rove has has been something of a genius that is finding. peripheral or prefer peripheral issues that will mobilize the great voter groups to support the republicans and and that strategy has has also been somewhat effective in sweden is it normal for call rove to be doing this kind of international advising no on his own website he notes that sweden is his only international assignment the moderate party of sweden is the be the only foreign party that he's worked for. so as far as i know he's a pretty us focused person but then again it's mentioned he himself has swedish roots and he he may feel a particular application to be involved here or interest to be involved here how much influence do you think the us on the whole from a song to nato to asylum seekers being taken into custody how long sleeved enormous influence and in a way almost personally so at this historical moment that sweden should be so eager to. host nato military exercises in the north to. share. intelligence information at a very high level with the u.s. and nato that fre

of their own but rove has a long term relationship with the moderates already in the one nine hundred eighty s. he came to sweden to advise them and then he's been back and before the election two thousand and six and and even more recently he himself has some swedish roots and i think it may be partly initiated from his side that he wants to be involved in politics here and then what see the moderates in. come play before the two thousand and six election had something in common with bush's electoral victory in two thousand the problem for both george bush and fredrik reinfeldt was to win the votes of groups who wouldn't necessarily benefit from having a right wing tax cutting regime in power bush succeeded so well in wooing working class votes that in the two thousand and six election. sorry that two thousand and four election. bush won the white working class by a twenty three percent margin so working class voters were really the backbone of his victory. reinfeldt acknowledged that he was impressed by bush's campaign. and yet his struggle was also to get working class voters to su

to bring in some of the people from from from bush's campaign to help with that and not least karl rove used. the method is linguistic innovation media manipulation and the art of bringing smear campaigns is that what sweden wants to take from a strategist like karl rove the moderates won the past two elections very much because of the negative image of fredrik reinfeldt supposin and in both elections where it was very much the. weakness of the opponent people were voting against rather than attraction to. and how do how do you accomplish that through different kinds of negative campaigning in the in the broader meaning of campaigning that focuses on the deficits of the other candidate. was something that the rover has been very good and so so he would be irrelevant if i was there there another thing that they rove has has been something of a genius had is finding peripheral or preferred peripheral issues that will mobilize the great voter groups to support the republicans and and that strategy has has also been somewhat effective in sweden is it normal for call rove to be doing this ki

roving wiretaps are nothing new. domestic law enforcement agencies have had roving authority for criminal investigations since 1986. and section 215, business records have more strict requirements than the grand jury subpoenas used in criminal investigations. this makes no sense to let law enforcement officials use a tool to investigate a drug dealer but then deny that same authority to intelligence officials investigating terrorists. and contrary to claims by critics, there is oversight of these provisions. both section 206 roving wiretaps and section 215 business records request must be approved by a fisa judge. though section 206 roving wiretaps and section 215 business records are also subject to rigorous minimization procedures. these procedures also approved by a fisa judge ensure that only information that pertains to the investigation is actually collected. finally, both section 206 roving wiretaps and section 215 business records prohibit the government from gathering intelligence on a u.s. citizen or legal

the second point is you don't need karl rove to get the united states interested in extradition they're interested in that any. and they have their normal channels quiet invisible channels for arranging these things the last thing they want is a high profile political figure rove to get involved in this and draw attention to it and do you think that he will be extradited to sweden. i can only tell you what . his sponsors british lawyers have said to me about the british case in terms of the law they have a very strong case and if it were only. a question of the law then they figure that they have a seventy five eighty percent chance of rejecting the swedish request for extradition to sweden then the question is how much how much politics. so they say carefully that they have a fifty fifty chance something like that. then if he comes to sweden. most legal people that i know here in sweden when they look at what is known so far about the charges against the sons think that there are absurd that he will be convicted on the available evidence so if he is convicted of something here it will

