u.s. army intelligence and security command and the task they're asking for would be the creation of software that can read social media posts and determine and distinguish the positive from the negative now they're looking for the software to go from there and create replies in the same tone as the original now the software actually is requested to include a number of languages among them farsi korean and russian now this is quite interesting in light of the fact that all throughout media allegations have been made that in russia there are troll farms or armies of bots being deployed to influence the united states via social media but this advertisement talking about hiring someone on behalf of at the request of intelligence in the united states it essentially calls and it appears as if the u.s. army is looking to do the same thing the very same thing that russia is accused of doing now we have actually reached out to the pentagon for information about this and clarification about what activities this potential software would be deployed for what kinds of operations and such we have not rece

u.s. army intelligence and security command now they're essentially asking for software that would be able to monitor social media interpret the sentiment within posts and determine the positive and the negative and they are targeting specifically korean farsi and russian language activity on social media and they want the software to be able to you know monitor posts interpret their sentiments and then provide replies in a similar tone now it's quite interesting especially when you keep in mind that all throughout the media there have been accusations that russia has deployed an army of bots or troll farms or something to try and influence the usa through social media these allegations have surfaced all throughout u.s. media but it appears that there is an apparent call for software to be created by the u.s. military to do exactly that targeting specifically social media activity in those three languages now at this point the questions are being raised about that and.

u.s. army intelligence and security command and the task they're asking for would be the creation of software that can read social media posts and determine and distinguish the positive from the negative now they're looking for the software to go from there and create replies in the same tone as the original now the software actually is requested to include a number of languages among them farsi korean and russian now this is quite interesting in light of the fact that all throughout media allegations have been made that in russia there are troll farms or armies of bots being deployed to influence the united states vs social media this allegation has been very widely circulated in the us press there's been talk about it in congress all kinds of allegations have been leveled about russia allegedly trying to influence the united states through social media but this advertisement talking about hiring someone at the request of intelligence in the united states it is simply piers as if the u.s. army is looking to do the very same thing that russia is accused of doing well the pentagon is still too

u.s. army intelligence and security command and the task they're asking for would be the creation of software that can read social media posts and determine and distinguish the positive from the negative now they're looking for the software to go from there and create replies in the same tone as the original now the software actually is requested to include a number of languages among them farsi korean and russian now this is quite interesting in light of the fact that all throughout media allegations have been made that in russia there are troll farms or armies of bots being deployed to influence the united states vs social media but this advertisement talking about hiring someone on behalf of at the request of intelligence in the united states it essentially calls and it appears as if the u.s. army is looking to do the same thing the very same thing that russia is accused of doing now we have actually reached out to the pentagon for information about this and clarification about what activities this potential software would be deployed for what kinds of operations and such we have not recei

of intelligence in the united states it essentially calls and it appears as if the u.s. army is looking to do the same thing the very same thing that russia is accused of doing now we have actually reached out to the pentagon for information about this and clarification about what activities this potential software would be deployed for what kinds of operations and such we have not received a reply. so let's now cross live to william binney a former national security agency technical director and n.s.a. whistleblower thanks for being with us here on r t international. so let's get right to it why would the u.s. army need such software. well i mean what they really want to do is be able to monitor royce communications or any kind of communications text and be able to assess it and. check it for threats or things like that or even. some from some of the manipulation programs even respond in kind and and try to manipulate the other person at the other end so i mean all intelligence agencies have had this is one of their objectives even the f.s.u. f.s.b. i mean in your country as

u.s. army intelligence and security command and the task they're asking for would be the creation of software that can read social media posts and determine and distinguish the positive from the negative now they're looking for the software to go from there and create replies in the same tone as the original now the software actually is requested to include a number of languages among them farsi korean and russian now this is quite interesting in light of the fact that all throughout media allegations have been made that in russia there are troll farms or armies of bots being deployed to influence the united states via social media but this advertisement talking about hiring someone on behalf of at the request of intelligence in the united states it essentially calls and it appears as if the u.s. army is looking to do the same thing the very same thing that russia is accused of doing now we have actually reached out to the pentagon for information about this and clarification about what activities this potential software would be deployed for what kinds of operations and such we have not rece

