now if you're frequent viewer of this show then you know that we've been documenting the obama administration's war on whistleblowers from bradley manning and wiki leaks to the case of thomas drake amongst others but today let's take a good look at what this administration is doing to james rise of the award winning new york times reporter who they're trying to force to reveal his source as a case carry over from the bush administration and in an affidavit affidavit excuse me that rise in filed last week he knows that he was told by reliable sources that former vice president dick cheney pressure the justice department to personally target him because cheney was unhappy with his reporting and wanted to see him in jail now the reporting in this particular case refers to a chapter in his two thousand and six book state of war the secret history of the cia in the bush administration in that chapter he described a cia effort to thwart iran's nuclear ambitions by secretly providing them with faulty blueprints but it was more than just that rising reported on the waterboarding of detainees in iraq he

honest here right has been all started just with the bush administration and continued by the obama administration have always seen eye trend or at least records of. presidential administrations trying to intimidate and put pressure on journalists in the past absolutely in fact one frustration of journalists is that every administration that gets into power tends to talk about government transparency before hand and then once they're the ones that would be subject to that transparency you know they talk a good game but in fact when it comes down to it they want to keep secrets and prevent these things from getting out and president obama is particularly disappointing because it's hard to think of any president that before he was allowed to talk so much about transparency and the importance of whistleblowers and protecting them and so it's just a particular disappointment to see him do what a lot of other presidents happened before jalen definitely talk a big game you're right there i you know i was a lot of things that we hear used often as the excuse is that this falls under the banner of nationa

global commission on drug policy is saying and they're now calling for decriminalization of the obama administration has dismissed this report so what have the obama that once said this is a legitimate debate the next day republicans have no trust in obama on national security take a look at the defense authorization act and they want to tie his hands when it comes to the start treaty so tonight will determine how bad this bill could be for a nuclear free world and is it just me or does the media have wiener fever and no i'm not just talking about anyway here i'm talking about the crotch shot the made it onto representative anthony weiner's twitter page so why is this stupid story headline news old of in that all those issues and have some fun and are happy hour segment but first tonight's top story. jobs numbers for the month of may are coming out tomorrow and everything is pointing to a disappointing report you can add that to the home price index that was released which was found that home prices have fallen to a new low and it's looking more and more like we're headed for a double dip that's not

and to try to put pressure on the obama administration to callar the f.b.i. nikolaj fitzgerald the u.s. attorney in charge of her case our marathon i thank you very much for joining us tonight telling us about it and so you know i hope that it does bring some more attention to light because i definitely think that this is a recipe for disaster is what it seems like when you look at some of the powers being granted to the f.b.i. these states and so much thank you. for taking a break coming up our thursday edition of show and tell and a new poll out today points to a major talent in support for congresswoman michele bachmann what does that mean for the g.o.p. to get a comedian to take on michelle from our good friend there but i caught. it also gives you a story of a scene so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else here's the part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't. charge.

and to try to put pressure on the obama administration to callar the f.b.i. and a collar captured fitzgerald the u.s. attorney in charge of our case. thank you very much for joining us tonight telling us about it and so you know i hope that it does bring more attention to light because i definitely think that this recipe. for disaster is what it seems like when you look at some of the powers being granted to the f.b.i. these days thanks so much thank you. for taking a break but coming up our thursday edition of show and tell and a new poll out today points to a major jump in support for congresswoman michele bachmann what does that mean for the g.o.p. we're going to get a comedian tape on michele from our good friend at fair bet it costs a. little we're in there with three mechanisms to do that we're going to bring justice or. i have every right to know what my government should do if you want to know why i pay taxes.

and try to put pressure on the obama administration to callar the f.b.i. and a collar fitzgerald the u.s. attorney in charge of. our matters while i thank you very much for joining us tonight.

whistleblower crumbles the obama administration steps up its probe of the wiki leaks more details after the break. twenty four seven live streaming news towns like to tell you about the ongoing financial hurricane unlimited three high quality videos for download. and stories you may never find on mainstream news. from the. political. person more on our team doctor just. for. fun. well forty years ago this week the new york times began publishing the pentagon papers leaks by a courageous whistleblower who wants to expose the mishandling of a war for the greater good of this country and today daniel ellsberg is revered by many as a hero but those who follow in his footsteps the modern whistleblowers more likely than ever it seems to face prosecution now there's a case of thomas drake the n.s.a. official who exposed waste and corruption in his agency all in the wake of nine eleven in return he was labeled as an enemy of the state charged under the espionage act with a threat of thirty five years behind bars now his trial to get the irony in all this his trial was set to begin on this very

