u.s. justice department announcing on thursday it 70 new charges being leveled against julian assange as a result of his leadership in editorship of wiki leaks and we understand that's come from a federal grand jury in virginia that new indictment and it comes after mr science was arrested in the ecuadorian embassy and according to the rules if they want the u.s. studies to extradite mr assad and they have only 60 days from the point of his arrest to add those charges and we are within that period and that's probably why we are seeing this flurry of new accusations flying against the former wiki leaks added and the u.s. justice department releasing a statement as to their reasoning behind this latest development a federal grand jury returned an 18 count superseding indictment today charging julian p. songe 47 the founder of wiki leaks with offenses that relate to a songes a legit role in one of the largest compromises of classified information in the history of the united states the superseding indictment alleges that his son was complicit with chelsea manning a former intelligence analyst

u.s. department of justice activists say this sets a dangerous precedent where a journalist can be criminally prosecuted for publishing truthful information some going as far as to claim the u.s. has declared war on journalism. that's been awesome dykeman took his son's football is an extremely dangerous frontal attack on the free press bad bad bad any government use of the espionage act to criminalize the receipts and publication of classified information poses a diet threat to journalists seeking to publish such information in the public interest irrespective of the justice department's assertion that the son is not a journalist i think a lot of reasons why they haven't done this in the past is because assad was democratizing the media he was broadening the people who could report people inside government inside corporations could leak classified documents anonymously they want to frighten the media into not covering u.s. activity around the world the us is often involved in activity that could be characterized as war crimes certainly atrocities and certainly often corruption of our transna

u.s. department of justice activists say this sets a dangerous precedent where a journalist can be criminally prosecuted for publishing truthful information with some going as far as to claim the u.s. has declared war on journalists or. their spinoffs indictment of his sons for bob listening is an extremely dangerous frontal attack on the free press bad bad bad the department of justice just declared war not when we can expose our journalism and so this is no longer julian the songe this case will decide the future of media any government use of the espionage act to criminalize the receipts and publication of classified information poses a diet threat to journalists seeking to publish such information in the public interest irrespective of the justice department's assertion that the sun is not a journalist i think that julian assange has put out the most important journalism of my entire lifetime i can't think of anyone who has made a bigger impact on the world i mean he's been nominated for a nobel peace prize pretty much every year for the last 10 years i believe he's won countless awards f

u.s. department, the justice department.he justice department would come in and do a top to bottom review of the police department. that occurred. they hired, as a subject matter expert, hillard hines, a private company. they came in and did the audit with the police department. the u.s. justice department eventually backed out of the relationship after the change in the president administration. the city of san francisco went to the state attorney general's office and the state attorney general's office stepped into where the u.s. justice department had been and the san francisco police department also retained hillard hines to continue their work in reviewing the audit that was done and basically the 272 recommendations that were made in which the city committed to implement. which we have been in the process of doing for the last two plus years. so, we're at some mid point now where we're ready for an interim report. i think hillard hines will release an interim report in a couple of weeks. i've asked the department and h

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u.s. justice department has announced 18 new criminal charges against wiki leaks founder julian assange so let's get more on this from my teacher castro in washington a song has been indicted tell us about these new charges. these are sweeping charges here 18 counts that all together back to back if convicted what amounts to 175 years in prison now 17 of these counts are for violating the espionage act an additional count for computer hacking and what this indictment says is that. in 2010 worked with army analyst intelligence analyst chelsea manning in unlawfully obtaining classified information and then disseminating it on wiki leaks it alleges that these documents were hundreds of thousands hundreds of thousands of pages of classified war logs and diplomatic papers that included the unredacted names of human sources in afghanistan and iraq so these were people who were helping u.s. military official in those countries and the publication of their names put their lives at risk and also endangered the national security of the united states so a son is currently serving a jail sentence in l

u.s. department of justice withdrew from the program. again, to the credit of this commission the city and department you recognized have been forward-leaning. you made commitment to our residents and you are also putting yourselves out there in terms of being able to drive through the reform that was recommended by the department of justice. also within that context, i'm here to give you the larger picture, the department of justice brought with it financial support and technical support. they were army to tap into a national select group and bring a team of people here to help with that assessment. you committed and under that iteration of collaborative reforms san francisco was only police department that had a published report. you were a front runner in that regard. that commitment to follow through on that resulted if us being here. what happened between september 2017 and february 2018 was a significant amount of change within the city. i'm not here told you your history. in february 2018 the new collaborative reform initiative beg

