into a house during a police chase in hercules. police say an officer saw a man run a red light on sycamore avenue around 4:30 p.m. yesterday. he led police on a high-speed chase before flipping his car and crashing into the home on lupine drive. police say he is a suspect of a domestic violence incident that happened in pinole earlier in the day. >>> bicycle thefts are soaring here in san francisco. there was a 70% jump in bike thefts from 2006 to last year and that doesn't include thousands of cases that were not reported to the police. only a small percentage of bikes that are recovered get returned to the owners. police are working on a registry of stolen bikes to improve that return rate. >>> let's check the weather. >> we're going to see a lot of sunshine into the afternoon. thick fog in spots. visibilities down to a half mile right now in san

the end the obama administration is not afraid of whistleblowers like me bradley manning or thomas drake we are stateless imprisoned or powerless no the obama administration is afraid of you and is afraid of an informed angry public demanding the constitutional government it was promised and it should be abby your thoughts it's obvious to anyone who looks into this program that. saying spying grid that snowden has shed some light on that this is not about terrorism this is about keeping all of the citizens of this country in a giant data mining grid to control and to keep tabs on us i mean the needle in a haystack there has already been debunked by the government to have said an internal documents that it's actually deterred them from catching terrorists from learning about warnings about the brothers exciter a so you cannot say that expanding surveillance will actually be better to catch terrorists no this is about controlling society keeping everyone under the thumb of the government tracking everyone keeping everyone into a chilling effect on an already ice cold environment for dissen

. >> new this morning the controversial drakes bay oyster company will be allowed to stay home for now with marin county superior court allowing the oyster farm to remain open while the permit is under review but it must clean up the operation. the california coastal commission sued to drakes claiming they were not following environmental regulations. >> developing news, oakland police want the public to help identify vandals photographed in the protests after the george zimmerman verdict. they have released these images to abc7 news, showing a man throwing a trash can at a store window on saturday night. in this picture, another man scrawls graffiti on a street. police want to see pictures or video you may have of other crimes being committed. >> a waiter downtown hit in the face with a hammer will be back at work today, drew was standing outside monday night with other employees trying to stop people from breaking more end withs and that is when someone attacked him with a hammer. >> the guy actually hit my frames and that saved my cheekbone and my eye potentially great not being the

. >>> drake's bay oyster company in point reyes will be allowed to stay open, for now.ge ruled the business can continue to operate while the federal permit is under review. in california of this year, the california coastal commission issued a cease and desist order and restoration order against drake's bay. the orders accused of business of harming the environment. >>> more and more people are riding ac buses. the transit district said figures show a 6% increase in ridership over the last 12 months. that's about 10,000 people a day. an ac transit spokesperson credits more dependable service and better buses for the upswing. others say it may have to do with the economy. last month, ac transit reports having an average of 182,000 passengers a day. >>> well, except for some fog near the coast, most of the bay area has sunshine. berkeley, emeryville, oakland, alameda. some of that fog burned off. harbor master off to the right in that building. i've been through that gate many teams. a friend of mine has a boat there. the fog has retreated back to the coast. there's stil

. >>> the owners of the drakes bay oyster company are fighting federal orders to stop operations at drakes bay after their 40-year less expired. the national park service says the farm negatively affects the local ecosystem there. the owners say they are the victims of unjust attempts to shut them down and will speak in a news conference here in san francisco. >>> a salute fit for a king or perhaps a queening when the royal baby arrives. he or she will be welcomed with two separate gun salutes by the british army. kate middleton's due date has come and gone. the future king or queen of england could arrive at any time. >>> cbs reporter mark phillips explains while people around the world can't wait, prince william and soon to be mother kate are taking it in stride. >> reporter: for all the talk how this will be a different royal baby, this royal father- to-be could be found in familiar regal surroundings waiting for the big day on the polo pitch. the sport of kings is still apparently the sport of kings in waiting and prince william spent part of the weekend charging around on a pony altho

