bradley manning case. ok david i like go back to you in washington bradley manning has admitted to breaking the law ok but he did a social good is well he exposed war crimes and that's a good that's good for american democracy good for american foreign policy in the long term because there's accountability how do you react to that. i think one can view specialist manning case in a variety of different ways and certainly about what he can be compared to daniel ellsberg from the one nine hundred seventy s. i think that that only goes so far i think ellsberg was more targeted he seemed to disclose his papers to the washington post and new york times today. when we now live in an internet age where wiki leaks takes. advantage of this information and discloses it nonetheless i think the united states has a proper and a right to want to try to protect and its national interest. communicates and that can be used in a way that will endanger the national interests and i think that's what's going on here i want to go back to a white guy said you know and i think they really want david finish what david finish go ah

bradley manning case. ok david i'd like go back to you in washington bradley manning has admitted to breaking the law ok but he did a social good is well he exposed war crimes and that's a good that's good for american democracy good for american foreign policy in the long term because there's accountability how do you react to that. i think one can view a specialist manning case in a variety of different ways and certainly that's what he can be compared to daniel ellsberg from the one nine hundred seventy s. i think that that only goes so far i think ellsberg was more targeted he seemed to disclose his papers to the washington post and new york times to be. what we now live in an internet age where wiki leaks takes. advantage of this information and discloses it nonetheless the united states has proper every right to want to try to protect it and its national interest. communicates and that can be used in a way that will endanger the national interests and i think that's what's going on here i want to go back to a white guy said you know and i think they don't really want to even finish what david finish g

two major weapons the sights and sounds of today's historic decisions from here in washington coming up. the bradley manning trial continues today the fate of army whistleblower manning remains a mystery but growing concerns over the trial being closed to the public updates on that trial later in today's show. well it's wednesday june twenty sixth four pm in washington d.c. i'm margaret held you're watching our t.v. we begin with an update on the national security agency whistleblower edward snowden and the disclosures he leads following the revelations that the n.s.a. was collecting the correspondence of american citizens the clinton an organization released a faction attempting to explain the legal justification for obtaining that data the only problem the fact she isn't factual according to senators mark udall and ron wyden in an open letter to n.s.a. director keith alexander the senators who wrote we are disappointed to see that this fact sheet contains an inaccurate statement about how the section seven zero two authority under the feis act has been interpreted by the u.s. government in our judgment th

two major weapons the sights and sounds of today's historic decision from here in washington coming up. the bradley manning trial continues today in the fate of the army whistleblower manning remains a mystery with growing concerns over the trial being closed to the public. they show.

two major weapons the sights and sounds of today's historic decisions from here in washington coming up. the bradley manning trial continues today the fate of army whistleblower manning remains a mystery with growing concerns over the trial being closed to the public updates on that trial later in today's show. well it's wednesday.

bradley manning. >> bradley manning. >> i hope that we're. >> bradley manning. >> bill: apparently that means if bradley manning is convicted we can put phil donahue in prison for 20 years as well. joining us from washington to react fox news analyst dennis kucinich. misguided or are you on board with this? >> well, if the government lies, who is aiding the enemy. there is no proof that bradley manning had any direct communication with the enemy. that he passed information directly. some can say well, it was indirectly. there is no indication that resulted in any american soldier being hurt. >> bill: then he will be found not guilty then. >> i don't know how that's going to turn out. >> don't you believe in the nobility of the justice system in america? >> i believe in the first amendment, which is under attack by this administration. >> bill: do you believe that the government should have the right to classify information and make it a crime if that information is released. >> through 16 years in congress. >> bill: woe, woe, wait a minute. do you believe the has the right to classify information and make it a crime if it's released. yes or no? >> no. and i will tell you why. because the classification sy