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u.s. justice department is opposing a multi-billion merger of t. mobile usa with rival companies sprint that's according to bloomberg news agency the d.o.j. fears that the deal in its current form would harm competition the question is whether there is anything the companies can propose like selling airwaves or another business unit that could sway the department the justice department stance differs from that's of the federal communications commission the f.c.c. said yesterday that it would recommend the $26000000000.00. and that is d. w. business at this hour from me and the team and the insides were keeping us company and you can always find out more online or follow us on twitter and on facebook. if you ever have to cover up a murder the best way is to make up the facts and. raring to remain. a mammal read a book like this one i. missed the german on the streets. i was fishing when i arrived here i slept with 6 people in a room. it was hard. i even got white hairs that. language and. this gets me and they go. to in trouble let's say you want to

u.s. justice department attorney general william barr has defended his handling of the report into russian interference in the twenty sixteen presidential election speaking at a hearing of the senate judiciary committee more rejected accusations that he misrepresented its conclusions when he declared in a summary that the report did not support criminal charges against trump that prompted strong to tweet that the report had totally exonerated him and before today's senate hearings it emerged that special counsel robert muller had complained to bar about the way that he had characterized the report's findings saying it did not fully capture the reports substance at the expression of the joining me now is our correspondent in washington oliver sally good evening to you oliver so bring us up to date this story and this is a saga if you will what are the the stakes at the moment for donald trump. donald trump has been wildly defending himself in the last weeks and days and especially today in the last hour as he's been writing countless tweets over and over repeating his stance and that is tha

u.s. is considering sending more troops to the middle east as tensions escalate with iran. washington has already explored -- has already deployed extra forces, saying it is facing unspecified threats from iran. the justice departmentnounces 18 new criminal charges against wikileaks founder julian assange. they include unlawfully publicize -- unlawfully publishing the names of classified sources. officials from three airlines of told reuters new judge and see boeing 737 max jets will need up to 150 hours of work before flying again. the faa is hosting officials from around the world in texas. they have been discussing the future of the jets after two aircraft crashed in less than five months, killing 346 people. we have more in this report reporter: -- we have more in this report. reporter: the fleet of 737 max jets has been grounded since march. the faa says thursday's meeting will provide answers to questions as officials weigh whether the jets should fly again. boeing representatives will not be president -- will not be present. since the two crashes in indonesia and ethiopia, scrutiny as some asking if the faa and boeing should be treated as a single entity. some members of congress wonder why the faa took so l

u.s. media picked up on the mounting concern over these new charges against the sanj questioning the move of the justice department let's go to new york now and speak to the source from caleb. caleb has this stand by the u.s. media come as a surprise to many. well certainly there have been a number of voices who have come forward and expressed concern about freedom of the press and the implications of these charges against a son now it's important to note that the u.s. department of justice is insisting that julian assad is not a journalist however many of the voices that have stepped forward are saying that essentially that point doesn't really matter because what assad is accused of doing is what journalists do that would be publishing information making information available to the public now the new york times has made a statement on behalf of julian a songe and it's interesting that the new york times has themselves published classified information that was provided to them by leakers before here's what they said about the case. notably the new york times among many other news organizations have trained preci

u.s. justice department to slap julian assange 17 new charges a spot the concern of media freedom groups. any government use of the espionage act to criminalize the receipts and publication of classified information poses a diet threat to journalists seeking to publish such information in the public interest irrespective of the justice department's assertion that the sun is not a journalist this is an extraordinary escalation of the trumpet ministrations attacks on journalists and the direct assault on the 1st amendment when the sandra's dragged out of london's ecuadorian embassy last month and arrested by british police he was slapped with a us extradition request immediately and it only listed one charge against him and that was a single count of conspiracy to have a computer and it carries a maximum charge of 5 years a fairly small fry but that has been padded out substantially now by washington the charges against him now list 17 counts of violating the espionage act and press freedom groups journalists whistleblower have condemned this escalation of the case they're spinoffs indictme

u.s. justice department is charging the wiki leaks founder who would already been charged under one law with another 17 counts of breaking a 2nd law the espionage act that is disturbing not just for us she was looking at up to 175 years behind bars but also has implications for other journalists tell us why because of the precedent these latest charges would set a son who was initially charged and the computer fraud and abuse that since he'd helped his source chelsea manning get classified material out of defense department computers that stage the justice department appeared to be trying to make a distinction between a songe and the rest of the media including needs outlets like the new york times and the guardian that partnered with wiki leaks and published its material some of these new charges under the espionage act relate to how the signage in. courage to thor's to provide him with material the kind of thing journalists do every day but they also focus on wiki leaks publishing classified documents and that has implications for mainstream news outlets then the same remember the difficul

