we continue our conversation with innocent whistleblower edward snowden. has just published his memoir called "permanent record." in the book, ed snowden writes, "as i proceeded down the tunnel, it struck me this in front of me was my future. i'm not saying i made any decisions at that instant. the most important decisions in life are never made that way. they are made subconsciously and only express themselves once fully formed. once you are finally strung it up to admit to yourself this is the course your beliefs have decreed. that was my 29th birthday present to myself, the awareness that i had entered a tunnel that would narrow my life down toward a single still indistinct act." those the words of ed snowden in his book "permanent record." when one gonzalez and i spoke to ed snowden on wednesday from his home in moscow, russia, i asked him to talk a about howow he bee a whistleblower. shoes..put yoururself in my you are someone who has always a p part of ththe structcture of government. you u are dependent on it.t. the e government is what g gaver paren

amy: nsa whistleblower edward snowden stop his new memoir "permanent record." h part one of our discussion with him on our website at democracynow.org. snowden condemns president trump's mistreatment of the anonymous whistleblower who helped spread the democrats impeachment effort. the department of justice has also sued edward snowden for the royalties of the book. that does it for our show. democracy now! is looking for feedback from people who appreciate the closed captioning. e-mail your comments to outreach@democracynow.org or mail them to democracy now! p.o. box 693 new york, new york 10013. [captioning made possible by democracy now!]

whistleblower edward snowden's chances of being granted asylum here in germany with the clock ticking on his exotic in russia. and ready thanks for joining us votes are being counted off the israel 2nd general election this year with prime minister benjamin netanyahu whose political survival hanging in the balance one rival is already calling for the formation of a cross posse national unity government with exit polls pointing to another deadlock between the country's main political blocs we'll have analysis here in the studio in just a. moment but 1st this look at the state of the race. israel's election result is neck and neck exit polls are suggesting the race between benyamin netanyahu head of the right wing likud party and the incumbent prime minister and his rival benny gantz leader of the centrist blue and white party is too close to call. 6 months ago netanyahu failed to form a coalition government faced with losing power he called fresh elections against predictions of voter fatigue voter turnout has been the highest in decades. palestinians who are not in the gaza strip are

2 people to my right immediate right over here they are among those who hid a fugitive whistleblower edward snowden in their home in hong kong as he was on the run from u.s. authorities that was back in 2013 since then edward snowden has been granted asylum in russia and today has released his autobiography permanent record it details the crisis of conscience that led the former n.s.a. contractor to leak classified documents revealing the extent of u.s. and u.k. government surveillance but that's material for suporn and medica both refugees from. their families asylum applications in hong kong have been rejected they are now faced with deportation and an uncertain future. it's just a game for 3 year old enough but for his family hiding has become a way of life one that desperate to leave behind a 7 year old said to me he was just a baby. and tina was not even born when their parents asylum seekers from sri lanka found themselves sheltering us intelligence contractor tunde whistleblower edward snowden since their role in his story came to light they haven't felt safe for the supposed received threat

whistleblower edward snowden says that government surveillance and internet giants are a greater threat to privacy is that ever before this is an auto biography goes on sale. hello i'm nick spicer welcome to the program u.s. president donald trump has said that he does not want war with iran over the attacks on key oil installations in saudi arabia president trump said he believed that iran was responsible for the drone attacks but added he would wait for definitive proof before looking into retaliate torrie options that we can strike saw the world's crude oil output drop by 5 percent iran has denied involvement in the attacks you look at effect. correspondent all over salad is in washington to tell us more all over what is u.s. president trump going to do now he seems to be blowing hot and cold. well that was a typical donald trump play that we've witnessed here today lots of back and forth threats of retaliation 1st of all and then later he walks everything back and says he does not want any military intervention at all which of course does not come as a big surprise don't forget we'r

whistleblower edward snowden says that government surveillance and internet giants are a greater threat to privacy than ever before as his autobiography goes on sale. hello i'm next by sir welcome to the program. u.s. president donald trump appears to have softened his stance on a possible military strike on iran on sunday he sounded poised to strike as american officials were dispatched to saudi arabia to assess how the strikes were launched on a saudi oil field in a refinery and who was to blame on monday the american american officials were still accusing iran but trump himself no longer seemed in a rush to go to war. thank the crown prince of bahrain to fishel visit to the white house was planned long ago but it couldn't be more timely the biggest question was would president trump take military action against iran without preconditions the united states is more prepared than any country in the history. or in any history where want or don't want war with anybody somebody they would like not to have war these satellite images released by the u.s. military purportedly show the damage

