sam sachs r t. i just learned radek a campaigner for government accountability does not believe that any of the anticipated changes will make a genuine difference. so far what has been telecast through government leaks look a lot like a lot of cosmetic changes in other words it does not appear that the president will be reigning in the largest controversy with just probably the bulk collection of american data nor will he be adopting any recommendation to house and store that data in for example a telephone company rather than by the national security agency again i think a lot of these changes are are really discuss magic and they're contrary to what his own internal review panel recommended spying on the whole world does not come cheap but the actual figures as was much else in the field of intelligence or top secret leaks information however has revealed that the so-called black budget amount of two fifty two point six billion dollars for twenty thirty in fiscal year out of that pie over ten bill

is speech where does that leave democracy to break it down i'm doing my r t political commentator sam sachs what's up my hands are going well i'm sam so how many decades of campaign finance law did citizens united completely abolish well you can go all the way back to the tillman act of one nine hundred seventy you passed out of the robber baron era when the tycoons of industry were buying off politicians basically outlawed all corporate spending in elections and contributions to to politicians you can go to nine hundred forty seven taft hardly act which been corporations and big and unions from spending money directly in elections you can go to a series of laws passed out of the watergate area and then more more recently mccain feingold laws that the supreme court basically just wiped away with this decision so historically it was a very profound decision that's dramatically change the game and brought us back to where we were in the sort of robber baron era in the late eighty's and let's go back to that robber baron erika's on the flipside corporate personhood isn't really a new concept y

web producer andrew blake and political commentator sam sachs i first asked andrew to explain how this program works. spiegel first came out with this report a few days ago and we've only really seen what's in that report keep in mind that only a handful of people have access to the classified n.s.a. documents kind of stuff is talked about security researcher named jack apple presented in hamburg germany last week actually in conjunction with the dear spiegel article and managed to you to shine a little bit more light on this on interdiction program and what we do know is kind of limited right now what the public knows at least is that when the n.s.a. has a particular target whether it's a foreign state run agency or malicious hacker or some sort of you know international criminal they're trying to track down the can be you know ideally monitoring their sort of internet transactions and if that person say you know according to apple order something off of amazon dot com the n.s.a. was able to intercept that able to divert it to a side location and then literally just break inside the c

chance to have a conversation with him by offering them to ask some timely questions our very own sam sachs has been charting those questions and answers from our newsroom to say i have it seems like most people are dying to know what snowden's response is to president barack obama's speech on an essay reforms that he gave last friday do we have that response yet very well there were some questions about the timing of president obama's speech there were some voices who hadn't weighed in on the n.s.a. debate namely the privacy and civil liberties oversight board which released a report today showing that the n.s.a.'s bulk phone records collection program is both illegal and useless to preventing terrorism stored and was asked particularly about that saying do you think it's a shame that obama gave his n.s.a. speech before his privacy and civil liberties oversight board reported that report so snowden responded to that by saying it's time to end bulk collection which is a euphemism for mass surveillance there is no simply justification for continuing an unconstitutional policy with a zero per

and a i spoke earlier with our very own sam sachs i first asked him if snowden has responded to president barack obama's speech on n.s.a. reforms. this sort of he was asked kind of the frame of should president obama have been given given this speech so early especially since so many voices have been weighed in on this debate namely the privacy and civil liberties oversight board which released a report today basically saying that the n.s.a.'s bulk phone records collection program is both illegal and mostly useless in preventing terrorism in that context edward snowden was asked do you think it's a shame that obama gave his n.s.a. speech before his privacy and civil liberties oversight board reported that report . and which still didn't respond and he wanted to focus in on the bulk records program he said it's time to end bulk collection which is a euphemism for mass surveillance there is simply no justification for continuing an unconstitutional policy with a zero percent success rate in light of another independent confirmation of this fact i think americans should look to the white hou

