whistleblower edward snowden reportedly asking russia. protection amid mounting death threats. from moscow its aussie international with me rule research we've got your top headlines for this hour. leaders of the ukrainian opposition have called on protesters in kiev to refrain from violence over the city's embattled remains a blaze overnight these are live pictures we're showing for you right now in fact it's proximately eleven am there in the ukrainian capital the latest report from there with correspondent peter on. looking independent square where the speakers are continuing to deliver their rhetoric from the stage just as you might be able to hear that over the top of of me talking now we have seen a a distinct decrease in the amount of people on the streets on thursday compared to wednesday now that's because wednesday was a public holiday it allowed more people to come out but what those people have left that were here yesterday that were here on wednesday well they've left more barricades better built barricades and certainly far more secure barricades and i'm about two

he criticized evidence from true god of whistleblowers. it was certainly the appetizers the section on the maintenance of discipline and good order and dutch gone on to beat my prime concern but one whistleblower remains defiant. we are coming over all of the allegations made. in addition to these crocs terminations. go. the garda commissioner has strongly rejected claims by gawd of whistleblowers that the penalty points system has been abused. speaking of global it companies dave martin cullen said the was no evidence of corruption or malpractice. he criticized the inquiry saying the accounts committee was not the appropriate forum for guard the tomb a criminal complaints about their colleagues. the commissioner said that it would take legal advice ahead of the riposte appearance at the committee of two of the whistleblowers next week. the garda commissioner on to the accounts committee today that the message that although the hump in weaknesses in the penalty points system has now been strengthened and is subject to greater oversight tt'

believe he is a whistleblower, according to the normal definition of whistleblowing. what you think happens to snowden? he had a one-year asylum in russia. what are his options when that year runs out? very limited options. he can ask for another year or for permanent asylum. only in russia because the united states put him in russia. kong with a ticket going to ecuador. , he had left hong kong to change -- hong kong he had to change flights in moscow. the government canceled his passport. he had no valid travel documents. that is why he was in the airport for so long. fly out ofs to moscow was impossible because the u.s. forbid any planes from flying over the european territory. they got the european governments to cooperate. the presidenten of bolivia tried to fly back government would not let the plane fly because the u.s. said snowden was on the president's plane, the president of olivia's plane. ofy forced -- the president olivia's plane. of bolivia's plane. that is why he is where he is. he did not plan to go to moscow in the first place. a caller in jefferson o

and a instead of mainstream coverage of one of the biggest whistleblowers in u.s. history actually answering questions on his first virtual press conference bieber fever has been infecting the airwaves yet again. i want to read this for you but it is so filled with expletives that i'm going to have to do some edit fly ok so i'm going to edit on the fly because the police officer who responded. said that is just right for the f. bombs part of it is why did you stop me why the f. are you doing this what the f. did i do i ain't got no f. in weapons why the f. or what i think this was what the f. are you doing wait i think we just got the mug shot in of justin bieber at the miami well i wouldn't be smiling if i were you young justin drew bieber. so all t.v. anchors were busy trying to edit curse words by the prince beeves. it was on the q. and a earlier learning what exactly snowden is thinking join me now to discuss snowden's live chat and all things going to say the david seaman hour my good friend david seaman thanks so much for coming on david. so david let's start

ties in to whistleblowing in that it's about revealing the truth i worked as a model while i was writing my ph d. mainly as an art nude model for artists but also for photographers and that's why when i began to get very interested in whistleblowing when his revelations came out which were of course highly relevant to my line of work i began to think what can i do to actually have an impact as wow on the situation to raise awareness but also to raise money for it and because i had quite a few photos and some of those photos had never been used in other projects i decided i would donate this to this cause as it were and to try to raise money to support these organizations with those photos but this is not really a novel way of attracting attention i mean we have seen everybody doing that from students to grammys so i guess at this point there's a risk of it being perceived not just an act of distancing but simply as a prank i wonder if it doesn't trivialize the ordeal of whistleblowers who pay a very high price for what they did yes yes and i mean that is the first or it is something that