light of the search for snowden on the current trial of another whistleblower bradley manning artie's guy looks i washington is struggling to keep a veil of secrecy while justifying operations to the american people america is split on edward snowden traitor hero mix in between but we guard less of what anyone thinks about snowden his revelations have shed unprecedented light on the u.s. government's massive spying program even if you're not doing anything wrong you're being watched and recorded former n.s.a. employee william binney was prosecuted as a traitor when he blew the whistle on the government's sweeping collection of data and communications it's setting up a telling terry in state. when the government has that much information they can do those things they can use the i.r.s. to intimidate people or anything else they can send the f.b.i. people what they did to me and some others bradley manning too is being prosecuted as a traitor although it's still his war logs that the public learned about the. collateral murder was committed in iraq the obama administration has prosecuted more whistleblowers u

washington. >> the man behind it because leak of government secrets in u.s. history has appeared in court. prosecutors say bradley manning deliberately aided the enemy, but his supporters call whistleblowing hero. p.j. crowley, former state department spokesman, said the links have affected many people. did damaged u.s. national interests and they did put real lives at risk -- not just american lives but the lives of activists, diplomats, journalists who had talked to u.s. diplomats somewhere around the world weird in many of these cables, there was an admonition to strictly protect the identity because providing -- so that we can understand what was happening around the world -- and danger of these people's careers and in some cases endangered their lives, in autocratic countries around the world. , aafter three years of work newly renovated un security council is due to reopen. rooms have been refitted to look just like they did when they first opened their doors to diplomats in 1952. the freshwhether surroundings will bring new harmony on the world stage. >> it is one of the most important rooms in the world,

washington. well the n.s.a. surveillance scandal and the bradley maya manning trial for john at home president obama has arrived in africa this week trying to shore up ties with one of the fastest developing regions in the world the president is in dakar senegal today meeting with president macky sall he will then travel to south africa and tanzania however these visits aren't expected to be as well received as the president's first trip to sub-saharan africa back in two thousand and nine for one many kenyans are upset obama's not visiting the country where his father is from but most of all many africans feel he hasn't lived up to his promises and where the u.s. is falling short countries like china brazil and india are moving in and that could play a major role both in the president obama's visit and the region's overall relations with the u.s. here to explain how i'm joined now by nia kootenay he is the founder and the democracy and conflict research institute thank you so much for joining me so i know some of these african critics say that president obama is really lacking substantive help to the african re

to cross-talk the bradley manning trial i'm joined by my guests in washington barry he is the washington d.c. director of code pink and we also have david sheldon he is an expert in military law all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it tell you if i can go to you first as this trial started we knew bradley manning is going to sort of at least twenty years in prison so what's the point of all these other charges twenty years is a long time. well i think the government is trying to scapegoat bradley manning trying to get more time out of this they're looking to get a life sentence i'm sure that they're not going to try and kill bradley manning but i think that the government is trying to send a chill across all levels of society such as are our media those whistleblowers within government that want to blow the whistle on. expense accounts inside of certain organizations in the united states that are you buz ing their rights it's time for this government to use the evidence that they have which is very little the

bradley manning leaking u.s. military documents faces a possible life sentence as a deuce before an army court will look at how washington destroys attempts to unveil its secrets. the trial comes as a fresh bombshell dogs are revealing the massive scale of u.s. surveillance with documents approving the government has been secretly collecting people's phone records and spying on their online activity for yez. and to think before you tweet police they being accused of crossing the line with an increasing number of comments on social media. you're watching are to use the weekly with. good to have you with us this morning. we start in turkey where security forces again they use force against the protests that have been raging for over a week across the country tear gas and water cannon were deployed as thousands marched in turkey's two major cities to find the prime minister's call for an immediate stop to the unrest is symbol remains the most rest of city the protests started there as an environmental campaign and has spiraled into the biggest anti-government drive in decades violence erupted in several areas of the city ov

