the cia began building its base there in 1955 with the u-2 spy plane because the cia want the to spay on russia and see what they were doing, and one of the other men that i interviewed in my book was herbie stockman, and he just passed two months ago -- an interesting side note that the men i interviewed are really in the last chapter of their lives -- but herbie explained to me what it was like to be the first man to fly over the soviet union in a u-2, and yesage traited crus chef and there was a lot of spying going on, but at the same time, what herbie stockman brought back in the film canisters of his u-2 was over 200,000 square -- 400,000 square feet of spy footage of what was going on in the soviet union. the cia was able to learn and understand that, in fact, the soviets were not lining up for world war iii as many members of the air force wanted to believe. certainly general lemay, a character in the book. you might call him an antagonist. when you think of the cia's job to bring information to the president based on fact, not fiction or speculation, that's what the u-2 spy pl

they're using the intelligence to lead to this was to me very shocking and it's not just another cia mission this is the u.s. being involved in some way of snatching people off the streets as you said of having them interrogated in a place considered to have you know the worst humanitarian disaster in the world as you also said there's no red cross there's no journalists other than when you were there and no accountability i guess i'm wondering why i didn't see you talking about this on every channel today i were very happy to have you here but do you think people realize the significance of this. well i know for a fact that journalists from sec that journalists from several major american news outlets were aware of these facilities in mogadishu and it's for those now it works to answer why they've never reported on it despite the fact that it's a very very serious issue that should be investigated by congress and the red cross and in fact the obama administration itself but i you know i can't answer questions for other media outlets but what i would say is that a.b.c. news in particu

the fringe. and a story you won't see on mainstream news a silent war complete with secret cia sites we'll talk with a man shining a light on the shadow war in somalia. it's thursday july fourteenth eight pm in washington d.c. and christine for us now you're watching our team. well let's start this evening with the economy where it seems to be at least here in washington what everyone is talking about not just the economy jobs lack of jobs and so it seems to the deficit and how to shrink it now just a few hours ago president obama and vice president biden met with lawmakers to talk about just that and the latest round of talks on coming to an agreement on raising the debt ceiling president obama was meeting with some of the highest ranking lawmakers after what was apparently a heated meeting yesterday in which obama reportedly stormed out of one person who won't be in today's meeting but does want obama's job as texas congressman ron paul he is out with his first official campaign ad in which he gives his answer to the great debate over debt. reagan. and of course. we were. like well our party just

and a story you won't see on mainstream news the silent war complete and secret cia sites on top of the man shining a light on the shadow war in somalia. this thursday july fourteenth i'm christine for zero in washington d.c. and you are watching our team. and start out with the economy this afternoon where it seems to be at least here in washington what everyone is talking about jobs the lack of jobs on everyone's minds and so it seems to the deficit and how to shrink it just a little while ago president obama and vice president biden kicked off yet another meeting with top lawmakers to talk about just that in the latest round of talks on coming to an agreement on raising the debt ceiling well one person who won't be in today's meeting but does one obama's job is texas congressman ron paul yesterday he got into some heated exchanges with fed chairman ben bernanke you know over the way congress and the fed have dealt with some of these problems during the last three years now he also asked chairman bernanke you what he said about what he sees as an important fix to some of these economi

now and i will speak with jeremy scahill about his new report on the cia's secret sites and somalia well take a look at a number of new polls that show the majority of americans think tax increases need to be in the budget deal and then we're going to ask why there are still so woefully unaware about income inequality overall and after more than a year old wired has finally released what they claim to be the full chat logs between bradley manning and adrian lamo and these are details that you need to hear we're going to have all that and more for you to night including a dose of happy hour but first let's take a look at what the mainstream media has missed. of all the corruption of the world all the lies that are told all of the wrong doings which case would you pick to have the media report on something tells me it wouldn't be this one. the judge in this case says that he may have no choice but to clear a mistrial after prosecutors violated his order that if there is a mistrial then we'd have to start all over again this jury would be dismissed there have to be another pool called in th

works to create something so attractive that the cia could not possibly say no to it. >> the reasonthat the cia found him credible, although through the jordanians, and he knew the medical history of zawahiri, and it matched the information we from his egyptian files. and now the objective becomes, let's bring him in. we americans need to set eyes on him and allow him to lead us to the al qaeda leadership. and that's where things got lax. >> exactly. remarkably, and if you think about this, we are getting this incredible evidence. this is the most exciting thing that's happened in the search for bin laden and his deputies since 9/11. and yet it occurs to everyone, we've never even met this guy. how do we know -- he could be a con artist. there are doubts and questions raised. but it becomes imperative to meet with him. they have to get him to a place where they can look at him, look him in the eye and decide if he's real or not. so this decision was made to set up a meeting, bring the guy into this secret cia base, and confront him and see what he was all about. >> and when he comes

