correspondent marine important talking to us about aaron swartz thanks so much. i want to turn now to a developing story out of africa a shadow war once again pitting western troops against islamic radicals it's happening in the northern city of kona in mali a landlocked country where the western part of in the western part of africa now last week insurgents took control of the region and soon after french forces got involved it was apparently not enough that rebel forces are making advances despite french airstrikes but the french military action prompted an islam as leader to say that france had quote opened the gates of hell for all of its citizens now today the associated press reported that the u.s. has offered drones to help in the fight and i want to bring in me a quite a founder of the democracy and conflict resurgence is here to help us understand more about this region and about the conflict unfolding there hey there any thanks for coming on the show and give us a little perspective here i mean from what i understand shortly after the death of colonel m

we urge you to go to the phone right now as we honor the life of aaron swartz aaron swartz, a computer program, social justice activist, rider, who died at the age of 26 on friday. he committed suicide in his brooklyn apartment. brooklyn apartment.

described as an internet prodigy and data crusader aaron swartz co-founder of reddit is dead at twenty six years old family friends and the online community are mourning his apparent suicide coming up a look back at his life his appearances on r.t. and the federal charges he blamed for his. we've all heard of the wars in iraq and afghanistan and the covert missions the u.s. is undertaking in yemen pakistan and libya well we're going to take a look at the new a shadow war in mali western forces have been pitted against islamic rebels. and is it possible for a television news network to separate real journalism from reality shows and entertainment is it bad for business or the new reality will have some answers for you next. it's monday january fourteenth eight pm in washington d.c. i'm christine and you're watching our t.v. well we want to begin today by taking a few moments to honor and remember aaron swartz who was found dead in his new york apartment on friday night apparently from suicide here's a look back at his life. even at age fourteen programmer aaron swartz was described as a

we urge you to go to the phone right now as we honor the life of aaron swartz aaron swartz, a computer program, social justice activist, rider, who died at the age of 26 on friday. he committed

described as an internet product prodigy and data crusader aaron swartz co-founder of reddit is dead just twenty six years old family friends and the online community are mourning his apparent suicide coming up a look back at his life his appearances here on r t and the federal charges many blame for his death. we've all heard of the wars in iraq and afghanistan and the covert missions the u.s. is undertaking in yemen pakistan and libya well like a look now at the new a shadow war in mali a western forces have been pitted against islamic rebels. and is it possible for a television news network to separate real journalism from reality shows and entertainment is it bad for business or the new reality we'll have some answers coming up next. is monday january fourteenth five pm in washington d.c. i'm christine you're watching. i want to begin today by taking a few moments to honor and remember aaron swartz who was found dead in his apartment in new york on friday night apparently from a suicide here's a quick look back at his life. even as a young man programmer aaron swartz was describe

swartz we have decided to disclose disclose the following facts one aaron swartz assisted wiki leaks to aaron swartz was in communication with julian assange on including during two thousand and ten and two thousand and eleven three we have strong reasons to believe but cannot prove that aaron swartz it was a wiki leaks sort of source hash tag aaron swartz so far with the leaks is not saying more than that other than to confirm if those tweets were indeed authentic now is a strange development in this case especially since wiki leaks doesn't usually reveal anything about sources or potential sources the information is prompting questions about the extremely aggressive pursuit of sorts by the u.s. attorney's office the u.s. secret service also involved in this investigation and we imagine much more will be revealed about iran's role and relationship with wiki leaks in the coming days. want to stay on the topic of aaron swartz for a little longer and also to talk a little more broadly about the cause near and dear to his heart internet freedom producer andrew blake is here to talk more

laurence lessig from the harvard law school, talking about aaron swartz. that dvd today, including aaron's speech that he gave last year in the freedom to connect conference in washington, d.c., we are offering both for a contribution of $100, if you call. julian assange's the book, "cypherpunks." they are yours for a contribution of $150. the book is $75. we urge you to call. we certainly switched gears to day with today's show what we heard about the death of aaron swartz. he committed suicide in his brooklyn apartment on friday. the young pioneering computer programmer, cyber social justice activist aaron swartz. at the age of 14 he helped to develop rss, really simple syndication, revolution mazing how people use the internet. by the time he was 19 he co- founded redditt, one of the internet's most popular sites. he is now dead at the age of 26, killing himself just weeks before the start of a controversial trial, his own, facing up to 35 years in prison for downloading millions of academic articles at mit. his parents a decision made by prosecutors an