bradley manning. the people who lied in official in washington, bush, cheney, wolfowitz, who lives and caused the deathsusands of and injuries,ers this letter goes right to the -- should be on trial. this letter goes right to the core. every time obama says he is try to do this or that, he should give the tree authority. the press has not been holding or hiseet to the fire representatives. they should always has, by what authority are you doing this, mr. president, and by what evidence? have, last 10 seconds we franklyn burke, the long considered from new jersey just die. >> he has a marvelous record. his record on in farm and consumer. it will be a real loss to the senate. >> ralph nader, this new book, "told you so: the big book of weekly columns." [captioning made possible by democracy now!] >> this is democracynow, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. we're asking you to become a member of link tv because we cannot do it without you. we can only do it with you. your call makes it possible for link tv to continue and if you appreciate the cooperation between democracynow and link tv, monday th

bradley manning accused of leaking u.s. military documents faces a possible life sentence as he goes before an army court you look at how washington destroys it hamstrung veil its secrets. the trial comes as a fresh bombshell drops revealing the massive scale of u.s. surveillance with documents proving the government has been secretly collecting people's phone records and spying on their online activity for years. saying before you tweet police in britain are being accused of crossing the line with an increasing number of arrests for comments on social media. this is actually coming to you live from moscow i'm marina josh welcome to the program. and we start in turkey where police have again use force to quell protests that have been raging for over a week across the country tear gas and water cannon word deployed as thousands marched in turkey as two major cities the following the prime minister's call for an immediate stop to the unrest all that is down bor remains the most restive city the protest started there as an environmental campaigner anas fire old into the biggest anti-government drive in decades violence erupted in sev

bradley manning. the writer from the "washington post" in these articles is barton gellman. he has a reputation for major scoops about national intelligence. that history, and i think this may be important, has led him to be attacked as a reporter. him to be attacked not as a leaker, but as somebody who will publish information that the government maybe does not want published. >> we have a special word for people who provide information to the enemy of their country. >> what word is that? >> what word do we use? traitor. traitor. >> i really resent accusations that we're not patriots or that we are indifferent to the security of the united states if we publish things that the government says are secret. i think what i do is every bit as patriotic as what a soldier does or what an intelligence officer does. >> if you were looking for safe journalistic hands for your story to publish information that the government did not want published, you can see the appeal of talking to that reporter, right? i should mention that from that clip, from "secrecy" from that movie, the man wh

washington d.c. what would you what do you do what would you what would you want. him bradley. bradley manning. bradley bradley manning bradley manning brothers bank which we have all my family banning. so various saw celebrities like maggie gyllenhaal and russell brand along with whistleblowers like daniel ellsberg supporting the twenty five year old bradley manning has spent over one thousand and one hundred days in pretrial detention but with the start of this trial he is finally being knowledge both by the government as well as the public. well there's another scandal brewing in washington d.c. and this time it involves sex drugs and the state department and internal memo from the state department's inspector general listed eight examples of wrongdoing by agency staff or contractors they include former secretary of state hillary clinton security detail hiring prostitutes while traveling with her u.s. ambassador who trolled public parks for paid sex and a security official in favor of two committed sexual assaults on foreign nationals the internal memo sought the light of day thanks to a law

washington same sex are two. still ahead here on our t.v. the bradley manning trial continues with a look at the files that were leaked this includes the get no files and the videos of war that wiki leaks may have obtained from bradley manning we'll bring you updates on this review after the break. the same story doesn't make it news no softball interviews no puff pieces some tough questions. well it's the sixth day of the trial whistleblower and for me armor army intel officer first class private bradley manning it continues today the court is considering whether manning's first charge the release of the video of the deadly attack in afghanistan could be a challenge because of conflicting dates and times of when this video was transmitted they're attempting to determine whether manning began sending classified information to wiki leaks within weeks of starting an intelligence analyst job in iraq in two thousand and nine for more on this article is wallace out for me today covering private manning struggle. well today is day six of bradley manning's court marti

