ed hammett, consumer advocate, marbury, maryland. dr.w many people in the united states have a disability? that number is not exactly clear, but we estimate roughly 53 million people have a disability, and it may be larger because, again, it turns on new classification schema. but at least 53 million. john, how do we define a disability? well, a disability is really kind of a legal and an administrative term. and in some quarters you might be considered disabled, but by another jurisdiction you might not be considered disabled. but i use the term, often, physical sensory, cognitive, and developmental disability to really clarify what we're talking about. so, barbara, in terms of a real sense, so there are individuals who may have had accidents are now paraplegic, quadriplegic- in terms of those with a substance use or mental illness, are they covered under the ada? yes, they are covered under the ada. the ada defines disability as someone who has a substantial limitation in a major life activity, a history of having a substantial limitat

and twenty months behind bars he's going to spend the next decade in jail and watched twenty twelve hammett was arrested for breaking into two hundred gigabytes. a five million emails of information of private security firms trapper and leaking this information to transparency urbanization which he leaks in the scene as it was revealed that the private security firm was spying and human rights activists upon the request corporation and the us government's earlier hammock and plead guilty to one count of the computer abuse and fraud act. this was a classic case of whistle blowing. beware of malfeasance in criminal activity by a private corporation on the staff of both corporations and the government has exposed the government and the judge felt that the idea of causing the hammer causing destruction was incompatible with that. jeremy's stated political costs and time and then we disagree with that some of them and supporters have dubbed him the robin hood of our times the defense team inside the courtroom argued that he fought for the better good trying to bring about real change to the syst

government earlier hammett had pled guilty to one count of the computer abuse and fraud act this was a classic case of whistle blowing where. fees and some criminal activity by a private corporation on behalf of both corporations and the government was exposed to the government and the judge felt that the idea of causing mayhem or causing destruction was incompatible with that jeremy's stated political goals and. we disagree with that and some of hammon supporters have dubbed him the robin hood of our times the defense team inside the courtroom argued that he fought for the better good trying to bring about real change to the system and shed more light on what the u.s. government was doing the prosecution however said that he stole the numbers of sixty thousand credit cards causing a damage of one to two point five million dollars to businesses and individuals if people who have influence and people whom here do not stand up and defend people like jeremy the judge said that he is not you know my bell or dr king i was a civil rights activist germany's every much as a progressive human