creditors the failed banks iceland is the nordic free market democracy with glacier covered volcanoes and hyperactive geysers if you're into mind bendingly complex own lyrics there's bjork and sigur ros and the rarefied world of global finance iceland is also where local palms and central bankers trample on the interests of bond holders like a herd of marauding reindeer at least that's the perspective of foreign bondholders and distressed asset hedge funds hoping to recoup their investment of three icelandic lenders lend us banking like their banking coutts and banks that defaulted on eighty five billion dollars of debt in two thousand and eight so they have elections in april twenty seventh of the re-elected these parties independence party and progressive party and their platform they both ran on an anti austerity platform of lower taxes and home mortgage relief to be funded in part by forcing overseas creditors to accept losses on the three point eight billion dollars and krone denominated assets that are owed by three failed lenders also in place eight billion dollars in deposits

so the icelandic parliament got it together to give him an icelandic passport and citizenship. we got him out of the prison in japan. >> john: that gesture had a great influence on people. it led iceland to be seen as a haven for those seeking asylum. that's partially why mr. snowden said iceland is the country that most aligns with his values. he told "the washington post" he would seek asile frum any countries that believe in free speech and oppose the victimization of privacy. how does he qualify under international law? >> well, this is very tricky and that is why i'm hoping if he's going to have legal advice from some legal team to hear from anybody that is getting ready to re-present in that field. what is the best path. because he is obviously in hong kong and he needs to get out of hong kong. >> john: right. >> i'm not sure how he's going to get out of hong kong without chance of being extradited to the united states. even if we would somehow manage to support him so he could come and get a political refugee there -- >> john: he would have to be able to appear on icelan

iceland businessman with a jet ready to take snowden if he is ready to travel to go to iceland for asylum. >> what is happening here. julianne a safrj is working hard to get snowden from hong kong to iceland, and also working to get citizenship in iceland for snowden and asylum and the reason why a safrj would do this. he wants the documents on the wiki leaks site. snowden has tried to get in touch with a safrj. and snowden wants to put the documents on the site and this is unparalleled event if that is occurring. and clearly the united states has a real opportunity and a limited one to get him to stop him from going on wiki leaks. >> we have a interesting cast of characters. julianne who is in the embassy in london where he is staying because he is charged with sexual assault and trying to avoid going back to home country of sweden and snowden in hong kong, looking to be safrj and also take off to iceland with a safrj's help. >> the thing that is concerned. the icelandic businessman has really lied about who is paying for the plane. there is a story, a newspaper in hong kong which talks

government. >> the iceland interior ministry told cnn "in order to apply for asylum in iceland, theividual in question must be present in iceland and make the application in his or her own name." >> in iceland there's more of an established tradition of being very reluctant to extradite individuals who are accused of offenses like the ones that we think snowden committed. hong kong you have the complicated factor of our diplomatic relations with china. it's six of one, half a dozen of the other. >> the u.s. does have an extradition treaty with iceland but it could come down to whether any charges against snowden could be seen as political in nature. however, the first step would be just getting there and that's a little tricky, jim. >> and we have not heard the end of this. >> absolutely not. >> thank you. we appreciate it. >> and joining us is icelandic businessman olafur, we're thank you for joining us. >> yes, i hi. >> tell us about your plan to get edward snowden out of china. is this serious? >> yes, it's serious. he just figured out that he might be scared of, you know, intern

well coming up on r t s a whistleblower edward snowden six asylum in iceland the man who revealed the n.s.a. is expanding surveillance program still remains in hong kong with his move to iceland up in the air and look at that story coming up the expanding surveillance state has given serious bank to defense contractors so much of the government's intelligence gathering relies on private sources to go through data collected a look at how big surveillance leads to big bucks coming up. just days away from a student loan interest rate doubling a group of senators are trying to come up with a deal to avoid the increase but will that happen more later in today's show. it's friday june twenty first five pm in washington d.c. i'm margaret howell you're watching r t we serve the hour with new developments unfolding about how to get the n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden out of hiding in hong kong one man with connections to the anti secrecy organization wiki leaks has chartered a two hundred forty thousand dollars private jet to transport snowden to iceland where supporters hope he will be gr

