plus the website mega upload is proving to be a make a pain in the you know what officials are now trying to extradite founder kim dotcom to the u.s. to face the american justice system we'll bring you the latest in this cyber scandal. it's thursday may third four pm in washington d.c. i'm adding martin you're watching our t.v. starting up this hour the f.b.i. is calling it a victory against homegrown terrorism five self described anarchists were arrested after allegedly blowing up plotting to blow up a bridge near cleveland the bombing was supposed to take place on occupy wall street's huge day of action but the good guys rush to the rescue stop the men in their tracks and save civilians from danger right as it turns out the government agency was instrumental in helping the cleveland flight plan this terrorist bridge plot the entire event was provoked and orchestrated by agent provocateurs who supplied the motive and the means to carry out the plot. well now f.b.i. entrapment is nothing new in terrorism cases currently the f.b.i. has fifteen thousand undercover operatives in their ranks

the founder of the popular file sharing website mega upload has started to get back his assets in new zealand after a local court ruled the confiscation of his fortune was illegal kim dotcom is currently facing extradition to the us when we facing charges of money laundering racketeering and corporate infringement american authorities shut down mega upload in january while the dot com and his fellow executives were arrested in new zealand at a u.s. request but voices are growing louder in america that the prosecution of the website and its owners as unlawful and law professor eric goldman all these that they shut down were simply a gift to the entertainment industry. there are very tight linkages between the government and the content industry so for example many of the people who are in the government worked in the content industry and many of the people in the government will get jobs in the content industry after they're done as a result they understand each other's issues very well they've been there firsthand in addition the content industry contributes a significant amount of mo

and the long journey to justice the seizing of the assets of the fund of sharing website a mega upload is deemed illegal but he still faces official to the u.s. that is growing concern among some in the dooars who believe he's prosecution is all about big corporations cashing in on that site. later before that japan is set to turn off its last working reacts to this weekend leaving one of the world's largest industrial nations without a source of nuclear energy for the first time in almost fifty years the government has bowed to public pressure following last year's disaster the fukushima power plant after the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami and for more on the bunch of the shutdown when i joined live by james corbett editor of the colbert report cheney welcome to the program so shutting down its reactors is just pan taking an economic hit. that there is no doubt that it's taking quite an economic hit in a number of ways and i think we can see that reflected most obviously by the fact that they are now forced to import much more oil and light natural gas and and other energy materi

the website mega upload has proven to be a mega pain in the you know what official or not are now trying to extradite founder kim dotcom to the u.s. to face the american justice system we'll bring you the latest in this cyber scandal. as the republican establishment circles the wagons around mitt romney the race isn't over yet ron paul is still racking up delegates and that has the r. and c. worried we'll tell you how this texas congressman is working the system in his favor and teaching the g.o.p. a few lessons along the way. plus you know the saying ignorance is bliss for parents about the new policy for sex education for the department of health and human services coming up one cover the truth about abstinence only education in the u.s. . it's thursday may third five pm in washington d.c. i'm abby martin you're watching our t.v. the mega seizure of mega upload what is the government takedown of the popular hosting site mean for internet freedom and copyright law apparently the government doesn't need a lot of stand in their way of going after people for copyright infringement days aft

we're wondering if the mega upload prosecution it's really the beginning of that content industry being able to tell the government to do its dirty work for it and so the battle be never ending content owners will always want more control but the battle without the turn out well for us because we have consumers will lose. so as well so to speak next security scares over the new timeline on facebook people debate show cross talk. there's going to be a lot of unexpected ways in which that information which are being sort of encouraged to post is then used and it surprises you again new recent story which is that this is actually a russian application company i free innovations created called girls around me which is polling publicly available information both from facebook and another company foursquare where you basically post your locations and created an app called girls around me where if someone was in a neighborhood they suddenly got a map showing them where young women are in bars and restaurants in their neighborhood right which is a kind of creepy right it's like well. yeah the g

owen the long journey to justice the seizing of the assets of the founder of file sharing website mega upload is deemed illegal but he still faces extradition to the united states there's growing concern among some in the u.s. who believe his prosecution is all about big corporations cashing in on the sites close you've got more nuts story coming up also to know how to nuclear germany holds atomic power but some voiced concerns that the green energy which will replace it may not be as friendly a solution as it first appeared. u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton's told chinese president hu jintao the relations between the countries are stronger than ever reassurance appears an attempt to perch over mounting serious differences during a visit in the extremely delicate time between the two budging accuses the u.s. of meddling in its internal affairs after the american embassy briefly sheltered the chinese dissident activist it's also annoyed by washington's military buildup in the asia pacific in an apparent effort to contain china's growing original clout daughter called helen and from a fo

good have you with us today the man behind the mega upload file swapping site a thorn in the side of america's online piracy crusade spring given some of his belongings back this property was seized in a swoop to shut down that a tourist website but then it was ruled illegal because police used the wrong warrant kim don't call most he's known seen here on the far right was arrested in january in new zealand washington's request he faces extradition to the states on charges of money laundering bacteria and copyright infringement least for now he gets some of his cash in his car back legal experts in america say it's clear the prosecution of the website and its owner is unlawful and that it has more to do with politicians and media moguls propping each other up. there are very tight linkages between the government and the content industry so for example many of the people who are in the government worked in the content industry and many of the people in the government will get jobs in the content industry after they're done as a result they understand each other's issues very well they

based in hong kong and mega upload says the u.s. should have known that basic fact before taking down the service and there owing the operators and jail the u.s. government is now trying to extradite dot com and the other defendants to stand trial which they are fighting will of course keep you updated on how this all plays out. well in just a few days a statewide election will take place that may set the stage for not only the november presidential election but the future of politics overall last year governor scott walker took on unions in the rights of workers to collectively bargain then those workers fought back and took on scott walker's right to have his job or as a correspondent christine friends i will be heading to wisconsin in a few days to cover that election book but before she goes she reminds us now why what happens there is so important. all eyes are on wisconsin a crystal ball of sorts they could predict the future of workers' rights in america . on one side governor scott walker who had a three billion dollar hole