is your take on whistleblowers that have recently been in this spot like such as that sounds manning snowden do they deserve scorn or praise or are they there's a mix of the two really i think. the big one of course has been. i think that the information he provided was very important because we didn't know the extent of government surveillance of. telephone calls. and he did in this country a couple years. ago the government tried to pass a bill through parliament called the data communications bill which would have allowed to force communications suppliers providers to provide details of the balance telephone calls and such like. peas threw them out the parliamentarians through that and said we don't want it please ministers this is a prime minister of gone into parliament so we need this bill when actually they had all the data already they were lying to parliament so that's some major issue there but more importantly of course there is this whole surveillance issue and how people feel about a government the prize in everything you do absolutely everything now but also we've seen in a doc

snowden. i'll be the dissenting voice and that's why you're here. the man has broken the laws these arguments that which are quite eloquently made make it to the jury make it to the sentencing judge but he has broken the law ask for a lenient sentence if you indeed think he's a hero tell it to the jury tell it to the judge but he has broken the law imagine if your government the position that you are in here if you give mr snowden amnesty think about all the people who are in trusted with classified information does this mean that if you have your you succeed in in secret in a way very sensitive information giving it to outside sources. and threatening and perhaps holding out the possibility that you have more damaging information to trade if you don't get amnesty then you get a walk on breaking the law it's a very difficult position for the government to be in and certainly they can't condone such a law breaking ok ray that's between a rock and a hard place go ahead well what mary is talking about. secrecy promise which all of us writing in a piece of pape

interested to know that ron paul was our guest right before you and in praising miss the snowden and mr manning and we gave each he singled you out as the forerunner of all of this as a true american hero you have a reaction to that i do ron paul has has taken several occasions to praise what i did in congress and i really appreciate it it's really i have to say very unusual phil it gives me a warm feeling toward him what do you make of so we got sentence penned pending when when this airs it'll be rendered already on private manning on mr snowden in russia on we give leads what's your overview of this whole thing well i think there's no better way for americans to have a real sense of where we've arrived than to do what i did a few weeks ago which was to rere into the movie enemy of the state from one thousand nine hundred ninety eight i'm in that movie you'll remember that larry because you're in it playing yourself on the end of the movie that's a that's right in the very end of the movie after during which an innocent person will smith has been pursued by all the technical fave of capabilit

man. >>> edward snowden says mission accomplished.is leaks explosions details of nsa's massive surveillance program. >>> an ice storm shuts down power to more than 370,000 homes and businesses in the northeast this morning. this effects 100,000 customers in maine alone. streets of ice covered homes and power lines. power workers are doing their best to restore electricity to the region. the storm is responsible for at least 11 deaths. >>> on christmas eef we take a closer look at the church where jesus is believed to have been born. it's facing a facelift for the first time in 600 years. al jazeera nick is in bethlehem on these renovations. hi, nick. >> reporter: hi, richelle, the renovations are underway, the festivities are underway. behind me is manager square, and behind that is the church of the nativity. thousands of people waiting for the local archbishop to arrive. he is now inside. and for the first time mass will take place with new renovations. walk through the door of humility, walk inside one of christianity's most sacred

well of course the examples of manning and edward snowden and your example julian of course showed us what revealing the cost of revealing i should say as days go by you still don't know your fate have you started having any regrets. not at all let's look at the shift in development over the past three or four years. the internet has gone from a politically up with it expects to a new international body politic which is just starting to find its feet it would snowden was. motivated largely by bradley manning's both by success of his revelations and by the treatment of over him in prison demonstrating that the us government lacks moral authority it is not possible to change this is to from within this very conversation is part of the purposes so. to a degree of the mystique that there is a new international cultural consensus forming it is largely embodied we've seen the generation of young people between the age of fifteen and thirty five and it becomes a war between the older generation and the large body of the younger generation the older generation is simply going simply going to

