i am the editor of wikileaks. >> smith: wikileaks founder julian assange unveiled the footage at a press conference in washington. >> the material is dramatic. it was classified... um, is still classified. >> they're taking him. >> there were a lot of people that were in favor of just publishing it. it seems that julian had this crazy idea right in the beginning to sell it. >> there was a news agency that tried very hard to get hold of this. >> his idea was to market it for $1 million exclusively to cnn or someone else who would be interested. >> the material itself, you see, is significant and important. >> smith: in the end, assange edited the material into a short presentation with a provocative title-- "collateral murder." >> you can identify the journalists immediately by the cameras they are carrying, by the camera bags. >> smith: over the next year, the video would be seen on youtube over 11 million times. were you satisfied with the impact of the video? did it achieve the result that you had hoped? >> it was pretty close. could we have structured things, structured various deals,

wikileaks and the association with the press. >> wikileaks hits again and leaking more classified documents to the media and reigniting the debate. >> plus, it was the wedding of the century. did the media keep their manners and coverage of the couple. next on news watch. >> website wikileaks released more secret documents to the new york times and washington post and mpr. among the other revelations. most of the 172 remaining prisoners in gitmo are rated as a high risk and posing a threat to the united states and allies if released without enough rehab and supervision. >> the pentagon reponded, it is unfortunate that new's organization decided to publish numerous documents obtained illegally by wikileaks. they provide inform about former and current gitmo detainees . judy, here we are again. there are inications that the administration may be thinking of taking legal action against wikileaks or its founder. is that possible in >> it is possible and especially since the president showed himself perfectly willing to use the cowers and use his justice department to pursue leaks against the in

critical infrastructure as well as threats to our networks from trusted insiders, such as the recent wikileaks incident. this is a critically challenging issue because it is always such a moving target. in the threats facing our country online cannot be made

wikileaks, accurate. release of information from wikileaks has been accurate and it's set middle east on fire. now there are leaked documents that we know, out of guantanamo that says al-qaeda has a rogue nuke. set to detonate if bin laden is captured or killed. do we know if it's true? we don't. the document side chamberlain -- document site is khalid sheikh mohammed, prisoner at the facility that said hell storm would break out if we killed bin laden. bin laden said they have one. what do we have? wikileaks says and this is from the harry back guy. nukes. the u.s. government has said they have nukes. al-qaeda and osama bin laden have said, they've got nukes. i want to make sure that we're clear on that one. shoot him dead. do they have nukes? did they take out the nipple clamps jack bauer style? nukes, can we get a little information? things are off here. that brings us to option. poll numbers. that would be a possible with every president. especially president like bush or obama. the poll numbers are d

takes wikileaks of their service board -- perfectly within their legal rights to do that -- in their terms of service. absolutely nothing legally wrong with what they did, but you have a situation again read have a private entity deciding that, well, -- again where you have a private entity deciding that well, this is going to be too much trouble for me. i'm going to dump them now. if most private intermediaries and of doing that with their most controversial clients, then we do have a problem. so again, it is subtle, and one does not want to go too far in trying equal signs at all -- in drawing equal signs at all, but there is a continuum of issues. this is a globally interconnected network. you have technical norms and legal norms that are set up in democracies to make sense within the context of a country that has very robust legal systems, very robust protections, but if you take the same technical norms, technical standards and dump them into iran or seller is -- which has been happening, actually. -- or belarus -- which has been happening, actually. these internet connections c

critics say the show did not feature wikileaks in a very positive light.ve since removed the falls article from the web site. >>> oracle ceo blamed his neighbors for blocking the prime scenery from his san francisco home. tonight a resolution. sharon chin on the arbor altercation. >> reporter: when larry ellison looks out his living room he sees the root of the problem. four trees obstructing his floor to ceiling view of san francisco bay that neighbors down the hill have refused to trim so he should them a year ago. tonight, when i rang their doorbell, it sounded like they are tired of fighting. >> we have just been through a lot so we just don't want to, we just want to let this go. >> reporter: he bought his house more than 20 years ago for more than $4 million, the von above ners bought their $7 million home 7 years ago and, since then, their three reed woods and acaron butler a have shot up several feet. they have caught ellison's workers trimming branches without their permission. they even asked the city to protect their 80-year-old acaron butler a

