in february, mike rogers, chair of the house intelligence committee, accused glenn greenwald of selling stolen goods are reporting stories on the nsa documents. greenwald and poitras were accompanied by an aclu attorney,

in february, mike rogers, chair of the house intelligence committee, accused glenn greenwald of selling stolen goods are reporting stories on the nsa documents. greenwald and poitras were accompanied by an aclu attorney, greenwald'ster, and partner david miranda. last year he was to tame for nine hours that lenin to throw airport under an anti-terrorism law. at the george polk awards ceremony friday, poitras and greenwald were joined by their colleagues you and mccaskill of "the guardian" and barton gelman of "the washington post," who share the award with them. this is laura poitras followed by glenn greenwald in their acceptance speeches. >> i am incredibly honored to be here and thankful to the polk committee for giving me a really good excuse to come home. this is the first time i have been home since i boarded the plane with glenn and ewen to hong kong. it is also quite disorienting. the field of what would look at was a lot of uncertainty, risk and a concern for everyone. it is extraordinary to be here and receive this award, but i think it is also important that we remember when

of the story lives in brazil.rican journalist at the >> we've had to come to rio to speak to glenn greenwald. he hasn't returned to the united states since he broke the story about the nsa surveillance programs for fear of being prosecuted. >> the nsa's goal really is the elimination of privacy globally. some of america's best-kept secrets are out. by now, most of the world has heard the name edward snowden. the former national security agency contractor who released thousands of classified documents about government surveillance in one of the most significant leaks in u.s. history. he's been charged with espionage and has been living in russia under temporary asylum. the american journalist at the center of the story lives in brazil. >> we've had to come to rio to speak to glenn greenwald. he hasn't returned to the united states since he broke the story about the nsa surveillance programs for fear of being prosecuted. >> the nsa's goal really is the elimination of privacy globally. it is literally a system designed to monitor all forms of human behavior inside the united states, which is th

the leaks of whistleblower edward snowden who shared nsa files with journalist laura poitras, glenn greenwald, you and mccaskill, and barton gelman. the group also won a george polk journalism award last week. in a statement, snowden honored the journalist involved saying -- and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!,

this is laura poitras followed by glenn greenwald in their acceptance speeches. >> i am incredibly honored to be

and his colleagues through their investigative reporting this friday glenn greenwald returned to the united states his homeland for the first time since the n.s.a. scandal broke how was your return back home to experience into it if you knows very smooth which is what we expected which is why we came back because we didn't think that the u.s. government would do something really counterproductive and they didn't so we're having we've seen glenn greenwald's and his colleagues attacked in the queues them being traitors accused of being criminals and accomplices and possibly operations were reason whether they should be tried in the united states for doing their job and certainly this is started a whole major debate on the role of journalists in modern society and being intimidated for telling the truth there are ways to intimidate journalist you can imprison them in mass but there are other ways to do it and calling journalists working on stories accomplices or having powerful chairmen of committees specifically accused journalist of being criminals and advocating for the prosecution o

it would be a judge who would have to rule that bringing glenn greenwald forward to reveal his sources would protect the future security of the united states. that is a lot better than the justice department saying you have to reveal your sources, no contents, no independent art work her -- no independent arbiter, etc. if the judge thought there was future damage, potential damage to the security of the united states, he would have to testify. there is a chance he would not. i would be up to the judge, and you would have to look at the ramifications of the case. and he would get notice so he could prepare as opposed to someone just swooping in on him do,telling him twhat to looking at his records. it is probably not enough protections to satisfy him, that is for sure, but it is better. >> his concern is not only that he might be compelled to testify. they did not have edward snowden here to prosecute so they are not proceeding where he could be compelled to testify, i guess. his concern is judging from the language of some of the national security officials the administration has used,

glenn greenwald went to hong trust. both organizations spent a lot of time with the information, parsed it out, contextualized it. some said the documents fell in their lap, that's not the case. a lot of work was done. we saw two different propose as to how the information presented. >> that's what the art from the paul itser board was, as to why they awarded the paul itser to two different organizations for technically the same story. >> absolutely. if you talk to the editors at the guardian and the post, they have a different view on how they contribute to the story. glenn greenwald worked hard with edward snowden, and should be credited for bringing a lot of this to light. the stories focussed more on the context and had an even bigger impact in tmps of exposing certain revelations such as prison, and things like that. >> what kind of impact will the conversation. >> you are seeing the editors from the papers being more outspoken in their willingness to credit edward snowden. we talked to martin baron, the executive