at number five, the man also on barbara walters list, edward snowden. some call him a hero, others a traitor. all agree he has changed the course of history. number four, the man vowing to clean up corruption in the district. u.s. attorney ron mei chin has en has been at the center of an investigation. the investigation remains open. number three, the team with a fascinating new challenge. amazon founder jeff bezos. ceo katharine weymouth is staying with the post. their task, to change the paper for generations to come. our number two, david rubenstein who has donated millions to the kennedy center, the national zoo and has now given millions to repair the washington monument. our choice for the most fascinating person, robert griffin iii. 2013 started with such promise. a devastating knee injury followed by a disastrous season. from the toast of the town to the bench. rg iii grows from here may be the most fascinating thing to come. >> you can watch part two of the barbara walters special, a look at the newsmakers of 2013 tomorrow night on abc 7 startin

in an interview with "60 minutes" the man leading the snowden task force for the nsa described them as a treasure trove for america's enemies. the u.s. should consider granting snowden amnesty in return for all those classified documents. >> my personal view is, yes, it's worth having a conversation about. i would need assurances that the remainder of the data could be secured. and my bar would be very high. >> reporter: the national security council said, quote, there is no change in u.s. policy on this issue and they say he will face felony charges if he comes back home. glen greenwald is the journalist who first published the stash of information and he says the nsa leaker wants to make a deal to come back home. >> what edward snowden has always said from the start is if i could be guaranteed fair treatment and wouldn't be persecuted for the stories i would love to return to the united states but in general the u.s. government tends to be vindictive when it comes to people who expose wrong doing. >> we talked earlier on my show and you said this is a limited ruling and it begs the q

that's how much information edward snowden reportedly took from the nsa files to hong kong and then on to russia. the mansnowden task force for the nsa spoke to cbs' "60 minutes" about how it was done. >> did he take everything he had access to, or was he a careful shopper? >> he did something that we call scraping where he went out and just used tools to scrape information from web sites and put it into a place where he could download it. >> joining us now is our national security analyst fran townsend, a member of the cia and department of homeland security external advisory board. it's hard to believe 1.7 million documents stolen, the vast majority have not yet been released. only a to you thousand documents have been released. and the nsa is claiming if all of them are released, these are the crown jewels of the u.s. how significant potentially would the release of all those documents be? >> oh, wolf, tremendously. we've seen the damage already done by the release of documents related to the prison program, is the metadata program. this has been an incredibly painful period. you realize he didn't zea

. >> from bradley manning to snowden, leaks are more a part of the landscape. whistle blowers choose to take those to journalists to share their views. the question is the rise of this journalist keeps on going and how we get back to a more balanced approach. >> i think it's interesting that people like greenwald had to figure out how to encrypt their communications and change the way they work with sources. is that something that's a big shift this year? >> i think so. i would love to see a survey on how many journalists this year got encryption for e-mail. i bet it was a lot. the example of how he worked with edward snowden drove home the point that -- and nsa revolutions themselves drove home the point that journalists have to be careful about protecting their sources. >> this is what greenwald said to "esquire." i assume because you called my home phone that this call is being monitored. i'm not saying it's being monitored in realtime but it's stored and recorded and will be analyzed by the nsa. there is just no question about that. and it's because of thes

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just i think it's an interesting year for putin to have chosen to do this let's not forget about snowden manning both asked for a pardon and went ahead and pardoned. books of we haven't even actually heard whether we'll accept this pardon and if it is a possibility particularly if he has political intentions that he may not accept it he why this confusion was a legal team they didn't even know about it said well this this back and forth i think it's very likely that there was a letter sent by whoever in that hundred consulate signed it but particularly again if he does have political attentions whether directly or indirectly he is of course going to deny that he ever requested from or about a senior lecturer a researcher in international relations and security studies at moscow state university also a senior political correspondent and he said now we hear and from frank footstep political analyst joe biden live from london founder and chief editor of the russian trade journal thank you very much ought to be your thoughts on this. if you were investors or expressing your opinion on the presidenti

