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the national security agency expressed less confidence than the cia or so come because there was no convincing evidence of that in intercepted taliban and russian communications so today my friends let's dig into the latest hysteria of cold war 2.0 pure mongering as we start watching the whole us if you want to know what's going on in a city the streets. are so you'd like to see the prices you always stay on see drone strikes graves suggests least systemic dissent says the late show which i would say brings up the field as. well go i want to watch the logs i am i robot bitter and i don't mean. right and joining us today to discuss this battle of scandals involving afghanistan russia trump and bounties is former cia officer and senior investigator for the center for the laces committee former the one and only john kiriakou john thank you for joining us my pleasure thanks for having me so john 1st off i just want to ask what is your take on the validity of this latest story coming out of the intelligence community about the russian g.r.u. putting up money for killing u.s. soldiers and the like a

intelligence agencies that members of congress were getting that sense today as well because the national security agency director will be testifying is one of the agencies that apparently didn't agree with the other intelligence agencies all these reports of of taliban bounties for one reason or another so that's one question but then the other question is all right so there's no consensus should the president have been briefed was he briefed and should action of being been taken anyway at a very high level of the u.s. the u.s. government and once again we're getting conflicting conflicting reports about all of this the general idea now is that the these allegations were in the president's daily brief although noting the lack of consensus that president trump wasn't verbal he briefed by his cia briefer because because of the law. of consensus according to administration official so it didn't rise to that level then we had the unusual anonymous white house source to say well frankly we just try not to tell trump potential bad news about russia because he doesn't like it so that's kind of floating around

people this after beijing imposed a strict national security law on the territory china has named john young jiang as the director of its new national security agency in hong kong during a previous assignment on the mainland jen took a hardline stance toward protesters. oh that tensions in hong kong on the rise one day after beijing implemented its controversial security law the civil liberties hong kong this had been promised and to 2047 gone london says beijing is guilty of what is described as a clear and serious violation of a treaty that paved the way for home content over from britain to china in 1907 and close to 3000000 home congress didn't have been promised a pathway to british citizenship basis for our international relations we make clear mr speaker that if china continue down this path we would reach introduce a new route for those with british national overseas status to enter the u.k. granting them limited leave to remain with the ability to live and work in the u.k. and they're off to to apply for citizenship and that is precisely what we will do just as truly as contemplating a similar move. we are considering very actively in thei

came out with a statement saying that it stands the national security agency that is. stands ready as always ready to protect the integrity and to security of state secrets as well as research secrets from organizations against outside players like a.t.p. 8029 and. i mean this story tells us that there's definitely a global race to be the 1st to develop a vaccine. but if we were to take the competition the money out of the equation wouldn't it be more in the interest of global helps if science around the world were sharing their research and fostering better vaccine research that way. you know i think you're right i mean you said it would should could and that's the problem here a little bit i think most of scientists and researchers involved in this reacher would agree but unforeseen doesn't work this way never probably work this way but there is a lot of money involved in this there's private companies big pharmaceutical companies smaller less venture capitalist state players government players countries interested in securing the best possible most effective vaccine

the national security agency issued a statement saying that they are standing ready and are still prepared to protect and safeguard u.s. interests and of course cyber security in the united states and therefore they went with this company king with the british and canadian authorities to make the world aware of that they aware that the russian group hacker group or cozy bear or the are trying to get covert 19 vaccine secrets so there is a little bit of a cat and mouse game going on now so they're on notice the russians know hey we know what you're doing and let's see how the 2nd act plays out today we will see stephens iman's in a washington d.c. thank you so much. well let's go now to some other stories making news around the world officials in brazil us say the country has reached 2000000 confirmed coronavirus cases with over 76000 deaths cases having doubled in less than a month and a little sign that the infection rate is slowing down anger is growing over president also narrows handling of the outbreak. a joint space mission by european and u.s. scientists has taken the closest photos

the national security agency issued a statement saying that they are standing ready and are still prepared to protect and safeguard u.s. interests and of course cyber security in the united states and therefore they went with this company king with the british and canadian authorities to make the world aware of that they are aware that the russian group hacker group or cozy beer or the juke are trying to get a covert 19 vaccine secret so there is a little bit of a kid and mouse game going on now so they're on notice the russians know hey we know what you're doing and let's see how the 2nd act plays out to this we will see indeed stephens iman's in washington d.c. thank you so much well let's go now to some other stories making news around the world brazil's health ministry has recorded on more than $2000000.00 coronavirus cases it's another grim milestone for the country which has averaged $1000.00 daily deaths from cove in 1900 from a presidential year boston r.-o. has played down the dangers of the virus and resisted measures to bring it under control. a joint space mission by european a