and whistleblowers worries average snowden is reportedly planning to ask russia for personal protection after getting death threats. it's four pm here in moscow watching r.t. with me marina josh welcome to the program for a task and police in kiev have declared a truce which is expected to hold for the next six hours earlier the ukrainian opposition threatened to ask street riots if the government refused to call early elections its leaders last night said they were giving president yanacocha twenty four hours to meet their demands all get out across to our correspondent all over who's following the very latest for us in the grainy in capital so peter what's the atmosphere like where you are now what is the latest on the true situation. well we are in this period of ceasefire right now from both sides that both the police on the rioters have said that they're going to they're going to cease any hostilities towards one another for the while until eight pm local time the six pm g.m.t. what we have seen though is still many many people just behind me in front of the number stadium which is

. >>> issue 2, whistleblower or felon.ditorial board of the new york times has decisively weighed in on the case of edward snowden, the former nsa, that's national security agency, contractor who seven monthsing a leaked reames of information about nsa's surveillance programs to the press, and by proxy to the world. mr. snowden fled the u.s., first to hong kong, then to moscow where he has temporary asylum. the u.s. government has charged mr. snowden with espionage and theft. this past thursday the new york times described mr. snowden as a whistleblower, not a criminal. "considering the enormous value of information he has revealed mr. snowden deserves better than a life of permanent exile fear and flight. he may have committed a crime to do so but he has done his country a great service. it is time for the united states to offer mr. snowden a plea bargain or some form of clemency that would allow limb to return home. they would at least substantially reduce punishment in light of his role as a whistleblower and a life adv

he's a courageous whistleblower. there's no indication that he's a trait scror, that he sold secrets to a foreign government. >> edward snowden started an important national conversation about government intrusion and surveillance, a conversation that resulted in promises of new

whistleblower edward snowden. earlier this morning and marie slaughter used to work as the state department's director of policy planning said on twitter that she agrees with the new york times. slaughter was of course referencing a new york times editorial board opinion piece published on wednesday that called on the obama administration to either pardon snowden or offer him a plea bargain at a tauriel argued that because of the enormous value of the information he has revealed in the abuses he has exposed mr snowden deserves better than a life of permanent exile fear and flight it is time for the united states to offer mr snowden a plea bargain or some form of clemency that would allow him to return home that's an editorial also said that in respect in retrospect mr snowden was clearly justified in believing that the only way to blow the whistle on this kind of intelligence gathering was to expose it to the public and let the resulting fear or do the work is superiors would not. a similar editorial published in

just an act of distancing but simply as a prank i wonder if it doesn't trivialize the deal of whistleblowers who pay a very high price for what they did yes yes and i mean that is a for sure it is something that we've seen everyone from grannies to you know the fireman's calendar you know oprah just put in these kind of new calendars and in fact that's where i got the idea i did think there are a lot of charities and a lot of good causes they do make new calendars to raise money for their cause and that's kind of what i saw it as a little bit of a tongue in cheek. kind of idea however i don't think it would be right to say that it trivializes the plight of whistleblowers in fact i think that the situation we're in right now is not one where we're so much facing a trivialization issue as perhaps a marginalize ation issue to what i'm trying to say to people is don't go out and buy a calendar of any odd model i mean i think just about every model has under the sun from here to timbuktu has a calendar of themselves every year give your money to this project and give it to a cause that affects yo

whistleblower edward snowden takes part in a live q. and a lots of people asked their burning questions to snowden including a question about his reaction to president obama's n.s.a. speech we'll take a look at his response just ahead and the capital of ukraine has seen countless clashing between protesters and riot police now a tense cease fire has been declared while opposition leaders negotiate with the government the latest from ukraine coming up. and the syrian peace talks have just wrapped indeed two in switzerland but with the two sides warring over assad's power in the country will the syrian government and rebels even be able to come to an agreement in geneva bring you more from switzerland later in the show.

