it's a story of the surveillance state and the content of the revelations that snowden made about the the change of boundaries that it secretly put into effect after 9/11 so that there were -- there were lines that were crossed after 9/11 that the american people did not know about. and the third is a more personal memoir which i did not expect to write, but it's the story of the investigation, the investigative reporting that went into this. it brings you into the news room, into moscow hotel rooms and into all the places. when i was doing my own reporting and the dilemmas and risks and in some cases dangers that i faced. >> i should say, just in closing that opening discussion of dark mirror that there's a way, readers, that you'll find in bart's book, a modern, highly technical version of the sorts of dilemmas and dramatic that we associate with all the president's men. stakes are high and bart takes us inside the news room of the 21st century, not ben bradlee's news room, but a different one and that's one of the strongest parts of the books. tomas, your book is one i had a chance

those guys get pardoned and not edward snowden?ost compelling argument you've heard for not giving snowden a pardon? >> the most compelling argument, he broke the law. if you pardon him it sets a precedent any member of the government can decide what to leak to the president. gives unilateral power to every employee from the thousands working in national security and intelligence. what he did, unprecedented what he exposed unprecedented. not trivial or petty. people blame him for the storied published. he handed them ever to "the guardian," and the "washington post" can and's journalists decided what to publish. blame them, not snowden. our job, expose the truth. expose information the government may not want you to know. in his case, the central thing he revealed was warrantless mass surveillance or americans now partly, not fully changed. we owe him for that. >> hmm. the worst part of any day having you on the show when nick says in my ear. got to go. can't stand that. anyway, heamehdi hasan. >> i'll come back and have these conv

now at this point donald trump still has time to pardon julian assan john edward snowden he can hand out presidential pardons up until the moment when he leaves office but many look at the fact that these military contractors who were convicted of killing civilians in iraq have just received a pardon and looked at the 15 pardons and 5 commutations that were handed down today and are a little bit past a mystic many of the activists in support of edward snowden and julian a songe are thinking that the trumpet ministration has indicated it is moving in another direction with its last minute decisions thinking this through that story today from new york killa blog. postings stateside where u.s. lawmakers have been given early access to cope with vaccines some are helping to accept others a politician should not be given priority were frontline medics. if enough of us take kids we'll get back to normal help is on the way. it isn't appropriate for me it was only gotten the virus has immunity to get in front of elderly health care workers same goes for any young healthy person they should b

and should be set free. >> with snowden, when the snowden revelations came out there were people in the saying that he should be executed. that he should be assassinated as a traitor. and there were those in the military who said they would like to see him killed and a drone strike. but the feeling about him has certainly shifted. because we are still having this ongoing discussion about mass surveillance. i wanted there to be at least one question why the three debates we saw about surveillance. we don't see that. we don't see any of that. and they say the pandemic blah blah blah. >> the reason we did not see that is because the democrats and republicans are pretty much in lockstep on this right? you have to support the deep surveillance but you have to support warrantless wiretapping pretty up to support the idea of the federal government spying on every single electronic communication that we do. which is a blatant violation of the fourth amendment. blatant violation or due process rights. edward snowden exposed all that pretty thought just a whistleblower he is a hero. >> no he abso

lawmakers not for defenders of freedom of speech like julian assange and edward snowden in the same time now going u.s. president set of alarm bells at the u.n. by giving clemency to 4 former contractors of the blackwater private military company they were jailed for their involvement in the mass killing of civilians in iraq. and i wondered. if. they were dead bodies everywhere and the argument going badly with you people and so are among the dead bodies lying on the street those who are child. 7 years old. right foreign ministry has condemned the decision saying that it didn't take into account the seriousness of the crime and also said that the move isn't in line with a commitment to human rights and justice declared by washington by god said he would urge the u.s. to reconsider the people of iraq also responded angrily to the part. there is no justification iraqi blood has become per miscible and has no significance one day they will pay the price because iraqi blood does not spill easily. into good enough we hope that there will be justice god willing their blood will not just disapp

but despite calls from rights activists freedom of speech defenders like julian assange and edward snowden have been left off the same time the outgoing u.s. president gave clemency to 4 former contractors of the blackwater private military company now they were jailed for the mass killing of civilians in iraq baghdad condemned the decision as have the iraqi people. because the course of this is to see if the infamous black will to company killed citizens a nice suit a square and today we hear they've been released on the personal rulers of president truman it's like the u.s. doesn't care if the spilled a rocky blood we call on the united nations the international community and human rights organizations to intervene immediately and condemn these killers lethal public it seems political considerations prevailed over legal and judicial once and this decision president trump should have taken into account their relationship with iraq especially since iraq has a strategic cooperation agreement with the united states in all fields this will affect trump's political situation and his legacy the