send it out to wikileaks. or brag in a text to somebody else. >> reporter: it's been reported that bradley manning and his father had a poor relationship, but his father denies that. as bradley manning awaits trial, his dad tells us that sometimes, when people ask him if he is related to bradley manning, he denies it. as you look forward to all the potential twists and turns that await your son, what scares you the most? >> that he's guilty. >> reporter: dan harris, abc news, new york. >> our thanks to dan tonight. >>> it was last night here we reported on that harrowing landing of the delta jet in atlanta, the tire blowing, the landing gear catching fire. the flight was coming in from pittsburgh when that tire blew as it touched down, causing the brakes to overheat. four people suffered minor injuries and the faa is still looking into the age and the condition of that tire and the landing gear that caught fire. >>> and still ahead as we continue on "world news" this sunday night, the debate so many of you hav

these wikileaks, the documents from that, also reveal that in its zeal to stop the attacks, the u.s. plenty of innocent man to guantanamo, like a 70-year-old senile man from afghanistan. they found out when they looked at him, he was diagnosed with ghens yeah, had absolutely no contact with terrorists whatsoever. they couldn't explain a reason why he had been sent to guantanamo bay. >> thanks very much. >>> rape victims blasting the u.s. peace corps on capitol hill. they say the organization made their plight even worse. ♪ hey, dad, think i could drive? i'll tell you what -- when we stop to fill it up. ♪ they say the organization made [ son ] you realize, it's gotta run out sometime. ♪ itchy, irritated skin... [ son ] you realize, it's gotta run out sometime. not only does cortaid 12-hour advanced cream relieve itch fast, but a clinical study shows its unique itch shield technology lasts longer than the leading cream. for 12 hour protection. for long lasting protection try cortaid. our superb school system on a chart. but how do you chart... happiness? we can show our diverse culture

you may remember wikileaks was attacked -- not itself, but companies that denied wikileaks services was attacked last year. that was the same group i found out which attacked them because they were denying services to wikileaks after the founder was arrested. actually, authorities are after them. they've made several arrests internationally of alleged members. again, it's very hard to track them down because they just -- >> elusive. >> they're very elusive, yeah. >> that's what makes them good hackers, right, unfortunately? thanks so much. >>> okay. so you have mixed up bills in the mail? that's happened to you, right? wait until you hear what happened to one woman who nearly fainted when she saw her water bill. join me and alexandra in the chat room right after this. >>> all right. sometimes we like to turn the newsroom into the chat room. alexandra steele with me now to chat a little bit about these interesting little items. everything from an exorbitant water bill to mariah carey giving birth to her twins. and then bon jovi is in the news, too. >> i like this one. >> let's start it o

. >> brown: finally tonight, shedding new light on wikileaks.g on "frontline," correspondent martin smith unravels the mystery of bradley manning, the army private who allegedly stole thousands of classified government documents. one part of the tale has been largely unknown-- the story of the hacker who blew the whistle on manning. here's how it unfolds from tonight's program titled "wiki-secrets." >> in late may, a hacker in california was contacted and began a chat with someone using the screen name bradass87. "if you had free reign over classified networks and you saw incredible things, awful things, what would you do?" >> he spoke in hypotheticals, at first. even then, i largely blew it off. there just aren't enough hours in the day to correspond with everybody that wants to correspond with me. >> the hacker, adrian lamo, was well known in the cyber underground. in 2003, he'd been arrested for hacking "the new york times." and the day before the chat, lamo was featured in an article on wired.com that discussed his psychiatric problems. brad

i thought they did a masterful job in sorting through the wikileaks material and presenting it.i think it's important. i think it adds a dimension of understanding. but like people in government or business, sometimes people in the media take a success and overstate it. and this is in the note to readers that ran in "the new york times". but the more porn reason to publish -- more porn reason to publish these documents is that the cables tell the unvarnished story of how the government makes its biggest decisions, the decisions that cost the country most heavily in lives and money. no. that's not the case. if you look at the wikileaks documents, they're middle classification documents in many cases, the ambassador meeting with a head of state and sending a secret cable saying this is what the head of state said, this is my interpretation. all valid, important news, but if you understand the white house -- which i attempt to do -- you realize those documents do not get to the white house, that they have very little stand anything the white house -- standing in the white house. th

