jeremy scahill and former washington post reporter scott armstrong.e took documents bill worthy brought back from iran and published them in the washington post when the new york times refused. we will also speak with the worthy's close associate photographer randy goodman who went with him to iran on a number of trips. all of that and more coming up. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. dozens of people have been killed and tens of thousands displaced after unprecedented flooding in the balkans. an estimated three months worth of rain hit the region in just three days. about one third of bosnia's landmass has been submerged, affecting an estimated one lean people. dangerous water levels have threaten flooding at two of the country's power plants. thousands are without water and electricity. the flooding has also washed away warning signs near the thousands of landmines that remain from the 1992 to 1995 war. a recent european union more warned countries are at greater risk of flooding due to human driven

in 2005, a "washington post" reporter named dana priest broke this story about how the u.s. government, specifically the cia, was helping conduct the bush administration's war on terror by holding and interrogating prisoners at secret facilities around the world. secret facilities called black sites. at the time back in 2005, those revelations from "the washington post" were pretty astonishing. we knew about guantanamo, we knew about places like abu ghraib. but on top of all of that, it turns out the american government had secret prisons all around the world where we held anonymous prisoners, totally off the books. we didn't admit to anybody that we were there, let alone that they were there. we interrogated those prisoners using methods that nobody knew anything about. that story changed the way the world saw the united states, probably permanently. it changed the fundamentals of what we know about this war on terror idea. and the fact that the story was published frankly changed the way the u.s. government felt it could get away with while conducting its war on terror. tw

that in there will "washington post" this morning. honoring the dead and the living shouldn't and when the day does. we americans don't memorialize the way we used to. we should, but i hope we never again have to this editorial from the "washington post" goes on to say this. today we are no longer so democratic and have not been since the last world conflict. so, that from the editorial this morning in the "washington post." as we heard from the first caller talking about the health care system at the veterans affairs department, that was the topic on the sunday talk shows this weekend. senator blumenthal of "faceticut was on cbs's the nation." here's what he had to say. i have urged secretary ly.nseki privately and public we're talking now about evidence, criminal -- credible and specific evidence of criminal wrongdoing across the country in more than 30 places. inspector general of the veterans administration has only 165 investigators. plainly, more resources are needed. only the department of justice and the fbi have the resources

"the washington post" was opposed because they are for that. >> no, they are not just for keeping troops in afghanistan longer. >> -- of course. >> go ahead -- >> i did. [ overlapping speakers ] >> troops committed there. >> robert, go ahead. >> you know what they don't want? they don't want to surge the troops and tell the enemy what we'll leave at the same time. they want a foreign policy that makes sense. he doubled down -- >> we tried it your way -- >> wait, don't talk over him. hold on. that's what the washington post said -- we tried it pete's way for eight years during administration and we saw america knot just held international sustain but the policies of the bush white house led to the spread of al qaeda. when it listen to pete's rhetoric against the obama administration, it's very typical -- >> hold on. >> to put democrs. >> hold on one second. pete is entitled to his opinion. he served his country in iraq and afghanistan. we don't take this away. >> i don't respect his partisan rhetoric. >> go ahead, pete. >> this is a very legitim

excuse me, rick, i have to say the washington post investigated before all the evidence is in on watergate. you weren't against that investigation were you. >> by the way, if you have evidence i'm very interested to hear it. >> the washington post went -- where there is smoke, kerry, there is very often fire and it is our job and i know rick was in favor of what the washington post said with watergate, it is our job to investigate. there's a lot of smoke here, is there not? >> i think there's more than smoke. i think there's fire and the scary thing is that the inspector general is having trouble doing his own investigations because of what's happening at the epa. this is the same agency that gave $1 million to a guy who was pretending to be a cia agent in pakistan. you can't make this stuff up. it's terrible. and i think one way we can solve all of this is to move the agencies to the communities where they are regulating. so let's move the epa for example to west virginia. >> yeah. >> well, the fact is that there are a lot of -- a whole bunch of abuse that apparently went on here includin

we also have editor for "the washington post" david ignatius. with all going on in ukraine, glad you're in early this morning. >> an eventful weekend. willie, happy belated birthday for you. >> thank you. it was a great saturday. it was a derby/birthday combo.

