we can now bring in dave lindorff who is the editor of the news website this can't be happening dot com thanks for being with us here on archie international as always. so the republican candidate won more he ended up narrowly losing the alabama state election. there is a lot of other things happening there but do you think this bot operation called hamilton sixty eight could have actually swung the results. it's hard to tell which which way the that would have worked i mean they were making it look like. you know trying to say that he was. behind an operation attacking the democrats that were being done by russians when in fact it was being done by democrats. whether that made more people vote for. you know for him because they felt that. he was. you know somehow not being fairly treated or or the other way around you know that they were people went to democrats because of what was being put on line by the fake russian operation it's hard but. you know to me the most important thing here is that the. the people connected to with this who are doing the operation are the same people who

hundreds of thousands more are going to work without pay for now until an agreement can be struck dave lindorff who's a founding editor of the online news website this company happening thinks it's a little bit of a gimmick it's it's all theater it's playing to the media the media is making a big deal out of it. and it really isn't a big deal unless it blew up into something that was going to last for a month or two months or something it started hurting me in the government's ability to pay its debt on time as happened one time with this but it you know it's becoming kind of a joke in the united states that you know this super powerful super rich country can't come up with a budget every year and it's almost every year thing at trump has made it more so with this continuous threats to shut down the government but it's really a joke but even so it's unclear how long the situation will last still the president trump only a stress that could last a long time here's a look back at some of the reasons for previous shutdowns in d.c. . you're watching say shaking hands to cement your citizenship a ne

applications and impose limits on the number any one person can make investigative journalist to dave lindorff says the new plans go against in the spirit of the freedom of information act what it's going to do is force people to have to go to court to get action on freedom of information request which is totally antithetical to open government and to what the foyer. of the freedom of information act was designed to do it had been set up so that you could write and get information and not have to go to court so you get anything other than classified information these are not classified things that people are looking for there they're open government things that should be freely available and quickly available if they say it's to be more efficient and to respond better to quote customers meaning citizens it's a complete joke they're doing the opposite it reflects. basically the fact that they're trying to run a secret government but this isn't over its coverage of the murder of two scandinavian women by i still terrorists in my rocco viewers say the channel downplayed the horrific incident one

home hundreds of thousands more will work without pay for now until an agreement can be struck dave lindorff is a founding editor of the online news web site this can't be happening thanks it's all a bit of a gimmick. it's it's all theater it's playing to the media the media is making a big deal out of it. and it really isn't a big deal unless it blew up into something that was going to last for a month or two months or something it started hurting me in the government's ability to pay its debt on time as happened one time with this but it you know it's becoming kind of a joke in the united states that you know this super powerful super rich country can't come up with a budget every year and it's almost an every year thing and trump has made it more so with this continuous threats to shut down the government but it's really a joke s. that it could last a long time isn't it back at the reasons for previous shutdowns in d.c. . an american speech therapist in texas after being sacked from school for refusing to sign an oath the pledge is to never be a part of any boy called movement on israel t

hundreds of thousands more will work for free until the government and agreements can be struck dave lindorff a founding editor of the online news website this conti happening thinks it's all a bit of a gimmick it's just it's all theater it's playing to the media the media is making a big deal out of it. and it really isn't a big deal unless it blew up into something that was going to last for a month or two months or something and started hurting me in the government's ability to pay its debt on time as happened one time with this but it you know it's becoming kind of a joke in the united states that you know this super powerful super rich country can't come up with a budget every year and it's almost every year thing and trump has made it more so with this continuous threats to shut down the government but it's really a joke it's unclear how long the shutdown will last but president trump earliest rustic could be full of a very long time we take a look back at the main reasons the shutdowns in previous years. violence flies in barcelona as pro independence protests erupt in spain's casa lon

director gina hospital's links to waterboarding of terror suspects investigative journalist dave lindorff told me the plans though go against the spirit of the act now. what it's going to do is force people to have to go to court to get action on freedom of information request which is totally antithetical to open government and to what the foyer into the freedom of information act was designed to do it had been set up so that you could write and get information and not have to go to court to get anything other than classified information these are not classified things that people are looking for there they're open government things that should be freely available and quickly available if they say it's to be more efficient and to respond better to quote customers meaning citizens that it's a complete joke they're doing the opposite it reflects. basically the fact that they're trying to run a secret government. coming up and missiles go west immediate taking notice calling it a development that seems to be provocative we'll tell you more if you missed it and we can returns after the break

there have been that we don't and never will know anything about food for thought journalist david lindorff believes the secretly staged bought operation reflects broader problems in the electoral system dirty tricks are not illegal there. you know they're part of our. corrupt electoral system you can you can lie and you can make up stories you can live all people all of these things are are allowed in us the u.s. electoral system and then what what compounds it makes it so corrupting is the vast amount of money that can be poured into these campaigns that allows them to pay for this kind of corruption and then on top of that we have a population that's really not capable of critical thought and so people will buy into the stupidest claims about candidates. britain's defense minister has voiced his deep concerns about a possible spying threat from chinese tech giant wild way it's comes amid confrontation between the company and the u.k.'s closest ally the united states. digs into this for more details. they seemed like the best of friends one side with cash to flash the other keen to court