us government wanted to do something really counterproductive and they didn't so have we seen glenn greenwald and his colleagues attacks and accused of being traitors accused of being criminals and accomplices and possibly up questions were raised on whether they should be tried in the united states for doing their job and certainly this it started off cold natured debate on the role of journalists in modern society and being intimidated or telling the truth. there are ways to commit a journalist you can imprison them en masse. but there are other ways to do it and calling journalists working on stories accomplices or having powerful chairman of committees specifically accused journalists of being ivan also advocating for the prosecution are having major media figures openly debate whether we are not prosecuted is a way to intensify the climate here but all of these top six of the year being used against journalists but meanwhile did say that it was a matter of principle to return to the united states. thus none of the information that was revealed word of the province of the lights without e

and along with glenn greenwald she traveled to hong kong last may to interview snowden. bart gellman is a senior fellow at the century foundation, author and pulitzer prize winning reporter over many years on national security issues. glenn greenwald is an investigative journalist, author, and columnist now at first look media which is the new journalistic venture, which as you know is backed by the ebay founder. he's also a former constitutional and civil rights lawyer. hi, everyone. the most obvious fact about the three of you right now is that you are not here. and i remember glenn when i met you in rio, you saying that there was a nontrivial chance that if you traveled to the united states you would be arrested. so could i begin by asking you if you still feel that way and why you do? >> i feel that way even more now since you were here, which i don't recall exactly when it was, but it was a couple months ago, there have been other episodes where international security officials have made it clear that they view what we're doing as being not just improper or dangerou

described the verdant -- vera bradley at sign american anti-american and anti-western views that glenn greenwald and snowden himself, they did not want to live in the world, they said, where everything was under surveillance and everything you said and it was recorded, but is happy to live in an fsb safe house, cozying up to the closest friends of vladimir putin. >> this morning james clapper said the terrorists and other adversaries are going to school on u.s. intelligence sources and that the insights they are gaining are making our job much harder. you talked about how there are specific instances where there is chatter when the terrorists are changing their operating mode talking about avoiding certain things based on the snowden documents. can you talk a little bit about that? >> yes, we have seen from our own intelligence how groups in south asia and terrorist groups pose a threat to us have been delighted to be told by edward snowden how the cyber security services went about intercepting communications. information,at they have made those less exploitable. i think there are three element

and his colleagues through their investigative reporting this friday glenn greenwald returned to the united states his homeland for the first time since the n.s.a. scandal broke arguably one of the top news stories of the last decade we caught up with him at the george polk award where he was being honored for his work. in syria called towns in the back was just good i'm happy to be here but try going back it would sure sure yeah that's the main reason we came in the first instance i'm excited for apart from the massive surveillance conducted by the n.s.a. and the u.s. government on millions of americans and people throughout the world a major debate was started by the n.s.a. scandal about the rule of journalists in modern society clearly we seem glenn greenwald's and his colleagues attacked an accused of being traitors accused of being criminals and accomplices and possibly questions were raised on whether they should be tried in the united states for doing their job and certainly this is started a whole major debate on the role of journalists in modern society and being intimidated

when glenn greenwald's partner, maranda, was arrested, not only was he carrying a memory stick with 56,000 u.k. secret files on it, in his pocket he carried a piece of paper with one of the codes for the encrypted files area that was the level of security by which they were doing this. not only did i think they had particularly ulterior motives, but it was more like james bond in the way that they were carrying it out, which would be comical if it were not so tragic and dangerous. i think we therefore have to assume that the places he chose to visit, china and russia, must have access to those particular documents, given that their own security was superior. one of the instance -- incidences from "the new york times," where greenwald travel to hong kong, they were walking up and down discussing the contents of these documents so freely that they would disturb in passengers around them. these are some of the national secrets that we expect governments and its employees to protect for us. i think we have to assume that a great deal, if not all of this information was completely compromised.

which is in line with what i described the verdant anti-american and anti-western views that glenn greenwald and snowden himself, they did not want to live in the world, they said, where everything was under surveillance and everything you said and it was recorded, but is happy to live in an fsb safe house, cozying up to the closest friends of vladimir putin. crawfordorning james said the terrorists and other adversaries are going to school on u.s. intelligence sources and that the insights they are gaining are making our job much heart -- much harder. you talked about how there are specific instances where there is chatter when the terrorists are changing their operating mode talking about avoiding certain things based on the snowden documents. >> yes, we have seen from our own intelligence how groups in south asia and terrorist groups that we don't pose a threat to us have been delighted to be the by edward snowden how cyber security services went about intercepting to medications. armed with that information they made sure to exploit the ways of talking to one another. i think there are t