in fact, "washington post" actually said they were unwilling to send any of their journalist to hong kong because they were so worried about the risks. "the guardian" understandably was worried about that and i had only worked for them for eight months. my deal was, i write whatever i want and i post it directly to the internet and you don't interfere in any way. so i had barely worked with any "guardian" editors at all, let alone on a story this size. there was a lot of trust issues. i did not fully trust them and how they would handle a story like this and they did not fully trust me that they could essentially stake to 190-year history of the newspaper on a story based on what i was telling them, given we had no relationship. at the last moment, they insisted this trusted reporter ewen mccaskill travel with us. it was a last-minute request. it bothered laura and me and we were worried about what it would mean for the source, but he accepted it. >> you write laura was particularly concerned if this source who you are going to meet in hong kong were at the airport secretly sort of -

found from snowden to nsa lawyers but snowden has fired back about that release telling the "washington posttoday the picture painted by the nsa is incomplete. i'm joined now by jerry mabash

. >> our story details the nsa program called mystic, first detailed in a washington post story. it was developed by the nsa in 2009. it is variously sponsored through a number of subprograms which are controlled by the nsa's commercial solution center, which works with their secret partners. the nsa would not be able to function without their corporate partners that they rely on to gain access to communications networks. it is also cosponsored by the cia and the drug enforcement

. >> the washington post is reporting that the... >> narrator: the post went ahead. >> narrator: the prism revelations reached beyond the collection of phone records. this was about the acquisition of content from tens of

"the new york times", "the washington post", i mean, all of these liberal left-wing organizations to slashing the president for his performance in the content of his west point speech on foreign policy, and now much ridicule. >> i don't think we need to take it from "the new york times" or "the washington post." i think that we can look at how that was received by looking at the way the cadets were reacting. we look at the comparison at the end of his tenure, and he was received in a much better fashion than president obama was. it's pretty insulting when you have him in there telling these individuals who have worked hard to be there, the entire purpose is are you going to war if necessary, the president is saying, do not worry, i'm not going to send you into dangerous places, but that's exactly why they went into dangerous places to serve their country and hear the president is saying sometimes have him credit for not sending him to the jobs are there training for. so it's surprising that "the washington post" would come out against president obama on these specific issues because

here's what he then said to the "washington post."he ns a's new discovery of written contact between me and its lawyers after more than a year of denying any such contact existed raises serious concerns. if the white house is interested in the whole truth rather than the nsa clearly tailored and incomplete leak, it will require the nsa to ask my former colleagues and management and senior leadership team whether at any time i at any time raised concerns about the nsa's improper and at times unconstitutional surveillance activities. it will not take long to receive an answer. >> time out. this strains kred you'llty. he took 1.7 million documents, highly classified and put them on four encrypted laptops and made a run for china and ultimately moscow. he couldn't have taken his own correspondence allegedly whistle blowing? where is he? why didn't he produce documentation that he engaged written whistle did blowing. yet, he doesn't produce it. >> he also, by the way to clarify says he didn't take anything with him to moscow. >> he's turne

karen tumulty and her colleagues at "the washington post" have been focusing exclusively on that big picture this week in a series of stories on the great society at 50. there has been nothing like it since, has there karen? >> and i think you can argue nothing like it before. l.b.j. launched the great society with a commencement speech at the university of michigan six months to the day after john f. kennedy was assassinated. what he launchedening you can argue was the single biggest experiment ever in what government is capable of doing. you couldn't compare to the new deal, but the fact is the

and karen tumulty of "the washington post." >> award winning reporting and analysis covering history as it happens, live from our nation's capitol, this is "washington week with gwen ifill." corporate funding for washington week is provided by ora bora, fallujah, argon, normandy, medina ridge, these are places history will never forget, but more important are the faces we will always remember. additional corporate funding for "washington week" is provided by prudential, brigham & women's hospital. additional funding is also provided by the annenberg foundation, the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. once again, from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. it's a perfect storm. allegations of government malfeasance, coverup, the possibility of lives lost and betrayal of our nation's heroes all culminating in multiple demands that heads roll. the growing scandal engulfing the department of veterans' affairs health programs is now the subject of several investigations. >> our veterans deserve to kno