at the request of intelligence in the united states it essentially calls and appears as if the u.s. army is looking to do the same thing the very same thing that russia is accused of doing now we have actually reached out to the pentagon for information about this and clarification about what activities this potential software would be deployed for what kinds of operations and such we have not received a reply. former m i five officer an emotional and told my colleague mickey aaron that she's not surprised the u.s. is seeking to develop such software. the most obvious interpretation would be that this is a pushback against the allegations that have been made consistently for the last eighteen months about so-called russian troll farms influencing elections across the west and it's interesting to see that the language is that i was hoping for the blank which is iran and of course north korea and russia so that would be a bit of a sort of give away about which countries they want to be targeting having said that though the timing to me is interesting because for sure the west has been runn

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u.s. senate seat held by ben cardin. >> we don't need more or better leaders. we need someone willing to fight. >> it's a long shot. it it was manning, who is in army intelligence specialist sneaked this video to wikileaks showing u.s. apache helicopters evidently firing on civilians and journalists. manning leaked over half a million classified documents and cables. president obama commuted her 35 year sentence. prompting president trump to call her an ungrateful traitor. her record would disqualify most candidates. >> the fact that you are telling me i shouldn't is the reason why i should. >> in an era marked by a people, voters remain angry and maryland has a embarrassing uniformity to its political class. >> the major officeholders are men. all the members of congress, that senators, the governor, comptroller, speaker of the house. >> as a former man, now transgendered female, manning may bring a unique appeal to some progresses. like alabama found with raymore, mainstream maryland democrats may find manning a bridge too far. >> if she gets one vote there, it's one-vote to many. >> if manning gets more than that and somehow splits the democratic vote, it op

army intelligence analyst is running rat. she wil >>> chelsea manning is making a run for u.s. senate in maryland. ender former army intelligence analyst is running as a democrat. she will challenge to term senator ben cardin who is a favorite to win. known as bradley manning at the time of her arrest, she was sentenced to 35 years in prison for leaking more than 700,000 documents to wikileaks. president obama granted her clemency before leaving office last year. >>> two high profile executives are leaving the board of directors over potential conflicts of interest. in a recent filing, disney said facebook c.o.o. sheryl sandberg and twitter ceo jack dorsey will not be renominated to their current positions on the board. both social media companies have moved further into the entertainment business in recent years and that includes live sports which could interfere with espn. >>> the city of greenfield which is about 10 miles north of king city is really living up to its name. the agricultural community of greenfield gearing up to become a major player in the booming cannabis business. the first of

in 1929, a group called the black chamber made of people from the state department and army intelligence. the u.s. telegraph companies like western union had provided the black came ber wihamber wit and outgoing cable traffic. this is shut down by henry stimson. he specifically opposes spying on the u.s.'s diplomatic allies, not spying in general. he said, gentlemen, don't read each other's mail. this is also a supreme court case at the end of the '20s that deals with wiretapping. weighing whether or not tapping into someone's phone conversation, you have to imagine this is early on in this period where there are phones, does that violate the fourth amendment? here is what it says. the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and affects against unreasonable searches and seizures shall not be violated and no warrants shall issue but upon probable cause supported by oath or affirmation and particularly describing the place to be served and the person or things to be seized. william howard taft, formerly president of the united states, then joins the supreme court. he spea

u.s. senate seat in maryland. manning is a former army intelligence analyst convicted of leaking a large amount of classified documents in 2013. she spent more than six years of a 35-year sentence behind bars before granted clemency by barack obama. >>> british supporters of president trump interrupted a speech by london's mayor today. there they are. the small group of protesters shouted there are millions of brits who support mr. trump, and they called for a citizens arrest of the mayor. the anger comes after khan tweeted yesterday that president trump is not welcome in london until he stops pursuing his divisive agenda. yesterday trump cancelled a trip to london to open a new embassy. >> it is a pleasure to be here, even though we were disrupted by the actions of what some would call very stable geniuses. >> the protests came during a speech on gender equality at a left-wing think tank in london. >>> nbc bay area sports mindi bach with a look at what's coming up. hello. >> yeah, pierre garcon has a message for president trump, we'll share that with you, and stephen curry returns to the court tonight as the warriors