along with glenn greenwald, she traveled to hong kong last may to interview snowden. that gentleman is a senior fellow at the century foundation. a pulitzer prize-winning reporter over many years on national security issues. glenn greenwald is an investigative journalist, author, and columnist now at first look media which is a new journalistic venture which is backed by the ebay founder. he is also a former constitutional and civil rights lawyer. well, hi, everyone. the most obvious fact about the three of you right now is that you are not here. i remember, glenn, when i met you that there was a nontrivial chance that if you travel to the united states you would be arrested, you said. can i begin by asking you if you still feel that way and why you do? >> i feel that way even more now. it was a couple of months ago when you were here. there are been other episodes were international security officials have made very clear that they view what we are doing as being not proper or dangerous and actually criminal. james clapper has been running around calling the reporter

you know that glenn greenwald is far more the activist, and i put barton gelman in the category of classicbut not the other? >> it's a great question. greenwald has been much more of an advocate, much more of an activist. he is certainly aligned with snowden in a way that when we read the history books, we'll be reading greenwald's name next to snowden more than gelman's. that said, given how much work both sides have put into this, it's very hard to see how you would -- how you could just reward gelman and not reward the other. that said, i think the pulitzer board maybe would like it if they could just reward gelman, because he is sort of that more traditional journalist. but you can't ignore greenwald's involvement in this story. >> does it fit the definition of journalism in the eyes of the pulitzer committee? and by that, i mean that each of the individuals -- and i don't want to underplay the work that went into it -- but they were essentially given a gift by snowden. >> right. it's a great point. some of the folks we talk to say, look, what the pulitzer board honors is boots on the

. >> glenn greenwald was very upset about his partner being assaulted, in his view, by british security services. he said it was an attack on free speech and the freedom of the press. but he was carrying stolen documents. is there any difference between that and, say, a drug smuggler stopped at heathrow or diamond smuggler stopped at heathrow? or some other illegal activity, although it is more serious? >> it was the smugness, the arrogance of it. this toxic combination of arrogance and incompetence has been one of the hallmarks of all of this. of course, greenwald said -- you arrested my partner, therefore i am going to be much more aggressive in my reporting. i know lots of things about the "english spy system" that i am going to reveal. if you have the audacity to stop my partner at heathrow, i am going to purposely damage your national security as a consequence. what sort of world do we live in when that gets a pulitzer prize for public service? >> let's talk about that. my newspaper was just awarded the pulitzer prize for that public service. "the guardian" has shared in that award

but particularly in terms of glenn greenwald who as you know is involved in the guardian story. and who is frankly, a journalist who writes from a point of view. and i think that's another interesting thing about this story, that that kind of reporting has received an affirmation. it is an increasing-- we're going to see more of it. and the pulitzer included his work. >> ifill: well, that reminded me of wikileaks and julian a sang and other ways of getting information not public sphere which caused controversy. is there a line any more between activism and journalism in. >> well, many people would say this was activism. some people would say all kinds of journalism is activism. i think that one reassurance here, i done know if there is a line but in this case, what we saw was a collaboration as i said that included professional journalists at the highest standards, "the washington post," the guardian. these are very responsible news organizations. so has a news organization leak the guardian ever received a pulitzer prize before. >> strictly speaking that want to the guardsian u

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our cameras are there as glenn greenwald and laura poitras make their public appearance a live report straight ahead. in the u.s. senate orders a review of the usa ideas democracy program this is after it was found out that the department started a social media site to influence cubans more on that coming up. there's going controversy in brazil over pictures of indigenous tribes should they be left alone and western societies make contact without damaging their lives more on that later in the show. it's friday april eleventh four pm in washington d.c. i'm lindsey french are watching are to america two of the journalists who broke the story on the reach of n.s.a. surveillance returned to the usa today for the first time since they began reporting on documents leaked by former contractor edward snowden greenwald and laura poitras arrived in new york this morning to receive the prestigious george polk award in journalism they shared the national security reporting award with fellow reporters you and mccaskill and washington post barton gellman artie's themselves met greenwald at the even