whistleblower edward snowden his autobiography permanent record arrives in bookstores today it's been 6 years since he shocked the world with revelations about the u.s. government's mass surveillance back then he found shelter in an unlikely place with a group of refugees are now the people who helped him are stuck in limbo themselves facing deportation from hong kong they hope canada will offer them protection. it's just a game for 3 year old enough but for his family hiding has become a way of life one that desperate to leave behind a 7 year old said someday was just a baby. and enough was not even born when their parents asylum seekers from sri lanka found themselves sheltering us intelligence contracted turned whistleblower edward snowden since their role in his story came to light they haven't felt safe father suppose and received threatening phone calls some course. in reality or to study for their trade rescaling so we saw that whore and we hear it from my home people importers was leaving this hotel one re that hotel one we really have to be always. real to be always with safe

in the united states and all around the world welcome but we begin the day with whistleblower edward snowden his new book and his not so new wish to go home in 2013 snowden became a household name around the world when he smuggled top secret computer files from the us government and leaked them to reporters how and why he did that is not what you're really learned in his new book permanent record goes on sale tomorrow and it is more about edward snowden the boy the gamer the young man and less about snowden the whistleblower the traitor some say the patriot the others snowden does not give a lot of insight into his life in russia either where he has lived in exile for 6 years in a moment i'll speak with his lawyer about snowden's wish to go home but 1st how a u.s. whistleblower ended up one of russia's most famous residents if we do now perhaps forever but because we want to remember who we are no longer allow. her get help and create that system. secrets regret these are the words edward snowden chose to promote his memoir us permanent record. in 2013 snowden was working as a contractor for

whistleblower edward snowden has said that governments around the world are still determined to spy on their withens, but new deals telik communications giants allow them to stay one step removed from the business of data harvesting. let's take a listen. edward: to maintain ththe same kinds of spypying, a faustian bargain, a doublble's pacacked h telecommunications -- a devil's papact w with telik medications companies. we w will demandnd you k keep rs on all thehese custotomers for l these phone c calls, , and whene want these recorords, when we wt to look into somomeone's private life, you have t to providide af these e tools. the government is still spying on basically everyone may want toto, and on a a pretty extreme have a littleleow we bit more involvevement by judge. it is an advance, but it is no where -- nowhere near enough. haxie: you can catch that in full at 2:00 time -- at 2:10 p.m. paris time and on our website. the iran-backed hezbollah movementnt says it has downed ad seized an israeli drone that crossed into lebanese airspace. israel for its part saying that fell down

whistleblower edward snowden's autobiography goes on sale.

into this equipment will remember all those times washington got caught in the act by whistleblower edward snowden revealed years of interceptions by the national security agency of servers routers and other network equipment made by cisco things were so out of control the company's management even went to the u.s. president to complain we simply cannot operate this way our customers trust us to be able to deliver to their doorsteps products that meet the highest standards of integrity and security so who always seems to have made an offer that's hard to refuse and no spine full control for the companies involved and seemingly no more security concerns the ball is now firmly in the critics court. started as a peaceful protests in the french city of knowledge to quickly switch to chaos this saturday when the elevators protesters turning violent and smashing shop windows police gas to disperse the crowds. i. hundreds of people joined in the planned demonstration against president mondale mcallen's government against what they describe as the only thing standards according to the authorities 30 peopl

whistleblower edward snowden's memoirs went on sale today and immediately the u.s. justice department announced that it's suing snowden for the book's contents and says no to ins book permanent record violates the secrecy agreement that snowden promised to respect when he worked for the n.s.a. snowden could face life in prison if convicted of stealing classified information and leaking it to reporters back in 2013 but that would require snowden to 1st be in the u.s. which is not for 6 years he has lived in exile in russia but his visa runs out at the end of this year some see him as a hero and others condemn him as america's most wanted as with snowden his recent permanent freckle to set the record straight himself told german television that he's concerned about the face a future whistleblower and i think that's one of the saddest lessons from this story what does it say to the next whistleblower and what does a sit in the world what does it say about ourselves when the only place that american disick and can be heard is from places that we wouldn't expect. in 2013