i think he's going to iceland. there, there's some indication julian assange, the founder of wikileaks has arranged asylum. tit for tat, he's going to give his documents to wikileaks of. >> he apparently has a ticket to savannah. do you think that's a head fake, an attempt to throw authorities off the trail? >> i would thinks so. it's possible he's going to cuba. that entails a lot of risks. >> that's outrageous if you're making a statement against authoritarian government goes to cuba that undermines your case. >> he was never a whistleblower. yes, he did start a national conversation about surveillance and privacy but he handed over detailed technical information probably to chinese intelligence. we know he gave those documents to the south china post, ip addresses. this has nothing to do with whistleblower. probably it ended up in the hands of beijing. in his disbaurdian chat he said he had no contact with officials in hong kong. that's untrue. he probably did. in addition i've heard he got the idea of going to

which is the iceland's modern media institute which has been set up specifically by the thingy the icelandic parliament to. protect whistleblowers and to make sure that iceland is seen as a safe haven is also the associated whistleblowing press in iceland to the awb these are really great institutions which are starting to emerge now in europe as a resistance to the intelligence both the military industrial complex and the financial cults in the european world taking over so much of our public life so i mean really it is sensually leaving our democracies in tatters or. for edward snowden's part he is suggested to be here in moscow as a right now or very soon do you think moscow will have any role to play in this or do you think it'll simply be a transit point for him. well i think it would probably be a transit point matt because it would maybe be a little bit too explosive for him to stay in moscow for too long but i'm sure there are many people in the russian military will be very interested in talking to edward about some of the leaks that he has and i think what's happening now is that t

rags the cat we're going to skin in this episode is the debt cat and that is iceland gets tough with foreign creditors a failed banks iceland is a nordic free market democracy with glacier cover volcanoes and hyperactive geysers if you're into mind bendingly complex own lyrics there's bjork and sigur ros in the rarefied world of global finance iceland is also where local palms and central bankers trample on the interests of bond holders like a herd of marauding reindeer at least that's the perspective of foreign bondholders and distressed asset hedge funds hoping to recoup their investments the three icelandic lenders lender spankie geitner bank and coutts and banks had defaulted on eighty five billion dollars of debts and two thousand and eight so they have elections and.

creditors of failed banks iceland is a nordic free market democracy with glacier covered volcanoes and hyperactive geysers if you're into mind bendingly complex own lyrics there's bjork and sigur ros in the rarefied world of global finance iceland is also where local palms and central bankers trample on the interests of bond holders like a herd of marauding reindeer at least that's the perspective of foreign bondholders and distressed asset hedge funds hoping to recoup their investment of three icelandic lenders lend a spanking geitner bank and coutts and banks that defaulted on eighty five billion dollars of debt in two thousand and eight so they have elections in april twenty seventh of the re-elected these parties independence party and progressive party and their platform they both ran on an anti austerity platform of lower taxes and home mortgage relief to be funded in part by forcing overseas creditors to accept losses on the three point eight billion dollars and.

that iceland is a safe haven for any whistleblower in the world. this is not the case. there is nothing in legislation that will actually protect whistleblowers from other countries. >> iceland's government says officials have held informal discussions on the matter but iceland may no longer be part of the equation if police in hong kong act on the u.s.'s request. >> at least four people are feared dead in canada's alberta province after days of flooding. thousands have been forced outside of their homes. the military has sent in helicopters to rescue people stranded on their rooftops. >> calgary's brag river is super bowl -- as a whole within floodwaters and debris. around 75,000 people have been displaced from the western canadian city after torrential rains began on wednesday night. everything.feet and neighborhood's decks, back yards are gone. >> up to 50,000 people work in the downtown -- 350 people work in the downtown their area and it's not -- now dedeserted. >> our cul-de-sac was not too bad, went out for a cigarettes came back and there w

snowden's current whereabouts and his final destination there has been a lot of speculation about iceland ecuador venezuela and cuba governments the public and the media have all been pursuing this man trying to retrace the steps and then predict his next move for a look at the logistics r.t. correspondent liz wahl takes us around the world. labrat snowden is on the move and while his whereabouts or may not know let's take a look at where snowden has been and where he could be go away let's start off here you're honolulu where snowden lived with his girlfriend they reportedly moved out of this home on may first real estate agents say they left nothing behind on may twentieth kerry and four laptop computers snowden arrived in hong kong after exposing secret u.s. surveillance programs to the guardian and the washington post and while he was hiding away up in a hotel room here in hong kong the first report on snowden's leak was released june fifth just four days later he gave the guardian permission to reveal his identity while in hiding here the u.s. revoked his passport and charge snowden

