york times and who her more learned a songe or the new york times legacy joining me to discuss is kevin zeese executive director and co-founder of voters for peace kevin thanks for joining us today now what it's really what do you make of this tell all on the signs coming from the new york times how would you characterize it as as as it sleazy as a backstabbing as a vicious or i don't know is it just me know the way the game works don't it into a passionate affair with the new york times that's for sure they'll kiss and tell it seems like i mean the new york times has a close relationship with the u.s. security state for a long time in the buildup to the iraq war they printed pressure elise's about false weapons of mass destruction that got us into war so they're not a very trustworthy partner for his own wants transparency in government so this is a relationship that was always going to be a difficult one i don't think the new york times today would print the pentagon papers in fact at various congresses new york times executive said that so i don't it is a relationship that was made in heav

discuss his rise and fall and the impact that his website has created on the rest of the world kevin zeese will join me to discuss those details and as the unrest continues in the middle east and northern africa the u.s. fears that we need to be affected by oil prices already the cost of oil has increased dramatically and we can't help but wonder if the threats of higher gas prices over new the discussion about our reliance on foreign oil foreign policy steve levine will give us his input next rolling stones michael hastings is out of the get he released a new story about the u.s. military this time reporting that the army psychologically manipulated visiting politicians into providing more funding for the war efforts now as you can imagine the article is already having a lot of people up in arms but we can't help but wonder how many other people have also been victims of this practice we'll speak with lieutenant colonel anthony shaffer and journalists are finding it difficult to return to the u.s. after they've been traveling abroad they say that their elec tronic devices are take it and