the owners of drake's bay ocean company say that false science was used.he rally is set for 2:30 at the water front restaurant in san francisco, a restaurant that gets iowa oysters from drake's bay. >> a typical summer day here in the bay area. >> temperatures today got close to 90 degrees in some locations. san jose at 75 degrees. tomorrows the temperatures go down just a little bit. not a dramatic cool off from today. tomorrow, livermore in the mid-80s today. back to 84 tomorrow. south san jose closer to 80 tomorrow. and places like oakland and san francisco that got close to 70 you will be closer to 60 tomorrow and tuesday. the cool down lasts until tuesday and the temperatures closer to 90 on wednesday. but we're used to that in the bay. >> 54 in santa rosa. still mild. 61 in livermore and 59 right now in san jose. to start the bay we will wake up with fog in the bay especially at the golden gate and points southward and it will slip into gilroy and livermore as well. as we head through the day plenty of sunshine is expected. if you live in san francis

drakes bay oyster company is fighting in federal court to stay in business. the interior department ordered it to shut down when its lease expired last year. >>> we're learning more about a new recreation destination in san mateo county. a portion of highway 1, formerly known as devil's slide will be turned into more than a one-mile hiking and biking trail. san mateo county officials say the trail will go along the coast for almost a mile before running slightly inland. the permit requires that the project be done by march. it's expected to cost $1.2 million. >>> the earthquakes will have to wait a little longer to play at the team's new stadium. issues at the cruz site across from monetta san jose international airport are causing a major delay. crews say the $60 million stadium won't be ready until the second half of the 2014 season. so the earthquakes will play their first eight home games at buck shaw stadium at santa clara university. >>> this morning are you looking for a job in well, today you can meet face to face with companies looking to hire in san

. >>> supporters of drakes bay oyster company is being urged to reconsider their decision to shut down that company. they claim the boats have a negative impact on sea life. the owners of drakes bay oyster company say false science was used in coming up with that environmental impact report. today's rally is set for 2:30 at the waterfront in san francisco, a restaurant that gets oysters from drake's bay. >>> let's see if it's a good day to have lunch outside. >> i think it will be. later this afternoon, once the sun breaks out, we'll see some pretty comfortable temperatures but a cloudy and cool day out by the coastline. 50 degrees on the coastline, 52 in fairfield. it's quite gusty now along the karkina strait. into the bay, we're seeing those winds stronging off the ocean pushing in low clouds, which by lunchtime, if you're going to be dining outdoors or doing some exercise today, it will spill back inland again before sundown tonight. our temperatures today, 50s. most of it inland towards the tri-valley should see some low 80s and mid-80s toward morgan hill. second half of the week,

the end the obama administration is not afraid of whistleblowers like me bradley manning or thomas drake we are state list imprisoned in powerless no the obama administration is afraid of you isn't afraid of an informed public and formed a republic demanding the constitutional government it was promised and should be so finally what are your thoughts to wrap this whole thing up about both of these men kind of being seen together in the same sentence as whistleblowers. well again i think that there are some distinctions i think some of the things that snowden has had to do have complicated is his situation because it's got drawn into a larger geopolitical concerns and raise other questions in terms of some of the other countries that he's had to deal. with the situation that he's in and some of the leaks he's chosen to make but fundamentally yes they're both performing a whistleblowing function thomas drake is a whistleblower and the obama administration unfortunately has taken an exceptionally aggressive stand against will suppliers and then also. double standards which is the other sign

but the judge says drakes bay must clean up its operations.t includes removing clams from drakes estero and cleaning up other junk. >>> there was a 70% jump in bike thefts from 2006 to last year not including thousands of cases that were never reported to the police. only a small percentage of the bikes that are recovered actually get back to their owners. police are now working on a registry of stolen bikes to improve the return rate. >>> a couple is at odds with the city of san francisco all because of a big tree on their property. ann mars says she and her husband concerned that part of a tree could fall and injure people. they trimmed it in april and two weeks later were slapped with a $1,715 fine for excessive pruning. >> i see where it's thin but even since we trimmed it, it's already blossoming. >> san francisco officials have since agreed to reduce the fine. they say there are tree trimming guidelines because excessive pruning could cause harm to the trees. >>> 6:38. coming up next, put on pause. why a bay area university is suspending