it's hard to know in what we call the espionage act leaks prosecution, whether the obama administrationuld really be thought to be responsible for them in a strict sense, in that a lot of the matters are left over from the bush administration from the post-9/11 concern about classified information, about the threat of terrorism, and so forth. so it's not clear whether this is entirely an initiative on the part of the obama administration or if obama officials are basically acquiescing in cases that got start under the previous administration. >> suarez: drake was charged under the espionage act, the same act that auld red james and other famous spies have been charged under. but was he really more of a whistleblower than a spy? >> well, certainly he and his allies contend he was really a whistleblow blower. he was trying to alert first folks inside the government, in congress, and in the inspector general offices in the government to what he considered mismanagement or waste at the n.s.a. there was no evidence he was trying to hurt the united states or he was angry with the country or a

and "80% of those who collected more than $500,000 for obama took key administration posts as defined by the white house." >> what our report says is that it has sort of been business as usual. >> reporter: the center points out that then senator obama promised a new way of doing business. >> the cynics, the lobbyists, the special interests, who have turned our government into a game only they can afford to play. they get the access while you get to write a letter. the time for that kind of politics is over. >> reporter: the white house today insisted that donations play no role in these plum jobs. >> being a supporter does not qualify you for a job or guarantee you a job, but it does not disqualify you, obviously. >> reporter: that's generally what white houses say. >> we make no distinctions about people on the basis of whether they've given or not. >> reporter: there's a difference between the bush administration and the obama administration, according to the center. the obama administration is worse. >> we did look at the administration of george bush, which was widely criticized

this is a moment of reckoning for the obama administration. you will remember even 2 1/2 years ago when president obama came to office he had the promise of engaging the regimes both at tehran and damascus. even as late as may 19, just about three, four weeks ago, president obama was still holding open the possibility for bashar that he could either lead syria to a reform or get out of the way. so now the decision to refer him to the international criminal court is the right decision. it's a little too late for the obama administration, but better late than never. >> you're actually in the hague right now. you've submitted to the icc evidence of crimes against humanity by the assad regime. what kind of crimes? >> well, the syrian regime have committed -- have seized cities, used the army against civilians. we have enough evidence, and we have already submitted the communication to the office of the prosecutor of the icc with enough evidence that support the claim that there are crimes against humanity committed by the regime, and the head of th

one of the reasons, unfortunately because the obama administration which i have named in my last book, while this administration is not an oil and administration it certainly is not the way the last administration was. doesn't get its money from the oil industry. it certainly gets its money from industry, but is the finance industry. even this government is not immune from the incredible weight and financial lobbying and pressure of the oil industry even this government said came to that pressure. the key moment to that picture missions and john mentioned to when basically public attention was completely swayed and altered and we really lost the momentum, not lost the entire race. august the 16th. let me back up a little bit. there was enormous public pressure in the same whether it was after 1959 and '89. enormous public attention on this disaster. people were gripped, watching that spill cam. there was a huge push for legislation. there was a great number of bills moving through the congress, great amount of momentum to see them pass. and two things happened. the first is the well w

today sources inside congress and the obama administration are telling cnn president obama has decided to bring 30,000 u.s. troops home from afghanistan. he's making the announcement tomorrow night at 8:00 eastern during a speech you can see right here on cnn. 30,000 is a little under one-third of the 100,000 troops there now. but it won't happen quickly. we're told 10,000 will come out this year by the rest of the end of 2012. another source says the pentagon argued for an even smaller drawdown. but robert gates says he understands the president's decision. >> the president has to take into account on any national security issue sustainability here at home both among the public and in the congress. and it goes without saying that there are a lot of reservations in congress about the war in afghanistan and our level of commitment. there are concerns among the american people who are tired of a decade of war.

administration. >> as of the end of 2010, that is exactly right. >> permits to drill increase in the obama administration versus the bush administration. production on the outer continental shelf also increased? >> it has pared >> thank you very much. >> we have avote call on the floor. i want to thank all the witnesses for your generosity and time. the record will remain open for an additional week to allow you to add additional information. with that, we stand adjourned. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> we learned today that lawrence eagleburger, former secretary of state, has died. mr. eagleburger rows of the ranks of the u.s. foreign service and state department, becoming a top aide to henry kissinger during the nixon and ford administration. he was ambassador to yugoslavia for jimmy carter and served as secretary of state during the george h.w. bush administration. the cause of death was pneumonia. he was 80 years old. in this week's youtube address, president obama discusses the state of the u.s. auto industry and it