why would you want to give him asylum in iceland? >> well, i think that the information that he has provide to the public domain is very important for every individual that uses the internet or uses phones. not only in the united states but elsewhere in the world. i think it is important that we learn from this information that there isa i very profound need for policy changes. it has been suggested -- [overlapping dialogue] >> i think it is very important. >> is that an internal u.s. discussion or is that a discussion iceland should be involved in with the united states? [chuckles] >> it is actually a discussion that we need to have globally because information doesn't have any borders, nor does surveillance anymore. you might not be familiar with my own case with the department 6 justice where the fbi went into my home and went through all of my personal affects and they figured out whom i had been with and when, even if i am a representative for another nation and a number of the nato parliamentary assembly at the time. but the fb

if he does board a flight he could be in iceland in a little over 12 hours. there's no guarantees he would make it to the gates here. so far he's a free man. the united states is not made a surrender or extradition request to trigger an arrest warrant but that could change in a heartbeat. >> it's possible in some indications where there's urgency a provisional arrest warrant might be issued and it's for the law enforcement in hong kong to enforce it. >> reporter: he could get no warning about his arrest. >> it's possible a provisional arrest warnts could be issued and no one would know until they knocked on his door to take him into custody? >> that's right and even before the u.s. and hong kong authorities were to say it's been made. >> reporter: on his 30th birthday, a sobering prospect. his future in the hand of others. nick robinson, cnn, hong kong. >>> here is more of what we're working on this hour for "around the world." breathtaking video out of china. a group of mail workers save a 2-year-old girl. we'll tell you how she fall out of a window. >>> ang

the business partner of wikileaks says he has plans to fly him to iceland if iceland grants him asylum. >> we just want to make sure that if we start to transport the guy, that he will not -- he will be safe when he lands, you know. he will not be extradited to u.s. >> the bigger issue is this massive surveillance program. a recent poll finds that 53% of americans disapprove of the nsa surveillance programs and 5 % disapprove of the government collecting phone calls of ordinary americans. it's one of the reasons the obama administration is suddenly out there trying to defend the program. president obama attempted to do so earlier this week by heralding a special panel designed to protect your rights. >> i've stood up a privacy and civil liberties oversight board made up of independent citizens including some fierce civil libertarians, i'll be meeting with them. what i want to do is set up and structure a national conversation. >> a privacy and civil liberties oversight board. where was this panel when the nsa spying programs were being implemented? well, it didn't really exist, not in

be givenays he cannot a favorable trial and may seek safe haven in iceland, a country internet harboring but it could be risky. >> iceland has become known as safe harbor for any whistleblower in the world. this is not the case. there has not been legislation that would protect those abroad. >> a representative from the wikileaks website says a private jet is standing by in the negotiations are ongoing with the icelandic government. he willnt to make sure be safe when he comes. for now,ow, mr. -- >> whereabouts remain unknown. >> let's go to our top story about the meeting in doha in qatar. early on, we had qatar's prime minister giving a press conference. u.s. secretary of state jim carrey -- u.s. secretary of state john kerry was there, and so was our correspondent. give us an indication as to said in the meeting. >> i think it's interesting you heard from these two key ,igures, making statements here both of them mentioning increased assistance to the opposition, both of them mentioning the idea of talks of geneva, but the difference in tone was very striking indeed. we had the qatari

moscow to cuba but there's no guarantee he'll get on it, or the final destination, venezuela, ecuador, iceland have

iceland is a nato ally. we should take whatever action we have to. as far as cuban and venezuela, that's a haven for refugees from american justice. it's going to be difficult. also i think it's important for the american people to realize if this guy is a traitor, he's a defector, he's not a hero. i heard senator rand paul this morning actually compared snowden to general clapper. what's happening to our country? this is a traitor. for anyone to be comparing him to a u.s. military hero is absolutely disgraceful. >> can you confirm he has left hong kong? that's he's on that plane? that he's in moscow or headed to any of these countries or is this just a report at this point? >> my understanding, they said he was on the plane. no one on the plane said they saw him. who knows. you had assad saying this morning sometimes you say you're going to one country and you really go to another. this whole thing could be a ruse for all we know. why did hong kong let him go? why did china let him go? aagree with senator schumer. putin had to be somehow part of thi