u.s. justice department is accusing him of unlawfully publishing the names of classified sources of conspiring with former army intelligence analyst chelsea manning to obtain classified information in 2010 wiki leaks published thousands of secret diplomatic cables from the state department swedish prosecutors are currently trying to extradite songs from the u.k. to face a rape charge. saudi crown prince mohammed bin saleh has met the deputy head of saddam's transitional military council who is visiting saudi arabia to discuss cooperation between the 2 countries meanwhile a sit in is being held near the military headquarters in khartoum. they're demanding a transition to a civilian government but the opposition alliance says that the military is insisting on directing the transition and having a majority on the council. i'll be back with the news on a little over 25 minutes off 0 but then let's get you back to witness. this morning by am declaring an outbreak of ebola virus disease a public health emergency of international concern countries affected today please do not have the capacity to man

u.s. justice department cleared trump of any collusion use them again as a legal obligation to be here still just this week trump stopped his former counsel don began from testifying to congress about that investigation and on wednesday new york lawmakers voted to release trump state tax returns to congress trump is also fighting democratic attempts to get his business records from deutsche bank what they've done is abuse this is investigation number 4 the same thing probably 5. and it really started i think pretty much from the time we came down the escalator interim donald trump argues his democratic opponents have been resisting his presidency since before it even started and continue to back efforts to impeach him but democrats are divided on whether it's even wise to launch impeachment hearings knowing it could take down trump or help him win support for his reelection kimberly health at al-jazeera the white house. in 25 minutes time votes will begin to be counted after india's 6 week long parliamentary election the world's biggest poll ended on sunday more than 900000000 people were el

u.s. justice department filed 17 new charges against julianssange, founder wikileaks. sed of violating the u.s. espionage act by publishing classified military and diplomatic documents in 2010. mr. a sans, who is serving a jail sentence in the u.k. for jumping bail conditions, is fighting extradition proceedings on han early indictment -- an earlier indictment on hacking. gary,ni what is the scance of the new charges? the originalden charging list against julian assange. wathe original indictmens just hacking,e of computer effectively helping chelsea manning, the army intelligence officer, to get thenmaterial and ublish it. this takes it into the realm of the espionage act. these charges could lead hackin, effectively to jail terms of between five years and 10 years if he ends up facing them in this country. jane: it also takes us into the realm of free speech at. first amendm a risley -- it really opts the stakes.- ups the >> and that is what has lawyers are concerned with. anal essen -- essentially americans are trying to prosecute him for being a journalist and they

u.s. justice department clear trump of any collusion use them again as a legal obligation to be here still just this week trump stopped his former counsel don mcgann from testifying to congress about that investigation and on wednesday new york lawmakers voted to release trump state tax returns to congress trump is also fighting democratic attempts to get his business records from deutsche bank what they've done is abuse this is investigation number 4 the same thing probably 5. and it really started i think pretty much from the time we came down the escalator interim donald trump argues his democratic opponents have been resisting his presidency since before it even started and continue to back efforts to impeach him but democrats are divided on whether it's even wise to launch impeachment hearings knowing it could take down trump or help him win support for his re-election can really help at al-jazeera the white house football's world governing body 50 an ounce that the 2022 world cup tournament in qatar will not now be expanded to $48.00 teams usually $32.00 teams participate but in 2017

u.s. justice department has filed 18 new charges against wiki leaks co-founder julian assange. facing extradition from the u.k. the latest charges accuse him of receiving and unlawfully publishing names of classified sources. he's already being charged with one count of conspiring with ex-intelligence analyst, chelsea manning, to gain access to the pentagon. he's currently serving a jail sentence in britain for jumping bail. to india, the country's incumbent prime minister has led his party to a stunning election victory. he is currently holding talks to form a cabinet. the results give hindu nationalists the strongest hand they ever held in modern india history. despite the strong results, others are increasingly worried about a rise in hate crimes under modi's leadership. >> this is one of the numerous vigilante groups that patrol neighborhoods in india. their goal, protect cows, an animal sacred for hindus. human rights watch said 44 people were killed of anti-crimes in a span of 18 months between 2015 and 2 2018. they w were accucused of eating killing, or transporting cows

u.s. says it seized a north korean cargo ship that violated international sanctions justice department officials say the ship one of north korea's largest was trying to transport coal it was detained in indonesia a year ago and is now being taken to american samoa. and north korean state media has released pictures of a missile test hours after south korea detected a weapons launch on thursday. oversaw the test that took place in the country's western region it is the second missile test in under a week launches come just over two months after the hanoi summit between kim and donald trump ended in failure let's join robert ride for a souse live in so what more do we know about what happened on thursday. that's right because south korean defense officials have friday been briefing lawmakers here members of the national assembly about thursday's weapons test and as you said it coincides with the release of these images north korea is describing this as a strike drill of various units to test their preparedness for for warding off any attack overseen by kim jong un now according to south korea's de