what's the weight of public follow you for guys like chelsea manning people like edward snowden they seem to have public support the majority of public support does that mean their life. i'm not going to say chelsea money could chelsea but he's in jail for thirty five years but for people like them and potential future will suppose as their lot got any easier the job because of the potential backing they're getting from the public all different different well different countries reacted differently to the news and all the revelations here in britain there was a faster go situation we must remember that the impact well it's not over yet if glenn greenwald the person who has the secret is saying that only one percent has been released so far we can expect much more information of course they are doing the redacting of data and information so as not to harm agents in the field from the cia and the national security agency and other u.s. authorities so we haven't seen anything yet and of course i'm sure it'll encourage a whistleblowers right around the world to continue doing this becaus

snowden. >> the u.s. mannt for edward snowden turns into an international game of cat and mouse. >> the man who's been spilling u.s. intelligence secrets is on the move. but where is his final destination? >> first hong kong lets him go. then russia refuses to extradite him. snowden's leaks were a major embarrassment for the nsa, revealing the extent the agency was spying on americans as well as international leaders and citizens. number two -- >> the pope resigns. the leader of the catholic church stepping down at the end of the month. >> pope benedict becomes the first head of the catholic church to resign in 600 years. the 86-year-old said it was because of poor health. >> the bell is ringing here in rome. that means one thing, john allen. what does it mean? >> the first pope elected from south america. >> the curtains are open. the cross bearer is coming out. and there he is. >> dubbed the people's pope, francis has laid out a vision of a more inclusive catholic church, focusing on compassion for the poor

snowden's decision to spill the n.s.a. secrets will continue to follow this new development. meanwhile the man who brought edward snowden's n.s.a. documents to the world glenn greenwald testified today in front of a european union parliament committee looking into n.s.a. surveillance on e.u. citizens and you had some harsh words for governments working with the n.s.a. . and governments are devoted to the elimination of hard to see what is the u.s. the u.k. means three partners are clearly devoted to doing that has profound consequences but we're everybody who communicates electronically or greenwald who's in possession of the cache of n.s.a. documents obtained by edward snowden revealed what he believes to be the n.s.a. the ultimate goal and he also made it clear what the that the n.s.a. his activities go far beyond counterterrorism. throughout b. and s. a guy. here is teaching us all sorts of references to the fact that the goal of the n.s.a. is captured by the phrase call out in all yesterday in an interview with a.b.c. news greenwald promised a more reporting on the n.s.a. noting that only

mass surveillance" and it is first successful legal challenge to the program since that man right there, edward snowden and his series of high profile leaks. snowden responded in a statement saying in part, "a secret program authorized by a secret court was, when exposed to the light of day, found to violate americans' rights. it is the first of many." the white house said they had no intention of granting amnesty for the former nsa contractor who is currently in russia. >>> and speaking of russia, it is flexing some of its military muscle this morning deploying state of the art ballistic missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads. the weapons systems were sent to a western district that borders poland putting them well within range of nato countries in europe. the united states and allies quickly raised concerns suggesting the move could destabilize the region. russia has long objected to an american push to expand its own missile defense shield in eastern europe. this all coincides with increased tensions between moscow and washington over what's going on in ukraine and all the protests therement

snowden amnesty. in a report with "60 minutes" john miller talked with rick ledg leggett, the man in charge of the snowden leak task force. >> snowden, still believed to have access to a million and a half documents has been granted temporary asylum in moscow, which leaves the u.s. with few options. he's already said if i got amnesty, i would come back. given the potential damage to national security, what would your thought on making a deal be? >> my personal view is, yes, it's worth having a conversation about. i would need assurances that the remainder of the data could be secured. and my bar for those assurances would be very high. it would be more than just an assertion on his part. >> is that a unanimous feeling? >> it's not unanimous. >> among those who thing it's a bad idea is leggett's boss, general alexander. >> this is analogous to a hostage taker taking hostages, shooting ten and saying if you give me full amnesty, i'll let the others go. what do you do. >> it's a dilemma. >> it is. >> do you have a pick? >> i do. i think people have to be held accountable for their actions because what we don

