and the prosecutor for the are going to justice and sir questions about thomas drake and so bill and i agree we'll do that we knew tom had done nothing wrong easy let's go so we go down to the f.b.i. facility just outside d.c. and maryland and separately we address questions of questions mostly were questions like. did you meet with what occasions and of course we had had lunch was sure said hello but nothing very interesting. and they talk about mulching papers destroying evidence and no story. so long story short we get letters of immunity in february saying we are under no further threat for this entire matter billy and i bathe and through their attention. and we think it's because he's the one that went to the press. and i say was very much trying to and the government for that matter send a message if you work in the intelligence community and you talk to the press you're going to get hammered. coming up the second half of abby's interview with n.s.a. whistleblowers kirk wiebe e n bill binnie stay tune. played right from the same place the first st louis and i were being butcher

know you've got this data mining of social media people yeah no let's talk about that because thomas drake he says that the algorithms be developed a theory minds on the basis for drone strikes quickly for those who don't understand how the kill is actually determined talk about how data mining is connected to these so-called targeted strikes so again this is something that i mean it's been it's come out trickle down you know through through the investigative journalists you know the washington post new york times have been digging into this also the intercepts have been doing some great work and now we know that the kill list generated by the national council is a counterterrorism center in d.c. and what they do is they have access to all the databases across intelligence community through there's n.s.a. f.b.i. cia or whatever and those databases basically combine your message data from private intelligence communications whether it's you know telephone e-mails or whatever with the so-called open source states so from social media so it could be facebook twitter you tube you name it it's

secrets it's work crimes in the case of chelsea manning it's illegal surveillance in the case of thomas drake and in the case of edward snowden in fact the government hasn't been able to show that there's been any damage to national security in reality in any of these cases. next tonight thousands of people marched in tel aviv to thank the military for its offensive against the palestinians demonstrators called on the government and the army to end hamas rocket attacks from gaza once and for all an estimated ten thousand israelis gathered for the first major demonstration backing the i.d.f. military campaign in gaza israel spent more than a month bombarding the territory of defense from hamas rocket fire and see an air assault killed nearly two thousand palestinians most of them are civilians and children israel lost sixty four soldiers during the campaign but it's very fair report for r.t. people in the west bank and are using another kind of weapon for support and hurt. a boycott of his really goods in the west bank has gained momentum during israel's war in gaza given the trade between isr

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but he also knows what happens to someone like, straight -- thomas drake who was a whistleblower and accused under the espionage act who could have but thes life in prison judge through the evidence out and said this is not the soviet union and you cannot conduct yourself this way in my court. the sad thing about the snowden cases he is safer in russia than in the united states. that is an indictment of us. i think what he has revealed to us is something we needed to know. in some ways, it should be a wake-up call about the excesses of the intelligence community. the reason i am critical of obama is when he came into office, he early on said i am not going to look back. i'm going to look ahead. you have to have accountability for what took place under george bush for eight years. that is something we do not seem to be willing to do. saying what is put in place will be effective. if you look at the surveillance been a kangaroo court, a mouthpiece for the administration. a lot needs to be done. if not for snowden, we would not be having this discussion. the president would not be answe

the espionage act for allegedly mishandling classified information, including edward snowden, thomas drakeand john kiriakou. she worked at the justice department for seven years for first as a trial attorney and as a legal ethics advisor. [applause] >> good afternoon. anyone who doubts that the war on whistleblowers is a backdoor war on journalists should study the case of james risen. threats to reporters are the undercurrent in the obama administration's record-setting espionage act prosecutions of the so-called leakers. one example where the press is implicated is when the justice department subpoenaed associated reporters phone records impacting over 100 different journalists. in the case of another whistleblower, stephen kim, the justice department got a search warrant on the reporter by claiming he was a co-conspirator. in the case of my client edward snowden, the administration has made noises about reporter glenn greenwald being an aider and abettor. considering the administration's use of the espionage act to chill speech, it should be no surprise that threats against risen come f

take a look at how we destroyed thomas drake's life let alone these people who have challenged us toour in prison with. let edward snowden come home to this hero's welcome. it would severely undermined that intimidating power. he would incentivize other people to do it. that's the reason they are desperate to get him and why they are furious he's being protected because he has created template for other people who want to come forward but don't want to spend the rest of their life in prison. that is very alarming to the u.s. government and very encouraging to me and a lot of other people. [applause] >> a question about journalism and whistleblowers. leakers can be looked upon as people with ulterior motives. whistleblowers usually people acting through conscience to expose wrongdoing. the piazza whistleblowing is an isolating event. if i understand quickly in an interview you gave you mentioned in your new endeavor at the intercept you'll be looking to employ a secure drop anonymous technology. heavy look forward in terms of what impact that has on the relationship of the journalists

charged under the act for allegedly mishandling classified information, including edward snowden, thomas drakeand john. she worked at the justice department for seven years for first as a trial attorney and as a legal ethics advisor. jesse lynn radek. [applause] >> good afternoon. anyone who doubts that the war on whistleblowers is a back or were on journalists should study the case of jim rison. threats to reporters are the undercurrent in the obama administration's record-setting espionage act prosecutions of the so-called leakers. one example where the press is implicated is when the justice department subpoenaed associated reporters phone records impacting over 100 different journalists. of another whistleblower, stephen kim, the justice department got a search byrant on the reporter claiming he was a co-conspirator. my client edward snowden, the administration has made noises about reporter glenn greenwald being an eight or and a better. aider and abettor. it should be no surprise that threats against risen come from espionage act prosecution of another whistleblower. jeff sterling. 's ho