new york we spoke to journalist david lindorff who claims that the pentagon is wasteful and that constant risk of for old. the pentagon's accounting is so crazy and so incompetent and also corrupt that. the numbers are actually frequently being just made up year after year the pentagon has been on the list of high risk of fraud waste and abuse and then his this huge amount of money being spent on fueling these saudi jets spawning yemen and they aren't even i mean spend enough that they're doing it but then they're not charging saudis who have endless money for the u.s. doing all of that air tanker refueling you know in it but it's it's not necessary spending so they've been able to keep jacking their budgets. through these accounting gimmicks thanks for joining us on our international best hour i do get in touch if you have something you'd like to say by following us on social media and join us again at the top of the hour. what politicians do. they put themselves on the line and they get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. or somehow want to be preached. to the right

food for thought journalist david lindorff believes that the bottom parisian reflects broader problems in the us electoral system dirty tricks are not illegal there. you know they're part of our our corrupt electoral system you can you can lie. you can make up stories you can live all people all of these things are. allowed in us the us electoral system and then what what compounds it makes it so corrupting is the vast amount of money that can be poured into these campaigns that allows them to pay for this kind of corruption and then on top of that we have a population that's really not capable of critical thought and so people will buy into the stupidest claims about candidates. russia has successfully tested a new hypersonic strategic missile named of on guard president vladimir putin called it a big event for the armed forces and the whole country my colleague earlier research a spoke to r.t.c. was done off to find out more. this launch did certainly become a top news story all over the world those analytical pieces that have had a chance to come out there were more along the lines

we journalist dave lindorff believes the covert bot operation reflects broader problems in the us electoral system dirty tricks are not illegal there. you know they're part of our our corrupt electoral system you can you can lie and you can make up stories you can live all people all of these things are. allowed in us the us electoral system and then what what compounds it makes it so corrupting is the vast amount of money that can be poured into these campaigns that allows them to pay for this kind of corruption and then on top of that we have a population that's really not capable of critical thought and so people will buy into the stupidest claims about candidates. the french interior ministry is planning to boost its riot control arsenal purchasing more weapons thirty five rubber bullets that's despite a number of serious injuries among the yellow vest protesters caused by the non-lethal ammunition and numerous warnings from human rights groups over there use right well let's go live to our correspondent frank shouted to penske hi again quite an outcry over this one of the dangers. well

home hundreds of thousands more will work without pay for now until an agreement can be struck dave lindorff funding editor of the online news website this account be happening thanks it's all a bit of a gimmick it's it's all theater it's playing to the media the media is making them as happened one time with this but you know it's becoming kind of a joke in the united states that you know this super powerful super rich country can't come up with a budget every year and it's almost every year thing that trump has made it more so with this continuous threats to shut down the government but it's really a joke when he's on clear how long the situation is going to last but president trump earlier stressed that the shutdown could last a long time here's a look back at reasons for previous shutdowns in d.c. . american speech therapist is suing authorities in texas after being sacked from a school for refusing to pledge that she would never boycott israel. as. required i should say by law signed in over a dozen states perhaps putting the employment of people really sentiment kill up martin. the fir

basically the fact that they're trying to run a secret government dave lindorff investigative journalism finding it's sort of the only newspapers coming happening don't net festive greetings to you thanks for coming on and sharing your thoughts on this story with us thanks for having us yes no it said want to see exactly eighty minutes past midnight mosco time still to come they sow coverage of islamic state killings causes outrage in sweden awful pictures those two girls in that pup all of you is ignoring other issues over this is up for debate in fact when we come back. you know crazy things going up a lot of people you know. twitter rising and occasionally somebody pops up or something really really. welcome to the crystal ball edition of crosstalk what can we expect in the new year we have a great lineup of guests telling us. again before the break of sweetness come into fierce criticism over its coverage of the murder of those two scandinavian girls by fighters in morocco viewers say the channel does played. one norwegian and one danish girl were brutally killed while hiking in the

new york well we spoke to investigative journalist dave lindorff who claims that the pentagon is wasteful and constantly risking fraud. the pentagon's accounting is so crazy and so incompetent and also corrupt that. the numbers are actually frequently being just made up year after year the pentagon has been on the list of high risk of fraud waste and abuse and then here's this huge amount of money being spent on fueling these saudi jets bombing yemen and they aren't even i mean it's bad enough that they're doing it but then they're not charging saudis who have endless money for the us doing all of the air tanker refueling you know in but it's it's not necessary spending so they've been able to keep jacking their budgets. through these accounting gimmicks. moscow has expressed its regrets over the u.s. dropping efforts to cooperate on cyber security the deputy head of russia's center for cyber security and coordination sees it's vital the two countries continue to work together for more on this let's go live now to our t's eve or to step down off who's been following the developments igor

widely condemned war against its neighbor caleb mop and archie new york we spoke to journalist david lindorff who claims that the pentagon is wasteful and at constant risk a fraud. the pentagon's accounting is so crazy and so incompetent and also corrupt that. the numbers are actually frequently being just made up year after year the pentagon has been on the list of high risk of fraud waste and abuse at the g.a.o. as office that's a scandal for something that's the largest line item in the federal government's budgets pentagon is asking for more money than it actually needs and is using the fake numbers that it puts into the financial end of your financial reports for the prior year and the year before that that they submit to congress try to show through those fake numbers that they spent all the money. and then his this huge amount of money being spent on fueling these saudi jets spawning yemen and they aren't even i mean spend if they're doing it but then they're not charging saudis who have endless money for the u.s. doing all of that air tanker refuelling you know in it but it's it's not