that is what the pentagon papers show. f it went on to put other papers, which had not yet been stopped, because they had done nothing yet, could they publish the papers? the next one was "the washington post." we got the papers to "the washington post" and they published and then they were stopped and we tried to keep that process going as long as we could. amy: explain what happened with "washington post." there is more attention because of the steven spielberg film that stars tom hanks and meryl streep, "the post." how contact with the washington post was made. gar: it was very simple. you had to reach people. this is the day before cell phones. i actually went around the area, the boston area using coin phones, public phones that were everywhe. i called up and i had the alias or the nickname mr. boston and i spoke with someone there and arranged a meeting because ben actually knew dan. he had been at the rand corporation. he came up and dan with him in a motel room. he gave him the papers. that was the next step. then,

hello and welcome to cross talk where all things are considered peter a little the pentagon recently released its new nuclear posture review its critics are stunned not only the use of nuclear weapons is now more thinkable but also the threshold for their use has been lowered dr strangelove would be proud is the world facing another game arms race. across talking the nuclear posture review i'm joined by my guest michael o'hanlon in washington he's a senior fellow at the brookings institution also in washington we have kevin camps he is a radioactive waste specialist at beyond nucular and in london we crossed to add real because he is a foreign affairs consultant and analyst all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want i always appreciate kevin let me go to you first in washington you know i read the report quite thoroughly i was quite stunned as i said in the in the introduction i'll reach of my three takeaways here the report exaggerates exaggerates perceived threats to the u.s. number two it fuses conventional and nuclear war and pushes f

hello and welcome to cross talk where all things are considered people of the pentagon recently released its new nuclear posture review its critics are stunned not only the use of nuclear weapons is now more thinkable but also the threshold for their use has been lowered dr strangelove would be proud is the world facing another danger as arms race. across talking the nuclear posture review i'm joined by my guest michael holland in washington he's a senior fellow at the brookings institution also in washington we have kevin camps he is a radioactive waste specialist beyond nucular and in london we cross to add real because he is a foreign affairs consultant and analyst all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want i always appreciate kevin let me go to you first in washington you know i read the report quite thoroughly i was quite stunned as i said in the in the introduction i'll reach of my three takeaways here the report exaggerates exaggerates perceived threats to the u.s. number two it fuses conventional and nuclear war and pushes for the de

hello and welcome to talk where all things are considered peter a little the pentagon recently released its new nuclear posture review its critics are stunned not only the use of nuclear weapons is now more thinkable but also the threshold for their use has been lowered dr strangelove would be proud is the world facing another game arms race. across talking the nuclear posture review i'm joined by my guest michael o'hanlon in washington he's a senior fellow at the brookings institution also in washington we have kevin camps he is a radioactive waste specialist beyond nucular and in london we cross to add real because he is a foreign affairs consultant and analyst all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want i always appreciate kevin let me go to you first in washington you know i read the report quite thoroughly i was quite stunned as i said in the in the introduction i'll reach of my three takeaways here the report exaggerates exaggerates perceived threats to the u.s. number two it fuses conventional and nuclear war and pushes for the develo

hello and welcome to cross talk where all things are considered people of the pentagon recently released its new nuclear posture review its critics are stunned not only the use of nuclear weapons is now more thinkable but also the threshold for their use has been lowered dr strangelove would be proud is the world facing another dangerous arms race. across talking the nuclear posture review i'm joined by my guest michael holland in washington he's a senior fellow at the brookings institution also in washington we have kevin camps he is a radioactive waste specialist beyond nucular and in london we cross to add real because he is a foreign affairs consultant and analyst all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want i always appreciate kevin let me go to you first in washington you know i read the report quite thoroughly i was quite stunned as i said in the in the introduction i'll region my three takeaways here the report exaggerates exaggerates perceived threats to the u.s. number two it fuses conventional and nuclear war and pushes for the deve

