well we spoke to the health and safety executive after we've gone through the freedom of information request and the information they provided what they said to us is they were very keen to put this in context and that a large amount of the substances that were in there they said were extremely low whisper but nonetheless of course it is raising concern because there are these more serious elements from that and i think from industry insiders as that ice they can see about this it's the sort of carelessness the surrounding these incredibly volatile dangerous substances that's really causing a lot of concern now the health and safety executive said that the care in the case on those handling the materials and of course once there are problems that a price then the regulator will step in but of course i would a lot of people are now calling for is a real crackdown on this regulation because a lot of these incidents while there have been some like that will we hospital case that have been prosecuted a lot of them have simply received little more than a written warning and so industry ins

grave process where everything should be very carefully monitored and if he can see from the freedom of information requests that we have in front of us here you know just say many of the sheer volume of these in. it is what's really going to cause concern and of course that type of carelessness that kind of flatness around security could certainly have implications if there were people who wanted to get hold of these types of materials if they balance of the wrong has again of course that would be deemed incredibly serious indeed and so i think really right now what the industry insiders once say is that the regulators take responsibility for this and that this situation is looked at to avoid similar carelessness happening again and. back to china now and its relations with the middle east so in trial with the leaders of palestine and israel are visiting simultaneously although china's offered to host a meeting between netanyahu and abbas neither side has expressed any willingness to attend but for now let's now get more perspective on the drawer visit and what it says of china's role in the middl

grave process where everything should be very carefully monitored and it he can see from the freedom of information requests that we have in front of us here you know just say many of the sheer volume of these in. this is what's really going to cause concern and of course that type of carelessness that kind of flatness the road security. they have implications if there were people who wanted to get hold of these types of materials if they fell into the role has then of course that would be deemed incredibly serious indeed and so i think really right now what the industry is five wants say is that the regulators take responsibility for this and that this situation is looked at through avoid similar carelessness happening again in the. form of german finance minister and he said toby you were project speaks out now saying the single currency is driving the continent into ruin and calling for the euro to be ditched before dramedies dragged into the economic my google details i talked to them. and also about how could turn to tycoon kim dotcom threatens to see new zealand's foreign intelligence agency

grave process where everything should be very carefully monitored and if you can see from the freedom of information requests that that we have in front of us here you know just say many of the sheer volume of these in. then says if what's really going to call concern and of course that type of carelessness that kind of flatness around security could certainly have implications if there were people who wanted to get hold of these types of materials if they fell and for their own hands then of course that would be deemed incredibly serious indeed and so i think really right now what the industry insiders want say is that the regulators take responsibility for this and that this situation is looked at sort of week a similar carelessness happening again in the future. it's a day ninety one of the gone tunnel of a hunger strike with more than one hundred inmates refusing food in protest of their treatment at the hands of the u.s. military to dozen are being force fed a procedure that lawyers have described as plain brutal david roberts who represents some seventeen grand total inmates told us of their m

well if you just take a look down the list of that document that was released under the freedom of information request and you see things like depleted uranium you've got one three third and a huge list of these materials but i think what's causing concern is that whilst the health and safety executive is by and large most of these materials were extremely low with there have been some examples here that on closer scrutiny i recall some alarm in one of the incidents we saw at the royal free hospital names and on balance did it it was cesium one three third and it had gone missing and they're being used for treatment of a cancer patient and if you look at what it actually said describing that material it said that i have the potential to cause significant radiation into race to anyone handling it or even in directly coming into contact with it for a short period of time and who's been missing who's been losing these materials is this public or private u.k. organizations well again just going down the list and you've got a veritable who's two big names in british industry you've got. darby that

conference george judge lamberth said that other judges are too quick to give exceptions for freedom of information act requests out of national security concerns josh bernstein of report political actually reported this the freedom of information act lets private citizens and media access information about the government however government agencies can apply for exception of one claims though through the court system which allows them to keep information secret if disclosing it could endanger national security judge lamberth said that other judges give a quote almost blind difference to these claims keeping citizens in the dark the judge said that the next intelligence scandal may not just be that far away as this week shows as some of those scandals may already be upon us and we're going have to wait to see if there's future ones and that's going to do it for now for more on the stories we have go to youtube dot com slash r t america. technology innovation and the developments around. the future of ard. real damage and complexity of this oil spill was not something you can grasp just by looking a