never prosecuted you know we still have large portions of the surveillance state that the national security agency created we still have killing by targeted you know by drones targeted killing by them so you know these are the kinds of threats that we could face today but the flipside is that frankly this is also an opportunity to show that respect for human rights is essential to an effective public health strategy and i mean let me give an example going to the origins of this pandemic if we look at what the chinese government did in harlem at the outbreak of the epidemic. they censored rather than heated they handful of doctors who tried to sound the alarm they said look at you know we don't know what's happening but there is a new leaf full strata there they call that a sars like corona virus and what the chinese authorities did is you know rather than listen to them rather than. they suppress them because this is the kind of bad news that beijing doesn't like to hear there was a read and study by the university of southampton that you know if those 3 weeks of not being wasted it was 3 weeks du

never prosecuted you know we still have large portions of the surveillance state that the national security agency created we still have killing by targeted you know by drones targeted killing by them so you know these are the kinds of threats that we could face today but the flipside is that frankly this is also an opportunity to show that respect for human rights is essential to an effective public health strategy and i mean let me give an example going to the origins of this pandemic if we look at what the chinese government did in harlem at the outbreak of the epidemic they censored rather than heated they handful of doctors who tried to sound the alarm they said look at you know we don't know what's happening but there is a new leaf will spread out there they called it a sars like corona virus and what the chinese authorities did is you know rather than listen to them rather than act they suppress them because this is the kind of bad news that beijing doesn't like to hear there was a write in study by the university of southampton that you know if those 3 weeks of not been wasted it was 3 wee

national security agency says a cyber espionage group publicly known as apt 29 targeted organizationsn all three nations. they include think tanks as well as governmental and health care institutions. the agency says it's highly likely the group intends to steal information and intellectual property related to the development and testing of covid-19 vaccines. it says the group is almost certainly part of the russian intelligence services. the u.s. statement says apt 29 is using custom malware known as wellmess and wellmail. the agencies did not mention whether any vaccine information has been stolen. in response, a spokesperson for the russian president said we can say o one thing, russia had nothing to do with these attacks. the russian direct investment fund is seeking to develop a vaccine against the coronavirus. its chief executive officer said pepeople apprehensnsive about t success of a russian vaccine are trying to tarnish its reputation. >>> the french prime minister has revealed a plan that would make it mandatory to wear masks in enclosed public spaces. it comes amid signs o

national security information for the benefit of russia. and so it was unusual and alarming for the national security agency and the british cybersecurity agencya sudden start targeting health care institutions, and they are saying that it's about stealing vaccine research, steve. >> obviously we don't want anybody stealing any research from this country, but what are the implications there if russia or anyone for that matter, but russia in this case were able to steal that information to jump ahead of us potentially in developing a vaccine? what are the implications there if they were able to do that? >> sure. it's not terribly surprising, right, that a foreign intelligence agency would be trying to steal this information. in fact, the u.s. government says that china is also doing this kind of hacking, and it appears to be kind of a vaccine nationalism going on, steve, where countries are racing to be first to perfect this vaccine. of course whatever country gets it first is going to give it to their own citizens first presumably and could stand to make a lot of money potentially. now, what my sources say is china is a more realistic candidat

, the department of homeland security in the us, cyber security agents, cyber security infrastructure agency and the nationaleed that this is most likely the work of the dukes, ‘cozy bear‘ or as the security agency calls them, apt29. give it talking us through that slightly technical and complicated issue but without boozing us, thank you very much. let‘s get some of the day‘s other news. america‘s top infectious disease specialist, dr anthony fauci, has asked young people to show responsibility to wider society over the coronavirus, by not gathering in crowds. in an interview, dr fauci said now was not the time to go to bars and have fun, while cases of the disease were still on the rise. the us supreme court has ruled that a florida law that restricts voting rights for people with past felony convictions should stand. it means that hundreds of thousands will be ineligible to vote in the state primaries in august and possibly in the november presidential elections. the florida law requires people with felony convictions to pay outstanding court debts before being able to register to vote. shares in netflix

department of homeland security in the us, cyber security agents, cyber and infrastructure security agency, and the nationalee that this is most likely the work of cozy bear, the dukes, or, as the ncsc calls them, apt29. we will leave it there but thank you for stay with us on bbc news, still to come: the closest ever pictures of the sun reveal the mini solar flares across its surface. after months of talks and missed deadlines, a deal has been struck to keep greece within the eurozone. the immediate prospect of greece going bust in the worst crisis to hit the eurozone has been averted. emergency services across central europe are stepping up their efforts to contain the worse floods this century. nearly 100 people have been killed. broadway is traditionally called the 'great white way' by americans, but tonight, it's completely blacked out. it's a timely reminder to all americans of the problems that the energy crisis has brought to them. leaders meet in paris for a summit on pollution, inflation and third world debt. this morning, theyjoined the revolution celebrations for a show of military might on the

allowed to see in fact in the aftermath of the new york times report both the pentagon and the national security agency.