swartz we have decided to disclose disclose the following facts number one aaron swartz assisted wiki leaks and were to aaron swartz was in communication with co-founder julian a son during two thousand and ten and two thousand and eleven and number three we have a strong reason to believe but cannot prove that aaron swartz was a wiki leaks source. hashtags aaron swartz now so far where he lives is not saying more than that other than to confirm that those tweets were indeed authentic this is a strange development in this case especially since wiki leaks almost never reveals anything about sources or potential sources the information is prompting questions about the extremely aggressive pursuit of sorts of by the u.s. attorney's office the u.s. secret service and was involved in the investigation and we do imagine a much more will be revealed about aaron's role and relationship with wiki leaks in the coming days so i want to stay on this topic of aaron swartz for a little longer and talk more one more broadly about the cause it near and dear to his heart internet freedom to discuss i

. >> the words of the late internet visionary aaron swartz. outrageous growing of the justice department's prosecution of the 26-year-old who committed suicide last week. just weeks before he was to go on trial for downloading millions of academic articles as the chief crop executors defense her actions, we speak to aaron swartz's girlfriend, taren stinebrickner-kauffman and computer security consultant alex stamos who would have been the chief expert witness for the defense. then, tavis smiley on poverty. >> when people have no hope for the future, they have no power in the present, something must be done to save this democracy by doing something about this growing gap between the have got and the have-nots, the rich and the rest of us. we will keep pushing the president and talking about this issue. >> as president obama prepares for his second inauguration, broadcaster tavis smiley calls on the white house to prioritize the fight against poverty in obama's second term rid of that and more coming up. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.or

as rouge of constitutional rights and the genius of aaron swartz was that he realized that all those activist rights activists environmental activists they all channel back to the copyright and the copyright monopoly that's being controlled by m.p.'s kristie and that the copyright issue is the linchpin issue of all activist issues as we've been saying for many years i myself have been an activist in this space as well and but getting back to gun rights i mean i don't understand the n.r.a. the national rifle association they're obviously the pocket of gun sellers they're not in the interest of the people of america because they passed a threshold of tyranny a half a dozen to a dozen times already they're just simply sucking the money out of these poor people they're treating american people like like like horses the n.r.a. is pathetic however in today's world i really think you you will not have the sympathy of the rest of the world if the palestinians fight back people call them terrorists if the egyptian people in cairo ever fall back if they ever used a weapon america was so ready

as rouge of constitutional rights and the genius of aaron swartz was that he realized that all those activist rights activists environmental activists they all channel back to the copyright and the copyright monopoly that's being controlled by m.p.'s christo and that the copyright issue is the linchpin issue of all activist issues as we've been saying for many years i myself have been an activist in this space as well and but getting back to gun rights i mean i don't understand the n.r.a. the national rifle association they're obviously the pocket of gun sellers they're not in the interest of the people of america because they passed a threshold of tyranny a half a dozen to a dozen times already there are just simply sucking the money out of these poor people they're treating the american people like like like horses the n.r.a. is pathetic however in today's world i really think you you will not have the sympathy of the rest of the world if the palestinians fight back people call them terrorists if the egyptian people in cairo ever fall back if they ever used a weapon america was so

to call aaron swartz gifted would be to miss the point as far as the internet was concerned he was the gift i remember that is the act that he did he got he ended sopa and they're already trying to come out us again with this new internationally u.n. one but he stopped sopa from happening and we could still do it one individual can stop tyranny and of course they can but and then got them down as they pop up in the society decides to brace. said in the documents in the human rights and the rights of men and the enlightenment of going back to the medieval neal feudalism and be a serf. that's all right thank you harbor thank you thank you max say for the second half we've got alex jones. mission and free credit take should be free. for charges free to make amends three. three stooges free. the old free broadcast clothing video for your media project a free media dog hearty dot com. science technology innovation all the latest developments from around russia we've got the future of coverage. welcome back to the kaiser report i'm max keiser time now to go to austin texas to talk with alex