whistleblower edward snowden follows what's reported about him throughout the world however it's the recent death threats robert descriptive once published in u.s. media that is causing the thirty year old to request extra security and protection from russian law enforcement the website but speed quoted an anonymous u.s. intelligence officer describing how he would have assassinated snowden if he had the chance another unnamed pentagon official has been quoted saying he would have simply love to put a bullet in snowden's head work he not restricted from killing an american snowden's lawyer says the former contractor is constantly accompanied by private guards but that may no longer be enough to ensure his security. we clearly understand that there is a serious danger for the life and health of edward snowden and n.s.a. intelligence officer says that it's easy to imagine a situation where he walks around moscow for example after doing his groceries and he accidentally bumps into someone then he suddenly. goes home and dies in the shower in his situation he has to think about his secur

actions, and learning about whistleblowers who had been ignored, intimidated or fired and thinking, you know what? this is wrong on so many levels. and i'm going voice -- i've got a voice and you know what? i'm going to embrace these people, allow them to utilize my blog so that they can not only speak their own voice, but find kindred spirits who are going through these same travails. and so, you know, thanks, you know, i was very, very happy to have launched the blog. if there wasn't a blog, there wouldn't be a book. continued town all these paths -- down all these paths. because when i think of it, i think, okay, 2008, there was only one year that that could be be compared to, and that was 1929. and so although there are many agencies and entities whether it's in this town or new york or elsewhere around the country that we're trying to, you know, we're trying to get the economy going. and that's important because the economy, obviously, impacts all of us. but what's the basis of the economy? the basis of the economy is trust and confidence. and where do we get trust and confiden

whistleblower edward snowden to reporters asking russian authorities for more protection amid mounting death threats. it is thursday morning here in moscow international. world headlines leaders over ukrainian opposition of cold on protesters in kiev to refrain from violence however the city's and battle center remained a blaze overnight let's show you these are live pictures now of the burning barricades defining the police and rioters with thick black smoke also covering the city right now i just i am in the morning let's get this report here from correspondent peter all of. there is a standoff again between riot is and riot police there's a line of fire a wall of fire separating the two that's being set alight by the by the riots is burning tires and sick black acrid smoke separating the two sides there's a steady stream of people moving from independence square over to where the flash point is currently is currently and what we're seeing is those people are coming they're carrying a lot of of rudimentary weapons some have held it some with homemade body armor we've seen them carryi

played a solid we meet a woman who stood up in support of him and his fellow whistleblowers in fact in her own unique way. a film in oregon is suing nike for one hundred million dollars claiming that the company failed to include a warning on its air jordan stickers that they could be used as dangerous weapons after he used his own pair to beat a man. in other pimp this from the pacific northwest bill gates continues to pimp out your privacy and data to the n.s.a. and many other forgot to spy agency want to give a few bucks rather than use a sneaker this pimp the boys this company's software products including skype as a dangerous weapon against the constitutional rights of unsuspecting customers on the products. gates to himself when he gets caught. this immediately goes so we leave to be. part of the scene motions to. play your part of the physical. issues that no one is there with to get that you deserve answers from. politic you. are today. he. took on june sixteenth one thousand forty one we had a graduation party at school and the war broke out. the shops were always full of good