drakes bay is fighting to stay open after the federal government decided not to extend its lease at the point reyes national seashore. >>> muni stands for the america's cup race have been empty. will more people watch on tv? kpix 5 reporter don ford takes a look behind the scene of the enormous television production crew. >>> reporter: they are the most sophisticated most advanced fastest boats ever to compete in the america's cup. it's no surprise then that the most technologically advanced television gear in the history of sailing will be used to cover the raise too. >> carry on. >> reporter: dennis harvey is executive producer. he has covered sailing at three olympic games, five previous america's cups and many other worldwide events. >> i've kind of got hooked on this. it's a bit like a drug the america's cup. you keep coming back to it. >> reporter: he is in charge of three helicopters, two chase boats, and 17 hd cameras. even boat will have 7 custom- made cameras complete with their own tiny wipers. >> all of our incoming sources are wireless so in terms of technical challenges in

it's a restaurant that gets oysters from drake's bay. >>> 9:07 right now. rob mayeda is here for our weather. >> right now we're waking up to a little bit of fog. the bay bridge is out there somewhere. we have clouds about two inches thick this morning. everyone across the valley is seeing patchy clouds, too. not too bad, not chilly as low clouds tend to eep our overnight temperatures up in the 50s. we're seeing that right now, but winds pretty gusty through the karkinas strait. you got southwest winds at 6 miles per hour this morning and the marine winds has made its way all the way to stockton. just in time for the evening commute, you'll see low clouds coming back in with the same pattern we're seeing this morning repeating again tomorrow morning. highs today, upper 70s in san jose, low 60s in san francisco, 68 in oakland, lows inland across the east bay same for tomorrow, but changes will come up wednesday and thursday as high pressure builds in. our temperatures will be climbing back up into the 90s as we approach the weekend. mike? >> he'll show folks

however, the judge says drake's bay must comply with ordersym to clean up plastic debri, remove invasive away from harbor seals in this area. >> the weather we've been having may be contributing to the spread of west nile virus. the vector control district says a dead crow nound alamo tested positive for the virus. the district officials say hot weather allows mosquitoes to develop more quickly into adult mosquitoes. that is how it is spread. they're urging people to dump, orw3 drain standing water in the yard. you've heard that before. and use repellents containing deet or oil ofg# lemon eucalyptus. >> it's going to remain hot here. >> yes. sandhya patel is in tonight with the forecast. >> we're going to continue to see the heat at least inland communities throughout the weekend. so today, wide range of conditions, 94 in antioch. 57 pacifica. 37 degree spread we'll continue to see. let me show you live doppler 7. carryç over right on into the first half of the weekend. live doppler 7 showing you fog coast. not in a hurry to leave soon. you can see it here from our camera, very nice vie

. >>> drakes bay oyster company is teaming up with its supporters and rally. event will be add 2:30 this afternoon at san francisco waterfront restaurant. last november the interior department turned down a permit that would allow drakes bay to continue farming. >>> gambling almost $4 million a year on its new name. the building was bought by a german company who's acronym was sap. >>> 5:37 is the time. it's being -- a lot of other big names in business. >>> plus we'll have more on the continued search for missing oakland toddler. where police are focusing their investigation. >>> good morning. golden gate bridge traffic looks pretty good as you drive down south. we'll tell you more about the morning commute and the bay area weather. >>> good morning. a lot of low clouds down there. even a little drizzle. rather robust sea breeze. that means cooler inland today. 60s and 70s coast and bay. >>> here's a look at the top stories we following for you right now. the red cross is helping people who live in six apartments at a san mateo apartment complex after an earl