. >> al-qaeda has a hidden nuclear bomb in europe according to wikileaks to unleash a nuclear hell storm if osama bin laden is captured. >> that's nonsense. we have to recognize that our law enforcement, our intelligence service, military, over the last nine years they have been very effective in dismantling al-qaeda. we keep using the term al-qaeda as if it were a giant corporation with global capability, when in fact when bin laden there were 600 members just before 9/11. we probably killed at least 400. we've been after them ever since. they have not been able to replace the tall spent -- the talent and leadership they had originally. they would like to do us damage, but they haven't carried out an effective strike since 2005. >> let's flip that around. the fbi is warning that the death will inspire home grown extremists here in the united states in the near term. is this one of those tipping point moments for them? >> no. having been in the government and having worked on the issue of threat warnings, if you warn that the worst could happen and see i told you. but if you warn and not

a wikileaks document indicates that the u.s. had a warning three years ago about how japan would respond to a major disaster. the one factor that led the u.s. ambassadors to japan to write washington about his concerns. >>> also why bay area fire crews say the next couple of months will be really tough on them and from bay area property owners. >>> welcome back. this morning the house homeland security committee will hold a hearing about security on trains and buses. ktvu's allison burns reports from our washington d.c. newsroom. there's new urgency that the killing of osama bin laden will lead to retaliation. allison. >> reporter: that's right. the head of the transportation security administration has said that terrorists consider mass transit an easier target than more heavily fortified airplanes and airports. this week bomb sniffing dogs and extra police are on alert for any signs of retaliatory attacks after the death of bin laden. and this morning the house homeland security committee examines whether passengers are protec

assessments of european politics when wikileaks published at classifies the -- published classified diplomatic cables on the web, showing top european politicians been ridiculed. it also became clear other continents were featuring more prominent on the u.s. radar. china is a key market for the west, not to mention it now seems to be the u.s.'s own personal banker. china owns almost $1 trillion of u.s. government bonds. >> the u.s.'s interests have turned to asia and latin america for the future. that means the u.s. will clearly have to invest more resources in building partnerships with states in these regions and will be sure to invest more with them because those countries are more important and europe has shown little support for u.s. policies. >> we still have a massive amount of investment in europe, and we will always have that for the foreseeable future. i think the question will be the united states will look east and west simultaneously, and it is not something that is an elimination game. we have to play both sides. we have to play in europe and asia, but we need both perr. >> europ

critics say the show didn't feature wikileaks in a positive light.bs since removed the false article from its website. >>> and this morning, the "new york times" is reporting the days of uninterrupted programming by pbs may be numbered. officials have notified member station that pbs plans to start placing corporate sponsor spots and some promotional messages in breaks during certain programs. >>> time now 6:21. new video of kindergarten teachers bravery. she shot the video herself of a mexican drug battle. >> a big royal visit in california. just released itinerary for william and kate. when they will come to the united states next month coming up. ,,,, the internet on a plane! are you from the future? um, no. cleveland. listen cleveland, your savings account is stuck in the past! earn more with interestplus savings at capitalone.com. that's new school banking baby! so instead of making peanuts, your savings will be earning three times the national average. oops. sorry. three times more? i'll have that! it is now safe to go online to capitalone.com.

first, i think we live in the wikileaks era. we have to realize these images will likely see the light of day anyway, despite attempts to control them. some pictures are already out from the actual site. reuters has bought photographs of the two bodies left behind that are quite gruesome and already on the internet. so the narrative is already starting to be shaped by the release of images that aren't in the u.s. government' control. i think there's also an assumption ultimately that whatever comes out publicly the u.s. government is behind. and so, you know, i think this is a real tough call. but i think that the idea that you don't want to incite people, you don't want to appear insensitive is a compelling argument at this moment. >> suarez: richard clarke, how do you think it was decided? >> well, i'm going to disagree little. i don't think this was a close call at all. if you ask yourself what problem are you solving by releasing these photos, then i think it answers itself. there's a certain group of people who will never g