sam sachs r t. and we're now learning that the u.s. made efforts to oust afghan president hamid karzai by attempting to manipulate the country's election in two thousand and nine this is all according to the headline making book by former defense secretary robert gates in the book called duty memoirs of a secretary at war gates called this attempt to influence afghan elections ugly he said quote it was all ugly our partner the president of afghanistan was tainted and our hands were dirty as well our future dealings with karzai always hugely problematic and his criticisms of us are at least more understandable in the context of our clumsy and failed pooch karzai has long claimed us trying to manipulate the two thousand and nine election to remove him from power and response to the allegations one karzai spokesman said that this confirms that their suspicion is true karzai administration officials have also pointed to this as a reason to hold off signing a bilateral security agreement that would allow for u.s. troops to stay in the count

sam sachs r t michael kahn president and general counsel for the national whistle blow a sentence says major is use were overlooked in the president's speech. real thing that the american people are looking for is what are you going to do when you have a whistleblower like mr snowden who has critical information that the american people have a right to know he did not address that issue it's being swept under the rug instead i think in a fair view of what's going on it is merely window dressing covering up the abuses that have been identified who's to say there are a lot more abuses that have occurred that haven't been identified because there's no channel for the n.s.a. whistleblower to make their allegations public or known in any way so that at best it's window dressing it's punts a lot to congress to try to fix the problem and it addresses in no way how the american people have a right to understand the abuses of our government. elsewhere around the grove activists clash with police in french capital madrid notices that gathered in solidarity with demonstrators in the northern city

be stopped or if it'll be stopped at all critics say a plan for reform is a facelift as artie's sam sachs reports. after nearly seven months of n.s.a. disclosures president obama finally came forward with reforms to the spy agency acknowledging that the current capabilities of the n.s.a. do leave open the possibility of abuse given the unique power of the state it is not enough for leaders to say trust us we want to be use the data we collect for history has too many examples when that trust has been breached. our such a system of government is built on the premise that our liberty cannot depend on the good intentions of those in power the president address the n.s.a.'s most controversial program section two fifteen bulk telephone metadata collection basically the president no longer wants the government to be in control of these massive metadata databases but that doesn't mean the president wants to get rid of bulk collection in fact the bulk collection of virtually every american is metadata will continue indefinitely and the new restrictions announced by the president requiring the n.s

sam sachs r t. what about the speech of the n.s.a. was not a criticism in some of the countries spied on germany's justice minister said a written agreement was needed to stop it and he was supported to by a brazilian little mike who believes the u.s. has gold little respect for international partners one the european m.p. believes washington's just pay lip service to make everyone feel better i spoke to the president of the national whistleblower association who told me the government is trying to distract people here with a well planned p.r. move. real thing that the american people are looking for is what are you going to do when you have a whistleblower like mr snowden who has critical information that the american people have a right to know he did not address that issue it's being swept under the rug instead i think in a fair view of what's going on it is merely window dressing covering up the abuses that have been identified who's to say there are a lot more abuses have occurred that haven't been identified because there's no c

into our private lives but expectations of and any fundamental change are pretty low as are two sam sachs reports from washington. today president obama heads to the department of justice just a few blocks from here and he'll deliver a speech on n.s.a. reforms specifically what he supports from the forty six recommendations his own review panel put forward a few weeks ago the president is expected to devote a large portion of his speech to the privacy concerns of non-u.s. citizens and businesses basically trying to assure foreign consumers that their privacy will be protected when they communicate using american tech companies like google and yahoo now you may remember when it was disclosed that allied world leaders like brazilian president dilma rousseff were spied on by the n.s.a. the president was quick to order a review of that program but the president has not shown the same concern for tens of millions of non u.s. citizens in germany and brazil and france who are also being spied on so there's a high likelihood that he will finally tackle that issue today now the big question is wha