here is the thing about the pentagon. anistan says hold my beer. $700 million would be a relief when you cop pair that to the inspector january in afghanistan and iraq. kennedy: didn't when find the department of defense miss appropriated $125 billion. >> you say misappropriate, they say lost. the pentagon does try. i had to account for he round of artillery. as a fire support officer i wasted a powerball jackpot worth of jet fuel and munitions. and i had to account for it. reconstruction in iraq, the pentagon tries different' not an excuse to say we provide you the freedom that you sleep under, don't ask us how we do it. that's a bad excuse. i want that out of amtrak and the post office. the pentagon has to account for this. it's crazy. kennedy: rand paul pointed out last week on the "outnumbered" couch that the post office lose a billion a square and the key to fixing bureaucracy and waste isn't throwing more money at it. is there a way of still loving this great country of ours and supporting the brave men and women bra

this january 18th day at the pentagon. talking about support for our troops and our military, how underfunded it is, how a shutdown would hurt the military. and maybe as a business reporter, i think of too much in dollars and cents. the first thing that came to my mind when i saw your story, phil, wow, that is going to cost a lot of money and that that's what he was thinking of the day we were on a brink of a shutdown, the day he was talking about how badly we needed funding for our military. thinking about a parade and all the costs that would go along with that. >> todd, would you hazard a reality check, speaking of shutdowns, on the chance of another one, and how real, in your view, is this thursday deadline? >> well, it's pretty real. it seems unlikely that there would be a shutdown. there's very little appetite in congress for that. even if there's president -- president trump seems to have an appetite for it. he's talking about a shutdown as a tactic in order to force congress to address his immigration plan which has

led coalition hit syrian pro-government forces reportedly hundred people the pentagon claims it was carried out to defend an american backed group. and republican lawmakers in the u.s. threaten to cut funding to a global cancer research program after it linked america's most widely used killer made by monsanto to cancer. the biggest story right here over the past seven days first off the winter olympics in south korea got underway on friday with a grand opening ceremony in the host city. a stunning start now nearly three thousand athletes from ninety two countries took part in that event however in the run up to the celebrations demonstrations and scuffles erupted outside the olympic arena people supporting peace between north and south korea had gathered for a rally while another group protesting north korea's participation in the games clashed with police. now despite the scuffles on the streets korean politicians are taking steps to find a solution to their long running conflict the south korean president says he's ready to accept an invitation to visit the north if certain conditions ar

>> shannon: jennifer griffin for us from the pentagon. thank you. om the fbi to talking head, we will debate what was really behind an fbi agents public, dramatic resignation. and president trump claims victory in his fight over standing for the national anthem following the super bowl. >> we've made a lot of improvements, haven't we? that's a big improvement! it's 40 million americans are waking up to a gillette shave. and at our factory in boston, more than a thousand workers are starting their day building on over a hundred years of heritage, craftsmanship and innovation. today we're bringing you america's number one shave at lower prices every day. putting money back in the pockets of millions of americans. as one of those workers, i'm proud to bring you gillette quality for less, because nobody can beat the men and women of gillette. gillette - the best a man can get. successful people have onthey read more.on. how do they find the time? with audible. audible has the world's largest selection .. rgize and inspire for just $14.95 a month. less th

led coalition hits syrian pro-government forces reportedly killing nearly one hundred people the pentagon claims it was carried out to defend an american backed group. put a champagne jet out to washington to hold the biggest social media firms over the coals about suspected russian madly conjuring breck's it but come away empty and. i welcome his weekly with me kevin zero in here on r t r round up and big stories of the last seven days thanks for your time and taking that watches first in the winter olympics in south korea got underway on friday with a grand opening ceremony in the host city pyong chang nearly three thousand athletes from ninety two countries took part in the event however in the run up to the celebrations there were demonstrations and scuffles outside the olympic arena people supporting peace between north and south korea had gathered for a rally while another group protesting north korea's participation in the games physically clashed with police. despite the scuffles on the streets korean politicians are taking steps to try to find a solution to the conflict the south