the hacker said it was in retaliation for a documentary about wikileaks that aired on the pbs program front line last week. both the front line website and the newshour's were attacked. the executive producer of front line called it a disappointing and irresponsible act. >> brown: before we go, on this memorial day: here's an encore from poet wyatt prunty. we first ran his poem "the returning dead" in march of 2006. it was his response to the "newshour's" honor roll of service personnel killed in iraq and afghanistan. >> my name is wyatt prunty. i served in the navy in vietnam. i was a nearsighted gunnery officer and i don't think i hurt anyone. that was a difficult for many. difficult for some of us because while we disagreed with the war itself we believed we could not refuse to serve. years later i starteded this writers' conference. and i now live and write here in tennessee. my wife and i have watched the newshour since its beginning. which means we have had a good, long marriage. for three years we have studied the faces of soldiers from all regions and backgrounds in america. t

the whistle-blowing website wikileaks on wednesday released what are diplomatic cables sent to washington from the u.s. embassy in tokyo. one cable says a plan to relocate u.s. marines from okinawa to guam would involve spending $1 billion building an unnecessary road in the u.s. territory. another cable says in 2009 japan promised the u.s. that it would honor a 2006 accord to relocate the futenma air station to nago city in okinawa if no alternative site was found. defense minister toshimi kitazawa told reporters on friday it's regrettable that supposedly classified diplomatic documents have been unethically disclosed. >> translator: i believe okinawa prefecture will not regard the cables a threat to any agreement reached between japan and united states. >>> the u.s. president barack obama went to ground zero in new york on thursday to pay tribute to the thousands who died in the 9/11 attacks. his visit was somber and low key. it followed his very high-profile announcement earlier this week about the raid that killed osama bin laden, the mastermind behind september 11th. nhk world's miki

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wikileaks and the law. this is for you, bob. what the s mr.rd's opinion on prosecuting wicki leaks? and how will it affect you? >> well, the government can do what they always do, investigate and try to stop the disemination and -- of mounds of information. i think that they're entitled to that. but it's the journalist's job to protect our sources. and at least at this point they are not going after journalists or news organization that is are publishing this information. i think that's very wise. and if you think about it pull back and it's always very hard. i don't think wikileaks goes down in the history books like the pentagon papers goes down in the history books. >> what's the difference? >> the difference is in the pentagon papers, they were top secret documents that show that had the government had systemically lied about the vietnam war. and the supreme court in a landmark decision held that you cannot restrain the press, go to court. the government cannot go to court and say don't you dare publish that. we can publish what we want. a

i also would do wikileaks on fifa and release all the documents internally to the public just so we canet a full accounting of what is going on here at fifa because the feeling worldwide at this point is that this may not be a clean organization, and fifa seems to be a rereactive organization that teams engage on these things once new allegations come up. >> it's interesting because allegations of this nature have plagued the governing body for some time now. what do you think fifa needs to do? you just alluded to an independent inquiry but how likely do you think that will happen, that outcome will take place? >> i think it's highly unlikely, unfortunately, seth bladder appears he's in a position to win another four-year term, the election is june 1, and it doesn't seem to be in his interest at this point to initiate the full investigation that fifa needs to make the changes that it needs, the ones that the international olympic committee made after the salt lake city scandal earlier in the decade. >> there will be an inquiry by fifa itself into these allegations lord treason has made

assignment they will invite students to analyze some documents that have been made available through wikileaks. they're still classified documents. a student in rotc might jeopardize their future security clearance if they are required to examine one of those documents as a course requirement. >> reporter: but william perry is more concerned that the military be able to include in its ranks well-educated stanford students. >> they ought to be leaders, contributing to leaders in our military field as part of our country, as part of our democracy. >> reporter: professor bernstein, who was a cadet in the 1950s says true leadership is not the kind they teach in rotc. >> does leadership mean, element, column left, column right? shoulder your rifles. parade rest. if that's leadership it's not something we should be teaching. if it's leadership with critical judgment, they're not allowed to criticize the commander in chief. >> don't debate tactics or techniques with a leader. if you're asked to give input, give it. if not, don't. >> reporter: but for an antiwar group putting up posters on campus, urg