back somali government and intelligence officials on the ground i discovered that in fact it was a cia base and that they were training and paying somali counterterrorism agents and they're trying to set up an indigenous strike force capable of doing targeted kill and capture operations against the militant group al-shabaab now you also reported that the mine source for one of them that you spoke to said that these guys are lined up about once a month and paid two hundred dollars in cash how much money is that for somalia. for somali people two hundred dollars a month is a huge amount of money i mean let's remember this is a country that hasn't printed its own currency since one thousand nine hundred one it's a place where there the best chance that a young man in particular has of employment is by working as a militia member with a with an a k forty seven so to have two hundred dollars is a pretty decent salary specially if it's consistent and have a paid in american money is the best way that it could be done i mean relative to what you and i would would think would be good pay obvio

so yes, everybody was excited and not just to the cia but to the white house. there was, as we look back, quite a rush as we meet this guy and see what he had to say. >> the book is titled the triple agent. he started out blogging as a hater of all things western and wanting blood on his own hands of us. comes over to our side or so we think, ends up back on their side. here's my question for joby, warrick, was this all of malice of forthought. did this man always know, as he was blocking, that he was sucking us in to play this triple routine? >> i think the most important clues from that come from the man's own writing. when he was writing on the internet as a secret pundit for al qaeda back before his arrest, he was saying things, like when will my words taste my blood. when am i going it take action myself. he was looking for wayes it become more active, to become involved. he was looking to go to iraq and become a soldier but he was too puny. when he offered to become an informant for our side, it is clear that all along he planned to do damage to the west

the cia is running a counterterrorism training program paying somalis two hundred dollars a month to run prisons where prisoners are held have been rendered from kenya is that one story that sheds light on the obama administration for continuing all of those actions they criticize the bush administration for but we interviewed jeremy on this program last week but for some reason none of the big networks and i literally made it not a single one of them decided to give the story any play but then suddenly suddenly today the l a times came out with some groundbreaking information that new american intelligence raises concerns about a widening alliance of islamic terrorist groups plotting to target the u.s. and you know where that alliance is yemen and somalia and you know how they found out some of that information well according to the l a times it was learned when somali all thora these allow the cia to interview shabaab militants imprisoned in mogadishu now this is all according to anonymous u.s. officials of course but it's not odd that first the story is completely ignored and now

or the cia ran to them and fed them information that the cia wanted disseminated in response to scales report and rather than scrutinize it or investigate whether it was true or even provide both sides they simply recycled it mindlessly so you had c.n.n. claiming without even mentioning the scales report that it had discovered on its own momos that the cia was helping the somalis interview one or two detainees who had an a.b.c. news report that just printed the cia the miles which are patently false and then you have this l a times report that clearly was picked.

pair off the cia as i mentioned before but he did night to be linked with c. to be working for a for a. c c. he confirmed that the. past couple of years he confirmed that he had a good relationship with american troops in america. particularly in kandahar because of this i think that americans lost one off there one of the important. members. of the or troops or. he had an important role in fighting against the taliban. militants insurgents in. afghanistan but at the same time he was accused of being involved in corruption in drag trafficking and everything because of this many believe that. here. now american well seek for the. another person to replace him so you know allegations here are the half brother of the afghan president. linked to the cia on the cia payroll and yet one of the biggest drug kingpins in afghanistan certainly some murky stories in the shadows there are some murky connections now the u.s. is preparing to withdraw its troops from afghanistan claiming they are leaving a stable country behind bearing in mind that assassination is like this o

served at the highest levels of the cia and the pentagon. one of the most striking things about his last tour of service was his insistence, pleading even, that some other part of the government do some of the nation's work around the world aside from the u.s. military. bob gates is a republican. he is sort of a republican hawk. this is not bob kucinich, bless him. this is bob gates. but as defense secretary, he has been talking about how bad it is for the country that the u.s. is always flexing our military muscle and allowing our other muscles to attrophy. three months into obama's presidency, he was lobbying senators asking for money not for the defense department but for the state department. kent conrod received one of those callsa the home and said afterwards, i have never had the secretary of defense call me to support the budget for the state department. but the insistent lobbying by bob gates on behalf of the state department may have been for naught, as the pentagon has seen its budget double since 9/11. the state department has be