and one of the reasons why it was able to work was, unfortunately, because the obama administration, on which i had named my last book -- while this administration is not an oil administration, it certainly isn't the way the last administration was, it doesn't get its money from the oil industry. it certainly gets its money from industry but it's the finance industry not the oil industry. even this government is not immune from the incredible weight and financial lobbying and pressure of the oil industry. and even this government sucame to that pressure and the key moment that peter mentioned and john mentioned when basically public attention was completely swayed and altered and we really lost the -- lost the momentum, not lost the entire race was on august the semith. so let me just back up a little bit. there was enormous public pressure in the same way there was after 1969 in the same way there was in 1989, enormous public attention on this disaster. people were gripped, they were watching that and there was a huge push for legislation. there was a great number of bills that were

first as i think that the obama administration the u.s. is much more concerned about the negative effects about you know coming off of the housing bubble and all of the jobs that could be lost as a result of that sort of thought do you think they're really concerned though because it feels like the congress is just at a standstill you know and the obama administration likes to say that that's what they're worried about is job creation and we haven't really seen any action in that sense and finally you know he did a little chiding yesterday to congress and say can you guys not act like children of my children can do their homework while. you but i just don't really know if i even see the effort they're talking about. i don't see the difference of the jobs as well when you look at the stimulus package if you if you really want to think about stimulus which is really what they're talking about first it has to be jobs ok and there hasn't been the focus on jobs. so at the end of the day you know it's one thing to add stimulus to have cash for c

they are not unpatriotic, but they want -- in the second year of the obama administration, last year, more jobs were created in the private sector than in the eight years of the

say goodbye to that privacy and hello to more government surveillance or to stand up to the obama administration on this important issue. now the president obama has announced a withdrawal of the troop surge in afghanistan by summer of two thousand and twelve and now the general david petraeus has been approved by the senate intelligence committee to take over the cia what's the next year and even more actually going to look like in afghanistan who's taking over what strategies are they going to employ well today marine corps lieutenant general john allen and vice admiral william mcraven both testified in front of the senate armed services committee to answer those questions and if confirmed also likely the answer is yes allen will be the commander of u.s. and nato forces in afghanistan but it seems like the man with the real power from here on out will be the one who is losing any numbers mcraven is going. to be leaving his post at the head of j. sachs fresh off a successful raid to kill osama bin laden to lead all u.s. special operations command so we expect more night raids drone strikes and

in the obama administration to be the honest broker. i think they still see this way just this morning we were announced this i believe. the obama administration made it very clear that they are going to veto in the security council. course to become a full members of the unit in the nation so you know the trust that. is at the moment in trying to achieve peace in the region in they know that he is trying to save himself as an honest broker is there the possibility that the united states could veto the establishment of a palestinian state and still the general assembly would recognize that. mission of the list. state was already announced in nineteen eighty eight. and nothing happened so this can happen again and again we're not going anything to the palestinians a what can what it can achieve is the continuation of the illegitimate zation of the state of israel and this is something that i think can be avoided only through bilateral talks do you have faith that netanyahu is serious about peace i have faith in him because for the last t

friday's edition of conversations in the great minds around economist and former advisor to the obama administration actor george burns to present the first half hour later in the show i'll debate it to polanski's lucian inspired studs really solution to solving our country's debt problem during our weekly rumble fan and the golden years are looking pretty bleak for many american seniors why they're most likely to have one foot in the grave and the other still on the job it's a nice feeling to take. four times conversations of great minds i'm joined by renowned economist and learned his talents to president obama serving as a member of the white house economic team from two thousand and nine until this recent last month few months ago few months ago it was the chief economist an economic adviser to vice president joe biden and director of the white house task force on the middle class prior to his still white house he worked for the economic policy institute was the deputy chief economist at the u.s. department of labor currently he's a senior fellow at the center for budget and policy priorities an

. >> a lot of people are wondering where is the obama administration on syria. why isn't it doing what it did towards moammar gadhafi and basically say he must go? >> well, i think it's very interesting and i have some sympathy for the obama administration. i'm not usually friendly with them. when they say the arab league, for example which broke from moammar gadhafi is still in the syrian regime, i saw a placard somewhere where the syrian protesters are saying may god set free and loose the tongue of the mute out of the legal arab states. they still haven't broken with saleh. you can pardon the obama administration to say we have a mandate to intervene in libya but no mandate for syria. >> this killing of this 13-year-old boy in sir area he was tortured. you saw the pictures. mutilated. is this going to be the symbol, though, that will eventually result in his overthrow? >> as we say, may this be from the tongue to the ears of god. we don't know. we would love to see the end of this regime, all human beings. when you think that unicef is worried about children,