yes such as aaron swartz for thirty forty fifty years some internet activists are facing one hundred and something years in prison and to me that seems like what you used to see with gulags it's an extreme punishment for what are the brightest people in the world sometimes you see these really really really brilliant nine hundred twenty year olds twenty one year olds and ok they make a mistake maybe they do a minor offense maybe they should be punished a little bit for hacking into some computer system like stratford but should they face one hundred twenty five years in prison. well you know i'm enjoying my answer petition of the second amendment sure ok it's there supposedly to give americans a option to violently insurrection against tearing that's what a gun does a gun is not there to pick their nose a gun is supposed to be there as an instrument to fight terror any the threshold over which the us government has passed in terms of tyranny has been passed they passed it when they govern a.b.s. corpus they passed it when they went through at the end the way they passed it when they

and they're locking up activists such as aaron swartz for thirty forty fifty years some internet activists are facing one hundred and something years in prison and to me that seems like what you used to see with gulags it's an extreme punishment for what are the brightest people in the world sometimes you see these really really really brilliant one nine hundred twenty year olds twenty one year olds and ok they make a mistake maybe they do a minor offense maybe they should be punished a little bit for hacking into some computer system like stratford but should they face one hundred twenty five years in prison. well you know i'm enjoying my interpretation of the second amendment sure ok it's there supposedly to give americans a option to violently insurrection against tearing that's what a gun does a gun is not there to pick their nose a gun is supposed to be there as an instrument to fight terror any the threshold over which the us government has passed in terms of tyranny has been passed they passed it when they got rid of us corpus they passed it when they went through at the end they pa

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it's a rouge of constitutional rights and the genius of aaron swartz was that he realized that all those activist rights activists environmental activists they all channeled back to the copyright and the copyright monopoly that's being controlled by m.p.'s christo and that the copyright issue was the linchpin issue of all activists issues as we've been saying for many years i myself have been an activist in this space as well and but getting back to gun rights i mean i don't understand the n.r.a. the national rifle association they're obviously the pocket of gun sellers they're not in the interest of the people of america because they've passed a threshold of tyranny a half a dozen to a dozen times already they're just simply sucking the money out of these poor people they're treating american people like mike who are sometimes the n.r.a. is pathetic however in today's world i really think you you will not have the sympathy of the rest of the world if the palestinians fight back people call them terrorists if the egyptian people in cairo ever fall back if they ever used a weapon america

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it's a rouge of constitutional rights and the genius of aaron swartz was that he realized that all those activist rights activists environmental activists they all channeled back to the copyright and the copyright monopoly that's being controlled by m.p.a. and crist and that the copyright issue was the linchpin issue of all activist issues as we've been saying for many years i myself have been an activist in this space as well and but getting back to gun rights i mean i don't understand the n.r.a. the national rifle association they're obviously the pocket of gun sellers they're not in the interest of the people of america because they've passed a threshold of tyranny a half a dozen to a dozen times already they're just simply sucking the money out of these poor people they're treating american people like like mike who are sometimes the n.r.a. is pathetic however in today's world i really think you you will not have the sympathy of the rest of the world if the palestinians fight back people call them terrorists if the egyptian people in cairo ever fall back if they ever used a weapon am

and not to do it and aaron swartz his honor. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture. the emission free accreditation free in-store charges free the arrangement free. three stooges free. download free blog plug in video for your media projects and free media. dot com in. her deadly rivals some decades. it's good fifteen thousand people killing each other in their country there would be jumping still mediators to get. self-imposed out costs from society i will cut myself the mughal attack my brother understand my. immediate. going to. the costs of my anger and my frustration. the traitor well into the.