roving wiretaps. yes,efore this bill, roving wiretaps. why? because they would use different phones to conceal the criminality of their efforts. guess what? we have that happening now with terrorists. they go and buy 1,000, 1,000 phones that you buy that are already preprogrammed. these use it for one call and throw it away. what you're saying is we don't care somehow it's ok for you to go after a drug dealer, a mafia don who uses his brother-in-law's phone, but you don't want to use this provision to go after a terrorist who is trying to hide their identity and their conversations and their content to build a radiological bomb. it's lewd dangerous. -- ludicrous. why would we do that to ourselves? make no mistake, you are putting americans in danger when you let this expire. on the roving wiretap, the b.i. director today said in an opening hearing less than 500 times, it's even been used. it is hard to get a wiretap. but what you're saying is after march 1, we can continue to do it for a drug dealer, but you can't go to the fisa court and get

with respect to roving wiretaps, they're nothing new. we have had roving wiretaps for decades over criminal investigations such azrak tearing and drug pushing. a roving wiretap order can only be issued by a judge. the law enforcement agency must minimize roving wiretaps which means that if the target isn't on the phone at the time or they're not talking about something under investigation, then the wiretap has got to be turned off. and that provides for protections and that has never been challenged for its constitutionality since it was put in the pate the yot act in 2001 -- patriot act in 2001. finally the lone wolf definition is very important because in order to trigger the patriot act surveillance or applications for patriot act surveillance, without the lone wolf there has to be a demonstration that the target is a member of a group like al qaeda. and the way al qaeda has kind of sprung out or people who have said they're al qaeda when they really night be al qaeda, -- they might not be al qaeda, lone wolf becomes absolutely vital.

roving wiretaps. yes, before this bill, roving wiretaps. why? because they would use different phones to conceal the criminality of their efforts. guess what? we have that happening now with terrorists. they go and buy 1,000, 1,000 phones that you buy that are already preprogrammed. these use it for one call and throw it away. what you're saying is we don't care somehow it's ok for you to go after a drug dealer, a mafia don who uses his brother-in-law's phone, but you don't want to use this provision to go after a terrorist who is trying to hide their identity and their conversations and their content to build a radiological bomb. it's lewd dangerous. -- ludicrous. why would we do that to ourselves? make no mistake, you are putting americans in danger when you let this expire. on the roving wiretap, the f.b.i. director today said in an opening hearing less than 500 times, it's even been used. it is hard to get a wiretap. but what you're saying is after march 1, we can continue to do it for a drug dealer, but you can't go to the fisa court and ge

section 206, the second provision of the bill, allows the government to conduct the roving wiretaps. these allow the government to obtain surveillance warrants that don't even specify a specific person or object that's going to be tapped. the fourth amendment of our constitution, which ema sure my colleagues are familiar with having read it on the floor of the house, states warrant must specify the person and places to be seized and searched with particularity. this is to make sure the executive branch doesn't have unfettered power to decide who and how to search private citizens and seize their property. the founding fathers were concerned and worried about the possibility of a central government authority issuing general warrants that would give it far-reaching power to spy on its citizens and intervene in their private lives. that's an american value that we share today. i think it's critical to craft protections for our privacy as americans that we can -- that can be consistent with the needs to secure our country before authorizing the government such overwhelming power. the fin

the men behind the little man to be brought to trial and even be hunted down and even karl rove was suggesting at some point he should be executed he was going as far as that but. if. does it make it to the u.s. what started to happen to him because one of the things that people are saying is that if the wiki leaks which has been from american media they've been saying this is all nonsense this wiki leaks stuff. if it is not us then why is america so much trouble trying to get. its nonsense and actually the united states officials or lists official people or for julian assange one hundred million dollars cash to take it give them all the cables he refused so it's not it's not been that's. very very important thing and finally just to get back to the question that i asked you moments ago this service appealing now in england after the court has ruled that it's actually dition to sweden can happen the appeal could now take how long will probably it will take a few months ago a few months or so. that other animal species soon again journalist and writer is russian thank you for coming.