. >>> former army intelligent analyst chelsea manning will run for the u.s. senate seat in maryland. running as a democrat and listed a north bethesda address. manning came out as transgender for leaking classified documents. she was commuted after president obama commuted her sentence in august. >>> starting thursday, fill murphy will be sworn in as the governor. there will be performances and celebrations to commemorate the event. murphy will become the state's 56th governor. there will be live coverage from the commemoration ceremony. >>> jury selection begins tomorrow in the trial of allentown major in a pay for play scheme of handing out contracts. he deny the allegations. his attorney, jack mcmahon, said opening statements could start as soon as thursday. >>> a woman is confirmed dead and more than a dozen injured after a casino shuttle boat caught fire off the florida gulfcoast. the cause of death has not been determined. video shown after it burst into flames. minutes after leaving shore flames burst out the engine room and 50 passengers were forced t

this advertisement talking about hiring someone at the request of intelligence in the united states it is simply piers as if the u.s. army is looking to do the very same thing that russia is accused of doing while the pentagon is still true to our requests for comment on this story but we did discuss the she with the n s a whistleblower william binney and also film and my five agent . well i mean what they really want to do is be able to monitor royce communications or any kind of communications text and be able to assess it and. check it for other threats or things like that or even. from some of the manipulation programs even respond. and try to manipulate the other person at the other end so i mean all intelligence agencies have this is one of their objectives the white papers are generally circulated among contractors who do business with the government so it is a little unusual to see these things out in the public as far as i know that the most obvious interpretation would be that this is a pushback against the allegations that have been made consistently for the last eighteen months about so-called russian troll p

. >>> this morning we're learning former army intelligence analyst chelsea manning has plans to run for the u.ste in maryland. she served time for leaking documents to wikileaks before president obama granted her clemency next year. she says she'll run as a democrat against ben cardin. >>> the down home voice of college football, keith jackson, has died. jackson was behind the microphone for gridiron matchups and classic bowl games for five decades. whoa nellie charmed generations of fans. he's credited for naming the rose bowl the granddaddy of them all. he called world series games, the olympics, and auto racing. he died friday. he was 89 years old. >>> the death toll from the devastating mud slides near santa barbara, california, stands at 19. searchers found the body of a woman just yesterday. cleanup crews are clearing the roads. the popular freeway is closed indefinitely. they lost water and power in the rainstorm. >> a little inconvenience is nothing compared to what so many others are having to deal with. you suck it up and make the best of it. >> possibly a small miracle in this devast

. >> writer and a democratic candidate, but in 2010 shows army intelligence candidate who was caught giving wikileaks documents about the u.s in iraq and afghanistan and prisoners in guantÁnamo bay. it was a shocker. the largest leak of classified documents in u.s. history. in 2013 men and is convicted as a sentence to 35 years. late last year president obama to the seven years already served and was released from the military prison. she's challenging democrat ben cardin, the two-term senator up for reelection in november. cardin has thought of as an easy favorite to reelection but the main recognition could bring heavy media coverage in outside money from the far left to the race. mankiw does a pitcher attic whistleblower by some and a traitor by others. she hasn't shied away from controversy since release released from prison are thus reclaiming posted on twitter expletive the police on law-enforcement appreciation day. men innocently convicted felon but that doesn't appear to garner running for congress. >> i think there's a joke there about congress "politico." running against incumbent democrat in maryland, one would

u.s. lora podesta for cbs3 "eyewitness news." >> well, chelsea manning is running for senate in maryland. you might recall the former army intelligencest spent several years in prison for leaking classified information. manning has filed to run as a democrat and is one of four candidates taking on senator ben cardin in the primary. >>> the search continues for survivors in montecito california, five days new after heavy rain triggered a deadly mudslide. seven people are still missing and at least 18 have now been confirmed dead. though officials expect that number to rise even higher. much of the coastal community remains under evacuation orders while search rescue and recovery efforts are under way. >> we are trying to mobilize all of the resources at this moment to help the worker, the business owner, the homeowner, the renter, everyone that's been impacted right now. >> we have the army corps of engineers whose spur to come in and shore up all the infrastructure and build and assist local governments and clean up debris and also helping rebuild. >> well, fishes are working very quickly as the threat of rain this coming friday coul

