superiors and reported what he had seen on these videos including on these this information from wiki leaks including the collateral murder video and he was basically rebuffed this is civil disobedience but he had a duty to under nuremberg and under the army field manual as well which in shrines these principles from nuremburg he had a duty not just to obey lawful orders but also to disobey unlawful orders and the order not to reveal the commission of war crimes is an unlawful order. going to miss manning's revelations have brought no home to troops for boma the crime is potentially more serious according to wiki leaks money has exposed cover ups by the administration including israel and us planning total war in the middle east thousands of child murders by the us hillary clinton knowingly signed an illegal spoil documents and collateral murder mold recalling what war crimes all committed in the collateral murder video targeting of civilians which is considered to be a grave breach of the geneva conventions where the u.s. army apache helicopter targeted twelve people twelve civilians inclu

be the most notorious whistle blowing case of recent years is the wiki leaks case and julian assange is seen as a whistleblower whereas in fact i think for the part was the purpose of this is a question we should probably regard him as a publisher of information. as a journalist yeah it is about sense that bradley manning is the whistleblower in the case now they also want to charge sons with the same charge that they are trying to put on mr rosen at the moment which is that a a reporter in going about their job fulfilling their job description going about their daily beast solicits information from individuals these individuals for a national security reporter happened to be working for the state and that this approach to these individuals is being regarded under these nine hundred seventeen espionage act as coconspirator see to aid and abet espionage but speaking broadly about the media in this particular context i mean we know that the media have always defended their sources and shielded sources but now we're seeing it in a very vulnerable position absolutely but interesting enou

guardian and all the other news outlets that then published what julian a songe disclosed through wiki leaks right there saying that it's the same thing if everyone's on the same point it's like if you have a website yourself and you publish this interview you're a publisher u.s. officials maintain that joining us on church compromised national security by publishing classified documents now as you know in america you know sometimes first amendment is trumped by national security issues when information is disclosed that could threaten the lives of soldiers on the battlefield or threaten the lives of americans here at home do you believe honestly that killing or saw a sign should face no consequences whatsoever yes that's right and so why you know the same claims were made about the new york times when the pubs print the papers it was this throwing national security it was drawing so forth and so on the first amendment in that case trumped. the claim of the nixon administration now here you've got to ask yourself well what is the first amendment blame. the claim is that a son can be punished

be the most notorious whistle blowing case of recent years is the wiki leaks case and julian assange is seen as a whistleblower whereas in fact i think for the purpose the purpose of this is question we should probably regard him as a publisher of information. as a journalist yeah. bradley manning is the whistleblower because now also worked with other newspapers in the american context he worked very closely with the new york times which was very quick to distance itself from when he came on to the attack now the times is probably looking over its shoulder asking itself if that was such a good idea maybe they should have taken a stronger stand with us when he saw for the attack now they also want to charge. with the same charge that they are trying to put on mr rosen at the moment which is that a a reporter in going about their job fulfilling their job description going about their daily beast solicits information from individuals. to individuals for national security reporter i happen to be working for the state and that this approach to these individuals is being regarded under th

it's not going to cover wiki leaks ok and then the second thing he says is not going to cover national security. we'll have a national security exception well i will say in defense of schumer that the old bill on which this is based didn't completely eliminate all national security leaks but it had a provision in there that made it very difficult to justify it so i have a question whether that is worth the camel but gee whiz my friend chilean assigns he's not going to get the protection after we find out the new yorker is doing the same thing he's doing there are certainly certainly been some cases where journalists have abused their power are a recent example is that bloomberg reporters are now facing somewhat of a scandal they've been accused of accessing private data on the bloomberg terminal to further their reporting. do you see this as a big deal like there's a i think that's a big deal i mean that's a little bit like there murdoch scandal in london you know when the burnt out papers were doing the same thing they're hacking in these people are actually hacking i was posed but as

to wiki leaks it was the biggest document drop in american history but this high profile case has been shrouded in secrecy with military court loopholes and redacted documents keeping the details scarce and the defense silent now a group of reporters along with wiki leaks founder julian assange have filed a joint complaint over the way the government is handling the military tribunal of bradley manning they argue that the judge and prosecution are violating their first amendment rights by keeping the majority of the court proceedings secret the complaint says quote these violations are particularly egregious in the light of the first amendment mandates that even temporary defra visions of the right of public access constitute irreparable harm and given the supreme court's frequent pronouncements that openness promotes not just public confidence in the criminal process but also accuracy in fact finding an ultimate outcomes the first amendment the us demands. excuse me cohen to. cohen to provide. access to documents and proceedings in court martial while the proceedings are taking place

he's the australian wiki leaks founder holed up in the ecuadorian embassy on u.k. soil and across the atlantic members of the american press corps are learning what it feels like to receive the julian a songe treatment the justice department subpoenaed and obtained the telephone records of the associated press over a two month period without any notice i think about the harm done to the a.p. here you know object of interest to intimidate people who talk to reporters the department of justice wasn't just targeting the associated press apparently it also went after fox news reporter our very own james rosen what you got here is a situation where somehow now journalism has been criminalized dozens of journalists have been secretly investigated by the justice department for reporting on national security issues government officials secretly obtained reporters' phone logs and personal e-mails trying to find out who leaked classified information to the press even if you side with this president over those of us in the media who challenge him and his administration it is