unacceptable, while a top republican believes, quote, keeping track of people's money may not be in the pentagon's dna. david? >> mary, thank you. >>> to other news, and next, disgraced gymnastics physician larry nassar sentenced to 40 to 125 years after pledding guilty to sex unitual abuse charges in another court. "the new york times" saying nassar abused 40 more patients after the fbi was first told about allegations against him in july 2015. the fbi says it worked with law enforcement partners to bring charges against nassar. >>> overseas tonight, the u.s.-led coalition announcing a shift of operations in iraq, changing its combat enabling mission to one of sustaining the gains achieved against isis. 5,600 u.s. troops now in iraq, expected to remain to advise the iraqi military with policing, border patrol and trap training. >>> back here at home tonight, a super bowl for the history books. the underdog philadelphia eagles, underdogs no longer, defeating the new england patriots. abc's gio benitez in philadelphia tonight where the celebrations haven't stopped. >> we did it! >> reporter: tonigh

raising questions about how the pentagon is managing taxpayer money. he white house plans to ask for billions more for defense on top of its current $700 billion budget, the largest in the federal bureaucracy. last year, the pentagon comptroller ordered an audit for the first time ever. >> it's been clear to me for 25 years they never follow the money. everybody respects the military and we ought to. they put their lives on the line for our freedom and liberties. we ought to. but i think they get too much leeway just because of that respect. >> ernst & young found the defense logistics agency failed to document $800 million in construction projects. employing 25,000 people, the process is 100,000 orders a day. spokesperson for the agency responded. "dla concurrence with the ernst & young's assessment for our failure to properly account for and track funding to specific construction projects." there were shortcomings and documentation, there was no loss of accountability of real property or associated funding. some experts are willing to give dla the ben

the new york times who exposed the pentagon papers back in the seventy's were also against it so the cia and f.b.i. went from bad guys hiding their secrets from the public to a pillar of society standing strong against the evil trump the irony today among many ironies is how the mainstream media forgotten their own history the new york times the washington post today when it comes to a songe and others call him the worst threat to our republic is that we've ever seen but just years ago decades ago the same behavior. now lauded in the movies seemed to herald this particular brother being there showing again the unmitigated unbelievable hypocrisy that astounds me. so there you have it the same outlet that has democracy dies in the dark as its slogan would prefer its secret intelligence actions never see the light of day samir khan r.t. washington d.c. . turkey's president. has accused the u.s. of plotting against ankara in syria it comes amid a fall out between nato allies over turkey's operation against u.s. backed kurdish militias in syria. why does the u.s. continue to send weapons

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government the pentagon to establish a long term presence u.s. presence in side of syria so it's clear that violation of international law because the u.s. has no right to be there. the russian forces were invaded by the syrian government by the united states has no right to be there it acts as if it has a right to be there and because of the way these forces are station and the way its forces are moving particularly in the eastern part of syria there are the critical oil fields. there could be more conflicts this is a very very dangerous game with the pentagon displayed and they know and they know very well that it is there in kind of going ahead and trying to establish this long term presence and perhaps to partition syria. the pentagon has published a chart that purports to show the u.s. lagging behind its nuclear adversaries in the arms race chart was presented by defense secretary jim mattis and testimony to congress as part of the trumpet ministrations nuclear posture review and claims that during the last eight years russia china and north

government the pentagon to establish a long term presence u.s. presence in the side of syria i think there are now reported to be something like can u.s. bases in the country for them being also being air bases so it's clear that violation of international law because the u.s. has no right to be there. the russian forces were invaded by the syrian government five units it has no right to be there it acts as if it has a right to be there and because of the way these forces are stationed in the way its forces are moving particularly in the eastern part of syria near the critical oil fields. there could be more conflict this is a very very dangerous game that the pentagon is playing and they know they know very well that it is they're intent on going ahead and trying to establish this long term presence and perhaps to partition syria and quickly the u.s. is claiming that taking out the tank was an act of self-defense but looking at the larger picture can u.s. forces claim to be acting in self-defense if they are in syria. well they have no grounds to