leakers at this point he may be on route to either ecuador or iceland as was previously discussed but also there are some reports again unconfirmed saying that he could actually be also heading to cuba so again at this point there is no exact definition from ation but we do know that all of this comes just a day after the united states has filed in the fischel request for arrest an exhibition of the former cia employee that request was denied by the chinese authorities who said that the people were basically did not meet the legal requirements or rather to put it in human terms it wasn't filed correctly but at this point it's sort of a moot point considering the fact that the hong kong authorities have said that indeed snowden has left the hong kong territory is and is on route to a third country again they did not specify which country that could be we also know at this point that according to the information received from the spokesperson for the russian president was going to. snowden is they do not know about his whereabouts and whether or not he is actually going to be staying in

reveals himself to the world edward snowden is in hong kong right now when plans to seek asylum in iceland we'll tell you more about this in s. a whistleblower and the latest developments in this explosive story and a huge milestone was reached in congress representative john dingell becomes america's longest serving congressman but that raises the question should there be limits on how long a person can serve welcome to that issue later in the show. it's monday june tenth five pm in washington d.c. i'm meghan lopez and you are watching our t.v. well we begin this half hour with the trial from our army private first class bradley manning he's in fort meade maryland right now today's hearing resume just as the news broke of yet another whistle blower that was a blower has been identified as edward snowden but before we get to that story today the prosecution in the manning case was slated to focus on the specific video the private first class bradley manning had leaked to wiki leaks the video showed an airstrike that happened back in two thousand and nine in afghanistan at least twenty six

refuses to extradite them how about the icelandic request extradite bankers from london back to iceland for crimes of financial terrorism people think that there's no victims and financial terrorism but take a country like america not growing they're bankrupt they employ these consultants and they employ the n.s.a. and the cia just by to get data to manipulate markets to aggregate funds to underwrite their wars because there's no underlying economy to support the war so any serviceman in america that's dead because they went to a foreign country are fighting for booz allen is manipulation they're fighting for goldman sachs market manipulation that's what you're dying for. well you know this lol boat is sailing through wall street as well and into america because these you know these these lulls banks toure's have had their way and now the u.s. is all. these banks are is that they've set loose on the world fed fights back against feral hogs a top u.s. central banker on monday warned the feral hogs of financial markets against trying to force the federal reserve to shelve plans to slow it

iceland and other nordic countries are quite liberal when it comes to iceland.if there's a valid extradition treaty they might decide to keep him thinking this is a political crime. he's being charged for politics. that's why he might be a i believe to stay there. >> what about hong kong? the u.s. has an extradition treaty with hong kong? >> they do. the united states and hong kong have a very valid working extradition treaty. it's relatively independent. china might come in and overrule it and say this is a security matter, foreign affairs and unchartered waters and china might be able to drop any extradition. >> there are some countries that don't have extradition treats with the united states. not surprising that they are not working close with the united states, but how does that work and could he stay and hide for a while? >> they probably wouldn't let them in. they might put him in jail and lock him up or they might decide to deport him. that's if there's no extradition treaty doesn't stop a person from being sent back. many countries even if they are enny

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the courts is all this still speculation at this point very much remaining up in the air cuba and iceland also having been mentioned as places where he could possibly seek asylum what do you think are the pros and cons of him going to either of those places where we've both been very you know or so i think it's been very receptive to snowden and cuba we're talking about the question of stability of a political regime and the ability to maintain asylum in the long run this is you know it was been a favorite place of asylum seekers and exiles from the united states for example from the black struggle to us of us of course famous for you know for political prisoners now and has been in exile in cuba so that's certainly a safe bet the question is you know is really going to be what snowden thinks will most serve his own aspirations political. ticker omar from the history and politics department directs the university in philadelphia thanks very much for your time. snowden's far from the first whistle blower to be pursued by the u.s. government washington's attempts to prosecute alleged turnco