however, the judge says drake's bay must comply with ordersym to clean up plastic debri, remove invasive harbor seals in this area. >> the weather we've been having may be contributing to the spread of west nile virus. the vector control district says a dead crow nound alamo tested positive for the virus. the district officials say hot weather allows mosquitoes to develop more quickly into adult mosquitoes. that is how it is spread. they're urging people to dump, orw3 drain standing water in the yard. you've heard that before. and use repellents containing deet or oil ofg# lemon eucalyptus. >> it's going to remain hot here. >> yes. sandhya patel is in tonight with the forecast. >> we're going to continue to see the heat at least inland communities throughout the weekend. so today, wide range of conditions, 94 in antioch. 57 pacifica. 37 degree spread we'll continue to see. let me show you live doppler 7. carryç over right on into the first half of the weekend. live doppler 7 showing you fog coast. not in a hurry to leave soon. you can see it here from our camera, very nice view of the s

. >> the historic drake's boy oyster farm is trying to stay open because the federal government is trying to shut them down with the park service saying it has a negative impact on sea life but marine experts and drake's say false science was used to study the environmental impact. >> mike, how is the forecast? >> cool weather. that is unusual for this time of year. this morning, we have mist hanging around. very moist boundary layer but not giving up any sort of organized wet weather the form of rain. you can see live doppler 7 hd showing it is dry. winds will pick up and a reason why we will be cooler-than-average is our fastest winds around san francisco bay and the delta community from 2:00 this afternoon to 9:00 this evening the wins will come from the southwest at 15- to 25-knots. this morning, you can see how low the clouds are hang around and waiting on word from sfo how long the delays will be because of the cloud cover. slow sunshine today with more cooling tomorrow and i see temperatures ramping up toward the week. you can see a bring start and the reason why is we are four deg

maybe what bugged drake was that chris was opening the show. he did do a great performance. not show up with rihanna. >> how about -- >> hoda, hoda, hoda -- >> by the way, i picked it way before. >> weeks before. >> before anyone thought it was hot. he's so cool. >> there were great performances. >> miley and liam. what's going on with them? >> i just want her to get a new look. >> that's part of the problem. liam is having a tough time with miley's new sexed up image. >> he fell in love with the other girl, right? >> according to him, she jiggles too much and wears too little. >> it's just that's his woman is his attitude. >> she says she's trying to be an artist and she doesn't tell him what to do. >> that's the thing. she looks at what she's doing as a character. a character to sell her new image and her new songs. he does characters, too. >> what topped the box office before we go? >> surprise, right? >> it was "monsters university." >> again. >> but "the heat" that was the big surprise that it did $40 million. it did fantastic. >> lots of women and lots of kids. >> we e

urging leaders to take a second look at the environmental impact of the shellfish cultivation of drake's estuary. they were barred until at least 2012. now that lease is up, and the interior department and the national park service want it to tran sis from commercial development into a protected part of the park. the company says it's a historic part of the community and false science was used to evaluate the environmental impact. >>> fans got to see one of the boats make it's way. nbc bay area has more from america's cup park. >> now a fuel week into the cup challenge series in the pursuit of the america's cup, they're taking to the course four-days a we week. new zealand took on the course on sunday, and at the finish they saluted the fans. >> that's what they want to see, and that's why they came here. >> meanwhile the folks we talked to didn't need a head to head competition to make it part of their sunday. they had plenty of reasons to come check things out. >> it's pretty priceless. there is a lot of people out here, and there is a lot of entertainment options. >> for why we're see

he compared himself to former nsa official thomas drake and u.s. army private bradley manning in the former nsa, strake writing -- snowden added -- its legal advisers sarah harrison has submitted asylum petitions on snowden's behalf to 21 countries, including china, cuba, india, brazil, and a number of others in latin america and europe. but snowden reportedly has withdrawn his request for asylum in russia after president putin said he could only stay there if you stopped leaking information harmful to the united states. if he wants to go anywhere and someone will accept him, he is welcome if he wishes to stay here, then we have one condition. he must stop his work aimed at harming our american partners. although it sounds free strange , he positions himself as a fighter for human rights and he is not going to stop this activity so he has to choose the country for himself and go to it read when it will happen, i unfortunately do not know. if i knew, i would tell you. >> president putin also dismissed the idea russia might comply with u.s. request t