in the "crossfire," ruth marcus from the "washington post." and penny young nance of concerned women for america. the return of monica lewinsky. does it hurt hillary clinton? tonight, on "crossfire." >>> welcome to "crossfire." i'm van jones on the left. >> i'm s.e. cupp on the right. in the "crossfire," she's back. cnn obtained the entire monica lewinsky diatribe in "vanity fair." a glamorous working 40-year-old monica. here's the part i hope we all get to focus on. lewinsky writes hillary clinton's impulse to blame the woman is, quote, all too familiar. with every marital indiscretion that finds its way into the public sphere, many of which involve male politicians, it always seems like the woman conveniently takes the fall. and this is what really kills me. 16 years later, and we're still talking about the two women at center of this scandal and not the one man who actually broke the law. van, tell me, man to man, how does bill clinton get away with this? >> well, first of all, he got impeached. i don't know if you can say he got away with

this morning, i'm joined by "washington post" report ed o'keefe. ed, thanks for being with us. >> great to see you, frances. >> let's start off with a lot of anticipation for president obama's speech at west point later today. he is expected to address the end of the war in afghanistan and american foreign policy going forward. what is at stake for the president, especially with the v.a. scandal? does it have potential to overshadow the president's

he wrote an op-ed in the washington post july 2013. mr. snowden was right to flee.e said edward snowden, if he were to come back to the nest is, unlike him, he would not be permitted to speak for himself or released on bail. he did the right thing and leaving. there is zero evidence that edward snowden made any money off of these disclosures. he could have. he could have sold this information to foreign intelligence agencies for tens of millions of dollars and been extremely rich for the rest of his life. that was not his goal. i am paid for my work. all journalists should be paid for their work. edward snowden himself has never made a single penny from what he has done, except for the few whistleblower awards he has been given around the world. host: a question from scott on facebook. "where do you think we draw the line between being a whistleblower versus illegally hacking into classified systems revealing classified information and thus been guilty of treason ?" guest: this word treason is being thrown around so frequently. there is a definition of what it means

you know, even today in the "washington post," the "washington post" cartoonist drew a cartoon that expresses the view that maybe we're not taking this seriously enough. i have to say when the "washington post" cartoonist wakes up, we're in deep trouble. >> this seems to echo the yom kippur war in 1973 when president nixon armed israel. let's take a look at that. this is what the nixon foundation says. the president recognized that the only way to recognize the crisis and push out communist influence was to provide american arms for the israelis in order to defeat russian arms. nixon gave it the greater sense of urgency. he says you get this stuff to israel now, now. why doesn't the current president say get that stuff to ukraine. now? >> because i don't think the current president understands the international power of politics that are involved here, and that's what it is, moc politique is what the germans would say, language it a they would understand and so do the russians. we're engaged in a war of rhetoric. russians and ukrainians are becoming very close of becoming engaged in a real mi

maybe "the washington post" will get people's attention.bably he didn't think they would pick up on it. but they did. ellison, thanks very much. >> you bet. >>> congressman john mica of florida turned heads when he brought a little prop with him. the hearing was about whether or not to decriminalize marijuana. mica says his staff helped him roll it. >>> new details now on the death of a family, what a tragic story this has turned out to be. their bodies were found inside a burning mansion. what police say they've now discovered among the rubble in that house which is a huge clue. >>> and high-tech creations taking things to new levels to improve people's lives. going to tell you who is behind these amazing gadgets. >>> plus, do you have a boss or a co-worker who will not shut up? who constantly comes to your office and talks and talks or e-mails or calls you all the time? we have some advice for you on what to do at the office, how to say no to the boss or the co-worker. stick around. blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. i think the biggest