but at the same time whether he goes to iceland it's a fairly short hop or certainly if he goes to south america it could be in the most extreme situation that could be intercepted by that would cause such an international for rory i don't think it's going to happen my own bet if it comes down to personal preference remember that snowden had been stationed in hawaii a tropical situation in venezuela must look really quite attractive given the anti u.s. stance of the. government so i my my money would be indeed. on venezuela and briefly to wrap up do you think that he will eventually inevitably be brought to the u.s. for prosecution or do you think that he could put that off indefinitely. he will obviously he and his supporters will put it off indefinitely but the united states just like russia has a very long memory they also have people who. could indeed. take people out of different countries so i don't think he will ever be safe i think he will always be looking over his shoulders and certainly the u.s. government who've been so embarrassed by this will not give up easily glenmore tra

number one, we've been talking about iceland. iceland possible, but feels like old news to me. think it's this next issuesus three countries in latin america. they are united by hugo chavez. he's dead, he's been replaced by maduro, still socialist country, complicated relations with the united states. a tendency to want to stick it to the u.s.. so it could be those countries. >> which is an interesting choice. dana, i want to bring you in. we heard from julian assange that he wanted to go to an open democracy somewhere and i'm not sure that's where i would head if i were looking for a press friendly open democracy. the congressional reaction, i heard some of it this morning from senator schumer who was furious with the russians, senator rand paul with a slightly different view. >> absolutely outrage. the fact that one of the top ranking democrats went after putin the way he did saying he's aid and abetting a fugitive, somebody who broke the law, is pretty strong. we just got a new statement from a republican from southern florida, a could yuban american here's what she said. i'

and now new reports that iceland can get involved.we'll get the latest on the developing story with the details from molly. >> iceland has not said whether they would grant

so one question being asked here is he did mention iceland.dn't he go to iceland straightaway instead of coming to hong kong? there are a lot of unanswered questions here. clearly, the hong kong police are not commenting at this point. they say he hasn't broken any laws. they have no idea about his whereabouts. the media here is working itself up into a frenzy as they try and track him down, tamron. >> all right, ian. thank you very much for that information. now let me bring in our "news nation" political panel discussing this. thank you all for joining us. greg, i'd like to start with you. there is the lingering question of charges. i was fascinate by some of the articles, the most popular today regarding this nsa leak are all about snowden. people are fascinated by the fact he didn't graduate high school, but he landed this job making over $200,000 and what real access he had. >> that's a remarkable and so far kind of unexplained aspect of all of this. not only that he ended up in this high-paying job for booth allen but that he was apparen

there is speculation he may be moving on to iceland. the next by some flight is not until lunchtime tomorrow. he could charter his own aircraft. we know that wikileaks are assisting him. on board, there is a wikileaks legal representative assisting him. >> united states is going to be furious. it will undoubtedly try to put pressure on moscow. that does not seem likely given there is no extradition treaty. >> that is right. you listen to local politicians. the were in favor of unlikely but possible application for asylum in moscow. they said he should be granted asylum. he comes with valuable intelligence information. i do not think russia is an option for snowden. theyoreign ministry say believe he will be passing through in transit. the flight is not until tomorrow. there is a hotel that remains at the airport that puts the people who are going through transit without russian visas. he could stay there tonight and then monday lunchtime possibly take the flight to cuba or iceland. we do not know. >> it will be a fascinating few hours.

i want to point out, iceland has not received an official application but law says you can't make an application for asylum unless you're in the country. iceland has not received an application. >> gloria you're covering the white house briefing momentums aw moments away. what kind of pressure do can you think the president is under by bringing him home and trying to prevent any potential secrets from coming out? >> i just got off the phone with the senior administration official. more than anything there's a sense of frustration. they know the world is kind of watching this where's waldo story. it's not good for them. they'd like to get him extradited and back to this country. it's clear from their statements in particular we were just talking about russia and what russia is going to do. there's statement from the national security counsel which essential says that given our intensified cooperation with russia after the boston marathon bombings that we really expect them to extradite snowden to the united states and let him face justice for the crimes for which he is charged. it's v

