f.b.i. whistleblower jesselyn radack n.s.a. whistleblower thomas drake former cia analyst ray mcgovern and former f.b.i. whistleblower colleen rowley met snowden in a secret location they are the first americans known to have met him since he was granted asylum in russia in august they travel to moscow to present snowden with the sam adams amir for integrity in intelligence also noted edwards' father arrived at the sheremetyevo airport this morning one has yet to meet his son but is planning to see him in the next couple of days. no wins caught up with the group of whistleblowers today here's a wrap up of that conversation. well you know some would call them veteran whistle blowers jesselyn radek thomas andrews drake remedy govern colin rowley all sides around the table with me earlier to tell me their experiences of whistle blowing themselves and how they were treated them by the authorities as a result just earlier they met edward snowden at the undisclosed location here in russia we still under heavy security to present him w

f.b.i. whistleblower ties america's grudge epidemic to the highest levels of government. officers used to watch is definitely without a shadow of a doubt a chemical weapons u.s. troops report told us to use white phosphorus in civilian areas the chemical nicknamed epeat by the u.s. army as a weapon the toxic substances agency knows. halt and blooms of anyone in the vicinity so i'm off the time off this is a role as described firing the chemical of people in a process they call shake and bake. we fired shake and bake missions using white phosphorous to flush them out. again and again sending burning white phosphorus they call shake and bake into the buildings. because there's it's obtained this footage of u.s. forces firing white phosphorous into residential homes of the attack the area and anyone in it is simply disappeared the golden reports the pentagon lloyd and denied using white phosphorous as weapons until the evidence became overwhelming. lived through us ok patient of iraq operation desert storm in ninety ninety one as well as chemical attack on nine hundred eight

f.b.i. whistleblower ties america's grudge epidemic to the highest levels of government. by phosphorus was used which is definitely without a shadow of a doubt a chemical weapon u.s. troops report told us to use white phosphorus in civilian areas the chemical nicknamed whiskey pete by the u.s. army is banned as a weapon the toxic substances agents you know see through halt and booms of anyone in the vicinity so i'm of the time offices in iraq described firing the chemical of people in a process they call shake and bake.

f.b.i. whistleblower ties america's grog epidemic to the highest levels of government. office was used which is definitely without a shadow of a doubt a chemical weapon u.s. troops report told us to use white phosphorus in civilian areas the chemical nicknamed whiskey pete by the u.s. army is banned as a weapon the toxic substances agents you know see through halt and booms of anyone in the vicinity so i'm of the time offices in iraq describe firing the chemical of people in a process they call shake and bake. we fired shake and bake missions using white phosphorous to flush them out. again and again sending burning white phosphorus they call shake and bake into the buildings to document the hidden massacres as it's obtained this footage of u.s. forces firing white phosphorous into residential homes after the attack the area and anyone in it is simply disappeared the golden reports the pentagon lied and denied using white phosphorous as weapons until the evidence became overwhelming who's a mahmoud lived for us ok patient of iraq operation desert storm in ninety ninety

f.b.i. whistleblower just one raid act n.s.a. whistleblower thomas drake former cia analyst ray mcgovern and f.b.i. whistle blower colleen rowley met snowden in a secret location they are the first americans known to have met with him since he was granted asylum in russia in august they travel to moscow to present snowden with the sam adams award for integrity and intelligence also long snowden edwards father arrived in the sheremetyevo airport this morning lonnie has yet to meet with his son but is planning to see him in the next couple of days archies kevin owen caught up with a group of whistleblowers today for a sort of meeting of the minds here's a wrap up of that conversation well you know some would call the veteran whistleblowers just would rather. read mcgovern coley rowley to run the table with me earlier to tell me their experience as a whistle blowing themselves and how they were treated by the authorities as a result just earlier they would snowden at undisclosed location here in russia we still under heavy security

f.b.i. whistleblowers coleen rowley and just one radek the latter two join me now to discuss their visit and what lies ahead for mr snowden thanks much for coming on justin and colleen so much. so just start with you both went to russia you presented edward sort of at the same out of the terrier world what is this award all about and why did you choose to give it to him well this award is true recognize people who have shown courage and integrity in the in intelligence communities where it can be particularly hard to speak up because those people are unprotected it doesn't necessarily have to go to a whistleblower but often has and we felt it was very important to give it to edward snowden because he had engaged in that magnificent amazing act of civil disobedience and basically threw away his life as he knew it to do so to help people here in america certainly did call him and move on to you considering the reach of n.s.a. control do you guys take any precautions to make sure his location was revealed. well we didn't take too much for cautions ourselves other than we did take laptops with u

f.b.i. whistleblowers coleen rowley and just one radek the latter to join me now to discuss their visit and what lies ahead for mr snowden thanks much for coming on justin and colleen so much. so just one start with you both went to russia you presented edward snowden with the sand out of the terrier world what is this award all about and why did you choose to give it to him well this award is true recognize people who have shown courage and integrity in the in intelligence communities where it can be particularly hard to speak up because those people are unprotected it doesn't necessarily have to go to a whistleblower but often. and we felt it was very important to give it to edward snowden because he had engaged in that magnificent amazing act of civil disobedience and basically threw away his life as he knew it to do so to help people here in america and certainly colin to move on to you considering the reach of n.s.a. control do you guys take any precautions to make sure his location was revealed. well we didn't take too much for cautions ourselves other than we did take laptops with us