they obtained the freedom of information act. she earned more than 740,000 dollars over a 4 year period while she made the money the irs says certain agents did single out reviews because they had the word tea party or patriot in their exemption applications. she headed the department that overseed tax exempt groups. many claims she did not plead the fifth correctly when she testified before a house hearing this week. although both sides of the aisle are displeased some say it's not really worth bringing her back again. >> i have done anything wrong. i have not broken any laws. >> i would not recall her, because for one thing i know what she will do is reassert her rights under the 59 amendme -- amendment. >> the hearing was technically never concluded it was adjourned. house speaker john boehner says he hopes to bring her back and get more answers. >>> an estimated 30 million people will hit the road for memorial day weekend. >> some parts of the country are seeing more wild weather. hi there, maria. how are things looking? >> g

it was a dramatic speech and i went on a freedom of information request to get the amount of a donation for the police in golden gate park and they claim there were no records of it. the mounted police have bought sattels at $10,000 a piece when i can find no record of any saddles costing that much and those 10 saddles are not at the park at this time. there is a combination of new ones and old ones. the second of item i would like to speak to is the gentleman that just spoke with beating up the homeless. i don't see the sfpd wasting their time with that when the taxi business used to be connected to the sfpd going back three to four years ago, and today it is not, and today the police do not respond to the majority of unlicensed limousines in this city up to 500, 800 every weekend act as taxis to supplement their income and no trace and no documentation of who these people are. they come from oakland, alameda, the south bay in limousines with blacked out windows. you can't see who they are and impacts the taxi business as taxis and not much has been done about it by the mta or the sfpd

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the freedom of information act is still not working well under the obama administration. some of that is pos/t 9/11. in los war will lead to a decline in information transparency access. anytime you can have less sequence -- secrecy, that is good. less secrecy is needed. it was handled at the outset by partnering with newspapers like "the guardian," traditional newspapers of distinction. wikileaks released documents around the world to newspapers in india, haiti, the middle east, latin america. it has had an impact in countries we do not know enough about. we're doing a project with six editors in latin america to look at how wikileaks has played a role in their politics. >> the media got distracted by the personality issues with julian assange. it is a fascinating, dark, twisted story, whatever is true. " people got obsessed with it. >> that is what happens. >> we have a cover story on the kim kardashian wedding now. [laughter] >> you have to pay the bills. the serious side of kim kardashian. >> i do think it is a problem. we are undertaking a project next year, the kind

they provided a statement that the epa makes freedom of information act waiver determination based onal requirements that are consistently applied to all fee waiver requests, not on the identity of of the report. we will ask the attorney general to review and make sure the process remains fair and transparent. what d say you? >> you look at the comps. this activist group of federal employees, they bat a thousand, 17-17. we were denied 18-20 times. the numbers don't lie. statements by bureaucrats anderson political appointees might. >> neil: this is seriously foya'd up, you know. chris horner, thank you. anyway. >>> you may know him from winning the mirror ball trophy. quite the dancer. we knew him and have known him long before that. when life wasn't so fun or easy or charming. a war hero is back after this. tony used priceline to book this 4 star hotel. tell 'em why. free breakfast with express deals, you can save big and find a hotel with free breakfast without bidding. don't you just love those little cereal boxes? priceline savings without the bidding. which is why he's investing

that's how she's referred to in documents after a freedom of information request by bloomberg news. they filed the request after lip sync gate. not one page mentions the singer by name. >>> new hampshire senator kelli ayotte is defending her vote with a bill for equal pay. they already have enough laws. >> didn't add, it created a lot of burdens. i think it would have been hard to make it more difficult for job creators to create jobs. >> and has gotten an earful from both sides and seen her approval rate i rating dip. >>> two senators kay hagan and mary landrieu are seeing their numbers climb. a new policy shows voters in their home states are more likely to support them following their yes votes on the gun bill. both are up for reelection next year and considered extremely vulnerable to gop challengers. >>> rhode island has become the tenth state to legalize same-sex marriage. the governor signed the bill after overwhelming approval from the state legislature. >>> and in maryland, the governor signed legislation repealing the death penalty. it's the second state south of the mason