fisa business records, roving wiretaps, and the lone wolf definition until december 8 of this year. as chairman of the house judiciary committee in the last decade, i oversaw the enactment of the u.s.a. patriot act in response to 9/11 terrorist attacks. title 2 of the act addressed enhanced foreign intelligence and law enforcement surveillance authority. 16 sections of that title were originally set to expire on december 31, 2005. also set to expire on that date was section 6001 of the intelligence reform and terrorism prevention act of 2004, which is the lone wolf definition. in 2005, i again spearheaded the effort to re-authorize the patriot act, recognizing the significance of the act to america's counterterrorism operations than the need for thror row oversight, the house judiciary committee held nine subcommittee hearings, three days of full committee hearings, then a robust full committee mark up re-authorizing legislation. u.s.a. patriot improvement and re-authorization act of 2005 made permanent 14 of the 16 intelligence provisions. the act extended the sunset on section 206

provisions roving wiretaps without having to identify the person or the location the lone wolf measure which permits surveillance of non u.s. persons who aren't affiliated with terrorist groups and the library records provision which allows the f.b.i. to obtain any library records that are present to fully relevant to a terrorist investigation well besides all that leahy is trying to sell this as a package that americans should all support because it increases oversight of government surveillance powers but considering the more than forty thousand violations of the f.b.i. made under the guise of the patriot act in the last decade should we really be supportive or should we be skeptical joining me to discuss it is julian sanchez a research fellow at the cato institute and d.c. based writer and journalist thanks so much for being here now before we talk about these oversight provisions which i'm very curious to know how many of them there really are and whether they'll be effective let's begin with what is being extended here these roving wiretaps tracking foreigners that the library thi

i thought we were talking about the roving wire statute, not the loan wolf, and that is is -- lone wolf, and it is the fisa context, and if the statute was not reup, we'd lose that in the national security capacity, but still have the capability under title 18. >> where's it's roving or lone wolf, regardless, if you can get a wiretap under title 18, and if you have the evidence, you can get a wiretap in a bomb case. maybe less effective if they are going phone to phone, and i argue that tab true in a child pore pornography case too, but it's misleading to people who are not versed in this to suggest you can't get a wiretap in a bomb case. you may want to show the difference between an intelligence based investigation and a criminal based investigation. >> i'd be happy to do it as long as it's not on my time. >> i think he should have the opportunity to answer the question. >> i think he did. >> not in any way are we trying to mislead. you can in the house get a number of capabilities we have on the national security side of the house, and if you do not get it on the national security si

with respect to roving wiretaps, they're nothing new. we have had roving wiretaps for decades over criminal investigations such azrak tearing and drug pushing. a roving wiretap order can only be issued by a judge. the law enforcement agency must minimize roving wiretaps which means that if the target isn't on the phone at the time or they're not talking about something under investigation, then the wiretap has got to be turned off. and that provides for protections and that has never been challenged for its constitutionality since it was put in the pate the yot act in 2001 -- patriot act in 2001. finally the lone woldefinition is very importantecause in order to trigger the patriot act surveillance or applications for patriot act surveillance, without the lone wolf there has to be a demonsation that the target is a member of a group like al qaeda. and the way al qaeda has kind of sprung out or people who have said they're al qaeda when ty really night be al qaeda, -- they might not be al qaeda, lone wolf becomes absolutely vital. it's im

the three rove headers that are required to tunnel -- one of the three is on site, and we will start actual, excavation by the end of this month on that project. moving on to our other tunnel, the bay tunnel. this project so far has gone also very smoothly. this is a launching shaft, and it will be completed very soon here. we expect the tunnel boring machine for the project to arrive on site in may, and the contractor is planning to lower the machine into the shaft this summer. this photo of the structural rehabilitation and roof project was taken a few months ago, i believe, because the roof structure is much more advanced now. the one challenge we encountered there was that some of the existing peers were somewhat misaligned. our cm team had to work with the contractor to come up with a creative solution to address that in the field, which we did. completion right now is about 25%, and we are estimating that we will be substantially complete by may of this year. the otp order to proceed -- you see the inflation of the bridge -- demolition of the bridge on top of our dam. that was