. >> a woman and candidate, but in 2010 was army intelligence analyst private bradley manning who was caught giving wiki lakes documents about u.s iraq and afghanistan prisoners in guantÁnamo bay. it was the largest leak of classified documents in u.s. history. 2013, manning was convicted and sentenced to 35 years in prison, then late last year president obama commuted the sentence to the seven years already served and she was released from the military prison here she was challenging ben cardin, the two-term senator up for reelection in november. the two would meet in the maryland democratic primaries this june. many promised to fight that would take one to win this and thought of as an easy favorite. some of the main recognition could bring heavy media coverage and outside money from the far left to the race. manning is viewed as a patriotic whistleblower by some in a traitor by others for her legs are as a writer she covers issues, civil liberties. she often criticizes police and authorities. last week she treated expletive the police on one person appreciation day. manning is a convicted felon but that doesn't appear to bar

about hiring someone on behalf of not at the request of intelligence in the united states it essentially calls and it appears as if the u.s. army is looking to do the same thing the very same thing that russia is accused of doing now we have actually reached out to the pentagon for information about this and clarification about what activities this potential software would be deployed for what kinds of operations and such we have not received a reply. but let's cross live now to chris kitsa founder of unseen encrypted internet service thanks for joining us good to have you on the program today first things first i guess why would the u.s. only needs such a piece of software can you think of any reasons well let's look at what is not in the proposal the first thing that's not in the proposal is the fact that they have to collect the data so the data is already being collected they just want to process it and what they want to do is used in dance machine learning. to create responses that match the tone and so forth and basically you know stir people up that's what it looks like to me is that surprising perhaps that you know this

further information. >>> chelsea manning the former army intelligence analyst responsible for leaking classified documents to wikileaks is running for u.s. manning announced the run against democrat ben cardin yesterday. she posted a campaign video on youtube. today manning is a transgender woman but in 2010 she was an army intelligence manager caught giving out personal -- classified information. last year president obama commuted her sentence and she was released. >>> comedian aziz ansari is the latest celebrity to face accusations of sexual misconduct a new york city photographer says that she went on a date with ansari in september. throughout the evening, she was uncomfortable and felt pressured to have sex with him. the woman says she texted him the next day to tell him she was upset, ansari has apologized and he believed the sex was consensual. >>> a recent college graduate was appointed by the trump administration to lead efforts to curb the opioid crisis. he is 24-year-old taylor wayne now working as the deputy chief of staff at the office of drug control policy. the new role comes one year after graduating from st. john's univ

in 2010 she was army intelligence analyst bradley manning who was caught giving wikileaks about the u.s. wars in iraq and afghanistan and prisoners in guantanamo bay. in 2013, manning was convicted and sentenced to 35 years in prison. then late last year, president obama commuted the sentence to the 7 years already served and she was released from the military prison. the two would meet in the maryland democratic primary this june. carden is thought of an easy winner for re-election but this could bring outside money from the far left to the race. manning is viewed as a patriotic whistleblower for some and a traitor for her leaks and she hasn't shied away from controversy. last week manning posted on twitter expletive the police on law enforcement appreciation day. manning is a convicted felon. that doesn't appear her to bar her from running from con yes. from washington, caroline shively, fox news. >>> today is another winter spare the air day. the 19th alert this season. and the bay area air quality management district is encouraging you and everyone else to carpool. it is illegal to