number of human rights organizations and human rights investigators to bring all of that information so it comes from freedom of information requests and some of it comes from investigative investigations into particular cases including legal proceedings on behalf of some of that is how. we feel are very heavily on the work of the u.k. legal action charity reprieve which has represented some of the men who are still held in guantanamo bay without charge or trial. what is the point of all this project what are you trying to achieve and what message are you trying to send out . main aim was to try and map the global rendition system to try and provide as comprehensive a picture as possible of higher and higher edition took place which countries were involved and how the cia managed to hide individuals in the system as a transporter from around the world to hold them in prisons where they could be tortured and interrogated purpose there for us to shed as much light as possible on the system with a view to assisting human rights investigators and human rights lawyers to defend the rights of those people who are

chris hedges had this to say about it recently is that all these measures to shut down the freedom of information are symptomatic of a reconfiguration of our society and to and to and to tell of tarion security and surveillance state one where anyone who challenges the official narrative is going to be ruthlessly silenced i mean i thought that that was really a point and how much of a chilling effect is this going to cause for reporters and sources if they think that they're going to jail now for simply doing their job. it has a huge chilling effect because now every journalist out there knows that this is happening and so the next time they get launch with a government official they're going to think twice before pressing them for any kind of important information which is so messed up with government officials that just you and me they just happen to be it should be regarded as a privilege that they're in power not as some kind of you know they're not gods or kings we shouldn't have you know at what point is going to be a law that you can't make if you're a journalist you can't make eye contact

sciences and vocal critic of the national park service and pored through documents using the freedom of information act and looked into findings of the marine mammal expert. stewart concluded oyster boats were not disturbing sales but the park service and usgs changed findings to the opposite listing him as an author he wasn't. goodman wants the newly appt pointed secretary of the interior to investigate. >> to look and report back in a transparent way to the public was the secretary duped? did scientists commit misconduct? >> the inspector general said thr exaggerating claims. national academy of sciences said she misrep tented available informationer another investigator found park employees mishandled research. >> now, park service never responded and usgs says it won't comment. the citieser company will be in court tomorrow trying to reverse the decision to close down the farm. >> tonight the president vowed to get to the bottom of a controversy that the irs was unfairly targeting groups. this week a report will be released claiming agents gave extra scrutiny to dwrupz which subordinate their a

maximum sentence of ten years so here to break down this case and what it signifies for the freedom of information and joined now by abi housen mass defense corps nater for the national lawyers guild thanks so much for taking the time but i thank you for having me so let's start with this plea deal why did jeremy take the plea. well you know he's been as you said he's been incarcerated for about fifteen months now and he's been held without bail he's been denied visits from his family he's been denied any type of visitation from friends and he took a deal because i think he was facing forty two years he is isolated he is in a very vulnerable situation and he basically waited waited out and said you know taking ten years now and having some certainty or up to ten years now and having some certainty is better than the risk of the rest of his life in prison. and shockingly a really interesting twist in this story is that an f.b.i. informant was used jeremy to get to wiki leaks was in on the whole thing can you elaborate on what actually happened here well we don't know all of what happened because yo

maximum sentence of ten years so here to break down this case and what it signifies for the freedom of information and joined now by abi housen mass defense corner for the national lawyers guild thanks so much for taking the time but i thank you for having me so let's start with this plea deal why did jeremy take the plea. well you know he's been as you said he's been incarcerated for about fifteen months now and he's been held without bail he's been denied visits from his family he's been denied any type of visitation from friends and he took a deal because i think he was facing forty two years he is isolated he is in a very vulnerable situation and he basically waited waited out and said you know taking ten years now and having some certainty or up to ten years now and having some certainty is better than the risk of the rest of his life in prison. and shockingly a really interesting twist in the story is that an f.b.i. informant was used jeremy to get to wiki leaks was in on the whole thing can you elaborate on what actually happened here well we don't know all of what happened because you know