>> i think there has been an excessive use of the whistleblower -- excessive use of power against whistleblowersso think because i see the world -- glenn sees the world in black and white, i see it in gray terms which makes me apparently a complete tool of the establishment. i think that snowden has done a public service so when i look at this, i really balance the equities of how much he disclosed. i thought josh's point that you raised is a very good point. perhaps if he had just told us only about the metadata program, perhaps if he had tried ways to reveal that elsewhere. the whole establishment, if you will, wouldn't be so up at arms but he took, he stole, let's use the right words for it, an enormous amount of data and spilled it out there, and we still don't know the exact consequences of it. i know glenn any second is going to say show me exactly what the harm is to national security, but you know and i know that that's the issue. you can't actually always show the harm. it's not like giving the name of a spy and the next thing you know, he's executed. there is a gray unknowable area her

the whistleblower actions. where they had been ignored and intimidated and fired, thinking that this is wrong on so many levels. and i have a voice and i'm going to embrace these people and allow them to utilize my blog so that they cannot only speak their own voice but to find kindred spirits who are going through these same travails and i was very happy, if there wasn't a blogger wouldn't be a book. we continued down all of these paths. because when i think about it, i think 2008. okay, that was only one year that i can be compared to now was 1929. and so although there are many agencies and entities, whether it is here or new york or elsewhere in the country, we are trying to get the economy going. and that is so important. because the economy obviously impacts everyone of us. but what is the basis of the economy? well, it is trust and confidence. where do we get trust and confidence? well, we get it from the truth. this is not a republican or democratic issue but we need the truth. again, i just continued t

who were either ignored by the system or crushed by the system but to some whistleblowers also a woman. you know some have over time and. even though and some have it i mean today on the front page of the new york times there's a very interesting article about activists who in one nine hundred seventy one broke into an f.b.i. office in media pennsylvania and stole files that revealed j. edgar hoover and the f.b.i. counterintelligence program there are vast domestic surveillance program i expect that they will be greeted as heroes because the results of those revelations were the most widespread surveillance reforms in the history of the country i think history will be equally kind to edward snowden i think that in five years in ten and twenty no one is going to take seriously the argument that these disclosures harm national security people are going to recognize that he was the necessary instrument in order to start this global debate and that a law that would punish him with life in prison for that isn't a fair one president one was are they going to pay attention to recommendations

>> the year the whistleblower. as long as journalists have been practicing a particularly the kind of investigative work, it is always the year of the whistleblower. we depend, as news organizations, on whistleblowers of all different kinds. i think that there is a technical term for what a whistleblower is under statute. but we depend on people of conscience standing up and telling us what is really going on. sometimes anonymously. sometimes on the record. and i will even try this to debate patriotism and violations of different laws. newspapers in raleigh, north carolina, television stations in the great state of north carolina and journalist's all across the nation always count on whistleblowers. so we got all her teens when it comes to whistleblowers to ask all the questions, check out bona fides, ascertain whether they have a particular interest in sharing this information, what is their agenda or motive. we go through all of the basics that you teach in journalism school to try to understand why this person w

there was protest in support of whistleblowers such as julian assange bradley manning and edward snowden have taken place around the world in recent years are teammates one woman who chose a different way of show her support for the movement. she's a lawyer she's got a ph d. in international law and she was a lecturer but she's also posed for glamour calendars what some would say would be provocative or racy photos of her age she says is to raise funds and awareness for the works of whistleblowers and other activists like that today we're joined by dr roles live fuller thanks very much for joining us today but what i'd like to know is why did you choose this matter of getting awareness why not another way well actually i have written articles on whistleblowers in the military so i have actually written quite a lengthy article is that are going to be published but i really thought that in order to make a difference to these with employers who as we know are in jail or you know at the moment i needed to involve myself in a more material way and i thought well how can i do something that is

whistleblower will be offered extended asylum more on this story just ahead. former virginia governor bob mcdonnell and his wife appeared in court today they stand accused of perceiving gifts from a wealthy c.e.o. for political favors the party was at the hearing and brings you a special report coming up and in switzerland the syrian peace talks could end before they even start today representatives of the government and the opposition failed to meet face to face we'll bring you all the details straight from geneva later in the show. it's friday january twenty fourth five pm in washington d.c. i live here and david and you're watching r.t. america. we begin today with breaking news that russia plans to extend its offer of asylum to former government contractor edward snowden beyond august which is where when his one year temporary asylum was such the end this is all according to remarks by russian lawmaker alexy push cobb who spoke today at the world economic forum during a panel discussion alexey hinted that the extension of temporary refugee status for snowd