whistleblower edward snowden's memoirs went on sale today and immediately, the u.s.ustice department said it is suing snowden's for the books contents. it says his book violates the secrecy agreement that snowden promised to respect when he worked for the nsa. snowden could face life in prison if convicted of stealing classified information and leaking it to reporters back in 2013, but that would require snowden to first to be in the u.s., which he is not. for six years, he has lived in exile in russia. but his visa runs out at the end of this year. reporter: some see him as s a hero. others condemn him as america's most wanted trader -- traitor.. edward snowden told german television he is concerned abobt the fate of f future whistlebeblowers. >> i t tnk it is one of thehe saddest lessons from the storyr. what does it say to ththe next whistleblower and what does it say to the w world, aboutt ourselves? when the only place on americans can be heard is from places we would not expect. reporter: in 2013, snowden was working as a contractor for the national security ag

into this equipment will remember all those times washington got caught in the act by whistleblower edward snowden revealed years of interceptions by the national security agency of servers routers and other network equipment made by cisco things were so out of control the company's management even went to the u.s. president to complain we simply cannot operate this way our customers trust us to be able to deliver. to their doorsteps products that meet the highest standards of integrity and security so who always seems to have made an offer that's hard to refuse no spine full control for the companies involved and seemingly no more security concerns the ball is now firmly in their critics course. you know the story we're closely following the british army is mulling replacing its fossil fuel guzzling equipment with inco friendly versions according to the country's chief of general staff polly boyd who explains there is a wider trend of western armies trying to attract minority and green conscious new recruits to. they might be in the business of killing but they don't want to kill the environment

asylum seekers from sri lanka found themselves sheltering us intelligence contracted tunde whistleblower edward snowden since their role in his story came to light they haven't felt safe for the supposed received threatening phone calls some for some pirates. in reality or to study for their trade rescaling so we keep a dog at home and we carry through a whole new put importers misleading. one re that horrible one we we have to be always be appropriate we have to be older. we say if it's very difficult the family's lawyer says they've been. followed and questioned by hong kong authorities to to their association with snowden but despite the pressure they're under now supposin and his wife know dk say they don't regret helping him he need that hit of the day. we we're here when and when he saw. somebody you when you come to me i was he said to me i want to stay here somebody is somewhat of a want to. kill me as for me i will help you know move to. hong kong has rejected the families asylum claims but they have one hope they've applied for asylum in canada earlier this year that country accepted one of t

above and coming up next the end date of the news that asia these refugees shelter the whistleblower edward snowden in hong kong 6 years ago today they're still looking for a country to call. i'm plastic is a huge polluters about in this town it can be traded for food we visit ingenious idea that's good for the stomach i'm feeling much. better spotters a robot about those stories and more than just a moment i'll be back at the top of the hour and meantime of course there's always the website that's b.w. don't come. over to. cut. it's time to take steps. and face. time you're just such the up. and the funk for the trophy. time to overcome boundaries and connection to. the flames it's time for work. and you don't get is coming up ahead. minds. welcome to the girl next new channel. goodbye no stewards. with exclusive insights. and a must see concerning arts and culture team you're a. place to be curious minds. do it yourself networkers looks so subscribe don't miss out. on what's the connection between bread flour and the european union dinos guild contests w correspondent and baker john stripes the c

into this equipment will remember all those times washington got caught in the act by whistleblower edward snowden revealed years of interceptions by the national security agency of servers routers and other network a quip meant made by cisco things were so out of control the company's management even went to the u.s. president to complain we simply cannot operate this way our customers trust us to be able to deliver to their doorsteps products that meet the highest standards of integrity and security so who always seems to have made an offer that's hard to refuse and no spine full control for the companies involved and seemingly no more security concerns the ball is now firmly in their critics court. this morning pro and anti government protests erupt in hong kong for yet another weekend thousands of occupy the shopping center no singing a newly penned anthem. that anthem created by an anonymous source promotes the independence of hong kong with the demonstrations as part of course by that extradition bill back in march well it was announced that the bill would be withdrawn tess's nonetheless sti

a whistleblower edward snowden's new book goes on sale today the former american intelligence analyst shocked the world when he leaked details of a massive american internet surveillance program spanning the globe he's living in exile in russia because he faces espionage charges and a likelihood of life in prison back in the u.s. some see him as a hero others condemn him as america's most wanted traitor as with snowden his recent permanent freckle to set the record straight himself told german television that he's concerned about the fates of future whistleblowers and i think that's one of the saddest lessons from this story what does it say to the next whistleblower and what does it say the world what to say ourselves when the only place that american this again can be heard is from places that we wouldn't expect. in 2013 snowden was working as a contractor for the national security agency or n.s.a. in interviews he'd said he'd become disillusioned and had ethical concerns about the massive government surveillance programs that were part of his assignment later that year snowden was