of colored mopin ascript more perspective on these proposed changes with him is from the international action center hi callup greeting i would have to say with open arms that yeah. well i think the fact that obama gave this speech shows how much public sentiment and outrage there is about the programs that were revealed by edward snowden but if you listen to the speech not much is really proposed that's actually concrete there's talk of something you know a privacy advocate being appointed to a board and you really see that not much is really going to change if you actually actually listen closely and you know as much as when obama was campaigning for president he made a lot of promises about protecting whistleblowers and all of that you see not much of this is changing and the reason for that is that the global capital societies are moving rapidly toward fascism and war in this time of economic crisis and it's really there's not much that any elected official is able to do in the face of that the economic crisis is what is behind the rising police state around the world so halting as far as you're

the mass monitoring will be scaled back having this new obama speech kalibo part of the international action center says he expects very little to actually happened. if you listen to the speech not much is really proposed that's actually concrete there's talk of some you know a privacy advocate being appointed to a board and you really see that not much is really going to change if you actually actually listen closely and you know as much as when obama was campaigning for president he made a lot of promises about protecting whistleblowers and all of that you see not much of this is changing and the fact that obama came out and gave this address and is proposing these reforms which aren't that sweeping but sound sound really great the reason he did that is a response to the public opinion people all over the united states are outraged you know that their rights are not being protected and all of this this patriotic stuff we hear about freedom and the u.s. is the greatest country in the world because the freedom how it's really it's really not true it's a lot of propaganda that's used to push us to w

data collection will be scaled back haven't listened to obama's speech caleb maupin of the international action center doesn't believe obama will keep his promises. if you listen to the speech not much is really proposed that's actually concrete there's talk of some you know a privacy advocate being appointed to a board and you really see that not much is really going to change if you actually actually listen closely and you know as much as when obama was campaigning for president he made a lot of promises about protecting whistleblowers and all of that you see not much of this is changing and the fact that obama came out and gave this address and it's proposing these reforms which aren't that sweeping but sound sound really great the reason he did that is a response to the public opinion people all over the united states are outraged you know that their rights are not being protected and all of this this patriotic stuff we hear about freedom and the u.s. is the greatest country in the world because the freedom how it's really it's really not true it's a lot of propaganda that's used to push us to war

actions of the interim government our top story. international news and comments live from our studio center here in moscow where it's just turned eleven pm this is r.t. . reportedly been operating a secret data gathering base in the middle east part of a one of the half billion dollar investment in global surveillance britain's independent newspaper claims it obtained this information from edward snowden's leaks but the n.s.a. whistleblower himself says he has not released any information linked to these allegations nor smith has the details. well the independent friday morning published an article that said came from leaks made by edward snowden about this secret internet monitoring station a base in the middle east to intercept all sorts of internet traffic in the middle east and then cost data into western intelligence agencies basically what it does is taps into internet cables that run into the the sea extracts that data and then passes it to g.c. h.q. here in the u.k. and to the n.s.a. in the states is particularly valuable according to the independent because it can access cables that apos between submarines to very sensitive d

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action against syrian regime targets. president obama says he wants to launch a military intervention against syria but the issue will be taken to congress for approval breaking news. international comments live from our studio center here in moscow has just turned ten pm this is. so president obama has announced he wants to carry out a military strike against syria will be seeking congressional approval to the miniport is joining us live now with more on this statement so marina in effect this is a declaration of war on syria. it certainly is but it seems as though u.s. president barack obama is taking a few steps back up until the speech he just delivered many were assuming that the you that he would launch a military strike into syria within the next day or two what he said when he stepped up to the podium is that he will seek congressional approval he will seek a vote from congress he says although he believes that he has the authority the legal authority to launch a strike without going through congress he believes this is a matter should that should be debated he also says that he feels very comfortable launching a military strike against syria without approval from the united nations security council and tha

action would be taken against syria, it would be an international collaboration. the white house has said it will release an intelligence report proving assad was responsible for last week's chemical attack. the center for international studies said it would be the most important single document in a decade since the botched intelligence about iraq's weapons program was released in 2003. but as the white house considers launching military strikes, some are calling for congressional approval. 116 members of the house from both sides of the aisle have signed a letter saying president obama needs approval from fr congress to attack. and john boehner september a letter to the president seeking answers to 14 questions regarding u.s. military intervention. while the speaker doesn't call for a vote, he urges president obama to, quote, make the case to the american people and congress for how potential military action will secure american national security interests, reserve america's credibility, deter the future use of chemical weapons and be a part of our broader policy and strategy. senior obama administration officials are expected to brief members of congress on the situation sometime today. although