see on those calendars essentially some racy photos a few decks the post again some facts about whistleblowers and that activities but you know i fully understand your noble intention but i think the way those calendars are designed are. sort of putting that on your visual rob. because behind them because your body clearly wins over those tiny little lines so i wonder what do you say to those who say that you are trying to solve promote at the expanse of people who are indeed suffering for what they believe well i would there's a couple of points to be made here why i don't i don't work as a model anymore i'm thirty three which is like ninety in model years so it's not something i'm doing i'm actively pursuing it anymore so to be honest it's probably i don't really view this as helping my career i view this as if anything running the risk of hindering my own career and i mean i don't mean to set myself up as in any way comparable to for example chelsea manning or edward snowden are julian i saw an extreme raft with the work they have done i'm just saying i'm in a position to do this this is wh

artsy edwards campaign could happen she says a draft i definitely a russian lawmaker says the nsa whistleblower will be offered extended the sign on bonus story just ahead. he and former virginia governor bob is not now and his wife appeared in court today they stand accused of receiving gifts from a wealthy ceo for political favors. our team is at the hearing and brings you a special report coming out switzerland is eerie and he's not spread and before they even start. today representatives of the government and opposition failed to meet face to face wondering you all the details straight from geneva later in the shadow of a fan. i need to reach twenty fourth. i've wanted to be seeing and hearing a bit when you're watching. rt america the kids in ca with breaking news that russia plans to extend its offer of asylum to form a government contractor adverts note and be on august which is where when his one year temporary asylum was sacked and this is all according to remarks by russian lawmaker alexi could scott spoke today at the world economic forum during a panel discussion alexi hinted that t

whistleblower to make their allegations public or known in any way so. at best it's window dressing it's punch a lock to congress to try to fix the problem and it addresses in no way how the american people have a right to understand the abuses of our government. for you on line a u.n. humanitarian affairs mission reports israeli attacks on the west bank palestinians increased false fold in less than a decade two thousand one hundred attacks on palestinians were carried out by israel in the past a.t.'s read more about the threats of local settlers experience daily on our website. also on line any tell you in that sunni member of the international olympic committee calls america's decision to send openly gay athletes to the winter games in sochi political extortion at the full story on i t v dot com. this is a media lead us so we leave the media by the same push to secure the play your party is in full. push is that no one is asking with the guests that you deserve answers from it's all on politicking only on r t. choose your language. of choice to kill i

believe he is a whistleblower, according to the normal definition of whistleblowing. what you think happens to snowden? he had a one-year asylum in russia. what are his options when that year runs out? very limited options. he can ask for another year or for permanent asylum. only in russia because the united states put him in russia. kong with a ticket going to ecuador. , he had left hong kong to change -- hong kong he had to change flights in moscow. the government canceled his passport. he had no valid travel documents. that is why he was in the airport for so long. fly out ofs to moscow was impossible because the u.s. forbid any planes from flying over the european territory. they got the european governments to cooperate. the presidenten of bolivia tried to fly back government would not let the plane fly because the u.s. said snowden was on the president's plane, the president of olivia's plane. ofy forced -- the president olivia's plane. of bolivia's plane. that is why he is where he is. he did not plan to go to moscow in the first place. a caller in jefferson o

this matter of getting awareness why not another way well actually i have written articles on whistleblowers in the military so i have actually written quite a lengthy article is not going to be published but i really thought that. in order to make a difference to lawyers who as we know are in jail or. at the moment i needed to involve myself in a more material way and i thought well how can i do something that isn't just a matter of talking i think there's quite a lot of consensus on this issue that we've talked enough i do think that something that was a glowing review in violations of international law is very empowering i think there is attention given to these issues obviously however i do think that people hear about these issues and they might you know get you complain in private or perhaps say on that they've been unfairly treated in private but what i'm trying to do is give people a way that they can contribute materially because you can sit and you know complain in the poverty something like that but this is a way to actually make a contribution to funding the legal defense or for