or the cia ran to them and fed them information that the cia wanted disseminated in response to scales report and rather than scrutinize it or investigate whether it was true or even provide both sides they simply recycled it mindlessly so you had c.n.n. claiming without even mentioning the scales report that it had discovered on its own momos that the cia was helping the somalis interview one or two detainees you had an a.b.c. news report that just printed the cia denials which are patently false and then you had this l a times report that clearly was dictated by intelligence officials designed to make it seem that not only was valuable information being a pain in the secret prison but that there was a very menacing threat namely there's a union last july i have to play you because you have every hospital. in the arabian peninsula i'm sorry i have to cut you off thank you so much will be right back. the heart of moscow the. news of the world. the. prime minister david. disgraced. member. for the second part of the. so they would like to make a correction on a story that we first share

he ran the cia war against the russians in afghanistan and was the one in charge of the arms and one of the most remarkable stories is that when he was in iran when khomeini took over, the revolutionary guard found him shortly after he was pacing of a double agent for police said he shot him to death and they are well on their way and he pulled a gun and killed them both and on his way back to the embassy didn't complain about his injuries. he wanted to stay on the job and eventually got out and when he got out and got to america in dr. mix said the only time i've been seeing a internal injuries this that our car wrecks and those guys are dead, and he lives now in pain. he's a very brave man but a really tireless in helping me get things right. islamic among the people you credit in the book is leon panetta and -- >> one of my best friends actually. >> if you want to leave the book you would think you were very well connected. >> you also interviewed for this book mohammed of hezbollah so you were not just -- this wasn't just armchair literature, the trouble in lebanon and elsewhere

of that information well according to the l a times it was learned when some mali all thore allow the cia to interview shabaab militants imprisoned in mogadishu now this is all according to anonymous u.s. officials of course but it's not on that first the story is completely ignored and now the l a times is reporting on it from anonymous u.s. officials and they don't bother to ask why somalia authorities would be so kind as to let the cia interview their prisoners they don't bother to connect the dots ask of maybe that's because scales report was correct these are people at the cia works very closely with who they pay so they can treat them as proxies and not have to get their own hands dirty and isn't it odd that suddenly after scales rather damning report. the obama administration officials are now so eager to talk about how dangerous somalia and al-shabaab have become and how they pose a serious threat to our national security you know the government is feeding this story for a reason and the l a times has been more than happy to eat it up no questions asked it's an incredible testamen

claiming without even mentioning the scales report that it had discovered on its almost that the cia was helping the somalis interview one or two detainees we had an a.b.c. news report that just printed the cia denials are patently false and then you have this l a times report that clearly it was.

officials and they don't bother to ask why somalia out there already is would be so kind as to let the cia interview their prisoners they don't bother to connect the dots as have maybe that's because scales of what was correct and these are people at the cia works very closely with who they pay so they can treat them as proxies and not have to get their own hands dirty and isn't it odd that suddenly after scales rather damning report for the obama administration officials are now so eager to talk about how dangerous somali and al shabaab a become and how they pose a serious threat to our national security you know the government is feeding this story for a reason and the l a times has been more than happy to eat it up no questions asked it's an incredible testament to the very subservient nature of the press these days this is why our war on terror expand throughout the world and an unstoppable pay. americans continue to sit scared and let it happen because it's in the government's interest to do so to continue to spread that fear by the mainstream media rather than asking any questions wa

it was a link to the cia it's often been said that he was a us puppet and have been working for the cia does this mean though that washington now has less control over afghanistan and how would they replace there's undoubtedly influential figure. of course he was blamed to be. cia as i mentioned before but he did night to be linked with c. . to be working for a for. it but he. he confirmed that the. past couple of years he confirmed that he had a good relationship with the american troops american officer. in kandahar because of this i think that americans lost one off their. members. of the earth or. he had. to drop in fighting against the taliban. insurgents. but at the same time he was accused of being involved in corruption in. trafficking and everything because of this and many believe that. here. now. well seek for another person to replace him so you know allegations here the heart brother of the president. linked to the cia on the cia payroll and yet one of the biggest drug kingpins in afghanistan certainly some murky stories in the shadows there are some connections now the u.s

there is a history of distrust between the cia and the mossad, getting only half of the u.s. that they sometimes try to many feeling us to -- would to be a shocking thing for the cia intelligence the to do. [laughter] so, we do have a cooperation but with the mossad but it is also edgy. the broader question of the israeli u.s. connection of foreign policy is a very tricky one. when you address this kind of thing, as i have, you have to be really, really careful because you're going to make somebody mad. but there certainly has been an effort on behalf of support of israel here in the united states to make, and find a discussion of the u.s. national interest, vis-À-vis israel, on very narrow bounds because, you know, they are supporter of israel, care and simple, and that's fine. i tried to distinguish when i talk about this between our profound commitment to israel's right to exist, you know, and to never forget what happened, which is i think aim moral commitment of the highest order. and the indulgence of the a particular policy, any particular israeli government, vis-À-vis