the obama administration made it very clear that they are going to veto in the security council. to become a full members of the united nations so i know the trust that the obama is adamant in trying to achieve peace in the region in the northern plains trying to perceive themselves as an honest broker is there the possibility that the united states could veto the establishment of a palestinian state and still the general assembly would recognize that the likud mission of the palestinian state was already announced in one thousand in think by yourself and nothing different so this can happen again and again it's will not gain anything to the palestinians a what can you can see if it is the continuation of the illegitimate vision of the state of israel and this is something that i think can be. void it only through political talks do you have faith that netanyahu is serious about peace i have faith and him because for the last two years when i served my country as the israeli ambassador to the united nations. i saw a watch very clearly not only what he said in the belly landing in

a lot of people are starting to realize that as more information comes out about the obama administration's actions as more time goes by as well now i was curious because yesterday the white house unveiled their new counterterrorism strategy and john brennan actually said that for the first time u.s. officials are now able to envision the demise of al qaeda do you think that's only possible are they getting cocky there. course they're going to talk they have no idea we know what's the worst part here is what we're seeing is this expansion in various ways it's easy to start even if we find that mr gates himself again my former boss when i was at cia was come out saying if any department defense secretary ever said we're going to go back into age or go back into the middle east he needs to have his head examined i believe that's the quote of the problems it's easy to get in it's very very very difficult to get out and sometimes it's very hard just to my eyes just how will your doing yes we are killing people here and there but again the problem that we have is we never know if we're actually

over again, the number of troops kept climbing, climbing, during the obama administration, skyrocketing. tomorrow night, the president will say it is the beginning of the end of the war, and however long it takes, a strategy to bring american troops will be in place, next week, to bring them home. and martha raddatz, who has been to afghanistan dozens of times, including just last month, has more. martha? >> reporter: diane, behind all those numbers are human beings, and no matter what numbers the president announces tomorrow, it will be the beginning of the end of the u.s. troop mission in afghanistan. this is what a drawdown means in human terms. more scenes like this. more emotion. sisters jessica and kristen, searching for their brother, lance corporal michael acquaviva, as he arrived home. they search and search, and then --

tracking without a warrant violates our fourth memorize the obama administration is moving full speed ahead to make sure that it isn't a problem in fact the government said that there needs to be a prompt solution of this conflict because it's a critical element for law enforcement efforts throughout the country and you know what the government is so in favor of this unconstitutional use of technology why isn't there a bigger outcry of americans if team obama gets its way that means that all americans are subject to being under the magnifying glass without any discussion from a judge so given police across the country a blanket out already to spy on people with g.p.s. is something that i think we should be wary of after all we've told you about several instances where police abuse their powers make mistakes or just maliciously choose to follow people who really should never be suspects and surely there are just as many instances like these that have been reported so not only is obama once again let his voters down by being pro warrantless wire to excuse me g.p.s. tracking but he's ope

i think the general policy vectors of the obama administration are correct, invest in education, talk about infrastructure. the retraining and employment would be job one. if i were in charge in washington to bring down the double-digit use unemployment numbers by retraining these kids to do jobs they can take in the future. otherwise, we will have a generation of people that will be lost to the work force. tavis: maybe you should beach -- in charge in washington. she is a great mind and a great writer. you have just scratched the surface. digging into it yourself. parana, good to have you want. >> thank you. tavis: up next, j.j. abrams with his film "super 8." stay with us. welcome'm pleased to j.j. abrams back with this program. if you have been in the dark about his latest film, that is because he wanted it that way. now the cat is out of the bag and supported is in theaters across the country. it is produced by stevensville work. here are some scenes from "super 8." >> and, action. watch out! go, go! >> and east bound freighter derails, but what the carter was on that freighter we

to just bust his latest story in the new yorker magazine were here he says the obama administration allowing fear and not facts are potentially disastrous foreign policy towards a wrong mr hurst thank you so much for sitting down with us based on your investigation is the united states wrong to assume the worst when it comes to iran if the fear is based on the notion that you know that some of our iran has a bomb or is going to get a bomb that's ridiculous because every bit of evidence they have it from their own intelligence community. that the people who talk with bieber go but no there's no weapons there we've known that for years we've been looking for years after years after years we support the sanctions program that's designed to stop the punishment is it's aimed at stopping the iranians from doing something you know we know they're not doing for me and i wrote the article the analogy between what they're doing with obama's doing with iran is very close to what bush and dick cheney the