karl rove was a master of this in u.s. politics so the accurate charges against you look like rhetorical reprisal. stalin was a master of this. let me steal a phrase from boston harbor about peaceful revolution. linguistically ben ali was acting president of tunisia. king abdallah was the henchman reminding this french historian of louis xvi. in 1789 ben holly seemed to sense the need to allow some public spirit to exist but turned out to be his last speech that betrayed his fundamental misunderstanding of the new reality, quote, and i decided freedom for the media with its channels and cadets sites with any form of monitoring. the critical phrase was the death toll of his tunisian. the acting president is no better unconsciously revealed that his acceptance speech is the same attitude. first and foremost, quote, in the state's supreme interest, and national unity. toomey sean hannity forces allied the fight for the supreme interest of the states against those lead by someone who stands for the republic. they hope his comm

situation is red hot in the libyan city of benghazi where residents spent the day terrorized by bands of roving thugs spraying machine gunfire and killing hundreds according to witnesses. the showdown comes as libyan leader moammar gadhafi seeks an unprecedented -- puts down an n unprecedented uprising. >> reporter: moammar gadhafi who led by crushing the opposition could himself be crushed by a popular uprising. tonight in a country where people have lived in fear for so long, suddenly they are taking to the streets, all day they have been brazenly demanding that gadhafi get out. but gadhafi is lashing back with force and brutality on a scale not yet seen in the revolutions that have been sweeping across the arab world. >> oh, my god. they are -- they are firing at the civilians here. they are crazy. they are going crazy here. >> reporter: with borders closed and telephone and internet jammed it's impossible to get an accurate picture but there are reports of massacres by the military. >> meme are being killed by large caliber bullets, heavy, you know, heavy machine guns. they've reported airc

you can see censored told by karl rove churchill macarthur grant egos are told because of a mission marco resort hotel. with resorts michael beverly pulls a photo of her riviera told with citrus hotel mccann. russia's security services say they know who orchestrated. the terror attack it comes as russia's most wanted man says. in a new video message chechen terrorists don't call martyr claims he's responsible for the suicide bombing at the idea that all details coming up on our t.v. in just a few seconds. wiki leaks founder julian assange solange's finding extradition to sweden in a london court for a second day a soldier's lawyers say he'll be denied justice by the stock over the handed over to the u.s. . and as protests enter their third week president mubarak is trying to take steps to amend the constitution but demonstrators remain skeptical. a very warm welcome this is a lie from moscow i'm habits russia's security services have briefed the country's lawmakers on the own going probe into last month's bombing of domodedovo airport up to seven the suspects were named a closed meeting b

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to capitalize on these events are going on one hundred percent then the question is the whole karl rove's brand of let's corporation which is dead central lines it's not one tired political movement in different countries and different areas in margaret mushnick there are different leaders and of course this know so are islamic radicals who will take everything they can from their city will as we see even kill their thievin a strong like a lefty is not able to to. stay in power in case of such wild rattle and rest so the only thing as it seems to me is for the oil rich the city's in their world to try to surveil roof or of themselves how they capable of reforming themselves where they are doomed hundred percent it's possible it is then a question of time in our conference and in here time they have planned what the only thing we have in this planet is time. three generations i meet him around seventy five eighty years and the reason will be more a less normal all better than not thank you thank you very much for being with us and just a reminder that my guest on the show today was give ga

mr britain that was in canada and in seoul we expect the visit of mr rove this will be next week which is very important in the event mr hague was. in brush or you know the negotiations were very productive and we expect the visit of mr cameron this year i mean the embassy we're studying preparing this visit so the the texture of the political context a very important but i would like to see what is even more important that you know of course the. as you said the. the connections between the people and the russian culture is the probably this is the test for that and we know that a lot of events are going on in london a lot of people are coming russians feel comfortable in london we have thousands of them who doing business who just simply leave here and what is very important that the economic relations are going very well and the recent deal between the b.p. and the rusty after was just one of the examples but if you look at the in a broader sense what's going on the to the business this the good indicate is the level of the trade i mean we had the maximum twenty three billion dollar