but in 2010 she was army intelligence analyst proift bradley manning who was caught giving wikileaks documents about the u.s. wars in iraq and afghanistan and prisoners in guantanamo bay. it was a shocker. the largest leak of classified documents in u.s. history. in 2013 manning was convictedded and sentenced to 35 years in prison. 7 late last year president obama commuted manning sentence and she was released from the military prison. she's challenged a two-term senator who is up for reelection in november. the two would meet in the maryland democratic primary this june. someone with manning's name recognition could bring heavy media coverage to the race. manning is viewed as a patriotic whistle blower by some and a traitor by others but of her leaks. and she hasn't shies away from controversy. last week posting on twitter, expletive the police on law enforcement appreciation day. manning is a convicted felon but that doesn't bar her from running for congress. >> caroline, thanks. eric: switching gears, there's a convention going on in rio de janeiro. they have a miss tattoo contest. we'll show you the unu

. >>> chelsea manning the former army intelligence analyst convicted of leaking classified documents confirmed on twitter she will run as a democrat for the u.s.'s senate in maryland. she filed her election candy sasy on thursday and released this video declaring, quote, we need someone willing to fight and blasted leaders in washington, d.c. manning will likely challenge two term senator ben cardin in the upcoming 2018 maryland primary. >>> carnival has a new cfo and you might recognize him. shaquille o'neal is joining the carnival cruise lines as the chief fun officer. the new role is part of the cruise line's choose fun campaign. in a statement from the company, o'neill says he's excited to take on the role saying in today's world when everybody is busy with family and work and life in general it's important to choose fun. the cruise line has over 25 ships and serves nearly 5 million people each year. >>> something you would want to do is go out in some warm temperature or warmer climate with the situation a lot of us have. >> right. >> we have the dance floor with shaq, it would be fun. weather alerts another storm but this is big in size

days but it's home discussions with russia first the heads of the army and intelligence are in moscow for talks a spending bill to keep the u.s. government operating as passed the house of representatives the legislation attorney's funding for federal agencies until the middle of next month will not be debated in the senate the u.s. is suspending a forty five million dollars payment to the un's relief agency for palestinian refugees the money which was him out for food aid was promised last month and that's separate from the sixty five million dollars cut annorah announced by the us earlier this week at the time when we provided that note that information to under a we made it clear that it was a pledge it was not a guarantee and that it would need to be confirmed later at this time we will not be providing that but that it does not mean i want to make it clear that does not mean that it will not be provided in the future the new executive director of the un's children's agency unicef has warned hundreds of thousands of children in south sudan may die if emergency action isn't taken to boost food security henrietta for is vis

. >>> chelsea manning, the former army intelligence analyst, who was responsible for leaking classified documents to wikileaks is now running for the u.s. senate in maryland. making the announcement for her senate run yesterday, facing off against democrat ben cardin and made the announcement on twitter and had a campaign video on youtube. she is a transgender woman today. but in 2010 she was army intelligence analyst private bradley manning charged with giving wikileaks documents about the wars in iraq and afghanistan, sentenced to 35 years in prison. and president obama commuted her prison sentence and she was released. >>> president trump talking about remarks he was a racist. after disparenting remarks allegedly made about haiti and el salvador and africa. >> i am not a racist. i am the least racist president that have you interviewed. that i can tell you he did admit to using tough language in his negotiations though with the democrats over immigration issues. >>> young people who are part of the daca program could once again begin to apply for renewal of their protected status. u.s. citizenship and immigration services posted on

manning, the transgender former army intelligence analyst convicted of leaking classified documents has filed paperwork to challenge the democratic senator for his seat in the u.s. senate. manning had her sentence commuted last year by president obama. >>> daca recipients can line up to renew their protected status this week after a judge put president trump's order to stop them on hold. the district judge called the administration's decision to eliminate daca arbitrary and cab bris capricio capricious. released a statement saying, the daca policy will be operated on the terms in place before it was rescinded. but the president made it clear he stands by his order, tweeting, daca is probably dead. and blaming democrats for its demise. >> honestly, i don't think the democrats want to make a deal. i think they talked about daca. but they don't want to help the daca people. we used to say the daca children but the children aren't children. >> joining me now is the program director for the dream.us and daca recipient herself. you were brought into this country by your family from ecuador. you were 8 years old. so before we talk about the politics surrounding daca,