the washington post. >> i hear there is no index. we cannot find out what is going on in this work. >> this book was so widely anticipated in washington as a screaming indictment. >> washington has created a bootleg index. >> your colleague suggested the notion of the composition -- >> everyone is talking about the book. everybody thinks they are in it. >> why are people that you wrote about so happy about this book? >> beats me. what is interesting, a lot of what you are seeing there was done before we saw the book. the speculation took on a life of its own. look. it is nice to have a book the bull are talking about, and obviously what happens is people focus on who is up, who is down, what news has broken. ultimately -- i do know what people to miss the more serious point. washington is doing very, very well in a very gilded age in some ways while the rest of the country is suffering. >> any reaction you have had to the book, surprising? >> not really. look, when you write a book, a lot can go wrong. that is the way i approach the w

it's going to be a big new development -- >> that was a great expose by the "washington post." but i think because there are so many va facilities around the country -- haven't we all become inured to this, oh, va is a mess, we've all known that. and then i think until we got the secret waiting lists and the suggestions of skullduggery and cover-up, that's what the story had been lacking. >> but in defense of the va, again, going back to all they have to deal with with so few resources, they don't do such a bad job in the aggregate. the marketing studies that have been done show that the average patient of the va give it pretty high scores. in some cases higher scores than civilian hospitals. >> i know a lot of veterans can't get in. not that the care is altogether lousy. it's the lack of access. >> a lot of the problems is the rules for getting access, getting benefits are almost kafkaian. and that needs to be streamlined. but that's a separate problem from people in the system not getting service. >> you have to look now that there's been a decision made to go to private hosp

lou: turn to washington post, usually reliable washington post, for obama administration, dana, coming out just slapping the president around. president passive. i mean this is strong a break as i've seen between mill bank and this president who has been comforting to the interest to the obama administration, nothing comforting today. >> the president felt comfortable being passive aggressive, putting things off through reports, waiting for other investigations now 5 or 6 years, the press has allowed them to do it whether the keystone pipeline, "fast and furious" or benghazi. they seem to be shocked over his handling of the v.a., and steuz his style in general. but nothing has changed in his style, now a realizing that there is say bryce to pay, media in their allowing of him to behave in this manner for so long, they are complacent in nature of his failure. >> national media taken a holiday prematurely, with upcoming ukraine election. there has been very little written, national liberal media ignoring what is happening there. in nearly ever ervin romans majr news -- every major news o

if you could read from "the washington post" editorial. >> "the washington post's" editorial very similaro "the wall street journal's" editorial. simply say, he shouldn't have done this. "the new york times" saying he didn't go fast enough. these are popular and attractive slogans and they make a lot of sense in the about instruct, but they don't necessarily bring peace to a dangerous world and the president can't always safely choose which dangers he would rather confront. >> rich, do you agree with that? >> i agreed with the two critical editorials. i disagree with what the president said yesterday for two residence. he just had a new round of afghanistan government, why not do this unilaterally and work this out in a dialogue with a new popularly elected afghan government is beyond me. more importantly, you can't make it by calendar. you should say we're going to keep the forces there as long as it warrants. just say in a year or two years it turns out that a modest investment of u.s. forces is doing good. just as modest investments of u.s. forces have done amazingly good in places lik

. >> president obama's approval rating taking a nosedive amount of cording to a new "washington post" abc news poll, president's approval rating has hit a new low, 41%. >> stephen: 41%. that means he's only 35% more popular than congress. (laughter) and the bad new does not end there. because that same "washington post" abc news poll found that 53% of voters say they would rather see republicans in congress of-- control of congress. that is great news, the gop takes both houses they'll final be able to advance their ideas which should really motivate them to have an idea. (laughter) now another blow, another blow to the donkey-crat hope is that just 23% of americans in the age of 18 and 29 say they will definitely be voting in the november election. i don't know why, but for some reason college students aren't thrilled by the year midterms. and-- (laughter) millennials continued to vote for democrats so their appate makes me happy. or as the youngsters say #sacks o february he moji. with all this bad news it is no surprise they are making hail maries, case in point north carolina seco

i was a washington post reporter for 10 years. i learned to be a reporter by getting my but kicked and bill -- by getting my butt kicked by bill keller in moscow. piece, youed up a can be sure i feel competitive with it. as a newsgathering organization, they are not the wall street journal or the washington post. i want the new york times to be great. i think it is possible it is the most important private institution in this country. i can do read every language. it is better than anything i can read. >> what does that have to do with the fact that the new york times -- and your take on the changing leadership? >> i think it is tough on the institution. >> the institution suffers. >> at least temporarily. >> it is suffering because people call into question -- its >> i don't think so. a lot of people out in the world who read the new your times. >> that would be one of my questions. we know -- >> the difference between this incident in the hell rains. raines. would not have been a firing if it weren't for the scandal. that was th