u.s. justice department but is the d.o.j. likely to do anything given that this is an israeli piece of software and that the israelis themselves may be developing surveillance software for the americans anyway. well it's a good question i mean it's clear that this violated what sam's terms of service in all just getting seen what comes of this what i will say is it's a fairly unprecedented move for a company like whatsapp to lean this far into talking about human rights concerns and in fact they actually contacted human rights groups before the public announcement which is pretty rare and i think it sends a strong signal that platforms like whatsapp are getting pretty tired of this kind of abusive behavior john skelton thank you for talking to us thanks very much now the world should cut financial ties with me and mars military that's according to a united nations fact finding mission a panel has completed another trip to countries in the region that found evidence of continued violation against the ranger earlier the mission

u.s. justice department. a federal grand jury returned in 1000 count superseding indictment today charging julian p. songe with offenses that relate to assign a legit role in one of the largest compromises of classified information in the history of the united states if convicted he faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison on each count except for conspiracy to commit computer intrusion for which he faces a maximum penalty of 5 years in prison of course manning has since been subpoenaed by the u.s. courts to testify and has refused to do so reportedly telling a judge on one occasion that she would rather starve to death than testify and that perhaps in the case the strength of feeling in this case the particularly miss manning mr while the leaders of wiki leaks assigned one of them would hold that this information was in the public interest however as far as u.s. officials are concerned this is highly sensitive national security information which they claim has put their country's security at risk being

u.s. justice department is accusing him of unlawfully publishing the names of classified sources and conspiring with former army intelligence analyst chelsea manning to obtain classified information in 2010 wiki leaks published thousands of secret diplomatic cables from the state department swedish prosecutors are currently trying to extradite a songe from the u.k. to face a rape charge scientists in the united states say the upcoming atlantic hurricane season could bring as many as 8 kane's they say the storms have been getting more powerful over the years and they blame climate change and you got to go reports from miami. 2017 atlantic hurricane season was one of the deadliest on record hurricanes harvie maria and caused billions of dollars worth of damage wrecking entire communities in their wake. according to the center for climate and energy solutions storms have increased in intensity over the past 3 decades fueled by warmer oceans and made worse by rising sea levels it's something researches at the school of marine and atmospheric science in miami have spent years studying this is the su

u.s. justice department attorney general william barr has defended his handling of the mobile report into russian interference in the twenty sixteen presidential election speaking at a hearing of the senate judiciary committee bar rejected accusations that he misrepresented its conclusions when he declared in a memo that it did not support criminal charges against wrong now that prompted truck to tweet that the report totally exonerated him before the senate hearing it emerged that special counsel robert mueller himself had complained to bar about the way that bar had characterized the report findings saying it did not fully capture their context their nature or their substance. page after page after page of them on a report on veils unflattering material about president trump's conduct trump himself has his own summary we have no no no no. however democrats in the house of representatives still believe the president obstructed justice and are demanding the release of the full report including redacted material. this is perhaps the best kept secret in washington what's behind these we dec

u.s. justice department has accused julian assange just conspiring with chelsea manning a u.s. government computer that was. publishing the now notorious iraq war logs their troops have classified documents back in two thousand and ten among which there was that now famous video appearing to show u.s. soldiers killing you rockey civilians now joining us on she isn't here in person he will be appearing at the hearing via video link but he was in another london court in person yesterday when he was sentenced to almost one year impreza in prison fifty weeks that was for skipping bail here in the u.k. back in the twenty twelve when he initially civil to silence at london's ecuadorian embassy now the judge in the case yesterday was pretty strict with us on this there isn't much of a sense of clemency from the british authorities i have to say he said that to me in a song for loud to the lord and evaded justice very publicly for those seven years that he was holed up in be ecuadorian. embassy from judy in a songe aside from the perspective of his legal team they said all along that t

u.s. justice department's new indictment says that julian assange directed former army intelligence analyst chelsea manning to illegally obtain classified information or any other grand jury the wiki leaks founder didn't release the sensitive documents that could have implications for a soldier's future already he spent 7 years in london so i could dorian embassy in the hope of avoiding extradition to other countries swedish prosecutors also want him in connection with sexual assault charges but a song is feared the u.s. could bring charges against him too when he was removed from the embassy and in april and jailed for breaching u.k. bail charms the justice department revealed it was charging him with conspiring with manning to crack a defense department computer password. the latest charges go much further though free speech advocates say they represent a crackdown by the justice department on. national security leaks that's got traditional news outlets worried to searching out and publishing classified information is part and parcel of their work the same concerns over freedom of the pre