>> i didn't hack in, but i used what the gchq called code name burlesque. >> the gchq is the n.s.a. of the u.k. >> correct. >> recently edward snowden's files revealed the code names and the capabilities of the gchq. one was called burlesque. it's a tool that you could use to spoof s.m.s. messages. what i did was i asked her for the phone number of a friend or boyfriend. i was able to send her a text messages, but i never hacked his phone. it's a method. >> you made is look like you hacked in. >> exactly. it was indistinguishable that - whether or not it came from her boyfriend. is actually came from me, because i told britney, give kevin my passwords. >> you say you can hack into any company system. >> 100%. we have 100% success rate when clients allow us to sues sa technique, social -- use a tech name called social engineering. we use manipulation and deception to get a tart to comply with a request, like opening up an excel document. in the gchq's bag of tricks, they have a tool, tracer fire. it's an office document that they send to the target, and when that person opens up the

arms to the united states during .he iraq war they have an agreement which is betweenonger than that gchqnd national security agency to conduct surveillance through sweden. >> julian assange, if the case dissolved in sweden, if the allegations were dropped, could you walk outside this embassy here on british soil? >> no, but that case would stop obstructing the path of asylum. we still have the issue whether the british would activate the u.s. extradition request. the british also conducting their own counterterrorism investigation in relation to our involvement and "the guardian's" involvement and edward snowden. there's also questions about the grand jury that were not sure about. is thet feared aspect wikileaks grand jury, which has been the largest investigation impending prosecution of a publisher and u.s. history. more than a dozen different agencies involved. it is very well documented, not just by us, but other publications. that is an issue. when the conflict was at its height in this embassy was completely surrounded -- it is still surrounded by british police. about eight to 16

they show that gchq uses these tools to do things like manipulate on-line polls and send spam text mess -- messages and inflate websites and monitor skype users in realtime and boost youtube viewer ship of videos it likes and sensors those it doesn't like. but at least these programs have cool names like rolling thunder and spring bishop and silver lord. that's what i was called in grade school, imperial barge and angry pirate. >> that's what i was called. >> clearly you were called a lot of things. we must discuss in a new edition of -- we will have a graphic in the corner monitoring meek baker's anger -- mike baker's anger levels throughout this segment because we know it drives him crazy. is any of this a big deal or is he just blowing his hysterical horn? >> it is blowing edward snowden's hysterical horn. i don't know when this will stop or end. it will be an end less drip of documents coming out of snowden and people will say oh look at the hero. for so many -- you know what, i guess part of it is i look at a this particular store and i don't see anything surprising or unusual. gcs

the latest round of documents from edward snowden reveal how the british spy agency gchq has developed a range of secret tools to manipulate the internet by disseminating propaganda, rigging online polls, inflating page views, conducting mass delivery of e-mails, and monitoring skype users in real-time. the news website the intercept published the document, which reads like a menu of covert tools with code names like angry pirate, concrete donkey, stealth moose, and enteral barge, a term that refers to the ability to connect two unsuspecting phone users together in a call. the revelations come as the british parliament is set to begin debate on a fast tracked go to expand government spying powers. a new york times investigation has revealed brutal attacks by corrections officers against prisoners are, occurrences at rikers island jail in new york. a secret internal study conducted by the city's health department obtained by the times found over 11 month last year, 129 prisoners suffered serious injuries at the hands of corrections staff. in not -- and 77% of the cases, the prisoner had