f.b.i. agent and whistleblower thank you. last february more than one hundred men at guantanamo bay went on a hunger strike to protest their indefinite detention but instead of addressing the underlying issues pushing these men to put their lives on the line the u.s. military decided to force feed them now sixteen men remain on hunger strike but the technique to keep the men alive remains in question force feeding has been deemed cruel and inhumane by the international medical community and today the federal court of appeals in washington d.c. heard a case seeking an injunction against that very practice artie's sam sachs was there and brings us more. u.s. federal court of appeals here in washington d.c. heard arguments that in a case challenging the force feeding of guantanamo bay detainees three detainees have challenge there for speeding and i've asked the court to put an end to it the issue at hand today was whether or not the court even has jurisdiction to do that because earlier this year a u.s. district judge ruled tha

f.b.i. agent. turned whistleblower again if you could briefly tell all of you is an open about your story how you were treated well i was also a legal counsel that taught constitutional law to f.b.i. agents and police for thirteen years and so when you saw this one hundred eighty degree switch to the war paradigm and the use of intelligence rather than judicial process due process you know the the law of interrogation i had to speak out and explain the failures of nine eleven except yourself i was still employed in the f.b.i. and i did not get fired i have to say that regrets that i'm aware of usually stem from the fact that people didn't speak out we the sam adams story itself is one of somebody who went through vietnam and did not go public with the these concerns and so it's quite the opposite that the regret comes from not being able to get this important information out about illegal acts risks to public safety fraud waste and abuse of the fork over on the table to any person although i'm sure you should receive it that hasn't received the somehow terms of ward yeah tell us a little bit about the

f.b.i. agent just so. whistleblower again if you can briefly tell all of you is an open about your story how you were treated well i was also a legal counsel that taught constitutional law to f.b.i. . and please for thirteen years and so when you saw this one hundred eighty degree switch to the war paradigm and the use of intelligence rather than judicial process due process you know the law of interrogation i had to speak out and explain the failures of nine eleven except just so i was still employed in the f.b.i. and i did not get fired i have to say that regrets that i'm aware of usually stem from the fact that people didn't speak out we the sam adams story itself is one of somebody who went through vietnam and did not go public with the these concern.

f.b.i. agent so. whistleblower again if you could briefly tell if you was an open about your story how you were treated we gretz that i'm aware of usually stem from the fact that people didn't speak out we the sam adams story itself is one of somebody who went through vietnam and did not go public with the these concerns and so it's quite the opposite that the regret comes from not being able to get this important information out about illegal acts risks to public safety fraud waste and abuse what was the reaction from snowden last night when you told him that he had won this civil war he already knew because we awarded to two months ago that the problem was getting it to him and it is our tradition starting with colin that we physically present this it's sort of like an emmy or not what it is is a candlestick holder for someone who has shone bright light into the dark corners so he knew he was he didn't know about the candlestick holder knew that he had cheated the award and you know we were coming you know the re

f.b.i. agent just so. turned whistleblower again if you can briefly tell of you as an open about your story how you were treated well i was also a legal counsel that taught constitutional law to f.b.i. agents and police for thirteen years and so when you saw this one hundred eighty degree switch to the war paradigm and the use of intelligence rather than judicial process due process you know the law of interrogation i had to speak out and explain the failures of nine eleven except yourself i was still employed in the f.b.i. and i did not get fired i have to say that we gretz that i'm aware of usually stem from the fact that people didn't speak out we the sam adams story itself is one of somebody who went through vietnam and did not go public with the these concerns and so it's quite the opposite that the regret comes from not being able to get this important information out about illegal acts restore public safety fraud waste and abuse of the fork over on the table to any person although i'm sure you should receive it that has

f.b.i. agent coleen rowley both of them whistleblowers in their own respects as well as just one radek from the government accountability project also a whistle blower and former cia analyst ray mcgovern now those for we were actually quite lucky to have them stopped by our studios right here in moscow last week at r t mr snowden meanwhile did speak out quite a bit he discussed the government transparency situation in the united states let's take a quick listen to what he had to say about that this latest you know relationship to go where we know exactly for sure it's on the wrong. side to the bombs. but they'll stop ok the. first stop will be to try. so strong passionate feelings as you heard right there mr snowden did also say that he doesn't believe mass surveillance actually increases people safety a point of view that he thinks is growing more popular across the world now the organization lucy that provided us with those clips and we keep leaks and the man in charge of that june in the sun has also voiced concerns his name once he said he certainly has r.t. did have the opportunity to

f.b.i. agent coleen rowley jesselyn a radical of the government accountability project all of them whistleblowers in their own right as well as former cia analyst ray mcgovern now our team was lucky enough to have those four in our studios on thursday for an in-depth discussion and now of course with this new video we're able to hear from mr snowden himself and that video was provided to us by wiki leaks now the head of that organization judy this own judge has also voiced concerns as he absolutely did r.t. did have the opportunity to sit down exclusively with the wiki leaks founder at the ecuadorian embassy in london where he's still basically trapped in ins and some ways with no ability to leave now he said that he was concerned not so much for the safety of mr stone and but for the safety of. publishing his we leaked and really working to get his story and that information out there let's play that clip as well but i'm more concerned in terms of present people at risk. of this sort of harrison who was involved in getting. out of hong kong spent thirty nine days with him moscow report protectin

whistleblower edward snowden was shut down by its owner after he repeatedly defied f.b.i. requests for in corruption case details recently revealed by a us court case suggest investigators were apparently trying to track snowden's communications the founder of la a bit later leveson told r.t. why he chose to close the service rather than cooperate with authorities. i took the stance that i did not try and protect a single person but because i was concerned about the invasion and the sacrificing of everyone's privacy rights that was accessing my system i know they threatened me on more than one occasion with jail i think the only reason they didn't do it is because if they had the service would have eventually shut down on its own with nobody to maintain it and the only reason they didn't arrest me after the shutdown was because of the the media the public but it's pretty scary to to think about what lengths they're willing to go to conduct these investigations and you know effectively what's going on is just completely undermining what little trust there was in commercial