it's as the fbi has refused to turn over documents requested under the freedom of information act. legedly match and entioned antiwar.com as its target for investigation into those of corporate the what sizes fbi surveillance by law is the first amendment rights of freedom of the press. for a house panel is scheduled to vote today on a series of changes to military law to try and stop the rapid growth of sexual assaults and armed forces. the revisions included stripping commanders of the route authority to change or dismiss a court martial of each that a conviction also, requiring that service members who are found guilty of sexual offenses be dismissed or dishonorably discharged. once approved, the legislation will be included in the armed services committee's defense policy bill into the 14th. >>darya: all eyes on washington today as fed chairman ben bernanke the times before a joint economic committee on capitol hill. investors and analysts will be looking for any sign of a policy shift. the fed is currently pursuing an aggressive program of bond purchases to try and keep long-te

sciences and vocal critic of the national park service and pored through documents using the freedom of informationct and looked into findings of the marine mammal expert. stewart concluded oyster boats were not disturbing sales but the park service and usgs changed findings to the opposite listing him as an author he wasn't. goodman wants the newly appt pointed secretary of the interior to investigate. >> to look and report back in a transparent way to the public was the secretary duped? did scientists commit misconduct? >> the inspector general said thr exaggerating claims. national academy of sciences said she misrep tented available informationer another investigator found park employees mishandled research. >> now, park service never responded and usgs says it won't comment. the citieser company will be in court tomorrow trying to reverse the decision to close down the farm. >> tonight the president vowed to get to the bottom of a controversy that the irs was unfairly targeting groups. this week a report will be released claiming agents gave extra scrutiny to dwrupz which subordinate their app

it said the fbi has refused to turn over documents requested under the freedom of information act. those documents allegedly mention anti- war.com as an investigative targets in 2004. the website says fbi surveillance violates the first amendment freedom of the press writes. >> a house panel is scheduled to vote today on a series of changes to military law to tiry and stop the rapid growth of sexual assaults and armed forces. the revisions include stripping commanders of their authority to change or dismiss a court-martial conviction also, requiring the service members were found guilty of sexual offenses be dismissed or dishonorably discharged their it was approved the legislation will be in included in the armed services committee defense policy built in 2014. >> jury deliberations to decide whether jody arias to be sentenced to life in ppresent or the death penalty will continue this morning. yesterday's she has the jury to spare live during the penalty phase of her murder trial. she insisted that she country to society from prison if she's allowed to live. it is the same jury wh

and we filed a series now of freedom of information act requests trying to get to the bottom of who committedlony up to five years in prison for somebody in the irs to have done this. >> shannon: and you have filed a number of questions and freedom of information act requests trying to find out who was the person now having determined it did come internally from the irs. what has been the latest response in your push to see who did chit thi commit this c? >> the latest response is down right orwellian. we received a response that said any investigation for violation of the irs rules is itself protected taxpayer return information that they cannot disclose to us the person who committed this felony against us because that would violate the disclosure rules that he is alleged to have violated. it is really unbelievable. >> shannon: there are a number of investigations going on as news of this continues to leak out. the most recent scandal. here is a bit of what the president had to say this week in reacting to news that the s it did target conservative groups. >> it is inexcusable and americans

information they needed, they could govern themselves. >> the founders of the united states gave citizens the fundamental right to a free press. >> a revolution for freedom of information. >> one of the primary reasons for freedom of the press was that it was the only way people outside of power could keep the government from becoming an empire, stop militaryism, stop corruption and the cronyism. that was the function of freedom of the press. >> there's a reason why our profession, journalism, is the only one explicitly protected by the u.s. constitution. because we're supposed to be holding those in power accountable, asking the critical questions. >> one of the first steps of the new government was to encourage the distribution of independent news through subsidies. >> read all about it. >> this was america's revolutionary contribution. the genius of the subsidies is that it did not discriminate against the content of the newspapers. >> the abolitionist movement didn't start in congress. it started in those freely distributed weekly newspapers. and that was really where we began to address the most fundamental sense of the american experiment. >> it si