just over a week after aaron swartz took his own life the whistle blowing web site wiki leaks reveals it had ties to the computer prodigy was this part of the reason for swartz's harsh prosecution we'll discuss we will close the guantanamo bay detention camp to determine how to deal with those who've been killed there it was one of the strongest pledges candidate obama made before his first term and four years to the day after making that promise again as president i want on him obey detention facility remains open why is why this facility remains open with a former gitmo official. web exclusive web producer andrew glegg travels all the way to new zealand to catch up with mega upload creator kim dot com his newest internet adventures and the latest on his extradition case coming up. good evening it's tuesday january twenty second eight pm in washington d.c. my name is christine you're watching our t.v. . i do want to start with the news out of texas this evening several hours ago shots rang out on the campus of lone star college in houston now reports indicate that the shooting occurr

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with no way out for family aaron swartz points the finger at u.s. prosecutors driving the activist son to suicide. and thousands of kilometers of underground tunnels leave the pentagon in a cold sweat with the u.s. what itself the right to a preemptive nuclear strike on china's atomic arsenal. international news and comment online on the screen around the world this is. britain has sent one of its cargo warplanes to mali to back the french led military campaign against islamist rebels there london says there's more help to follow with the u.s. and canada also pledging assistance the french military has been involved in combat action in the west african nation since friday in a conflict some see is blowback from the recent interventions in the region with more now from in london. well britain and the u.s. are reportedly providing help with transport and communications in the just texted that means that they're providing transport and planes to help carry troops however we've also heard the u.s. is providing some very limits drones in order to track t

hundreds of friends and supporters of internet freedom activists aaron swartz gathered for his memorial with his family maintaining the computer prodigy was driven to suicide by prosecutors and a looming trial against him. and of pakistan agrees to dissolve parliament in the face of protest over corruption allegations in the capital r.t. talks to the man behind the antigovernment outdoor. it's six pm here in moscow three pm in algiers you're watching r t with me and isa now way our top story algerian media is reporting that the number of hostages who died in the gas plant has risen to twenty five and that's expected to increase several foreign civilians were among those killed when algerian forces stormed the site taken by islamic militants in revenge for the french intervention in neighboring mali there are increasing fears the military campaign could backfire on paris well some analysts say there is more to it than meets the eye as polly boy now reports. we don't always but it's terrorism was about to overwhelm the friendly country the terrorism that threatens not just all of west afr

between internet freedom activist aaron swartz and wiki leaks his suicide under pressure from a massive criminal case has continued investigation by u.s. secret services. around the world online on screen live from our new center here in moscow this is twenty four hours a day britain has been promised a referendum on ditching the e.u. although it's subject to prime minister david cameron's political fortunes in the next election delivering his long awaited speech the prime minister to win a special deal for the u.k. from brussels blasting the block for diversity and disagreement. in london. did pledge to hold a referendum on whether britain should be able to leave the e.u. if the conservatives win the next general election in twenty fifteen and then he went on to warn that it was likely that britain could head for the exit if he was unable to renegotiate britain's terms of membership with brussels what it effectively he wants is that brussels hands more power back to westminster so the u.k. has more control over its own policies particularly economic ones he said that countries will be

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the us dropped charges against online freedom activists aaron swartz who committed suicide last week while there are mounting claims that prosecutors played a part in his death. israelis head to the polls this coming tuesday with prime minister benjamin netanyahu finding his support windowing among the more radical voters. in the russian capital you're watching r t was marina joshie today we take a look at the top stories of the week as well as the latest news now the hostage crisis in algeria has ended with twenty three captives and thirty two militants confirmed dead following a four day military operation a total of six hundred eighty five people including one hundred seven foreigners were freed from a gas plant and the sahara desert with seven more civilians killed during the final rate the libyan militant group behind the initial attack claimed their avenging french intervention in neighboring mali probably boyko reports from paris. what we have heard in the reports flying about that a number of the civilian hostages were executed by the islamic militants that were holding them

