me i was joined earlier by michael brooks he's a producer for the majority report as well as jesselyn radack she's the national security and human rights director at the government accountability project here in d.c. and i started off by asking michael if we can expect to see more of this international fallout relating to the story in the coming weeks. i think you'll see it in two ways we're going to continue to see i think this kind of pushback from europe on the sort of civil liberties and monitoring questions although again. it will be interesting to see the level because we already know that the u.k. government as an example is pretty complicit in this program in some respects so let's kind of see what's this closed about maybe the level of information that european nations have had about these programs to begin with but i think you'll still see some pushback from them in that regard and then i think and other states that probably have some questionable records in these areas as well like china probably some pushback and calling us out for hypocrisy frankly since we like to lecture on th

we spoke to jesselyn radack another whistleblower she thinks the government's ultimate goal is to get their hands on wiki leaks founder julian assange. bradley manning very much is being politically used as a way to try to reach asuncion there had been rumors of secret indictments on julian assange here in the united states so the extent that this government has way over charged way over prosecuted and is going after manning you know as if he was a devil incarnate speaks volumes to not only making an example out of manning but also the vitriol and contempt that they have against julian assange and wiki leaks even though bradley manning has testified that he didn't know with whom he was dialoguing on the other and it could have been a song during the anybody had no reason to think that it was a sign he was not he didn't understand it to be a saw and she thought it was someone from wiki leaks i think the government very much wants him to say that he was dialoging with julian assange in order to try to go after julian assigns. you radley mining campaign in support of the hounded whistle

a real core part of the problem all right michael brooks producer of the majority report and jesselyn radack the national security and human rights director at the government accountability project thank you both for joining us thank you while lawmakers and the american public debate over privacy versus national security back here at home the one question just about everyone wants answered is where in the world is edward snowden in newspapers are plastered headlines like deep throat hides in h.k. and the world's most wanted man breaks cover in hong kong some are even going so far as to compare snowden's actions with those of private first class bradley manning the man behind the biggest document in american history r.t. correspondent margaret howell takes a critical look at these comparisons to see if they hold water. and if the whistleblower edward snowden and wiki leaks source bradley manning both release classified information exposing the us government secrets but did they do the same thing will and comparing whistleblowers private bradley manning and x. booz allen hamilton employee edwa