. >> did you work for the cia? t. >> in these pages he said he spent his summer weekends in those woods, learning how to handle plastic explosives, hand grenades and something even more chilling. >> i'll do the talking part and you can answer what you want. you write how your fired rifles, submachine guns, grenade launchers, learned unarmed combat techniques through this training group over weekends. is it true or sit false? >> we're not going to comment. >> when you were 19 years old? you said you worked for the cia and you had been recruited. >> i'll let the document speak for itself. >> did you work for the cia? >> i cannot comment on that. >> copyright 1992 by wayne williams. it's an autobiography? >> i cannot comment on that. >> in his own words, wayne williams said, this was part of a secret plan to send young, black agents into the worst trouble spots in africa in the late 1970s. he wrote he finished training and then withdrew fa the program. either this was a true story and you were trained in evasive tactic

have allowed their facilities their media outlets to be used as conveyer belts for the spin of the cia and that's the job of the cia and they do it well but the job of major media outlets should not be to be a conveyor belt for the propaganda of u.s. intelligence agencies so i would leave those those questions for other media outlets as to why they're not reporting on this very serious life and death issue that has to do very much with the rule of law in this country and whether or not there's been any change when it comes to respect of international human rights laws and standards. special report of the citizen crusaders and dance the global threat of a tonic arms and hope their passion for peace and sound wake up call for countries refusing to relinquish nuclear weapons. the end of the boer war and the going away of the soviet union many people thought that nuclear weapons disappeared. the risk is not zero that something might be going off by misty explicitly nuclear weapons on hair trigger alert. but simply to use it as a threat or as an extra. you know if you keep spending a trilli

to the cia freddy's is particularly strong now with a right leaning government in sweden sweden once i thought on sex crime charges the us is reportedly preparing an espionage case and it suits no nato member sweden just fine to be a conduit in this case and in others they get. all the benefits. being an intelligence partner of the united states without the baggage of being in nato sweden seen as an easier way for the u.s. to get their hands on ourselves particularly after it requested the extradition of hacker gary mckinnon from britain which so far hasn't been granted but critics say the u.k. is just as much in computes with the us and sweden have a traditional role of britain to represent us foreign policy in europe and that's what the. military really politically economically. as judy back to court in london he'll have an eye on the british justice system which could save him from being extradited but the other guy will be firmly fixed in sweden a country that insists on its own neutrality whilst turning asylum seekers a bit of the u.s. allegedly to be tortured only as souls and h

it's the job of the cia and they do it well but the job of major media outlets should not be to be a conveyor belt for the propaganda of u.s. intelligence agencies so i would leave those those questions for other media outlets as to why they're not reporting on this very serious life and death issue that has to do very much with the rule of law in this country and whether or not there's been any change when it comes to respect of international human rights laws and standards. so take a look at some other stories from around the world in a pentagon has admitted suffering one of its largest ever happier attacks with thousands of sensitive fans. deputy defense secretary william lynn says all the data was taken in a single intrusion in march officials blame an unspecified foreign government and comes after revealing a new internet strategy which treats cyberspace as operational terrain like land air and sea. thousands of pro-government libyans have rallied in a town west of tripoli to express support for colonel gadhafi and to demand that nato stops its military campaign meanwhile rebels

others said he worked as an informant for the cia. who was this guy? t was he to the united states and to afghanistan? >> reporter: he was hugely important to his brother, hamid karzai, the president, because really, he was his eyes and ears, his political fixer in the south of the country. so really, for president karzai, he was a very important stabilizing and controlling figure in the south of afghanistan in the kandahar region. certainly there had been a lot of rumors about him, rumors that he was involved in the drug trade, rumors that he has built military forces that have helped on cia-led operations inside afghanistan, and he has certainly never been able to disquiet those rumors and they have been around now for a number of years. but this is a man who it's very hard to find people in kandahar who will say a bad word against him. when i was there asking government officials about him just before christmas, no one would say a bad word about him, which to me at the time felt very much like an indication that he was the real strong man in kandahar

