when i joined live by john kerry k, a former c i a analyst and whistleblower john, thank you very much indeed for your time. so 1st of all, were you surprised by anything and this yahoo news report? there were a couple of things that surprised me. first was that 30 former people would, would speak to my michael cauthen to other journalists about this. you know, what must have been a very, very sensitive operation or proposed operation. i'm glad that they did. i'm glad that the truth is finally getting out about what effects do you think this report will have on people or journalists thinking of exposing the truth and whistle blurring. then? well, i think it's very important as max blumenthal said, and as, as, as notice tweeted today that, that the world to understand that the united states is trying to criminalize journalism. they refuse to accept the fact that julian assange is a journalist. that the american people only information and they have the right to know what it is and that the government behind their backs, the back of the american people, is trying to assassinate someone w

k. must surely be now asking itself whether can really take washington's extradition request seriously. john kerry, aka a former cia analyst and whistleblower things. the report has diming implications for press freedom, the world to understand that the united states is trying to criminalize journalism . they refuse to accept the fact that julian assigns is a journalist that the american people only information and they have the right to know what it is. and that the government behind their backs, the backs of the american people, is trying to assassinate someone who has not been convicted of a crime, at least in washington. this is going to be a day long story. somebody is going to get promoted inside the ca for coming up with this operation. no one will be held accountable, just like no one with ever held accountable for the torture program or the secret prison program. you know, one of the things that we learned in this article was that the british intelligence serve as the external intelligence surface m. i was apparently involved, you know, where they were talking about, shoot up the potentia