founder and chair of the icelandic pirate party. welcome it's great to talk to you again yeah great to meet you again. thank you for being with with us first of what brought you to the united states. this time around very many different things but primarily to carry on my support for bradley manning and to be here when the trial started. but i was also speaking not the public banking or for the public bank and used to a couple basic marvels it's a great group what what message would you have to the american people. as a member of the icelandic parliament and as an international observer with considerable credibility about bradley manning. well first of all i want people hurts people to make sure that they know what he's being charged for and what he has pled guilty to do. and i would really urge people to have a look at some of the material that he gave the general public access to truly belong in the public domain and what he has done more than anybody now in our current times not only in the united states but globally is to raise

they should be prosecuted. >> he tells the "guardian" he could seek asylum in iceland. the administration is now reviewing the damage that has been done by snowden's leaks. >> during the visit to the bay area president obama defended the security program calling it a tradeoff between privacy concerns and keeping america safe from terrorism. >> developing news in san francisco where firefighters have discovered a mayor marijuana grow at the scene of a house fire. in the last 3 minutes, authorities removed a truck full of marijuana plants from the scene. the fire broke out shortly before 1:00 o'clock a.m. at a home on 35th avenue in san francisco's richmond district. firefighters say this was smoke coming from the garage when they arrived. they entered the home and they discovered hundreds of thousands worth of marijuana. abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield is on the scene with an update next half hour. >> investigators will release their findings into the cause of a let seen fire in a walnut creek suburb over the weekend. we were the first to by you the story yesterday hap

snowden says his trip will end in iceland or ecuador. but iceland says snowden has yet to submit a asylum application and can only do so once he in the question. it could take the country up to two months whether or not to grant asylum to snowden. he may be stuck in transit zone limbo. >> what is the best interest for president obama, to capture snowden and put him on trial or have snowden go into exile and hope that he fades away? i'll ask you. >> well. i think the president did very -- did his best to sort of deescalate the whole crisis saying he wasn't going to scramble the jet going after some 29-year-old hacker. actually he is 30 now. i think a much more important story emerged later this week and that is that the former deputy chair of the joint chief is the focus of an investigation about the leaking of the information about the virus. now, this was president obama's favorite general. now, is what he did any better or worse than what snowden just did? i think we have to really -- >> is the virus is the virus that inhabited the ira

whistleblower edward snowden six asylum in iceland the man who revealed the n.s.a. is expanding surveillance program still remains in hong kong with his move to iceland still up in the air an in-depth look at that story just ahead the expanding surveillance state has given serious bank to defense contractors so how much of the government's intelligence gathering relies on private sources to go through data collected a look at how big surveillance leads to big bucks coming up. we're just days away from a student loan increased rate so doubling it on group of senators are trying to come up with a deal to avoid that increase but what will happen more on that later in the show.

go to iceland and stand in the corner. >> go stand in a volcano in iceland. >> stephanie: yeah.> caller: hi, steph. hey, to me -- the take away for me here -- the thing that kind of gets to me is that we -- we're privatizing our surveillance? we're privatizing that? like a guy like this -- i don't mind -- as long as obama doesn't step outside of, you know, these checks and balances that he is talking about, and i don't hear anybody saying he has. we allow head hunting companies to recruit away top talent with these security clearances and then pay them more to do it, i think that's freakin' stupid. >> stephanie: yeah exactly. didn't dick cheney have thoughts on that too? on privatizing -- this is horrible. who thought of that. [ cuckoo clock chimes ] >> pretty soon we'll have private security companies doing all kinds of things. unaccountable to anything. >> stephanie: the only thing i think of every time is speaks is -- wow he sounds even creepier. >> if i had a heart, but i don't. i have an oil can. >> he is the tin man. [♪ circus music ♪] >> stephanie: because of haliburton,

maybe in iceland, the home base of wikileaks. ice atlantic lawmaker and free speech activist say they are trying to get in touch with snowden to make sure iceland is the best place to go. he told the guardian all my options are bad. we have team fox coverage catherine herridge is with us tonight and jonathan hunt. do we know where he is now. >> to the best of our knowledge, shep he is still in hong kong. there have been reports that he spent some time at the w hotel in hong kong. there was another report in the "the washington post" today that a reception at the mirror hotel also said that somebody by the name of edward snowden had been there and checked out earlier today all of which fits in what snowden himself said he is likely to spend the rest of his life as a fugitive. listen. >> i can be rendered by the cia. i can have people come after me or any of their third party partners. they work close whether i a number of other nations. they could pay off the try adds or any of their agents or assets. we have a cia station up the