drops charges against online freedom activists aaron swartz who committed suicide last week meanwhile there are mounting claims that prosecutors played a part in his death. and israelis head to the polls this to this coming tuesday with prime minister benjamin netanyahu finding his support dwindling among more radical voters. three pm here in moscow you're watching our t.v. live with me and he said now way a look back at the week's top stories and the latest from around the world we begin in algeria where three british citizens have been confirmed dead following a four day hostage rescue operation at least twenty three captives and all thirty two militants involved were killed in the standoff at a gas plant and the number of victims is expected to rise the libyan militant group behind the attack claimed they were avenging french intervention in neighboring mali as archie's polly boycott reports many see france's military campaign in west africa as a hunt for natural resources. we don't always but it's terrorism was about to overwhelm this friendly country the terrorism that threatens

hundreds of friends and supporters of internet freedom activist aaron swartz gathered for his memorial with his family maintaining the computer prodigy was driven to suicide by prosecutors trial against him. and as a pakistan agrees to dissolve parliament in the face of protests over corruption allegations in the capital r.t. talks to the man behind the anti-government uproar. live from our studios in moscow this is r.t.m. sean thomas glad to have you with us. the algerian military has reportedly taken five islamic terrorists alive in the aftermath of the gas facility hostage sees within the clear up operation is still ongoing the civilian death toll is expected to rise as more bodies are discovered several foreign civilians were among dozens killed when a jury in forces stormed the site taken by militants in revenge for the french intervention in neighboring mali and there are increasing claims that they did out of self-interest. to reports. we don't always but it's terrorism was about to overwhelm the friendly country the terrorism that threatens not just all of west africa but also

hundreds of friends and supporters of internet freedom activist aaron swartz gathered for his memorial with his family maintaining the computer prodigy was driven to suicide by prosecutors and a looming trial against him. and as pakistan agrees to dissolve parliament in the face of protest over corruption allegations in the capital r.t. talks to the man behind the anti-government uproar. oh my from moscow where it's seven pm you're watching r t with me and you so now it's good to have you with us straight to our top story this hour and algeria is media is reporting that a number of hostages who died in the gas plant siege has risen to twenty five now it's expected to increase several foreign civilians were among those killed when algerian forces stormed the site taken by islamic militants in revenge for the french intervention in neighboring mali there are increasing fears though that the military campaign could backfire on paris well some analysts say there is more to it than meets the eye as probably boycott now reports. we don't always but it's terrorism was about to overwhelm the f

dropped charges against online freedom activist aaron swartz who committed suicide last week meanwhile there are mounting claims that prosecutors played a part is down. the. israelis head to the polls this coming tuesday with prime minister benjamin netanyahu finding his support dwindling among the war of radical voters. ten am in the russian capital you're watching r t was me marina joshie the hostage crisis in algeria has ended with twenty three captives and thirty two militants confirmed dead following a four day military operation a total of six hundred eighty five people including one hundred seven foreigners were freed from a gas plant in the sahara desert with seven more civilians killed during the final rate the libyan militant group behind initial attack claimed their avenging french intervention in neighboring mali artie's bully boy who reports from paris. what we have heard and the reports flying about that a number of the civilian hostages were executed by the islamic militants that were holding them hostage at the gas plant it's a very remote area where the gas plant is lo

drops charges against online freedom activist aaron swartz who committed suicide last week meanwhile there are mounting claims that prosecutors played a part in his death. and israelis head to the polls this coming tuesday with prime minister benjamin netanyahu finding is a poor dwindling of on more radical voters. this r.t. coming to you live from moscow with me marina joshie now the hostage crisis in algeria has an it with twenty three captives and thirty two militants confirmed dead following a four day military operation a total of six hundred eighty five people including one hundred seven foreigners were freed from the gas plant in the sahara desert with seven more civilians killed during the final rate the libyan militant group behind the initial attack claimed they were avenging french intervention in neighboring mali artie's playboy go reports from paris. what we have heard in the reports flying about that a number of the civilian hostages were executed by the islamic militants that were holding them hostage at the gas plant it's a very remote area where the gas plant is loca

