here's the position i take you have these people like bradley manning heroes julian assan chiro jeremy hammond who is the person who we who leaked the stratfor e-mails the ones on the private intelligence company and now you have edward snowden and in my view those are the people who are our heroes and are being subjected to incredible government repression our job when an oppressor attacks them really is to stand up for the people who are telling the truth and not to start getting into you know these cut these crazy kind of issues of motive it's like talking i mean that those kind of motive it's like talking about martin luther king and saying well you know he was accused of having affairs martin luther king that is not where i want to see people go right now it's not right to go there right now these people are our heroes they're under the gun each one of them look where they are bradley manning's been in jail for three years jeremy hammond for over a year and is going to be forced to plead as forced to plead guilty to a possible ten year charge julian assange is likely i think more likely t

under the gun each one of them look where they are bradley manning's been in jail for three years jeremy hammond for over a year and is going to be forced to plead as forced to plead guilty to a possible ten year charge julian assange is likely i think more likely than not facing indictment in the united states and that's an interesting part of this film i think that's underestimated by a great deal in the film by giving he says what is julian worrying about y. z. in that embassy there's no charges in the united states i would ask the filmmaker how does he know there's no charges one of his lawyers and i think it's more likely than not there's a grand jury there's witnesses called and they don't reveal sealed indictments until they have the person in custody and until they do that how can give me say there are no charges so you have these three people you have snowden sitting somewhere now maybe it's hong kong i don't know where but they're under the gun of this government right now and they're under the government under the gun because their truth tellers in a situation now where we're seeing i

jeremy hammond had to plead guilty to 10 years because that over prosecuted him.nowden,, despite the veryehammer, yet to be proud of him. >> michael ratner, we have to leave it there, lawyer for julian assange. we wish the best wedding congratulations to democracy .ow! dennis happy birthday to karen. [captioning made possible by democracy now!]

brown or jeremy hammond or jacob and the kinds of persecution they've suffered as well in the u.s. the only thanks so much for your thoughts on this the only berth of information i got was that the bradley manning support network in the states thank you very much indeed. the u.s. has reportedly revoked his passport and notified hong kong and russia but it didn't stop him from traveling or he's going to is here now with the details. the u.s. reportedly revoked edward snowden's passport yesterday but apparently it was too late for hong kong officials to stop him from flying in moscow snowden has been in the transit area at the airport where he doesn't need his passport now the speed with which the u.s. government stripped him of his passport is astonishing it's not clear how they manage that from the legal standpoint but it shows how much the u.s. wants to get hold of him the government is clearly afraid of more revelations the debate in the media has shifted to this chase mode it's now all about how are we going to catch him so right now the media is unsympathetic to edward snowden

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jeremy hammond the stratford actor, the private intelligence company is sitting at metropolitan correctional center. ed snowden is in the airport at russia. we're talking about a serious attack on information that we ought to have to be in a democracy. >> john: like many, i was confused by the charge of espionage since as you point out, sir mr. snowden was working for any other country. he wasn't getting paid for it. he's very much a leaker and so, i guess my question to you is do you acknowledge that he broke the law? >> well, he -- under american law, yes, what he did was he had a security clearance and then he signed a paper that said he wouldn't reveal that and there are laws against revealing secure documents. on the other hand, when you're a whistle-blower, the law is also -- and people have argued this and been acquitted based on this, when you demonstrate government criminality or deceit that that is above that particular lawyer breaking and you're a whistle-blower and you're protected. one of the reasons ed snowden is entitled to asylum is because asylum actually overcomes the claim

we look at the case of bradley manning, we look at the case of jeremy hammond and the case of brown and various others and the -- the sentencing is so heavy. it is so bizarre, you know, to like what's known is life in prison or even worse depends on where they would extradite him to, where his trial would be. >> john: julian assange applied for asylum. he's remained for nearly a year. could mr. snowden now in a safe house in hong kong just show up at the icelandic embassy and squat there? >> we don't have an icelandic embassy in hong kong. >> john: you have been a strong supporter of bradley manning. one of the issue has been manning's treatment by the u.s. here's the million dollar question. could snowden argue he has a legitimate fear the u.s. will mistreat, not just prosecute him but outright persecution and could that help him seek asylum? >> i definitely think so. that's a very valid point. and the first -- i mean the only reason that bradley manning was brought out of a situation which is defined as torture, was because of activists looking for and revealing what was happening to