justice department surveillance mission with norman solomon he's director of the institute for public at crissy it's known as a show that helps activists groups be heard. in the interests of national security short of the action against associated press was justified in this instance. well a lot is done in the name of national security and protecting the public several decades ago spying by the nixon administration on the press dirty tricks and so forth were also rationalized inside the white house and later publicly as somehow protecting the public from subversive or other elements that threaten the republic and that is really one of the last refuge of scoundrels when it comes to top leaders who want to turn off the tap of information reaching their own public that those leaders would rather the public be kept in the dark about and i think what we've seen with these revelations about the phone records of a.p. reporters is that this in ministration which has already waged a larger war against more whistleblowers than any other in u.s. history has continued to push the envelope and try

comes out ten years now after george bush declared america's victory over saddam hussein and norman solomon director for the institute for public accuracy believes the u.s. that campaign has brought little democracy to the country. there's a very corrupt interest truck sure and a lot of political repression torture and shelling both in public and behind prison walls which was also the case under saddam hussein but i think that by most measures the magnitude has been the u.s. in a worse in the last ten years and going forward the prospects look very grim i think that the united states government should be apologizing to the american people for the lies and especially to the iraqi people because of so much. death and injury that continues to take place because of and in the aftermath of the invasion occupation. millions of orthodox believe. in church ceremonies all around the world it's one of orthodox christianity is most important. the resurrection of jesus christ immense crowds of gathered at russia's main vigil at the cathedral of christ the savior in downtown moscow for celebrations ther

the rest comes a decade after washington's proud claim a victory in its operation iraqi freedom norman solomon director of the institute for public accuracy thinks instability in iraq is only likely to deepen. corrupt infrastructure and a lot of political repression torture and chilling both in public and behind prison walls which was also the case under saddam hussein but i think by most measures the magnitude has been the u.s. in a worse in the last ten years and going forward the prospects look very grim i think that the united states government should be apologizing to the american people for the lies and especially to the iraqi people because of so much evil and injury that you didn't used to take place because of and in the aftermath of the invasion occupation under the bush cheney administration it was all effort to justify and pump up the war is something glorious a lot of the problem that we have is that the reality of the war is by president bush and then president obama to the extent that there's not an honesty about the whys the more the basis of the war and the suffering that is t

journalists claiming it was necessary to protect americans from dangerous information leaks but norman solomon from the media watch groups as it was all about teaching a lesson to whistleblowers that is really one of the last refuge of scoundrels when it comes to top leaders who want to turn off the tap of information reaching their own public that those leaders would rather the public be kept in the dark about and i think what we've seen with these revelations about the phone records of a.p. reporters is that this is a ministration which has already waged a larger war against more whistleblowers than any other in u.s. history has continued to push the envoy up and tried to have a chilling effect on not only journalists but the sources within the administration . now to some other news making headlines around the world and please be aware the following footage contains graphic content there's a grisly video allegedly shows fighters would be all nusra front a rebel group linked to al qaeda executing eleven government soldiers islamists can be heard shouting god is great after a child is fired t

journalists was necessary to protect americans from leaks that could endanger their safety but norman solomon from the media watch group is aimed at making an example of a peters carol whistle blowers that is really one of the last refuge of scoundrels when it comes to top leaders who want to turn off the top margin for. on public that those leaders would rather the public be kept in the dark of doubt and i think what we've seen with these revelations about the phone records of a.p. reporters is that this is an ministration which has already weighs data larger war against more whistleblowers than any other in u.s. history has continued to push the envelope and try to have a chilling effect on not only journalists but the sources within the administration . when questioned about the a.p. phone probe the head of the u.s. department of justice refused to take responsibility has made all the mentors he didn't know what he's owed agency was doing. i am not familiar with the reasons why he was you know instructed in the way he works i'm simply not a part of the of the trees. however eric holder sai

hundred journalists was necessary to protect americans from leaks could endanger the safety of norman solomon from the fed media watch group he thinks it's aimed at making an example of a.p. in order to scare off any would be whistleblowers that is really one of the last refuge of scoundrels when it comes to top leaders who want to turn off the tap of information reaching their own public that those leaders would rather the public be kept in the dark about and i think what we've seen with these revelations about the phone records of a.p. reporters is that this is an ministration which has already weighs data larger war against more whistleblowers than any other in u.s. history has continued to push the envoy and tried to have a chilling effect on not only journalists but the sources within the administration and to new orleans not to open up the world update is where u.s. police are both rested the nineteen year old suspect they've been hunting in connection with the mother's day shooting there in the big easy scott who has a criminal record for possessing firearms on drugs has been on the ru

journalists was necessary to protect americans from leaks that could endanger their safety and norman solomon from the media watch group say it was aimed at making an example of a.p. to scare off any would be whistleblowers. that is really one of the last refuge of scoundrels when it comes to top leaders who want to turn off the tap of information reaching their own public that those leaders would rather the public be kept in the dark about and i think what we've seen with these revelations about the phone records of a.p. reporters is that this isn't ministration which has already weighs data larger war against more whistleblowers than any other in u.s. history has continued to push the envelope and try to have a chilling effect on not only journalists but the sources within the administration . ok world update time here on c n straight to texas where several tornadoes of the american state in one area up to seventy five homes were destroyed and six people killed that number is probably going to rise a many others have been injured and rescue teams are continuing the search for survivors unde