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first time since they began reporting on documents leaked by former contractor adverts noted glenn greenwald and mark waitress arrives in new york this morning to receive the prestigious george polk award for journalism. they said the national security reporting award with fellow reporters. elaine in a cask ale and washington post partum down. it is an ss teacher and mentor greenwald at the event and joins us now with more. this aussies spoke with the pre op this morning the first time since he stepped foot onto us soil after the nsa revelations what's the significance of this return. there were concerns he may have trouble getting back into the us that's right when yemeni significance of this guy is pretty cute because the june will mark exactly one year since the odd mind blowing revelations were made that with the help of the word snow and this mass surveillance conducted by what the government by the nsa. certainly this was the huge scandal in one year onwards deemed after rats are still very tangible the journalist who worked on the story i felt like it was a huge question whether or no

along with glenn greenwald, she traveled to hong kong last may to interview the snowden. gilman is a senior fellow at the century foundation and a pulitzer prize-winning reporter over many years on national purity issues. glenn greenwald is an investigative journal.or in columnist now at first look media, which is the new journalistic venture because you will know is backed by ebay founder of media. he's also a former cost to national civil rights lawyer. well, hi, everyone. the most obvious facts about the three of you right now as you are not here. i remember, glenn, when i met you in bpo spain there is a chance if you travel to the united states he would he arrested. so could i began by asking if you still feel that way and why you deal? >> even more now, since you are here, it was maybe a couple of months ago, there've been other episodes were senior national security officials fear what we are doing a speed not just and proper or dangerous, but actually criminal. the u.s. government has been running around spaces calling it criminal law. the head of the house of the

it would be a judge who would have to rule that bringing glenn greenwald forward to reveal his sources would protect the future security of the united states. that is a lot better than the justice department saying you have to reveal your sources, no contents, no independent arbiter, etc. if the judge thought there was future damage, potential damage to the security of the united states, he would have to testify. there is a chance he would not. i would be up to the judge, and you would have to look at the ramifications of the case. and he would get notice so he could prepare as opposed to someone just swooping in on him and telling him what to do, looking at his records. it is probably not enough protections to satisfy him, that is for sure, but it is better. >> his concern is not only that he might be compelled to testify. they did not have edward snowden here to prosecute so they are not proceeding where he could be compelled to testify, i guess. his concern is judging from the the administration has used, like co-conspirator and accomplice, that he might be charged under the espiona

our next guest, glenn greenwald, may know what she's talking about.e may be one of the most controversial journalists in the businesses and he may like it that way. last june right after the first leaks, republican congressman peter king of new york even said greenwald should be prosecuted for his journalism. >> not only did he disclose this information, he has said that he has names of cia agents and assets around the world and they're threatening to disclose that. but in this case, we have someone who has disclosed secrets like this and threatens to release more. to me, yes, thelegal action sho be taken against him. this is a very unusual case with life and death implications for americans. >> for the record, greenwald never actually threatened to release the names of cia agents. neither he or his colleagues ever have done so. for some reason the cia rejected our questions about greenwald. the pollsters are tulitzer is t sought award in writing. he said it was a vindication. quote, this reminds us that what no individual conscience can change, a fre

glenn greenwald and laura poitras, the two journalists who broke the story about edward snowden's leaks on nsa surveillance, are returning to the united states today for the first time since the reports were released. they are attending a ceremony in new york to receive the george polk award for national security reporting. greenwald told the huffington post he wants to return because -- partner, david miranda, was detained for nine hours at london's heathrow airport last year under an anti-terrorism law. laura poitras, an award-winning filmmaker reports on u.s. wars and surveillance, has been detained dozens of times in the past when reentering the united states. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. >> welcome to all our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. momentum is growing in the movement to divest from fossil fuel companies. on thursday, south african archbishop desmond to to voiced his support for an anti-apartheid style boycott and divestment cam

. >>> bart gelman and "the washington post" won a pulitzer prize as did glenn greenwald and the guardian, ed snowden was involved in a bizarre spectacle when he called into a russian tv show and asked a question of vladimir putin. >> they also found that they unreasonably intrude into the private lives of ordinary citizens, individuals who have never been suspected of any wrongdoing or criminal activity. does russia intercept were store or analyze in any way the f individuals? >> and joining me now from new york is a three-time pulitzer winner, bart gelman. welcome. >> thanks for having me. >> let me start with this fundamental question. any hesitation in the beginning in publishing nsa documents that somebody broke the law to give them to you? >> we had all kinds of hesitation about what to publish and when in terms of verifying the information, in terms of considering the security impact. the fact that our source was not allowed to give us the material -- am i supposed to pretend i don't know it? one of the most significant consequential stories of my lifetime and i certainly wouldn't

the logical progression then is like what's happening with glenn greenwald, the threats to actually prosecute journalists for espionage. is that something that's a possibility in this day and age? and is that something that you guys can just expand upon? thank you. >> i can say that i think the effort against julian assange and wikileaks in a grand jury -- still going, as far as i know, in virginia -- pursuing, they say they don't have a sealed indictment or that's leaked out. they may or may not have one. but, certainly, i think they've been going after assange as kind of a transition case where some journalists are willing to say, well, he's not a journalist in any way that i can recognize. clearly a preparation for cutting themselves loose, in effect be, for assange if they went after him for wikileaks. but that would be, i think even drew keller drew back from that position saying he shouldn't be prosecuted, realizing, i think, assange would simply be a test case in that case, and they would go after him. risen, by the way, what's the status of that? >> he won in the district court which