i can tell you the evidence and "the washington post" who worked with snowden thinks it's unlikely it happened. in part he's a highly trained operative by the nsa and how to protect digital information by the invasion of the most sophisticated government. most of all he didn't do what he did. unravel his life or imprison his life to turn over information to a foreign government that would help them better surveil. >> rose: and destroy his credible tree. >> or turn him into a traitor. it's extremely unlikely. >> rose: anything about what he's done trait trust. >> absolutely not. he could have told this material and been extremely rich for the rest of his life. he could have secretly handed it to adversary government. he did what you would want come to journalists and ask the journalists to make decisions what should be published and what shouldn't. >> rose: he does not come in an act of civil disobedience. >> there's a lot of what that entails. daniel ran an up he had in "the washington post" saying he was right to flee. >> rose: i know that but there are people who argue if you are pr

during the obama years it's been ezra klein formerly "the washington post." he was operating like a liberal blogger and with all of the credibility of the a big old institution. they had him there a lot and he could print essentially white house spin under the heading of analysis. and or wonkery. that is bloggers when the important part about the story of how the white house relied on a blogger, especially during the obama care debate. >> which is why the -- you know, viewers have to be aggressive and go to many different outlets and compare and contrast, put our feet to the fire, we get it wrong and hammer us on it because it is poisonous what goes on behind the scenes. let me ask you about something else. secretary robert rice saying, what numb skull in the white house arranged this, he's talking about president obama choosing a walmart as a backdrop for today's speech. president obama talking about walmart being accused of -- john, when he says what numb skull, i say very sarcastically, probably the same numb skull that did the talking points on benghazi.

the famous old post office building on pennsylvania avenue in washington d.c.are converting to a super luxury hotel with gorgeous ballrooms and banquet facilities that will be open in summer of 2016. we also are finishing off a renovation, $250 million renovation at the iconic resort in miami florida. so 800 acres right in the heart of miami. we have rebranded it. we have our hands full and tons of projects around the globe from rio to vancouver to china. >> you do a lot in the development part of the trump enterprise. what do you like most about your job? >> one of the things that's amazing about real estate development is that there are so many different skill sets you can bring. it's always interesting. there's the finance element of putting together a transaction. there's the acquisition component. the creative element of having a vision and bringing that vision to fruition and then i think for people that love development there's the tangible nature of it. this isn't trading stocks and bonds that you never actually touch and feel. this is building somethin

bureau, "washington post" reporter ed o'keefe. always good to see you.orning. >> good morning, betty. >> let's talk about today's crucial procedural vote on david baron's nomination'u.s. circuit court after pales. you know, it comes a day after the obama administration released a memo arguing that targeting an american in counter-terrorism operations is constitutional. now as you know, baron has drawn a lot of criticism for authoring documents justifying the use of drones to kill americans overseas. how will this affect the vote? >> well, it looks like that he's going to survive. he'll get through this procedural vote at confirmation. theish sue whether or not the obama administration whatever publicly release the memo that's he helped write justifying such drone strikes. both a band of liberal democratic senators and a few conservative senators that said first of all they want to be able to see it. they were able to see it last week. and then they said the public deserves to be able to see it. and so now due to a court case that had basically been pushi

often that will drive "the washington post" to profile the author. so, you know, the buzz because sometimes generate actual publicity that turns people into the store. so it does, the social media does work in that respect i'd say, yeah. >> i can add word of mouth is so important, and that's why i'm always telling my authors, you know, don't be shy. you have to be your own best publicist. make a list of everybody that you would invite to your wedding, and then tell them all about your book and tell them however you want to tell them. if you want to send them e-mail, twitter, facebook, but please don't think they're going to think you're bragging because this is the best way to get the word out. i personally, and that's why the line for social media with the publicists, all my fiends talk about my kids, my life, but i think people who follow me know i'm selective. i'm talking about my best things, and i hope that word of mouth is spreading the news. but in terms of -- because, of course, people really care about something that their friend tells them