. >> reporter: according to files released on the wikileaks website, american diplomats were told that one of the key reasons that the u.s. failed to find osama bin laden earlier was that pakistan security services tipped him off whenever american troops were approaching. the white house, of course, did not tell the pakistanis about this raid on osama bin laden's compound until it was over and those black hawk helicopters were safely out of pakistani airspace. lesli. >> bruce, were those troops prepared to take bin laden alive? that's a question a lot of people are asking after getting a few mixed messages today. >> reporter: apparently they were according to the homeland security adviser but the president's key, key goal here was the safety of those american troops and allegedly osama bin laden either reached for a weapon or turned a weapon, had access to a weapon and that's when they opened fire. >> all right. bruce leshan reporting, thank you. derek mcginty continues our team coverage live from the pentagon and intelligent analysts say nobody could second guess what happened in this

wikileaks and the law from the u.s. asks, to you, bob, what is mr. woodward opinion of prosecuting wikileaks, and how will it affect you? >> what will the government, can do what they always do, investigate and try to stop the dissemination and mounds of information. i think they are entitled to that. but it's the journalist's job to protect our sources. and at least at this point they are not going after journalists or news organizations that are publishing this information. i think that's very wise. if you think about it, pull back, it's very hard, i don't think wikileaks goes down in history books like the pentagon papers goes down in the history books. >> what's the difference do you think? >> the difference is, the pentagon papers, they were top secret documents that showed that the government had systematically lied about the vietnam war, and the supreme court in a landmark decision held that you cannot restrain the press, go to court. government cannot go to court and say don't you dare publish that. we can publish what we want, and that is a

but a group complaining about a recent front line investigative news report about wikileaks on pbs didthe story claiming responsibility for the hack. >> why? >> they were upset. >>> sports. stirring. ballparks across the bo both the giants and a's part of ceremonies honoring the troops. you enjoy that. i am. [ male announcer ] fiber beyond recognition. fiber one. it was in my sister's neighborhood. i told you it was perfect for you guys. literally across the street from her sister. [ banker ] but someone else bought it before they could get their offer together. we really missed a great opportunity -- dodged a bullet there. [ banker ] so we talked to them about the wells fargo priority buyer preapproval. it lets people know that you are a serious buyer because you've been credit-approved. we got everything in order so that we can move on the next place we found. which was clear on the other side of town. [ male announcer ] wells fargo. with you when you're ready to move. >>> good evening. the giants opening a four-game set in st. louis today. the first time they've sustain cardinals si

. >> segÚn wikileaks dijo que el gobierno perdiÓ el control sobre los narcotraficantes. >> no es ciertoucha cooperaciÓn ciertamente. pero en el caso del embajador pascual, a quien respeto, ha tomado una decisiÓn que valoro y respeto, pero eso no mengua, debe fortalecer la situaciÓn que vivimos, la relaciÓn entre mÉxico y estados unidos. >> la mayorÍa de las encuestas indican que el pri podrÍa recuperar la presidencia en el 2012. el pan fracasÓ? >> no, en mÉxico hay democracia y la gente elige el partido que quiere. cuando fui candidato, tambiÉn dijeron que iba a ganar otro candidato. >> su esposa es una de las panistas mÁs populares. quÉ le recomendarÍa? >> ella ha sido muy firme en su decisiÓn de no participar. ciertamente es la mujer la persona polÍtica mÁs apreciada en el paÍs. yo a margarita la apoyarÉ siempre. ella ha decidido que no es lo responsable candidata cuando su esposo es presidente. no me quiero divorciar de margarita. >> el presidente felipe calderÓn, cuando regresemos reaparece el sueÑo de los estudiantes indocumentados. el dream act es sÓlo una estrategia para ganar el

probably try to use some of the techniques that they have just started to institute in the wake of wikileakscess to some of the classified material, making it tougher to say take classified material from one computer and then dump it onto an unclassified computer. and also, some of the new restrictions they've put in in terms of having more than one person handle certain material. so one person would not have, say, access to this. it would take two people to sort of pull it out, sort of adding layers of security if, indeed, you did not want this video to be released. >> fascinating. chris lawrence live in washington, thank you. >> you're welcome. >>> there is a fine line between openness and oversharing. and a couple of people on capitol hill may have crossed it. i'm talking about politicians. our political buzz next. [ male announcer ] to the seekers of things which are one of a kind. the authentic, the rare, the hard to define. to those always searching for what's pure and what's real from we who believe we know just how you feel. haagen-dazs. >> announcer: this past year alone there's bee