whistleblower to make their allegations public or known in any way so at best it's window dressing it's punts a lot to congress to try to fix the problem and it addresses in no way how the american people have a right to understand the abuses of our government. think twice the next time you decide to like someone on facebook specially when that summer may be a full partner who wants nothing to do with you because that one click might get you arrested on it or buy that online class to see dot com still think buy a ticket for those a very minute sob she would sure lympics now if you had thought you don't comes in motions actually going to does big bird's eye view of the city to help you make your mind up. right to see. first for you and i think you're. on a recorder with her. instantly. fighters on both sides of the syrian civil war a turning to drugs as both a source of funding and to. have a source of staying power indeed in battle as well the recent investigations revealed the soaring export of illegal unfettered means is to turn syria into a major drugs hub as. explains. with syria ab

whistleblowers to make their allegations public or known in any way so at best it's window dressing it's punch a lock to congress to try to fix the problem and it addresses in no way how the american people have a right to understand the abuses of our government now think twice the next time you decide to like somebody on face especially one that someone is your former partner wants nothing to do with because that one click might get you arrested find the story in full online one. so thinking about buying a ticket for the social winter olympics while had to ask the dot coms in motion section for dumpling bugs the city to help you make up your mind. with the key syrian peace conference moving closer the opposition has still not decided whether it will take part and meeting on friday brought no result despite international pressure being put on rebel groups to tend the opposition coalition has postponed is this issue until saturday syria's government has expressed its readiness to make concessions ahead of their long awaited geneva two conference the country's foreign minister has proposed

whistleblower to make their allegations public or known in any way so at best it's window dressing it's punts a lot to congress to try to fix the problem and it addresses in no way how the american people have a right to understand the abuses of our government there was a president of the national whistleblower association speaking to me and. now i think twice the next time you decide to like someone on facebook specially when that someone is you feel hot that maybe he doesn't want anything to do with these because one click might get you arrested yeah we've got a story about that very same thing online also thinking about buying a ticket for the sochi winter olympics well if you take a look at our web site the emotion section they look at those pictures dazzling bird's eye view of the city maybe will that make you make your mind up to get a ticket. for the moment like. this or you. should have you with us here on t.v. today i'm sure. fighters or both sides of the syrian civil war turning to drugs both a source of funding and staying power in battle a recent media investigations reveale

doc nominated the whistleblower for the position of director we spoke to one of the activists. the reason we chose edward snowden is because we know that he is a hero is a brave man who rist a lot of things to us that people know the extent of fewest media surveillance and intrusion into our private lives and we just want to show him that we appreciate what he's done and it is a clear message sent out to those who are monitoring us that we will not stand for this and that we do not this we do not accept this kind of criminality it would be more symbolic than anything because he will be able to actually physically come to class go it will choose a representative. for him in situations where he cannot personally attend but his duties will be to hold the title of the rector of the university of glasgow we've had an overwhelmingly positive response of course we will do everything we can to make sure that this actually happens kind of subtropical resort in the black sea coast provide enough snow for winter olympics a question we've often heard in the run up to the games well no you

whistleblower edward snowden and some suggest three hundred years of press freedom is under threat r.t. or smith investigates. the world association of newspapers and news publishes isn't an organization everyone's heard of but if you live under a government that violates press freedoms it's likely they will have visited to investigate the documents now they've sent out another delegation but not to a war torn failed states or dictatorship it's come here to the u.k. to look into international concerns that the government reaction to the guardian publishing edward snowden's revelations on the n.s.a. was way over the top and very worrying for press freedoms the paper says it's face to sit and the threat of legal action we've always as an organization taking care of patients all over the world always concerned about the situation especially in the. democracy like u.k. where they can be potentially a risk to. creating an exceptional case of interference between the public authorities the state and the freedom of the press but if you since generally speaking. terms to believe. they could by