spying on citizens world leaders friends and foes alike and the man has broken the laws and i damage the country i think is a traitor snowden quickly became the most wanted man of the year with the us ready to stop and search a president's plane just in case. my first thought when i was forced to land was how can your opinion countries obey the will of the us i imagine these nations would defenders of democracy snowden made moscow's airport his home for weeks before finding a way out that it was not his plan to end up here there was the united states made him stale us by revoking us passport and russia to its credit actually recognized international law and granted him put the whistleblower remains in an undisclosed location in the russian capital we didn't exist for just this one last. night vision lying to others want. to suck a. person someone pull the trigger snowden promises to keep the leaks coming through twenty fourteen together we can find a better balance and man's surveillance and for a minute the government that if it really wants to know how we feel asking is always cheaper than spying. the u.s. government can

one was edwards norton, mather man with a mission who brought a crucial conversation and his -- one was edward snowden, another man with a mission who brought a crucial conversation. which one was the more important? in a sense, it was a surprise. >> was a close? >> it was close. to the extent that we talked about it quite a lot. i would be the first to argue that what snowden has done, we are probably only beginning to impact of it. he has been indicted for espionage by the united states government. he is a hero to privacy activists. but a u.s. tech company who may be looking at losing hundreds of millions of dollars in business because your servers are no longer going to be trusted, the implications of his leaks are huge. >> i find that so inconsequential in terms of comparison because it seems to me that he did exactly what he said. he started a conversation. whereas the pope is doing more than to start a conversation. pope is engaged in a day by day process himself, by his actions and his deeds. in one of the most important institutions in the world. >> one of the biggest, one of the oldest, one o

i'm sam sax and you're watching our team and we begin with the man who brought edward snowden's n.s.a. documents to the world glenn greenwald he testified today in front of a european union parliament committee looking into n.s.a. surveillance on e.u. citizens and he had some harsh words for the european governments working with the n.s.a. . and governments are devoted to the elimination of privacy worldwide is the u.s. the u.k. and its three partners are utterly devoted to doing that has profound consequences for we're everybody who communicates electronically greenwald who is in possession of the cache of n.s.a. documents obtained by edward snowden revealed what he believes to be the n.s.a. is all to make goal and also made it clear that the as his activities go far beyond counterterrorism the n.s.a. documents they are here is teaching us with all sorts of references to the fact of the goal of the n.s.a. is captured by the phrase call left at all. in the united states one of those has top defenders senator dianne feinstein the chairwoman of the senate intelligence committee made som

man but their u.k. allies went to work on snowden's associates in london the partner of n.s.a. leaks journalist glenn greenwald was detained at london's heathrow airport and questioned for nine hours because he had some of snowden's documents in his possession then the guardian newspaper in august revealed the men in black suits that entered their offices telling them to destroy hard drives containing classified files or else that g c h q raid took place in july according to the newspaper but by then it was too little too late the publications outed her and chief said there are many copies of these documents in other parts of the world or syria for correspondence but on top of this story let's cross to her she's in london she's been following it closely so either a happy new year to you very shortly thank you for being with us tonight to see you as always snowden certainly put his name on them are a lot of other information too putting it mildly. absolutely well for worse or for better twenty thirteen certainly been a year that demanded our attention and the snowden revelations