and the new york times who exposed the pentagon papers back in the seventy's were also against it so the cia and f.b.i. went from bad guys hiding their secrets from the public to a pillar of society standing strong against the evil trump the irony today among many ironies is how the mainstream media forgotten their own history the new york times the washington post today when it comes to a songe and others call him the worst threat to our republic is that we've ever seen but just years ago decades ago the same behavior. now lauded in the movies seem to herald this particular type of behavior that is showing again the unmitigated and unbelievable hypocrisy that astounds me daily so there you have it the same outlet that has democracy dies in the dark as its slogan would prefer its secret intelligence actions never see the light of day samir khan r.t. washington d.c. protests have erupted in gaza are over the killing of a palestinian terror suspect story and more still to come. local blogs show you on the idea that dropping bombs brings police to the chickenhawk forcing you to fight th

the pentagon has been responding. what do we know about the recommendations from the pentagon? publiclyat has been reported is secretary mattis has made the recommendation he will continue to move forward with the retention policy put in place in october of 2016. trans service members currently and actively serving will continue to be allowed to do so. that has also not changed. when president trump put in his guidance in august of last year, he asked the secretary to look at this issue. advocated with other organizations with lawsuits in federal court that put injunctions in place so those service members have been serving. our understanding is the secretary has made the recommendation he wants to continue with that policy. host: that recommendation was made in private according to "the hill." the contents will remain private. why keep something like that private? why not disclose it publicly? in secretaryt mattis' head. i don't know what those private conversations had. your guess would be as good as private.hy to keep it is a breakw if it with each other. lastdent trump tweet

so he's given the pentagon marching orders to plan a military show of might. l, down pennsylvania avenue. after falling in love with the paris bastille day celebration. >> it was one of the greatest parades i've ever seen. and to a large extent because of what i witnessed, we may do something like that on july fourth in washington down pennsylvania avenue. >> i'd say it's a fantastic waste of money to amuse the president. take the money that the president would like to spend on this parade. instead let's make sure our troops are ready for battle and survive it and come home to their families. >> let's make a deal. lawmakers are close to a longer-term two-year funding fix on capitol hill. but will the president sign on?

been confirmed but some reports do claim that up to one hundred people might have been killed the pentagon described the attack as a defensive move but russia's defense ministry says the unit was engaged in an anti terror mission. while carrying out an operation to locate and terminate an sleeper cell near form oil refinery a unit of pro-government forces was suddenly shouldered then hit by airstrikes by the u.s. led coalition vis was overkill if the numbers are true i'd said demonstration of she have brute force perhaps you know to send perhaps the send a message nevertheless the united states says that it's it's in syria and it will defend itself and it has the right to defend itself in this instance syrian democratic forces acted in self-defense with support from the coalition to defeat an unprovoked attack by syrian regime forces in eastern syria if the situation is like how they describe that they were indeed attacks while fighting isis to make up the right to self-defense well if you take them at face value you could think so but people they just killed were also fighting isis and re

also today, the pentagon released a new policy for harassment prevention, which aims to cover areas such as sexual harassment, bullying, hazing and other forms of behavior considered hostile to the workplace environment. during a press -- a briefing, a spokesman said that -- spoke about how it would be implemented in the military armed forces. this is half an hour. >> good afternoon. secretary mattis talked about the national defense strategy. which will drive our budgets for the next four years. tomorrow secretary mattis will travel to fort benning to meet the first security force assistance brigade. ms. white: the first unit of its kind to provide advisors at the tactical level. next week the secretary will travel to europe to reaffirm key alliances and partnerships in the region. switching gear, i'd like to share two unrelated nnouncements with you today. yesterday syrian democratic forces acted in self-defense with support from the coalition to defeat an unprovoked attack by syrian pro-regime forces in eastern syria. pro-regime forces initiate what had appeared to be a coordinated at

well the real agenda in syria for the pentagon and the united states is to come.