names that were missing that many were optimistic and hopeful about were julian a son gen edward snowden these prominent whistleblowers had many people calling for the trump white house to grant them clemency among those who called for them we're not just activists and advocates of civil liberties and for the protection of whistleblowers but also representatives of the united nations take a listen on hoping that he will julian assange it's the right thing to do donald trump since you're given pardons to people please consider pardoning those who at great personal sacrifice expose the deception and criminality of those in the deep state if president trump is true as well yes i think the least thing to could do is to end the suffering the purity the films to pardon him this man has suffered enough for the interest of the public and will now trump still has time to grant a pardon to edward snowden and to julian a son she can grant clemency up until the moment he leaves office to do it at the very very last minute however the number of people that were pardoned today and the information abou

but despite calls from rights activists freedom of speech defenders like genius are jeanette would snowden have been left off at the same time to the outgoing u.s. president has raised concerns the united nations by giving clemency to 4 former contractors of the blackwater private military company they were jailed for the mass killing of civilians in iraq people in iraq condemned the decision as have the government. the ministry believes that this decision did not take into account the seriousness of the crime committed and was inconsistent with the u.s. administration's declared commitment to the values of human rights justice and the rule of law and regrettably ignores the dignity of the victims and the feelings and rights of their relatives politically that. the infamous blackwater company killed citizens a nice a square today we hear they've been released on the personal orders of president trump it's like the u.s. doesn't care for spilled iraqi blood we call on the united nations the international community and human rights organizations to intervene immediately and condemn these kill

activists the pardon list did not include freedom of speech defenders like julian assange or edward snowden auntie's killable been picks up the story. there has been widespread outrage about the trump administration's decision to grant clemency to some members of the blackwater military contracting company these were guards who were employed by blackwater who killed civilians in iraq or the north american aircraft or. there were dead bodies everywhere in the syrian government going to be on the way to people and it's not among the dead bodies lying on the street the same with child that was in the room of 7 years old. paul slow evan liberty and dustin heard were convicted for manslaughter and the individual nicholas slotting who opened fire and 1st started shooting into the crowd of iraqi civilians he was convicted of 1st degree murder but now the white house is letting all of them off they will no longer be in prison serving their sentences they have been pardoned and this is the feeling of the white house about why they made this decision when the convoy attempted to establish a blockade

dozens of pardons this week but not for defenders of freedom of speech like gina sergeant edward snowden instead the outgoing u.s. president set off alarm bells at the united nations by giving clemency to 4 former contracts is of the blackwater private military company they were jailed for their involvement in the mass killing of civilians in iraq. no wonder if. there were dead bodies everywhere are losing the argument going to be with you people and so are among the dead bodies on the street that's an. old mill 7 years old and. i. i. iraq's foreign ministries condemned the decision saying it didn't take into account the seriousness of the crime and also said to the move isn't in line with the commitments to human rights and justice declared by washington baghdad said it would urge the u.s. to reconsider the people of iraq also responded angrily to the part. when my i said that i was here there is no justification iraqi blood has become per miscible and has no significance one day will pay the price because iraqi blogs does not spill easily. good enough we hope that there will be justice

pardons but despite calls rights activists freedom of speech defenders are julian assange and edward snowden were left off the same time the outgoing u.s. president gave clemency to 4 former contractors of the blackwater private military company they were jailed for the mass killing of civilians in iraq. but you know when you're in a character class or. there were dead bodies everywhere in the city are humans going to be on the way to people and it's going to be among the dead bodies ministry with this and with child in the room of 7 years old and. god. these were guards who work for the private military contractor corporation known as blackwater now paul slow evan liberty and dustin herd were convicted for manslaughter and the individual nicholas slotting who opened fire and 1st started shooting into the crowd of iraqi civilians he was convicted of 1st degree murder but now the white house is letting all of them off they will no longer be in prison serving their sentences they have been pardoned and this is the feeling of the white house about why they made this decision when the convoy att

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it is true that the americans may hate snowden because he was a state department employee and he leaked information. but the fact is that a song should be considered a hero by all democratic countries around the world. because he was the one who use code in the leaks to expose us espionage. competitor bras in brazil. germany in argentina in front. that is signs cannot be handed over to the us. a son should win the nobel peace prize because he managed to expose the rotten espionage of the us in the rest of the world. but it is a pity that european south american countries. are not brave enough to stand up for us are. for all the good you did to mankind. well the un special rapporteur on torture said on this program the julian assange is being tortured by u.k. authorities his controversial extradition trials taking place here in london but the u.n. claims that the media smeared him you mentioned hugo chavez i understand venezuela's leader once asked you just support tell us sore television when he created it and you said you wouldn't need didn't know why after 2 terms as president why did

edward snowden presented important information regardless of how he is viewed. he is an example i wrote about in the second book. as anhed in real time important national security matter of what the nsa was doing to americans. i watched as we started covering that story. then as powerful interests that it did not want us looking their through a shiny ball in another direction and we started playing "where is waldo." we said is he going to cuba, is he going to rush her, he's going to leave -- is he going to russia, he is going to be at such and such time. we were convinced to forget about covering the content of what he exposed. i saw the same thing happened with julian assange. up andted being wrapped led by the nose as news organizations to cover only part of the story about the personality being discredited. there is something to look at there, but we can do more than one thing at once. don't forget about the material being put out there that i think deserves screwed -- deserve scrutiny. host: from virginia, democrats line. caller: i love to watch your show on