season's greetings from edward snowden. the man who revealed the u.s. government secret spying program sent a christmas message from asylum, sobering enough to wake your uncle on the sofa. >>> the world lead. pope benedict's approval rating is up there with bacon as he gets ready for his first midnight mass as holy father. we're live in rome. as he prepared to deliver his message to the faithful. >>> the pop lead. it's what you do on christmas when you don't celebrate christmas. you know who you are. a sneak peek at the potential blockbusters hitting theaters tomorrow. >>> i'm dana bash in for jake tapper. we begin with the national lead. he's been referred to as everything from a hero to a traitor but you can just call him indoor cat. in a revealing 14-hour interview with the "washington post" former nsa contractor edward snowden opens up about the fallout over his decision to leak classified documents on the government snooping program. if you think his life on the run is like matt damon in a jason borne movie, that's only if the latest installment fe

that was all the media needed to surround a man in russian, ed snowden. he ought to be convicted and hanged by his neck. >> some are saying this ruling vindicates ed snowden others are saying he should be hung. what does this say about the media culture we live in? >> come on, howie, we love personalities. we love to fixate on one person to tell a story. look at any newspaper article where you lead in with the victim of some issue and then you tell the full story. that is the same thing here. i think edward snowden should be the face of this. this is the guy -- >> but this is like everybody in the country, not just the guy who leaked the documents. >> of course. but we do tell the rest of the story. and i think a lot of people see him as a patriot for doing what he did and other people say him, like president obama, as a villain. >> is it fair for the press to say snowden leaked this huge number of documents because he thought spying was wrong and now we have an advisory panel saying he should be brought in or main he's doing the right thing? i think they

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. >> scott bud man, nbc bay area news. >> edward snowden who revealed top secret monitoring programs had a special christmas message for us. >> a child born today will have no conception of privacy. and that's a problem. because privacy matters. >> the video is believed to have been recorded in moscow where snowden has been granted temporary asylum. britain's channel 4 broadcasted a yearly alternative to queen elizabeth's message. >>> more than 40,000 american troops still in afghanistan are spending christmas far from home and their families, for most it will likely be the last christmas before coming home as the u.s. prepares to withdraw most troops by next summer. at camp phoenix in kabul everyone is doing their best to keep their spirits bright. people back home do care. the troops got a christmas turkey feast. and at a church, they put their weapons aside for carols and prayers. >>> a family that's getting attention today. this family gathering happened to involve her queen and her royal heirs spending christmas at their royal country estate. kate and william and prince harry. t

. >> one man we did not see in that report, but who will certainly be remembered as one of the key figures of 2013 is edward snowden. >> a year ago, none of us had heard of him, but now, the former u.s. intelligence contractor has become a hero to some, a villain to others. wherever you stand, there is no denying the impact of these revelations. >> our story of the year tells the impact of the man who said no to mass surveillance. >> edward snowden became one of the most well-known faces of 2013 by leaking classified material. he unmasked surveillance by u.s. and british secret services. he told big world about the u.s. prism data mining program. >> recently, we learned that our governments, working in concert, have created a system of worldwide mass surveillance, watching everything we do. >> snowden was part of that system. as a computer expert and contracted to the u.s. national security agency, he says his criticism well on the years -- on deaf ears. >> over time, that awareness of wrongdoing builds up, and you feel compelled to talk about it, and the more you talk about it, the more you are ignored. >> snowden

. >> to edward snowden, the man who first revealed the n.s.a.'ets to the world in june, the ruling is vindication. snowden living in russia where he was granted asylum issued a statement saying: >> meanwhile, despite suggestions that snowden be given amnesty in exchange for ending the leaks, the white house stood its ground. >> mr. snowden has been accused of leaking classified information, and he faces felony charges here in the united states. end be returned to the united states as soon as possible, where he will be accorded full due process and protection. >> national security and intelligence leaks will be on the agenda today when president obama meets with top tech c.e.o.'s at the white house. the president will meet with apple, yahoo, twitter and several other big companies, discussing recent efforts to rare the healthcare.gov website. >> the new secretary of homeland security will be sworn in. jay johnson was confirmed to lead in disaster response and transportation. he follows in the footsteps of janet napolitano. he is just one of a seri