allowed to see in fact in the aftermath of the new york times report both the pentagon and the national security agency have distanced themselves from the story with cheap pentagon spokesperson jonathan hoffman saying quote to date the department of defense has no corroborating evidence to balad at the recent allegations found in these open source reports and time magazine reported.

if fighting the virus weren't enough, the national security agency says researchers working to find vaccines also fighting off russian hackers. spy agencies in the u.s., canada, and great britain say the same russian groups that attacked the 2016 election are now actively trying to steal data from scientists working on a cure for covid-19. as you can tell there is a lot of reporting to get to tonight. our team of correspondents is standing by with new information. janet shamlian is going to lead off our coverage tonight from houston. good evening, janet. >> reporter: norah, texas recorded its highest death toll today since the pandemic started, 129. tonight testing centers like this one are jammed and we are hearing sobering stories from the crisis in emergency rooms. dwindling ventilators, few beds and doctors burying friends. in the overwhelmed rio grande valley, covid patients are spilling into the hallways. and a conference room is a temporary morgue. >> i know people hear the stories over and over, but it is very different when the person that are you putting in a body bag is your next

thing the story goes on to read that other parts of the intelligence community including the national security agency n.s.a. said they did not have information to support that conclusion at the same level and since the times initial story last month there have been dozens of other media reports about the allegations of russian bounties on u.s. troops. but nothing concrete c.n.n. even reported today online that a top u.s. general overseeing operations in the middle east and afghanistan said the purported russian bounty intelligence wasn't prove not even enough to hold up in a court of law but was still worrisome all this as a new reuters poll released today shows that quote most americans believe russia targeted u.s. soldiers and once sanctions in response russia writes that overall 60 percent of americans said they found reports of russian bounties on american soldiers to be very or somewhat believable while 21 percent said they were not credible and the rest were unsure and further 39 percent said they thought she did know about russia's targeting of the u.s. military before reports surface in the n

bins the former head of the national security agency in the us has said definitively that they were taken from a the earth or a memory stick it wasn't a hack and also the wiki leaks who basically published published the material said that they were given it not it wasn't hacked they were given it and of course what that showed was that the democratic national committee was rigging the election and nobody in the us or anywhere else was suggested that the what's in that document is not correct the real scandal is that there rigging the elections and of course they then pretend that the russians on leaking this material because it's incredibly embarrassing that they've been caught rigging the elections and i think what's going to you know we don't know what's going on here but it's all mixed up with this is it politics at play 1st and foremost here because surely you know better than me but the british government things have enough on its plate at the moment without making these rather vague accusations against russia the public how do you think they'll view that. well i think what because t

never prosecuted you know we still have large portions of the surveillance state that the national security agency created we still have killing by targeted you know by drones targeted killing by them so you know these are the kinds of threats that we could face today but the flipside is that frankly this is also an opportunity to show that respect for human rights is essential to an effective public health strategy and i mean let me give an example going to the origins of this pandemic if we look at what the chinese government did in hama at the outbreak of the epidemic they censored rather than heated thank handful of doctors who tried to sound the alarm they said look at you know we don't know what's happening but there is a new leaf will spread out there they call that a sars like corona virus and what the chinese authorities did is you know rather than listen to them rather than act they suppress them because this is the kind of bad news that beijing doesn't like to hear there was a right and study by the university of southampton that you know if those 3 weeks of not been wasted it was 3 wee

democracy of a republic well joining us now to discuss these dangers and more is the former national security agency intelligence officer and whistleblower thank you for your service the one and only william binney bill always a pleasure having you on sir. no big tragedy so there's a lot of different stories and scenarios leading in the best selection where you know concerning the sanctity and security of our individual votes what do you feel is the biggest concern but u.s. voters should have when going to the polls in november. well i believe the integrity of whose vote is fundamental to this issue now for example judicial i said that in their surveys that about 3 and a half 1000000 people who are registered to vote who are who you know i think their numbers and the like it's probably about one half of what really is the problem but it's spread out a nuance angeles county. one and a quarter 1000000 people who are registered to book and are now. well that's a major problem the image of an early bird of. the boating role system whether or not they're eligible citizens to vote is fundamental to this p