hundreds of friends and supporters of internet freedom activist aaron swartz gathered for his memorial with his family maintaining the computer prodigy was driven to suicide by prosecutors and a looming trial against him. and as pakistan agrees to dissolve parliament and face a protest over corruption allegations in the capital archie talks to the man behind the anti-government uproar. it's five pm in moscow this is coming to live with me and he said no way we have the weekly for you this sunday and our top story algerian media is reporting that the number of hostages who died in the gas plant has risen to twenty five several foreign severely its civilians were among those killed when algerian forces stormed the site taken by islamist militants in revenge for the french intervention in neighboring mali and there are increasing fears the military campaign could backfire on paris well some analysts say there is more to it than the i meet than meets the eye as probably boyda now reports. we don't always but it's terrorism was about to overwhelm the friendly country the terrorism that thre

they would get less than what aaron swartz because of multiple counts. i had previewed him on the online show before. he was a decent guy who wanted to do right. he made money off of reddit and he wanted to use it for good purpose. this was my interview with him. >> speaking of printing money did that work out for you? >> it worked out now my job is to make sure that it trickles down to other people. i feel like i got a lucky break. right now there are millions of people who have not been so fortunate. >> cenk: how old are you, aaron. >> i'm 23. >> cenk: he was 6 when he took his own life because our government just had to get him on this so important charge. let's bring in carl fogel he's in chicago and works on open source projects. carl, talk to me about this case why is it so serious that he face 50 years in prison? >> i was glad to hear your outrage in your introduction. for the government why is this serious? the government is made of legislators who right now largely answer to the copyright monopoly lobby which is very powerful, they run hollywood

friends and supporters commemorate internet freedom activist aaron swartz that his family maintains the computer prodigy was driven to suicide by overzealous prosecutors and a possible thirty year jail sentence of. pakistan agrees to dissolve parliament in a deal to end an unprecedented anti-government sit in protest in the capital or to talk to the man leading the demonstration. watching artie's with unusual view with me. in the aftermath of the algerian gas facility hostage crisis the military has reportedly captured five islamic terrorists alive security officials now say up to forty eight hostages have been killed in the siege those behind the attack came it was triggered by the french intervention in mali however many analysts believe france is only geopolitical ambitions are what pushed it to intervene to reports now. we don't always but it's terrorism was about to overwhelm the friendly country the terrorism that threatens not just all of west africa but also the entire world. he's vowed that france won't stop its intervention in mali until islamic extremism in the country is sta

hundreds of friends and supporters of internet freedom activist aaron swartz gathered for his memorial with his family maintaining the computer prodigy was driven to suicide by prosecutors and the looming trial against him. and pakistan agrees to dissolve parliament in the face of protest over corruption in the capital. from our studios in moscow you're watching r t with me and use in our way our top story algeria due to release the final number of hostages killed in the terrorist siege on a remote gas plant with the figure expected to rise above twenty three a number of foreign civilians were among those killed when algerian forces stormed the site seized by islamic militants in revenge for the french intervention in neighboring mali and there are increasing fears the military campaign could backfire on paris well some say analysts while some analysts i should say say there's more than meets the eye as polly boyd now reports. but there will be studied terrorism was about to overwhelm the friendly country the terrorism that threatens not just all of west africa but also the entire worl

well in the case of aaron swartz r.t. spoke exclusively to internet entrepreneur kim dot com now fighting extradition to the u.s. over piracy charges the founder of the mega upload a mega services and a backer of internet freedom told us the chase for swartz was nothing but politics aaron swartz i mean he stopped sopa with his efforts he stopped soap and he became a target a political target ok and that's why all these things happened to him there is no reasonable. cause behind it going after a young like that in the fashion that it's political and that's a full interview with kim dotcom is coming up here on r t this coming friday well that's it for me the news team for the moment will be back with more for in about thirty five minutes from now meantime abby martin is breaking the sense they were that this is a. good leverage or. was able to build on its most sophisticated which on fortunately doesn't give a darn about anything tunes mission to teach creation why it should care about humans and. this is why you should wat