the name of the man in question has not been outed yet . let's call him cian as everybody is calling him. that is his middle name supposedly and he more than a decade had been tracking the where abouts was osama bin laden . so what we have here is a real-life american hero who did the country a great service. associated press eventually got the name. but agreed when the cia if we are led to believe and said we will not use it. meanwhile. at a website called trip tome that specializes in publishing government secrets decided to find a picture and they identified him from a picture that was in the situation room. that was the famous picture in the situation room where everyone is around monitors and following the actual raid on the bin laden compound. from the picture matching up from the white house feed. that's how they revealed the identity of this man. they have refrained from using his full name but suggesting that interestingly enough that this was a cia plot. in other words that the cia wanted the press to get on the trail and find a name because they ne

government like the central intelligence agency the cia would really cooperate. a brief look now at some of the international stories we're covering for you today what is waiting for instant chavez had his first televised address since on the growing emergency surgery. he said the second operation was carried out to a group of hunters that follow surgery on the tenth of june to move public access to a second term for the company's health and is now on the way to full recovery. china is celebrating once it served its really communist party is also going to split with. top officials are attending a grand certainly in central beijing thousands gathered to mark the day the rising west hurtles a small group of intellectuals and now presides of the world's second largest economy so-called tourism is rushing today its place is linked with china's communist history become a pilgrimage for visitors. all over two french journalists read after eighteen months into captivity and yes there is an exchange here holding running in prisoners it's all about have also said that seve

government like the central intelligence agency the cia would really cooperate. a brief look now at some other international stories that we're covering today is waiting president hugo chavez has given his first televised address since on the growing emergency surgery in cuba said a second operation was carried out to remove a cancerous tumor and collar surgery on the tenth of june through a public abscess and said it was determined to overcome its raffle was now on the way to food recovery. china is celebrating the birthday of its ruling communist party not just because even the world's top officials are attending a grand ceremony in central beijing thousands gathered to mark the day when i say sion as a small group of intellectuals and now presides over the world's second largest economy so-called red who is and is flourishing to great this place is china's communist history have become rich he says it's. one of two french journalists regard eighteen months left empty believes there was an exchange deal or being money in prison it's the taliban also said several

government like the central intelligence agency the cia would really cooperate. but a brief look now at some other international stories we're covering today china is celebrating the concert first which would include its party which is also the largest political party in the world cup officials are attending a grand ceremony in central beijing the house of the day where as they sure are still very close us to the actual and opposite sides of the world's second largest economy president hu jintao praise the party as a key points for our i think that's what she wants the trust and support of the people. around as well in person from such as getting his first televised address and some of its search. and sort of something operations. and some of. the photos. so if you were to do the absolute travers said he was determined to improve probably still there was no way to get the country. one of two french journalists freed after eighteen months in our arab captivity believes there was an exchange deal with money and reason it's all about i've also said seven of its jaile

government like the central intelligence agency the cia would really cooperate. but a brief look now at some of the international stories we're covering today china is celebrating the birth to its ruling communist party which is also the zoologist political party in the world top officials are attending a ground ceremony in central beijing with thousands of them on the day when i was a show for us tonight it's a small world to the chills not presides over the world's second largest economy president hu jintao praised the party's achievements water power outage but it cost him the trust and support of the people. on his wedding present research has given his first televised address and something to search for the sort of second operations i don't. want to see. so if you're the target due to the absence chavez said he was determined to overcome his health and was now on the way to recovery. one of two french journalists freed after eighteen months in our guard captivity believes there was an exchange deal involving money and prisoners it's all about have also said s

government like the central intelligence agency the cia would really cooperate. raef look now at some other international stories we're covering today china is celebrating our ninetieth birthday of its ruling communist party which is also the largest political party in the world cup officials are attending a grand ceremony in central beijing with thousands gathered to mark the day. session first just as a small intellectuals and i presides over the world's second largest economy president hu jintao praised the party's achievements for added that corruption cost them the trust and support of the people. as well in president hugo chavez has given his first televised address since only the surgery. center second operation was carried out. as follows surgery on the tenth of june would probably abscess chavez said he was determined to accompany her on that is now on the way to full recovery. one of two french journalists freed after eighteen months enough to captivity release them as an exchange here involved in running prisoners and serve have also said several of its