joining me now david nakamura with the washington post. david, good morning to you.y aware of the move in dc as we look at two major deals being considered. this latest one the fcc and antitrust regulators have to check off on it. >> absolutely, richard. you're seeing the sort of buildup among internet and phone providers trying to get as big as possible. they can help the consumers through the greater internet speeds through mobile service. the truth is there's some skepticism here. i think you're seeing the companies do this to compete with each other. there's a lot of pressure on regulators to look at the narrowing of options the consumers have. this will likely raise costs in some cases and i think you see why at&t might like something like directv, bringing video to their mobile phones. i think there will be fresh look at the comcast time warner deals as all the companies build up as big as they can. >> let's talk julian castro. rumors are he'll lead h.u.d. this could be a record three concurrent cabinet members that are latino. >> obama administration has looke

this is from the washington post. if you want to read more on that it is in the washington post. this is one of the post writinges this is a column from the washington post. we are showing some recent graduation speeches. ate's one from a john lewis the university of mississippi law school talking about how far the country has, when it comes to race relations. this is with the civil rights icon had to say. of dr. king and the action of rosa park inspired me. we went down to the little town of troy. we went to the public library and tried to check out looks and get library cards. we were told by the librarian that the library was for whites only. i never went back to the public library until 1998 for a book signing. whiteds of locks and citizens showed up. i signed a lot of books. i had a wonderful reception. reception,of the they gave me a library card. be important, but when people tell me nothing has or the in mississippi american south, i say come and walk in my shoes. this state is a different state. our region is a different region and we are a better people and we are on ou

if you want to read more on that piece, it is in "the washington post". s to end today's washington journal." good morning. good -- caller: good morning. i want to talk about ted nugent, who called my president a subhuman mongrel. this is from wikipedia. listen to this area -- this. do not read wikipedia peer we want your reaction and not something from the website area caller: -- website. caller: this is the problem. you have people come in with their opinions. i want facts from wikipedia. on anything.basis this is from wikipedia. hello? ok. he tookgent said crystal meth and defecated in his pants -- host: let's move on. at in pennsylvania. good morning. thank you for taking my call. under president bush, we had 12 u.s. consul in attacks. congress, asns in soon as they got control, they cut the funding for security by $500 million. is republicans who did that should be impeached. goes, are john mccain civil war breaks out. he needs to shut up and do his job in america. . just cannot understand i am a republican and this is my party. they kicked me under t

and at 9:15, "washington post" blog writer on the congressional districts. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national able satellite corp. 2014] host: in 50 democratic and independent senators signed a letter to the nfl asking for that nonprofit organization to endorse a name change for the washington redskins football team. so for the first segment here on the "washington journal," we want to get your reaction to congress's involvement in this issue. should congress be involved in the redskins' name controversy? you can see the numbers up there on your screen divided by support or oppose. if you voter or oppose it to, call the numbers on your screen. and you could also make a comment on our social media site . you can make a comment on orebook, facebook.com/c-span you can send us an e-mail at ournal at.org. >> sir, what are -- is it going to take to get to the name of this team changed? even the pennant office was determining whether a -- patent office was determining had said this term is a drog their slang and is

but "the washington post" saying you only have a 28% chance of winning.this somewhere? because i like your odds. i know how this story ends. talk about your campaign. what's going on? how's it going? >> i'm not going to tell me my secrets, but i am going to win. and it's because i work hard for the people of my state and really keep their interests in mind. we've got a lot of middle class folks that really kind of don't understand what's happening in washington. but they just want jobs and opportunity and good education. and i guess i've been pretty good over time by just staying focused on them. so don't count me out. because that's what i'm going to do in this race as well. >> let's talk about keystone. obviously a critical issue. we've been talking about it around the table. and we can't really figure out why the president like "the washington post" why the president doesn't go ahead and just let this thing get through. what's going to happen? is the keystone pipeline, is the bill going to pass? >> joe, i hope so. i've been working over a year with sen