bradley manning accused of leaking u.s. military documents of faces of possible life sentence as he goes before went on the court we look at how washington destroys attempts to unveil secret. the trial comes as a fresh a bombshell dropped some revealing the massive scale of u.s. surveillance of documents proving the government has been secretly collecting people's cell phone records and spying on their online activity for yes. and think of before you tweet to police in britain are being accused of crossing the line with an increasing number of arrests. social media. it's ten am here in the russian capital you live with us on our t.v. for the week's top stories as well as today's. we saw that in turkey where security forces again use force against the protesters that have been raging for a week across the country to guests and water cannon were deployed as thousands marched in turkey's two major cities to find the prime minister's call for an immediate stop to the unrest is symbol remains the most rest except see the protests started there as an environmental campaign and has spiraled into the biggest antigovernment drive in decades viole

bradley manning? he gave this information not to the washington post, not to nbc news, not to the "new york times," "theal" where there are standards of review in place. he handed them over to wiki l k leaks. >> i take it you haven't followed his court testimony closely where he swore under oath that he had offered it both to the "new york times," the with an post and got no positive response from either of them. that was his first move. then he gave it to wikileaks. he didn't put it on the internet. gave it toy handful of international news. it turned out to be a good thing. i don't think "the new york times" alone would have published the cables which led to the nonviolent uprising in tunis and got corrupt dictator out of there. he would still be there without wikileaks. sacrificed hips. likewise in egypt. i think he did pretty much what he should have done. i must say as a former marine officer and an american, i am ashamed to realize over the last few years that if bradley manning had committed atrocities instead of exposing them, he would almost surely be a free man right now. >> mr. ellsberg, ther

washington has reportedly urged latin american countries not to offer edward snowden asylum gianni barreto from the free bradley manning support network is confident that ecuador among others would be willing to offer snowden refuge despite u.s. pressure to have very large. numbers of asylum like fifty some odd thousand not necessary political refugees but i think also that has also helped make a safe haven for those that are persecuted politically and i think it's a wonderful watershed moment were there was a big concert after it and beyond that these countries russia hong kong china venezuela and ecuador to protect edward snowden i think it's a very good initiative i think that all these countries know that the americans are not going to let up lightly and are going to exert a great amount of political pressure to have him extradited but i do hope in this new age of south american consciousness and new freedoms and so forth that they will step up to the plate and provide protection for edward snowden washington has revoked edward snowden's passport and said that he should be prevented from traveling any further that'

washington scott mcfarland. >>> a decision is expected today oaf whether bradley man willing be reinstated for grand marital of san francisco's gay pride parade. today's decision comes as former san francisco supervisor bevin dusty announces he would not be a grand marshal. >>> a mountain lion was spotted around 10:00 wednesday night. county officials say you should keep your distance if you see a big cat. >>> later this morning six people accused of killing a man that was found bound and gagged in a street in san francisco are due in court. steven reid was found tied up in the middle of brussel streets. he had been shot. he later died from his injuries. a woman was found with him. >>> apple not commenting as usual. i wonder if they will do that with ipads as well. >>> 5:1. sal, anything interesting in our commute? >> well, there is that tree they've we've been talking about. i'm sorry to have to keep mentioning it. but it is there. forgnatly no one was seriously injure -- fortunately no one was seriously injured. they are waiting for a crew with a chain saw top cut it down. traffic is still light and some is

surveillance state has now we've seen the reaction to it in the general said bradley manning what sort of reaction in terms of washington's reaction what's the response or more sort of story can we expect to one fold matter regarding edward snowden in washington bang bang shoot the messenger what else are we seeing for the last years i mean it could be a long story just like julian stories a long story just like bradley manning's the story is a long story we recognize that snowden was obviously prepared for this in having had role models that came before him so i wouldn't say that he's on the run i think he's just looking after his own self interest i would expect that he chose the information that he disclosed and help things back as well which he can either barter with disclose at a later date this story is just beginning. and you say it's just beginning but in effect could it end other than him being put in jail by washington it seems that they do hold all the cards that. well the the governments in the states always how to hold all the cards they have a monopoly on coercive force and we've seen states use it against c