it's interesting. >> i mean, as far as i know no one has determined, for example, where the wikileaks bulk access came from, and crs, i'm sure, were they here on this panel, they would be very pleased to know how their reports are leaking out. they have taken serious depths to -- steps to try to prevent that. that is the leaking out not through authorized means. as far as i know they have not been successful in determining how that's happening. maybe steve, do you know any more about this? >> um, you know, as far as the people who market the reports, obviously, they have an inside source who is funneling them to the, to the vendor presumably for a profit. it's kind of sordid. i could tell you that in the late 1990 when the crs internal web site was still just getting off the ground, a colleague of mine discovered that the search engine for the web site was up secured. -- unsecured. and so if you type in nuclear under search, you get a list of all of the current crs reports that had the word nuclear which we promptly downloaded and, you know, had hours of delight from. [laughter] but t

now we have the reverse problem with wikileaks. we do not have -- we do not want to have some much information sharing so people have access to an amount of data to be compromised. host: north carolina, hi, pete. republican. caller: good morning. first of all, i would like to address your position. could you go more in depth about how you feel as former house speaker nancy pelosi's comments in regard to president bush's position when he was pursuing osama bin laden in 2005 or in the 2006 she stated it was too late and it would not do any good at the time. now, to catch osama bin laden or kill osama bin laden or whatever, and then when president obama pursued that, and it was a success, suddenly she was praising it as one of the greatest achievements in intelligence history. guest: i do not recall the former speaker ever saying that it was too late to go after osama bin laden. there was great his apartment after bora boa that we did not catch osama bin laden. it took us a long time to find him after that. i know the prior administra

hackers claimed responsibility say it is retalation for a front line documentary about wikileaks thatir. they posted log in station for two pbs internal sites. >> a man was kyachting down the mississippi river when someone stole all of his stuff. his weekend has takenie -- taken a turn. >> to navigate the mississippi river. >> it is everything i wanted. >> that take luck. >> i northern california native jeff peerson started on the way to new orleans . made it to st. cloud. >> someone stole his tent, and map and kyact. >> people need to pay it forward. >> they gave pearson a rig. >> bucket list you don't mess with. >> carolyn saw the sunday head line the day after her husband made a discovery. >> a red cross kyact is missing and we found it. >> the river doesn't connect with the mississippi. >> we figure someone probably dumped it off of the bridge. >> i have had it five months. >> this is his home for two and half monthings. >> tent and sleepping bag were in the front. >> they dumped the kyact and paddles and add to the adventure. >> he said it meant everything to him. it is a big par

this is why a lot of people are concerned about the amazon case for instance, and wikileaks where amazon took wikileaks off of their service and they were perfectly within their legal rights to do that, within their terms of service. absolutely nothing legally wrong with what they did, but you have a situation again where you have a private entity deciding that well maybe this person does have a first amendment right to say this is i don't want to wait for the case. this is too much trouble for me. i am going to dump them now. and if collectively your most private intermediaries -- make intermediaries to end up doing that with her controversial clients and we do have a problem. so again, it is subtle and one does not want to go too far in trying equal signs at all. but there is a continuum of issues and you know the other problem too is you know this is a globally interconnected network and so you have technical norms and legal norms that are set up and democracies that make sense within the context of a country that has very robust legal systems, very robust protections but if you take

you have to have wikileaks for oversight? [laughter] you know, that is a disaster. that is a disaster. and all of these claims made by the president, usurpations, congress has acquiesced. and we now live, basically, in a situation where all our liberties are dependent upon an indulgent president. the legal architecture of tyranny is already there, even though, it's true, obama hasn't asserted it to the maximum. you know, just like when ham rabbi announced his code unilaterally. well, you know, he could take it back or not, but he was benevolent, so people didn't protest at the time. but that's not what the united states was made for. we the people, the three most important words in the united states constitution, we the people are sovereign. the power belongs to us. we decide. what the government can do and what not. and now it's the other way around, the government decides everything. and we the people, generally speaking, are very indifferent and lethargic with regard to defending our rights. and the whole nature as edward r. murrow pointed out, if you have a peop