whistleblower edward snowden is reportedly asking russian authorities for more protection and mounting death threats. he want unity to national coming to you live from moscow with me marina welcome now ukraine opposition from member tally could go has negotiated a temporary truce with authorities until eight pm local time it's reported the break will be used for further talks with the country's leadership meanwhile riot police have now put out the burning barricades in the center of kiev that remain a blaze over night well let's now take a look here at exactly where the ongoing turmoil has been taking place this as you can see on the map is european square a forefront of the unrest and this is where the tires were satellite and that's where our correspondent peter oliver was earlier and some of the fiercest clashes have taken place round nearby government buildings and specifically at the. street here and where that's where a security operation pushed out some of the more radical protesters the deaths of two of them have been confirmed both reportedly out of bullet wounds forty however

and whistleblower edward snowden holds his first live q. and a session saying he had already be behind bars if you congress with the n.s.a. leaks in the first place. a very good morning to you from all of us here at r.t. international. we did latest world news headlines we begin this hour here with the bombing in cairo at least three people have been killed and dozens wounded in a suspected car bomb blast outside the police headquarters in the center of the capital and this all according to officials and local television explosions severely damaged the front of the building. to the museum of islamic just across the street witnesses have reported gun fire following the bombing attacks on security and police have stepped up since the egyptian military overthrew the regime of president mohamed morsy and of course they launched a crackdown on his supporters last. we'll bring you more on this story as soon as more details come in here on r.t. international. for now here on the program calls from opposition leaders to maintain a truce with the ri

>> the year the whistleblower. for as long as journalists have been practicing a particularly the kind of investigative work, it is always the year of the whistleblower. we depend, as news organizations, on whistleblowers of all different kinds. i think that there is a technical term for what a whistleblower is under statute. but we depend on people of conscience standing up and telling us what is really going on. sometimes anonymously. sometimes on the record. and i will even try this to debate patriotism and violations of different laws. but newspapers in raleigh, north carolina, television stations in the great state of north carolina and journalist's all across the nation always count on whistleblowers. so we got all her teens when it comes to whistleblowers to ask all the questions, check out their bona fides, ascertain whether they have a particular interest in sharing this information, what is their agenda or motive. we go through all of the basics that you teach in journalism school to try to understand why

again i share the concerns that you have about whistleblowers. i think evil who have concerns about the way government is conducting itself have to have the feeling that they have places that they can go and report these things in a way that does not do damage to the government itself. so if there is not that feeling that they have mechanisms established means to share those concerns they may end up with people sharing things i think in another inappropriate way with newspapers and other media. the concern you have is a legitimate one and this is another one where i will have to get back to you and let you know where we stand. >> when you mentioned the concerns of the government i vitiate up this government has certain responsibilities but when you have one individual against the government it seems to me it's pretty easy to see how that one individual will be run over if we don't see that they get their constitutional rights protected. i have a question on drones but i think you have answered that. i will go to the office of legal consoles revie

numerous protests in support of whistleblowers such as julian a song bradley manning and edward snowden have taken place around the world in recent years our team meets one woman who chose a different way to show her support for the movement. she's a lawyer she's got a ph d. in international law and she was a lecturer but she's also posed for glamour what some would say would be provocative or racy photos of her age she says is to raise funds and awareness for the works of whistleblowers and other activists like that today we're joined by dr roles live fuller thanks very much for joining us today but what i'd like to know is why did you choose this matter of getting awareness why not another way well actually i have written articles on whistleblowers in the military so i have actually written quite lengthy articles that are going to be published but i really thought that in order to make a difference to these with employers who as we know are in jail or. at the moment i needed to involve myself in a more material way and i thought well how can i do something that isn't just a matter of