now they've got far more ambitious plans with more of the most with the mixed messages here is the pentagon staying general mattis said that the united states will stay in syria we'll fight in syria for as long as the united states wants to fight in syria i mean that's you know pretty direct now you see how this might sound strange go to syria i'm invited and while there you start killing syrians in syria in self-defense. a regional experts told us that with islamic state practically gone from syria washington is now targeting the government instead. they are not just in syria to fight their own. have been in syria for a long time because they want to throw aside as the spate of feeds as it becomes clear that it is the syrian forces themselves and largely defeated di age the priority of overthrowing assad begins to reassert itself in the pentagon and in the white house so i think that's true the answer the question the overthrow of assad was always the prodigal prone the reason why the americans were in syria the army in treating these groups intervening with air strikes and so on they were

the line. let's bring in nbc news pentagon correspondent hans nichols. what's behind this request? are we misunderstanding it? >> no, you have it pretty clearly. the president kbgave a directiv to the pentagon. one thing we know about the pentagon, they are a planning organization and number two, when they get what they perceive to be directives or orders, we can hash out the exact language, if their commander in chief tells them to do something, they are going to do something. i have to tell you, the most surprising aspect of this story was the speed with which the pentagon confirmed the "washington post" scoop. about 12 hours ago it broke in the post, reporters running around trying to match it. normally it's very difficult to figure out what was said inside the tank and that's where this order was given two weeks ago according to the post. pentagon just said, yeah, sure, we're looking at dates, it's a request and we'll figure out how to do it. they are a planning organization and follow orders and that has implications across a whole lot of policy aren

in israel which is on the right that's of one mind and then you have the state department and the pentagon and looks to me that the state department and the pentagon has been putting a lot of common sense regarding how reckless was this crisis since it started in may and that is it continues one way or another that recklessness continues even with effects into the domestic situation in in g.c.c. states or more i want to pick up on what she just said and i want to go back to the beginning of the crisis because many believe that this crisis was prolonged because of what she was talking about mainly that divide between what president trump was saying about her and then with what you would hear coming from u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson supporting carter now do you believe that this could have ended long ago if there hadn't been these mixed messages coming from d.c. . well yes i think there is a good indication that a lot of this crisis emanated from the divides in washington itself and these divides and translate into divides in the region within the gulf states themselves but as she w

the pentagon just warned that climate change poses a threat to half of all military sites. have our top generals working on a parade. man, you had a chance to be in the military and you dodged it. if you want to hold a parade for something you yourself actively avoided, why not throw an irs parade or a parade of personal trainers? [ light laughter ] what's next? are you going to make the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff plan your prom? but be careful if you do, because if it goes by popular vote, you're not going to be happy with who they choose for king and queen. [ cheering and applause ] if it's popular vote. on top of the fact that it would be a waste of time and money, there's also the fact that the pentagon itself doesn't even seem to want it. because trump also asked for a military parade for his inauguration and the pentagon didn't seem too psyched. a pentagon official wrote in an internal e-mail at the time that the trump team is seriously considering adding military vehicles to the inaugural parade. later, in response to an e-mail confirming that the trump tea

the culture at the pentagon. does the culture reward behavior that is in line with the reforms we have proposed, or doesn't it? if it does it will happen. if it doesn't it won't matter how many times we passed a law saying it should. >> once your stance on afghanistan in particular and how the united states is doing in that whole of government approach to both training of afghan secret he forces and then more generally in terms of a conference of approach to the country? >> we are getting better at training their security forces under think we've done a decent job. you can't talk about afghanistan and how we are doing without sort of summer olympics, not the winter olympics, but in diving there's a degree of difficulty. the degree of difficulty in afghanistan is very high. it is not a particularly well organized well structured society. they have a lot of guns and the like to fight, and that makes it very, very difficult. we are i think making progress in terms of training the afghan forces to protect themselves,