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the leaks of whistleblower edward snowden who shared nsa files with journalist laura poitras, glenn greenwaldou and mccaskill, and barton gelman. the group also won a george polk journalism award last week. in a statement, snowden honored the journalist involved saying -- and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with aaron matÉ. >> welcome to all our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. today we dedicate much of the hour to a conversation with award-winning journalist matt taibbi, who you may know from his reporting on financial crimes. now he is back with an explosive new book that asks why these crimes have gone unpunished, as an unequal justice system targets the most vulnerable. the gap between what the poorest make and the wealthiest bring home has reached levels not seen since the great depression, and the drug war has fueled the mass incarceration of the poor and people of color. >> earlier this month, attorney james kinney, who is retiring from the securities and exchange com

glenn greenwald, laura poitras, and others appeared at the sources and secrets conference in march. they have not

glenn greenwald the journalist who broke the snowden leaks points the cases where governments have usesocial networks to deliberately spread false information and promote their interests. also a lot of allegations of former british prime minister tony blair had more knowledge of the cia's torture and kidnap programs than he previously admitted. right from the scene. of the first street. and i think the jury. on our reporters were very. instrumental i. would be in the. let's move back to ukraine now there's just over a month to go before voters there decide on the next president with twenty three candidates to choose from surprisingly enough the man touted as the likely winner isn't one of the former leaders of the uprising but instead a confectionery billionaire in a cost of a pix of the story. the people screaming the loudest are in the euro my don now seems to be make in the least impact when it comes to support among the electorate say i'm not trying to fight you but. the opposition hasn't achieved anything so far except now our country is a massive at a standstill no reforms are be

we have seen glenn greenwald and james rosen accused of conspiring with whistleblowers. i was wondering what your thoughts were on investigative journalism. and, do you think that press freedoms are under attack by the obama administration? >> i would jump in on 9/11. here is where i do my moral calculus. my professional role, we are all responsible for our actions as human beings. my great fear is that we did not use the authorities available to us right now. , this the metaphor that is the box you want us to play in legally. there is a national debate. the nsa will say that they have two houses of congress, a president, a court that says it is good to go. otherwise, they will play section 215 out to the edges. the background ethical argument for this is that, if we do not play with in this box and we another we have catastrophic attack on the homeland, the box you will demand, not the one you will accept, the one you will demand will be out here. in a reverse psychology way, playing this aggressively with in the law of now is actually protection against dangers to civi

we have seen glenn greenwald and james rosen accused of conspiring with whistleblowers. i was wondering what your thoughts were on investigative journalism. and, do you think that press freedoms are under attack by the obama administration? >> i would jump in on 9/11. here is where i do my moral calculus. my professional role, we are all responsible for our actions as human beings. my great fear is that we did not use the authorities available to us right now. , this the metaphor that is the box you want us to play in legally. there is a national debate. the nsa will say that they have two houses of congress, a president, a court that says it is good to go. otherwise, they will play section 215 out to the edges. the background ethical argument for this is that, if we do not play with in this box and we another we have catastrophic attack on the homeland, the box you will demand, not the one you will accept, the one you will demand will be out here. in a reverse psychology way, playing this aggressively with in the law of now is actually protection against dangers to civi

glenn greenwald, laura poitras, and others appeared at the sources and secrets conference in march. they have not returned to the united states since the snowden story broke because they fear arrest or subpoena. this is 45 minutes. >> it is an honor to introduce our next speaker, who made a bold political move, switching his party, his affiliation, as a sitting state senator, from democrat to republican. senator elbert guillory defended his party transformation in an inspirational youtube video that received over one million viewers. i was one of those, by the way. i watched it. i was stunned and moved. it was brilliantly done. i don't forward a lot of things on facebook, but this one i did send to everyone. it was very powerful. his message in the video focused on putting principles before quick results and freedom above all else. senator guillory became active in the civil rights movement in the 1950's before john dingell unitas -- before joining the united states navy. he graduated from rutgers law school. if you do not see the youtube video, you'll get a flavor of it right now.