swartz. ok i'm sorry thank you you know it's not just this family who is saying that that that the department of justice in the massachusetts attorney general's office had a role in this tim berners lee who actually invented the world wide web as we know it he was here today and was championing for the community there and so much was a part of and loved to to to make changes so that this doesn't happen any longer erin partner tara. just after ten o'clock this morning and she was saying that in aaron's final days he seemed. almost like he couldn't fight anymore she said he just seemed tired and asked how long is this going to go on for it wasn't just his family but it was people close to him his peers and his colleagues in the circle of information activists and online communities who really feel at least for from the testimonies that i've heard from people that you know this wasn't just a list of selfish suicide but this was someone who simply couldn't take the weight of the federal governmen

hundreds of friends and supporters of internet freedom activist aaron swartz gathered for his memorial with his family maintaining the computer prodigy was driven to suicide by prosecutors and a looming trial against him. and as pakistan agrees to dissolve parliament in the face of protests over corruption allegations in the capital. talks to the man behind government uproar. and recapping the week's top stories and bring you today's top news this is r t what have you with us. the algerian military has reportedly taken five islamic terrorists alive in the aftermath of the gas facility hostage siege with the clear up operation still ongoing the civilian death toll is expected to rise as more bodies are discovered several foreign civilians were among the dozens killed when algerian forces stormed the site taken by militants in revenge for the french intervention in neighboring mali and there are increasing claims that paris invaded out of self interest as a public boyko reports. but there will be studied terrorism was about to overwhelm this friendly country the terrorism that threatens

swartz. ok i'm sorry thank you you know it's not just this family who is saying that that that the department of justice in the massachusetts attorney general's office had a role in this kim brunner's leader who actually invented the world wide web as we know it he was here today and was championing for the community there and so much was a part of in love to to to make changes so that this doesn't happen any longer erin's partner tara. just after ten o'clock this morning and she was saying that in aaron's final days he seemed. almost like he couldn't fight anymore she said he just seemed tired and asked how long is this going to go on for it wasn't just his family but it was people close to him his peers and his colleagues in the circle of information activists and online communities who were really feel at least for from the testimonies that i've heard from people that you know this wasn't just a list of selfish suicide but this was someone who simply couldn't take the weight of the federal

attorney general's office wanted to make an example out of aaron swartz and sort of say you know this is what's going to happen this is the precedent and that's the problem here it was so many of these internet cases is there isn't precedent so far i want to get your take that trevor i mean what else needs to be done with this specific act of computer fraud and abuse act what else needs to change in it before you know people can feel comfortable about the future of internet freedom. well unfortunately i think there needs to be a kind of a. not necessarily looking at specifics in the law but looking at information that the general public gets about so-called hackers and. how we approach them in society you know right now in congress there's going to be coming up there's going to be a big cybersecurity debate again and we're going to hear all of this scaremongering about cyber crime and cyber armageddon everything. yet. here we see on the other side. can do a lot of good and was a great activist that fought against so he created the original r.s.s. to help with creative commons and this

now chicago has been paying full goodbyes to aaron swartz as people they gathered to mourn the internet boy wonder how swartz took his own life last week after a federal charges against him snowballed threatening him with thirty five years behind bars and a million dollars worth of fines just in multan an i.t. expert who was well aware of schwartz's online activities thinks the potential punishment never fitted the crimes committed. when everything was said and done nothing in the area downloaded was ever distributed and they did not pursue any charges against him i think that should have told the prosecuting attorney something you're looking at a crime that essentially amounts to downloading p.d.'s to a hard drive. no person was harmed. there was no financial benefit murder received less punishment i mean i can't even imagine how scary and terrible that must be to have your government hell bent on putting you in a cage for thirty years for downloading some p.d.f. so if you're a depressed person that amounts to a death sentence. we can go to our website on dot com to him or from those w

and the death of computer prodigy aaron swartz has put a spotlight on a number of internet related issues today will look into the role the prosecution played in swartz's death. and military suicides reached a record high in two thousand and twelve with one veteran taking their life every eighty minutes on average ahead we'll examine what the government is doing to protect the men and women who put their lives on the line to defend american values . it's thursday january seventeenth four pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz wahl and you're watching artsy well here at r.t. we've been on top of covering the various bills moving through congress aimed at regulating the internet the most notorious of which is sopa or the stop online privacy act backers of the bill said it was necessary to crack down on online piracy but now a new report says those trying to punish online pirates have been legally downloading music t.v. shows and movies on their congressional computers this is according to u.s. news and world one of their reports here's a sample of what they've been downloading. home in a way in