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government the pentagon to establish a long term presence u.s. presence in side of syria so it's clear that violation of international law because the u.s. has no right to be there the russian forces were invaded by the syrian government by the united states has no right to be there it acts as if it has a right to be there and because of the way these forces are station and the way its forces are moving particularly in the eastern part of syria near the critical oil fields. there could be more confidence this is a very very dangerous game that the pentagon is playing and they know what they know very well that it is there in kind of going ahead and trying to establish this long term presence and perhaps to partition syria. now you wouldn't usually expect a classic children's story about a family of rabbits to spark a boy called but a new hollywood version out this month has already got people riled. i just need to keep the wildlife out where they belong you're so damn right. he's going to go. this is peter rabbit it's a modern twist on the beatrix

that should be the biggest concern of the pentagon's at this stage. >> are you surprised this hasn't fore given we have been in the digital age for some time? >> it is really true. when i -- when this story broke a little bit ago i was sort of surprised that this hadn't been an issue before. it's unintended consequences of technology but what you also have to remember is our service members are in the 21st century as well and the worst thing would be for the pentagon to overreact and say you can't use these devices. they're beneficial to people, they help them keep in shape and there's probably some balance between, you know, exposure of where service members are and not allowing them to use things like fitbit including ensuring the service members put it on privacy mode when they're, you know, outside a base or something like that. >> do you think security policies need to be reviewed at other agencies in the u.s. government? >> yes. i think absolutely. in particular you would think about entities like the coast guard, border patrol or others in which -- in which they actually have a

military the pentagon is developing software that will let it secretly manipulate social media sites by using fake online personas to influence internet conversations and spread pro-american propaganda and it specifically notes that the discovery that the u.s. military is doing this with fake online personalities sock puppets could also encourage other governments private corporations and government organizations going to also hear that when there was a program with on twitter and they did does the same thing with ease of e.q. but i'm very much on the seas this is the u.s. message that what we've just heard alleged there there's no connection to the next one more one more minute before she has a right g h c q this is the british version of the national security agency does the same thing overwhelming evidence. that we have a database from carnegie mellon using the u.s. government's own data they've meddled in other elections eighty one times only up to two thousand not counting coups and regime changes and of course the famous how could we forget this picture time magazine russia the

and the new york times who exposed the pentagon papers back in the seventy's were also against it so the cia and f.b.i. went from bad guys hiding their secrets from the public to a pillar of society standing strong against the evil trump the irony today among many ironies is how the mainstream media forgotten their own history the new york times the washington post today when it comes to a songe and others call him the worst threat to our republic is that we've ever seen but just years ago decades ago this same behavior. now lauded in the movies seem to herald this particular type of behavior that is showing again the unmitigated unbelievable hypocrisy that astounds me daily so there you have it the same outlet that has democracy dies in the dark as its slogan would prefer its secret intelligence actions never see the light of day samir khan r.t. washington d.c. . bitcoins rollercoaster ride has continued to fall into below six thousand dollars on tuesday down from twenty thousand just last december despite signs on my side of the cryptocurrency continues to attract global interest.

arsenal in response to concerns of a russia's expansion of its capability a new strategy unveiled by the pentagon and the obama in a push to reduce america's stockpile the defense secretary james mattis says the u.s. needs to see the world as it is not as it wishes it to been a defense correspondent particle hain reports from washington. u.s. president donald trump never criticizes russian president vladimir putin but the pentagon is doing just that moscow retains a large stockpile of non-strategic nuclear weapons and continues to modernize those as well as its strategic systems this report says aggression from russia concerns about china and north korea and potentially iran are the reasons the u.s. needs to modernize its nuclear weapons and it's changing the wording on when it could use them saying the u.s. could use nuclear weapons in extreme circumstances to defend the vital interests of the u.s. what's new is they added this line extreme circumstances could include significant non nuclear strategic attacks the military was asked to clarify what that means it would that also involve the employ

the pentagon released a statement from a d.o.d. spokesperson that says, we are aware of the request, we are in the process of determining specific details, we will share more information throughout the planning process. and this is what ari fleischer tweeted. he said, ds and most media will decry this objecting to the cost, when it happens many ds won't like it because it's militaristic but most americans will eat it up, they'll love the pomp and take pride in the show of force, honor of the troops. listen, i think it may be true, i think he's right. should the president be politicizing our military like this? >> you're asking me the question, don? >> yeah, it's for you, andre. >> don, i see this a different perspective. i see a gentleman who as a young man went to military school, who comes from a different generation, who believes in america first. he ran on a premise of make america great again. he truly believes in our military. he wants to build it up. he wants additional funding. if you look at all his campaign rallies, there