afghanistan's future once foreign troops leave in two thousand and fourteen but anti-war activist medea benjamin believes there is a chance the money will and up and the wrong hands but naming afghanistan and me not a nato ally could sit in the category with israel in japan which allows them to have special preferences when it comes to buying military equipment and being involved in training that nato organized is so it keeps afghanistan within the nato orbit for many years to come i think in terms of the money that was pledged it really is not different from the money that has been given to afghanistan in the past unfortunately it is much less than the amounts of money that have been spent on the military and given the corruption that exists in afghanistan is no guarantee that this money will be well spent while later today r t on our rather we talk with a former national security agency executive in the u.s. was second feistiest career to blow the whistle on wrongdoings inside the n.s.a. here's a preview. it raises the specter of your automatic suspicious until we prove that you're not. it rai

secretary of state hillary clinton named afghanistan as a major non nato ally medea benjamin is an anti-war activist and says there's no guarantee the money will be put to good use but naming afghanistan and me not nato ally puts it in a category with israel in japan which allows afghanistan to have special preferences when it comes to buying military equipment and being involved in training that nato organizes so it keeps afghanistan within the nato orbit for many years to come i think in terms of the money that was pledged it really is is not different from the money that has been given to afghanistan in the past unfortunately it is much less then the amounts of money that have been spent on the military and given the corruption that exists in afghanistan there's no guarantee that this money will be well spent. now look at some other stories making headlines around the world this hour. egypt's military council is to hold an emergency session after a new president mohamed morsi ordered the country's parliament to reconvene a month after it was dissolved he reversed the original decision ma

billion dollars in aid to the country l b it with some strings attached but antiwar activist medea benjamin says there is a risk the cash at the end of the day will end up in the wrong hands. but naming afghanistan and me not nato ally could sit in a category with israel in japan which allows every enemy and to have special preferences when it comes to buying military equipment and being involved in training that nato organized is so it keeps afghanistan within the media orbit for many years to come i think in terms of the money that was pledged and it really is is not different from the money that has been given to afghanistan in the past unfortunately it is much less then the amounts of money that have been spent on the military and given the corruption that exists in afghanistan is no guarantee that this money will be well spent. in the u.s. itself the war in afghanistan and so-called war on terror so the government embrace a myriad of new powers and some of the most controversial of those involve the ever growing use of surveillance letter here on r.t. in the program we'll talk with a f

a day ago american secretary of state hillary clinton named afghanistan as a major nato ally medea benjamin is an antiwar activist and says there's no guarantee the money will be put to good use. but naming afghanistan a major not nato ally puts it in a category with israel and japan which allows afghanistan to have special preferences when it comes to buying military equipment and being involved in training that nato organizes so it keeps afghanistan within the nato orbit for many years to come i think in terms of the money that was pledged it really is is not different from the money that has been given to afghanistan in the past unfortunately it is much less than the amounts of money that have been spent on the military and given the corruption that exists in afghanistan there's no guarantee that this money will be well spent. twenty seven minutes past the hour now you've been watching the weekly here and brief recap of the top stories in just a few moments coming your way stay with us live here in moscow. and leave. you. there hasn't been anything good on t.v. . it is to get the maximum