news outlets are being persecuted just like wiki leaks has been and the obama administration has really taken the executive branch powers have been committed aiding the free press from under the bush administration and exponentially multiplied them addressing the nation this week the us president said journalists should not be at legal risk for doing their jobs but leakers will pay the price i believe we must keep information secret that protects our operations and our people in the field. to do so we must enforce consequences for those who break the law and breach their commitment to protect classified information however some think the lines are becoming increasingly blurred this is the first time. you know national security has been used to get reporters i mean that really is for and try to name because it's usually used to get leakers so if the bombing ministration releases justice department thinks that they can use criminal laws to get journalists because they're coconspirators i mean honestly that's one of the worst things i've come across and all the years i've been doing this t

jail for years we'll give you the latest on his case and its connection to the stratfor hacks and wiki leaks the obama administration's relationship with the press is still in shaky ground as more details come out about phone tracking of journalists there's talk about changes could be made to protect the press will have an end up look at the continuing concerns just ahead. during the memorial day weekend there were protests against months santo around the globe thousands voiced their demands for genetically modified food to be labeled among other ways to ensure food safety updates from the protests from new york and l.a. coming your way. well it's tuesday may twenty eighth four pm in washington d.c. i'm margaret how well you're watching our t.v. starting this hour new developments in the case against hacker and activist jeremy hammett well early tuesday morning hammond pled guilty to violating the computer fraud and abuse act in connection to hacking into computers a global intelligence firm stratfor him and has been held over a year without trial facing a potential life sentence along with

you know wiki leaks is modern journalism so website based overseas a solicits information the government stuff is this really want to be released and publishes it the government says that wiki leaks by soliciting this information as an agent potentially criminal behavior they floated up in the press didn't make much of a fuss about it and now the press find themselves on the receiving end of the same period so let's talk about what president obama had mentioned today president obama had addressed the protections of journalists and his speech today and he actually said that he wants to create a media shield law first of all it was a little bit odd to have this kind of counterterrorism speech talking about american enemies at the same time as talking about journalists but beyond that what will the shield law do and who will it protect last time with sun media shield the one that they touted last time and had a huge carve out for national security concerns in both the case of the associated press in case of james rosen and it looks like in the case of aids you were going to national securit

whole life at risk to help save lives. >> he leaked thousands of classified military documents to wiki leaks. hours later, released a statement saying they made a mistake. and while they regret the error, manning would not be a grand marshall. virginia says the board is out of line. >> i think they schochose to prt their opinion on a political process. >> in a statement, says the confers about manning won't resume until after the pride parade in june. >> protesters say the board is caving to outside pressure and they won't be silenced. >> pride came out of the sense of defiance. it was an act of defiance in 1970, to say i'm proud to be gay. absolute we lost track of that. >> filing an unlawful discrimination complaint against the board with the san francisco human rights commission that could affect pride's access to city funding. >> this action has jeopardized their city funding by engaging them in the illegal discrimination against the formal grand marshalls that voted for manning. >> activists tonight tell me grand marshal or not, manning will be represented in june's parade. reporting li

one of america's oldest and most prestigious news publications is pulling up page from wiki leaks and creating a platform for whistleblowers and sources to anonymously leak information the new yorker magazine has launched a strongbox and open source dropbox that allows people to send messages and leak information without their identities ever being revealed now the forebear reportedly uses multiple laptop thumb drives the rich and poor the feds and that the new yorker ever finding out where they're to come from this way if anyone in the justice department wants to know the source of the information new yorker officials can tell them now strongbox is being billed as a secure digital route for sources to use the underlying code for strongbox is called dead drop it was preceded who created by wired editor kevin paulson and the late erin swartz the r.s.s. inventor and open source not to miss swartz committed suicide in january at the age of twenty six while being sick of the federal trial and thirty five years in prison u.s. prosecutors were targeting the writing founder for downloading m

informant was used jeremy to get to wiki leaks was in on the whole thing can you elaborate on what actually happened here well we don't know all of what happened because you know we don't have all the information out from the f.b.i. and what their their operation was but basically someone someone much like jeremy. not much like jerry said in the same situation is jeremy his name is hector his online name was who was put in a similar situation to jeremy and what he did instead was along with it rather than take a plea deal or you know remain silent he he made a deal with the f.b.i. and basically started an online crime spree he kind of orchestrated it and was a ringleader of this group called and along with the f.b.i. went around committing various crimes and hacking various sites and even keeping stuff on f.b.i. computers and he did that all to get out of facing what space so if the f.b.i. was overseeing the operation through and through this operation i mean are they just set an example of jeremy because really it was a sting all along and they knew his activities all along and it was a st