journalists was a necessary to protect americans from the leaks that could endanger the safety norman solomon from the fair media watch group thinks it's aimed at making an example of a.p. to scare off any whistleblower. that is really one of the last refuge of scoundrels when it comes to top leaders who want to turn off the tap of information reaching their own public that those leaders would rather the public be kept in the dark of doubt and i think what we've seen with these revelations about the phone records of a.p. reporters is that this isn't ministration which has already weighs data larger war against more whistleblowers than any other in u.s. history has continued to push the up and tried to have a chilling effect on not only journalists but the sources within the administration . well before we get into our program problem interest let's jump into the world update quickly syria first by pro assad refugees looting women and children came under fire from rebels as they were time in the southeast town of yet to move government soldiers or company into refugees return fire reports sayi

journalists claim it was necessary to protect americans from dangerous information leaks but norman solomon he's from the media watch group says it was all about teaching a lesson to whistleblowers. that is really one of the last refuge of scoundrels when it comes to top leaders who want to turn off the tap of information reaching their own public that those leaders would rather the public be kept in the dark about and i think what we've seen with these revelations about the phone records of a.p. reporters is that this isn't ministration which has already weighs data larger war against more whistleblowers than any other in u.s. history has continued to push the envelope and try to have a chilling effect on not only journalists but the sources within the administration . well that to bring you up to date for the moment i'll be back with a news team with more in just have a thirty minutes from now in the meantime it is the latest edition of a money show the kaiser report off of the short break is that it's. a fairly dickinson university study has been revealed to twenty nine percent of americ

[applause] >> thank you, norman solomon. i want to ask a quick question for final comments. a bunch of us have touched on it already, the problem of journalists putting partisanship ahead of principle. that is the idea that if you have a president you prefer over the other guy and that president is in power that perhaps you need your voice. any final comments on that problem? when michael tore wrote an open letter president obama about the escalation of the afghan war. it was a surprise. respectivese greatly of michael's work, but i think many on the left were mistakenly caught off guard by obama's escalation of the afghan war. he campaigned on it. that was the central aspect of his foreign-policy platform when he first ran for office, escalating the afghan war while drawing down the iraq war. i think we should not have been in any way surprised, saddened, disappointed when he did exactly that. in one sense, he's broken many promises, but he kept that one promise he made. i also want to mention that when i was talking about the folks who did do very good coverage of the afgh

our final panelist is norman solomon, the co-author of a dozen books, including a memoir. in the landmark book "war made easy." is the founder and director of the institute for public accuracy, he led three peace seeking trips to iraq before the and a couple of fact-finding missions to iran and afghanistan. for 17 years, he wrote a nationally syndicated column of media criticism. he now writes a weekly column focused on politics for websites such as common dreams and truth out. we cofounded the online roots -- group rootsaction.org. we are urging they give this year's peace prize to the military whistleblower bradley manning. [applause] >> we are gathering here in a political context that includes one major political party has given faith a bad name and the other major political party has given hope a bad name. the reality is that we can't get very far or move very far forward if we don't have faith, a secular faith at least, in democracy. we can't get very far without hope that the human capacity to care for each other and work together is going to create a better world.

our final panelist is norman solomon, the co-author of a dozen books, including a memoir. the landmark book "war made easy." is the founder and director of the institute for public accuracy, he led three peace seeking trips to iraq before the u.s. invasion and a couple of fact-finding missions to iran and afghanistan.and for 17 years, he wrote a nationally syndicated column of media criticism. he now writes a weekly column focused on politics for websites such as common dreams and truth out. we co-founded the online activism group rootsaction.org. we are urging they give this year's peace prize to the military whistleblower bradley manning. [applause] >> we are gathering here in a political context that includes one major political party has given faith a bad name and the other major political party has given hope a bad name. the reality is that we can't get very far or move very far forward if we don't have faith, a secular faith at least, in democracy. we can't get very far without hope that the human capacity to care for each other and work together is going to create a

our final panelist is norman solomon, the co-author of a dozen books, including a memoir.landmark book "war made easy." is the founder and director of the institute for public accuracy, he led three peace seeking trips to iraq before the and a couple of fact-finding missions to iran and afghanistan. for 17 years, he wrote a nationally syndicated column of media criticism. he now writes a weekly column focused on politics for websites such as common dreams and truth out. we cofounded the online roots -- group rootsaction.org. we are urging they give this year's peace prize to the military whistleblower bradley manning. [applause] >> we are gathering here in a political context that includes one major political party has given faith a bad name and the other major political party has given hope a bad name. the reality is that we can't get very far or move very far forward if we don't have faith, a secular faith at least, in democracy. we can't get very far without hope that the human capacity to care for each other and work together is going to create a better world. in democ

[applause] >> thank you, norman solomon. i want to just ask a quick question for final comments. a bunch of us have touched on it already, and that's the problem of journalists putting partisanship ahead of principle. and that's the idea if you have a president that you prefer over the other guy and that president's in power, that perhaps you mute your voice. any final comments on that problem? we're all journalists up here. >> well, i remember -- is this on? i remember when michael moore wrote an open letter to president obama about the escalation of the afghan war as if it was a surprise. and, you know, i, of course, greatly respect michael's work and everything he does, but i think many on the left were mistakenly caught off guard by obama's escalation of the afghanistan war. he campaigned on it. that was the central, central aspect of his foreign policy platform be when he -- platform went he first ran for office was escalating the afghan war while drawing down the iraq war. and i think, you know, we shouldn't have been in any way surprised, saddened, disappointed when he did