capitalize on these events they're doing one hundred percent the only question is the whole karl rove's brand and that's corporation which is their central lines there's not one political movement in different countries and different areas in margaret been marcia there are different club leaders and of course this mill soul of it type a slimy radicals will take everything they can from this subject well as we see even can even a strong like a lefty is not able to to. stay in power in case of such particles and risk so the only thing as it seems to me is for the always did this these in their world to try to somehow roof or of themselves are they capable of ruefully themselves or they are doomed hundred percent it's possible it is the only question of time in our conference and in here to they have to do what the only thing we have in this planet list now. three generations around seventy five eighty years and the reason will be more or less normal or better than our thank you thank you very much for being with us and just a reminder that my guest on the show today was give guinea set a

the second elements is approval for roving wiretaps. you designate an individual who was a subject and is communicating and is using a cell phone, ipad, itunes, sum game consoles, we do not have to go get a separate order for each of these communications. we did a wiretap approved by a judge. that has been used more than 190 times since its inception back in 2001. to liz that would be -- to lives that would undercut our ability. >> the last provision is called the lone wolf provision. it would allow us to identify an individual and understand that that person is a national security risk. this was an issue in the 9/11 report in terms of the inability to show that one of the individuals there was part of a group. it precluded us -- this was passed to ensure thaall we have this evidence, we bring it to a court, we can utilize our tools to -- the threats increasingly is low levels. these tools are essentia for our ability to identify terrorist in general, criminals in general. >> in each of those cases, you talked about the requirements to

the bill would have extended roving wiretaps, secret surveillance for foreign suspects and access to business records. >>> while the focus on capitol hill has been on the economy, a battle over abortion is brewing. today a house committee holds a hearing on legislation that would prohibit federal funding of abortions under the health care reform law. ines ferre is in washington with much more on this. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, betty. there are two pieces of legislation on the table, and democrats say that they will fight against both of these. but the new republican leadership is taking a stance. the two republican proposals would expand existing restrictions. one would eliminate tax breaks for private insurance plans that cover abortions. the other would prohibit any federal funding. at a hearing tuesday, bound and gag demonstrators stood in protest. at republican frank's debate. >> this legislation is whether the role of america's government can continue to fund a practice that takes the lives of over 1 million little americans every year. even some of those who do n

house members will vote on three measures, one that makes it easier to get business records, conduct rovingand keep tabs on lone wolf terrorists. the provisions are set to expire at the ends of the month. >> forbes magazine has come out with the 20 most miserable cities and eight of them are here in california. the cities ranked have at least a quarter million people. other unemployment, crime, taxes and housing values. stockton stopped the list. mer said came in number 3 followed by modesto. vallejo ranked 9th. fresno and salinas are 17th and 18th and bakersfield came in 20th. >> the agriculture department is sending california $17 million to battle the european grapevine moth. it's a serious threat to the $18 billion wine industry. it's spread to nine california counties since it was first discovered in napa county two years ago. some of those counties have established quarantine areas. congressman dennis cardoza says the money will go to outreach, surveys, quarantine enforcement and treatment. >> a lot of people plan to horde incandescent light bulbs before they disappear from store shel

put on trial for what he has done you're these words from karl rove who claims he's part swedish and just happens to be advising the country's pm while the former swedish minister of justice is a partner in the firm who filed charges against a songe for sex crimes with another link to the us thomas bostrom is claimed to have handed the cia asylum seekers from sweden who were then tortured questions about neutrality became even even clearer thanks to some of the documents from exactly with. the big question now is there enough room in the british justice system to protect julian assange from the united states of sweden america and let him keep blowing his whistle and he's in no way are to stockholm sweden. or yet another legal battle looms for julian assange you can find out about the bitter breakup between the former but the u.k. guardian newspaper clashes with its collaborator weaken it was even threatened with voluble by the whistle blowing web site that's coming your way in the next hour along with. the tactic in iraq we look at the plight of christians to flee their homes or to b