dystopian secrecy washington classified ninety two million documents in the year two thousand and eleven that's the last count we have to put things in perspective what bradley manning leaked is less than one percent of that manning pleaded guilty to ten of the twenty two charges he faces the twenty five year old said he wanted the public to know how the u.s. military campaigns in iraq and afghanistan had little regard for human life it should be clear to anybody paying attention that bradley manning. thought of himself at the times and whistleblower that he did what he did because he thought he was making the world a better place he's in no way entire american has never expressed and he american sentiment soon anyway in fact he's always said that he is it was driven by the sort of sense of the. prosecutors however are pursuing a court martial on the remaining charges including the espionage act and aiding the enemy which carries a life sentence in prison in an interview with democracy now julian assange addressed washington's allegations that manning aided the enemy by going to wiki leaks if that president is allowed to be erected it will do two things firstly it m

bradley manning accused of leaking u.s. military documents of faces a possible life sentence as he goes before when army called to look at how washington destroys attempts to unveil its secrets. the trial comes as a fresh bombshell drops of repeating the massive scale of u.s. surveillance with documents of proving the government has been secretly collecting people's phone records and spying on their online at.

bradley manning to highlight his arrest and treatment by the u.s. government we'll talk with some of his supporters coming up. it's june thirteenth five pm in washington d.c. i'm meghan lopez and you are watching our t.v. well it's thursday and so that means it's time for our weekly tech report this week we wanted to focus on the effects of the national security agency leaks on our internet companies and the american public just to recap what we discovered last week the guardian in the washington post revealed that the n.s.a. has a program called prism which allows the n.s.a. to access mehta data from some of the biggest online companies in the world so think google apple facebook microsoft yahoo you tube a.o.l. you name it so that means that this agency can get private communications like e-mail searches chat logs and private messages all and sometimes they can do it in real time the prism program is justified under the foreign intelligence surveillance act and is designed to monitor foreigners however. many american citizens ultimately fall under its watchful eye but these internet companies deny that they give the n.s.a. to rummage through their se

washington d.c. i'm meghan lopez and you are watching r t well day true of the bradley manning trial kicked off today the moment many in the courtroom were waiting for a testimony from the man who alerted federal authorities that manning was the person behind the biggest document draw in american history former computer hacker adrian lamo detailed how he communicated with the army private first class using a number of computers and e-mail addresses along with encrypted text has been covering the story since the first apache helicopter video was released and if you had trouble accessing our r.t. dot com web site yesterday afternoon for the latest information on this trial there is a reason why we were attacked a group known as anti leaks claimed responsibility for shutting down our web site for several hours apparently the group has a problem with the free flow of information but hey the fact that we were attacked could mean that this group was afraid that the stories that we report might just be worth listening to so let's get straight to the story that they didn't want us to cover r.t. producer adri

bradley manning. his military documents faces a possible life sentence as a heat days before an army corps do we look at all of the washington's destroys all the time soon unveiled in secret. trial columns as a fresh bombshell dropped repeating the massive scale of u.s. surveillance with documents proving the government has been secretly collecting people's phone records and spying on their own one activity for us. and just think before you tweet the police and bridges not being accused of crossing the line with an increasing number of arrests for comments on social media. it's just gone now because i'm a day in and the russian capital you're watching artie's the weekly with me. we start in turkey where security forces again use force against the protests that have been raging for over a week across the country gas and water cannon were deployed as thousands marched in turkey as two major cities defying the prime minister's call for an immediate stop to the un dressed as stumble remains the most restive city the protests started there as an environmental campaign and has spiraled into the biggest anti-government drive in decad

bradley manning accused of leaking u.s. military documents faces a possible life sentence as he goes before an army corps we look at how washington destroys attempts to unveil its secrets. the trial comes as a fresh bombshell drops revealing the massive scale of u.s. surveillance with documents proving that government has been secretly collecting people's phone records and spying on their online activity for years.