what is the n.b.a. it sounds innocuous enough i mean it's a budget act but it's a budget with a very important clause one that has tremendous implications for the civil liberties of american citizens. outside the second circuit court of appeals in new york demonstrators arrived to lend their support point it's in a case against the n.b.a. plaintiffs that ultimately represent the first ration of countless civil liberties activists and their message is clear that any military detention of american citizens without due process is both illegal and unconstitutional so i'm outside the thurgood marshall courthouse where supporters for the plaintiffs against the n.b.a. case are right there behind me but we're going to ask them passers by to see how many people actually know what the n.b.a. is and. have you ever heard of the national defense authorization act now that you did i have not no no no i have not heard about that with us is no i never heard of it have you ever heard of the national defense authorizatio

you know this section of the n.b.a. has bipartisan support and it's interesting i worked for the new york times for fifteen years that the only established news organization that responsibly covered the case was the new york times and when judge forrest issued a ruling the new york times ran an editorial supporting our decision because the times still i mean it's an elitist organizations and i have my critiques of the times but nevertheless it still understands what is news and what is not. but that for me was a kind of frightening moment because i realized how deteriorated our systems of information become absolutely yeah i love how people say oh there is there's no bipartisan support we'll look at things like the end and the erosion of civil liberties it seems like it's all the uniform across the board but speaking historically you mentioned this is the way it's kind of been of except in these illegalities in terms of looking at when civil liberties have been repealed and in the historical narrative of america in the

well, when you compare that with n.b.a. athletes-- 60% of n.b.a.ve years. so we're looking at a huge pandemic of people who have profound ability to influence others losing so much of their power and influence when the money goes away. - but-- why? because they are so successful at such a young age and there's no one to teach them how to invest and how to budget? - well, a lot of people are going to focus on managing the money as the problem. and on the outset you go, "well, of course that's the problem." when you take a closer look, when you meet with the people, the problems aren't necessarily managing money. it's managing their life, managing their lifestyle. we listened to antoine. he created a lifestyle for himself based on the fantasy and, finally, the ability to enjoy the nice things in life and he wanted to share that with everybody. but without foresight into what that's going to do, he was unable to maximize his influence for the years to come. - so where do you come in with these athletes when you work with them? do you say "no"? do you

alternative media outlets that a person can turn to to learn about what's really going on with the n.b.a. and da that specific provision about indefinite detention is so crucial for people to know about because it is you know one of those the last it's a monumental case and yes we were it was really amazing be able to talk to the plaintiffs on the case and where we got to travel to boston and then to travel you know as you know it was amazing it was amazing to be not in this office i think it was amazing just to be in his presence i mean this is a man who's eighty four years old he's still sharp he's this student and he spoke really candidly with us so i it was just an honor his office is so amazing yes stacks of books he's authored over one hundred books and all of them are going to believe it and it's insane and you know it was just so cool to see all the memorabilia and to really witness that and we were there actually really close to when the boston bombings happened we actually had dinner right outside the finish line of. boston marathon and you're actually able to get public opinio

while on tuesday a fellow italian slide into milan gave a trial to n.b.a. star steve nash inside were in the u.s. for a preseason tournament while lakers guard nash is an avid soccer fan and a part owner of m.l.s. side vancouver whitecaps yet the thirty nine year old canadian won't be quitting his real job and aims to use last season's early playoff disappointment to motivate him this year. on wednesday rail madrid star christiane iran although it was given the honor of throwing the first pitch when the dodgers took on the yankees at dodger stadium the twenty eight year old may be one of the deadliest finishers but was less accurate when he threw the ceremonial opener though his second effort was much better and one lucky fan captured a special memento after the portugal captain kicked a football into the crowd. on thursday taught them a greater reported club record forty million dollar deal with the striker roberto soldado the twenty eight year old netted eighty tellings in one hundred forty six appearances for the leaders side and just scored six goals in

thank you abraham to dash of a young man who was killed while being questioned by the n.b.a. my have been shot in the back of the head while lying face down on the ground so it's a private investigators hired to study the case it were his father's character in b u r us where he says he will proceed legal action to see his son's killers punished and she's in a situation that might be grieving father that. a quaint residential neighborhood in florida and a father who can't hold back his tears. nothing will bring me peace as long as i live from the moment it happened i haven't been able to forget about it even for a second barely containing his grief. takes a moment several times during our interview. a few days ago he arrived in the u.s. from russia to seek answers for his son in brigham's tragic death this is the entrance into the condo where twenty seven year olds lived minutes away from disney world it was here that on may twenty second after reportedly being questioned by officials for hours he was shot and killed by the f.b.i. under circumstances most of which remain murky

the white house and that killed to a decree made by a judge who agreed with the plaintiffs on the n.b.a. is on constitutionality so today you'll see my exclusive interviews with the plaintiffs and more so stay tuned.

reporting in arabic much of his work no one ever hears about here well especially with things like the n.b.a. in effect that actually does say if you are native when tears if you just are in contact with tears i mean this of course it's a very glaring problem for a journalist such as yourself chris hedges other people who have talked to what this government considers terrorists i mean also obama's war on whistleblowers i mean is this all being done in part to crush this tide of investigative journalism well i don't know but it's being done across investigative journalism i think it's being done to it's a chilling message to anyone who works in the national security state that if you expose this stuff if you talk about it we will come after you and we will ruin your life so the people who started the torture program implemented it and continue to defend it are public figures that are somehow accepted at capital grille or all these restaurants. talking to the powerful and those that spoke about it or tried to stop or it was wiretapping lose their career lose their livelihood or go to prison it

support for the evisceration of the bill of rights you know from everything from the patriot act to the n.b.a. militarization of local police forces and everything in between scott under anarchism would there be a constitution at all how would people's rights be protected and what would the role of police look like if any well in the short term and long term right so the short term is there to be transitional parts were where people set up their own constitutions in their localized economies as we've seen as we dismantle this larger system and the long term that maybe some people want to organize around that like they did in spain and nine hundred thirty s. or maybe they don't maybe we're looking to just cultures just have a by word of mouth and family and culture i mean that's for communities to decide themselves but the thing is we don't need those pieces we don't need the force of the state the threat of use of force to back capital in any way and that i think dismantling is important and when you talk about patriot act i mean as somebody who's been a victim of the patriot act i was his do