sam sachs r t well just one radical campaigner for government accountability does not believe that any of the anticipated changes will make a genuine difference. so far what has been telecast through government leaks look a lot like a lot of cosmetic changes in other words it does not appear that the president will be reigning in the largest controversy with this probably the bulk collection of american data nor will he be adopting any recommendation to house and store that data in for example a telephone company rather than five anational security agency again i think a lot of these changes are are really discuss magic and they're contrary to what his own internal review panel recommended and yes democratic congressman rush holt is more optimistic than when he told us about a bill that he proposed for reining in the n.s.a. it does several things it grants whistleblower protection to members of the intelligence community it would prevent the n.s.a. or any similar agency from installing back doors into hardware or software the bill would also remove the justification that the n.s.a. has

sam sachs r t. about a speech on the n.s.a. was met with criticism in some of the countries spied on germany's justice minister said a written agreement is needed to stop but he was supported to by brazilian will make it who believes the u.s. has little respect for international partners when european m.p. believes washington he's just paid lip service to make people feel better i spoke many times the president of the national whistleblower center who told me the government's trying to distract public attention here with a well planned p.r. move. think twice next time you decide to like someone on facebook why well especially if that someone you form a partner maybe who wants nothing to do with you because one click might get you arrested interested to read up more you can find it on our website and still think about buying a ticket for the sucky winter olympics well maybe this will help you make your mind up on the emotions sex we've got dads like bird's eye view there for the city that might make you want to go. fighters on b

thank you so much sam really appreciate it sam sachs coming up you guys all highlight one t.v. commentator who thinks global inequalities fantastic. jimmy savile here's a guy who committed pedophilia with over four hundred children and he's taken to the court take on the old bailey and his defense is if you prosecute me i'm going to go to switzerland that's what i just be a say if you prosecute me and our scads and scores and hundreds of incidents of fraud we threaten to leave the country and the government says oh no. fraud to. come in the future. so we fix the roads focus on new technology. on this show no posses complete with old school shootings clutch and wheel about the next angel suv evolution this is the potential to save lives. we've got the future covered. guys i know that i cover really depressing news day in and day out so today i'm especially excited to finally bring you guys something positive. and oxfam of the world eighty five richest people is equal to the three and a half billion poorest people it's fantastic and this is a great thing because it aspires everyb

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i am sam sachs in for tom hartman in washington d.c. here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture. so far congress has refused to tackle america's out of control national security state lawmakers on the state level are taking the matter into their own hands the latest on actions in the golden state that could curtail the spying powers of the n.s.a. . also new jersey governor chris christie is in some hot water today after news broke that his staff allegedly caused a traffic nightmare for the people of the new york metro area in retaliation for a political snub so will what some are calling the bridge gate bring down the republican darling governor. and today is the fiftieth anniversary of l.b.j.'s war on poverty speech in which president johnson envisioned a brighter and more rewarding future for all americans how can we achieve l.b.j.'s dream for america and become a more equal and prosperous society. and we start tonight with this this is the n.s.a.'s massive new spy center under construction in bluffdale utah once completed it

should also ask for manning all right archie web producer andrew blake and political commentator sam sachs thanks for working as. well we are just about a month away from the twenty fourteen winter olympic games taking place in sochi officials in the olympic staff are making their final preparations before they head off to russia to participate in the games here's a look behind the scenes at some of the other things there are to do in sochi before the games begin with r t is to say. you bought your ticket thousands of kilometers blog hundreds of the blade and now you're in sochi for the twenty fourteen winter games so when you know watching the skiing hockey or skating what else is they to do well the perk of a winter games in sochi is a tropical coastline on the blackfeet beaches and parks along fine monuments and museums allow you to take in a bit of history and experience the lifestyle of the beach front is lined with local shops so grab a souvenir while enjoying the views. and did not get your party shoes on because when they meet unlike the bugs in clubs come along. that also includes

