i'm lucy catherine of and you're watching our team. well in honor of sunshine we are dedicating to shows to the issues of government secrecy transparency justice and the rule of law we're going to look at how transparency doesn't seem to apply to a growing list of us her titties and whether it's secret prisons torture or drone wars and that's just to name a few the white house approach seems to be to stay silent and to make damn sure that others do to as we'll discuss with jason leopold in just a bit those who blow the whistle on government wrongdoing signed off the sire and suffer pardon me dire consequences and of course there is always the fourth estate but you can hear it with c. and lots dogs are often drowned out by the lap dogs now for this journalist themselves are mostly to blame the us does have a squashing of all record i would say on press freedom but it's not in dire crisis yet i mean it's not like journalists are regularly rounded up and thrown behind bars for doing their jobs right it wasn't just a few weeks ago to jay c

from lucy catherine of and you're watching our t.v. well we begin today in syria where an end to the violence is seemingly nowhere in sight and the government of president bashar al assad seems on the able to regain control of the country the opposition groups are too weak and too fragmented to overthrow his regime and they made this bloody stalemate a debate right here in the united states about whether this country should intervene a lot of talk but still no consensus on the costs and benefits of entangling the united states in another armed conflict in testimony before the senate today the defense secretary leon panetta seemed to be cautious about intervention but also didn't rule it out. we are reviewing all possible additional steps that can be taken with our international partners to support the efforts to protect the syrian people to end the violence and ensure regional stability including potential military options if necessary. so what are the u.s. policy objectives in syria robert wright first is a contributing editor for the

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i'm lucy catherine open you're watching our t.v. . well we begin today in syria where an end to the violence is seemingly nowhere in sight after almost a year of bloody offensives by the government of president bashar al assad that country seems unable to control take control of the escalating unrest meanwhile the opposition groups are too weak and too fragmented to overthrow the regime their stated goal and amid this bloody stalemate a debate here in the u.s. about whether this country should intervene now top u.s. ministration officials and lawmakers have all weighed in on senator john mccain's proposal to launch air strikes in order to help the violence in syria but there is still no consensus on the call stand the benefits of entangling the u.s. military in another armed conflict now in testimony before the senate earlier today the defense secretary leon panetta seemed a bit cautious about military intervention but also didn't rule out the possibility of war take a look. we are reviewing all possible additional steps that can be t

i'm lucy catherine of in you're watching our t.v. . well in honor of sunshine week we are dedicating today shows to the issues of government secrecy transparency justice and the rule of law and we're going to look at how transparency doesn't necessarily seem to apply to a growing list of the sixty's and whether it's secret prisons torture drone wars the white house approaches to be stay silent and make sure that no one else speaks out either and those who blow the whistle on wrongdoing while they suffered are dire consequences too but there's always the fourth and states right the members of the media are supposed to hold the government accountable but even here it seems the watchdogs are often drowned out by the laptops for this of course journalists themselves are mostly to blame the us record on press freedom they have some problems but this is a democracy and the rule of law applies free press is a constitutionally protected right plus it's not like. the u.s. whatever move to imprison a reporter for merely uncovering the truth writ

i'm lucy catherine and rushing party. well israel's prime minister cites off this week on a u.s. visit clouded by a deepening rift with washington which of course is worried about a potential israeli attack against iran's nuclear program and well israel says that it has not yet decided whether to strike but has signaled a readiness to do so a move that would have worldwide implications now while some have cautioned against a military confrontation with the country the position has significant support among a handful of u.s. lawmakers as well as republican white house hopefuls public opinion it would seem is also not in iran's court a recent pew research survey found that a majority of voters but actually see support a u.s. strike against iran if sanctions bailed now that same survey also found that a record number of americans now believe that the islamic republic is u.s. public enemy number one or that's not a view that's shared by all over stones son twenty seven year old sean made headlines recently after converting to islam on a visit to iran but he's back from the islamic re

i'm lucy catherine up and watching our team well the u.s. commander of ghana stan the afghanistan war will be back on capitol hill tomorrow in order to weigh in on the decade long conflict that hearing the senate hearing couldn't have come at a more politically sensitive time scandal after scandal has rocked the country increasing anti-american sentiments among afghans and turning. more and more american citizens against the war were first came the photos of the marines u.s. marines urinating on afghan corpses then troops and burned the koran at a giant wartime prison prompting nationwide riots and a shooting spree allegedly by a soldier u.s. soldier last week left sixteen afghan civilians that the taliban meanwhile suspended peace talks with the u.s. and afghan president hamid karzai has proclaimed himself a quote the end of the rope with washington and finally this weekend a new report suggests that detainees arrested by u.s. troops were tortured after being transferred into afghan custody but never mind all that if yesterday's house heari