intelligently serve my country and you. great respect your obedient servant, john j. pershing, major general u.s. armymuch further away. i never dreamed we'd go over there to fight. so, i didn't pay much attention to it. i didn't let it bother me until i received from the post office a little red card telling me to register for the draft. that's how the war came to me, in the midst of all my peace and happiness and dreams, which i felt all along were too good to be true and just couldn't last. >> i have a rendezvous with death at some disputed barricade, when spring comes back with rustling shade and apple blossoms fill the air. i have a rendezvous with death when spring brings back blue days and fair. it may be he shall take my hand and lead me into his dark land and close my eyes and quench my breath. it may be i shall pass him still. i have a rendezvous with death on some scarred slope of battered hill when spring comes round again this year and the first meadow flowers appear. god knows we're better to be deep pillowed in silk and scented down where love throbs out in blissful sleep, pulse nigh to

>>> the former army intelligence analyst responsible for the largest leak of classified documents in us history is now embarking on a political campaign. chelsea manning is running for u.s. senate in maryland. caroline shively with more. >> chelsea manning announced her senate run sunday morning on social media. posting the upbeat tweet, we are running for senate followed by a happy face, rainbow hearts and hashtag we got this. on youtube she was more ominous talking about current political leaders. >> we don't need them anymore. we can do better. we got this. >> today manning is a transgender woman, writer and cut a candidate but in 2010 she was army intelligence analyst private bradley manning who was caught giving wikileaks documents about the us war in iraq and afghanistan. it was a shocker, the largest leak of classified documents in us history. in 2013 manning was convicted and sentenced to 35 years in prison when last year president obama commuted her sentence to the seven years already served and she was released from the military prison. she is challenging ben cardin a two-term senator who is up for reelection in november. the two would meet in a primary in jun

intelligence national security advisory panel. mr. kimmitt served in combat in vietnam with the 173rd airborne brigade, retired as a major general in the army reserve, and also served as the u.s. ambassador to germany. national security strategy and logistics executive at deloitte consulting. served for 36 years at the department of defense. from 2013 to january 2017, mr. estevez served as the secretary of defense acquisition and logistics. he represented the department of defense while chinese investment in the united states accelerated rapidly. previously, he held several key positions including assistant secretary of defense, and assistant deputy under secretary of defense for supply chain integration. mr. wolf is a partner and from 2010 to january 2017, he was the assistant secretary of commerce for export administration. in this role, he was primarily responsible for the policy and administration of the u.s. dual use export control system, and as a result of the effort, he helped lead part of the defense trade system. also during this time, mr. wolf was the primary commerce department representative to sifius. mr. segal is the ira a. lipman chair and director of the cybe

u.s. army intelligence and security command and the task they're asking for would be the creation of software that can read social media posts and determine and distinguish the positive from the negative now they're looking for the software to go from there and create replies in the same tone as the original now the software actually is requested to include a number of languages among them farsi korean and russian now this is quite interesting in light of the fact that all throughout media allegations have been made that in russia there are troll farms or armies of bots being deployed to influence the united states of these social media there but this advertisement talking about hiring someone on behalf of at the request of intelligence in the united states it essentially calls and it appears as if the u.s. army is looking to do the same thing the very same thing that russia is accused of doing now we have actually reached out to the pentagon for information about this and clarification about what activities this potential software would be deployed for what kinds of operations and such we ha

u.s. army intelligence. is kind of bring us but many things still not so well. told my colleague mckeown earlier she's not surprised the u.s. might be willing to develop such software if it hasn't already. the most obvious interpretation would be that this is a pushback against the allegations that have been made consistently for the last eighteen months about so-called russian troll forms influencing elections across the west and it's interesting to see that the languages that they're advertising for are a blend which of iran and of course north korea and russia so that would be a bit of a sort of give away about which countries they want to be targeting having said that though the timing is interesting because for sure the west has been running these so-called troll farms against other countries as well for a long time and so are they just trying to expand their operations by developing this new software or are they trying to disingenuously suggest to people that actually have done it before only the big bad russians the big bad chinese have run troll farms an