should also ask for manning all right archie web producer andrew blake and political commentator sam sachs thanks for working as. well new york stop and frisk program had a number of road blocks this past year part of the high profile trial over the legality of the practice and then with allegations of abuse by individual officers but with the end of michael bloomberg his reign as mayor and the beginning of bill de blasio is where does the future of the something for us program stand for more we turn now to our to correspondent honest enough. the n.y.p.d. stop and frisk policy reached the peak of its criticism and controversy during twelve years under mayor bloomberg the stopping and tearing gating and searching of new yorkers on the streets overwhelmingly in communities of color without warrants and often under flimsy pretenses the hundreds of thousands of stops made each year human rights groups and advocates have dubbed the policy of racist immoral illegal discriminatory and a violation of civil and privacy rights whereas officials have been saying that it actually helps prevent crime g

the reforms especially for those fifty percent who don't know anything about it at all sam sachs political commentator thanks mate well it was one of the most contentious supreme court rulings of our time exactly four years ago today the nine justices voted five to four in favor of citizens united and its case against the federal election commission that decision paved the way for unlimited corporate spending in federal elections essentially saying that money is a form of political speech so one has changed in the u.s. in the four years since that historic supreme court decision in our lives while takes a look back. all four years ago today the political game in america changed that's when the supreme court struck down more than a century of campaign finance law and its citizens united decision the move paved the way for a limited political spending here's what we've learned in the last four years first billion is the new million before citizens united outside election spending was always in the millions take a look and two thousand we saw more than fifty million dollars an outside spendin

conversation about surveillance would not be happening without these leaks from snowden artie's sam sachs was add the president's speech and brings us this report after nearly seven months of n.s.a. disclosures president obama finally came forward with reforms to the spy agency acknowledging that the current capabilities of the usa do leave open the possibility of abuse given the unique power of the state it is not enough for leaders to say trust us we want to be use the data we collect for history as too many examples when that trust has been breached or so the system of government is built on the premise that our liberty cannot depend on the good intentions of those in power the president dress the n.s.a. as most controversial program section two fifteen bulk telephone metadata collection i believe predicts our right to point out that without proper safeguards . this type of program could be used to yield more information about our private lives i am therefore ordering a transition that will end the section two fifteen bulk metadata program as it currently exists basically the president

information out in a very unfiltered way straight from the horse's mouth well that's all we have time for sam sachs political commentator and thank you. and a national security agency program to collect vast quantities of information about phone calls has been determined illegal this is all according to an independent review done by the privacy and civil liberties oversight board also known as the p c l o b in the two hundred and thirty eight page report released today the board concluded that the section two fifteen program has contributed only minimal value in combating terrorism beyond what the government already achieved through these and other alternative means and it added that the sation of the program would eliminate the privacy and civil liberties concerns associated with bulk collection without unduly hampering the government's efforts the board's conclusion of course goes much further than what president obama recommended and a speech given last friday at the justice department there obama said he wanted to move private mehta data out of the hands of the government but he did not call fo

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r t america check out our website r t dot com forward slash usa you can follow me on twitter at sam sachs we'll see you later. brings cladding community fears its good name has been tarnished after an incidence of people in clown costume scaring members of the public the copy cat craze believed to have been started by a man known on facebook as the northampton clown involves people dressing as the circus characters to surprise passers by and public places i know what you're thinking you're thinking that sounds a whole lot like the terrifying clowns of westminster george osborne with his big red nose and floppy feet scaring citizens into taking on ever more debt for fear of missing out on the property ladder or the equally horrifying stephen king like clowns of ben bernanke m.r. carney wearing their big red frizzy wigs and staring menacingly in through your window at night pointing teeny tiny scored down to the bankers. i've got a quote for you. it's pretty tough. if they were it's not story. it's just this guy like it's me or about jon stewart of working for the people most issues the bea

slush or to america or check out our website archie dot com slash usa you can follow me on twitter sam sachs until next time take it easy. i've. been. trying to. do. all that. much and i've actually picked for a politician the last. year just to lead. a. welcome to the kaiser a ford imax kaiser britain's clowning community fears its good name has been tarnished after incidents of people in clown costume scaring members of the public the copy cat craze believed to have been started by a man known on facebook as the northampton clown involves people dressing as the circus characters to.