with no way out for family aaron swartz points the finger at overzealous u.s. prosecutors for driving their activist son to suicide. and thousands of kilometers of underground tunnels leave the pentagon in a cold sweat for the u.s. awarding itself the right to a preemptive nuclear strike on china's atomic arsenal. international news and comment on line on the screen around the world this is. britain has sent one of its cargo warplanes to mali to back the french led military campaign against islamist rebels there london says there's more help to follow with the u.s. and canada also pledging assistance the french military has been involved in combat action in the west african nation since friday in a conflict some say is blowback from the and i's recent interventions in the region more now from r.t. in london. well britain and the u.s. are reportedly providing help with transport and communications and logistics to that means that they're providing transport and planes to help carry troops however we've also heard the u.s. is providing some very limits drones in

justice department has dropped charges against internet freedom activist aaron swartz who committed suicide last week he faces decades behind bars over accusations he illegally downloaded academic documents for public use the department's decision came after the schwartz family said prosecutors were complicit in his death and tens of thousands of internet users expressed support for the claim our businesses here children in our reports. the crime downloading millions of academic papers in the public domain from a paid subscription database and the believe that they should be free. to essentially rocking out too many books in the library the punishment facing thirty years behind bars and a million dollar fine you're looking at a crime that essentially amounts to download a p.d.f. to a hard drive. no person was harmed. there was no financial benefit murder received less punishment the result twenty six year old web wizard aaron swartz takes his own life the idea that he was facing decades in jail is is just disgusting absolutely appalling and and now we've lost a tremendously valuable and tal

where the fires came from and said they wanted to put the fire on the internet anyway and aaron swartz just did a good job doing it this isn't the problem this case whenever it comes to internet freedom whenever it comes to copyright infringement then other senators other people in the house of representatives in the united states the same side there is no differences. there they are same side of hollywood they're actually fighting for hollywood and making the last of them carrying a very heavy legacy that will be difficult to phillis footsteps but there are a lot of people that fight for the same goals that were tried to. to go into what he was fighting for and i think there's a political movement that is fighting for a free internet is the strongest now watching on t.v. there's a shaky common belfast where dozens of police officers were injured in the latest spate of sectarian violence over the weekend and the unrest in the northern irish capital began when the catholic dominated local council voted to cut tail the flying of the british flag at city hall the move was fiercely opposed

aaron swartz. u.s. prosecutor driving the. british. criticism of. thousands of kilometers underground tunnels leaving the. u.s. awarding itself the right to a nuclear strike on china. it is just six pm now here in the russian capital you're watching with me live with global twenty four. for the family of america and information activist erin schwartz says that he may have been driven to suicide by the ferocious prosecution process against him aged twenty six the internet crusader faces decades in jail for downloading millions of academic papers with cheap believe should be available to everyone but. i reports the federal prosecution wants relentless. he was a computer prodigy an online activists co-founder of the social news website read it and he was also a frequent guest on our team but twenty six year old aaron swartz was also the target of a federal computer hacking case and the trial was scheduled to begin next month that beginning will never come because swartz committed suicide inside his seventh floor brooklyn apartment in this building behi

aaron swartz points the finger at overzealous u.s. prosecutors for driving their activist son to suicide. and thousands of kilometers of underground tunnels leave the pentagon in the cold sweat with us supporting itself the right to a preemptive nuclear strike on china's atomic arsenal. international news and comment online on the screen around the world this is. britain has sent one of its cargo warplanes to money to back the french led military campaign against islamist rebels there london says that more help is to follow with washington also pledging its assistance the french military has been involved in combat action in the west african nation since friday in trouble which some see is blowback from the recent interventions in the region more now from. london. well britain and the u.s. are reportedly providing help with transport and communications and logistics to that means that they're providing transport and planes to help carry troops however we've also heard the u.s. is providing some very limits drones in order to track the