they start with julian assange. is aboutt in fact getting published this trial is in large part about getting journalists. , thejames rosen of fox government looked at james rosen's phone records and did it with an affidavit that said he is a co-conspirator or later and a better of his source. we're talking -- >> james waller's and got information about north korea and the government -- james rosen got information about north korea and the government. they got a subpoena for his emails and apparently the attorney general eric colder approve the investigation. >> that is correct. the key way they got was that he is a co-conspirator of his stores. so you have here fox news which was ready to bury julian assange as a "co-conspirator" and now has one of their own hopefully, what other media will understand, there is a major attack on truth tellers come on journalists in this trial really encapsulates that. the sad part is there's a human being at the center of this. being that david coombs point out this is not a dump.

assange and he was making this big important film about julian assange and wiki leaks and he couldn't get the interview and maybe there was just that personal some personal issue that he had with julian but here's the position i take you have these people like bradley manning heroes julian assange heroes jeremy hammond who is the person who we who leaked the stratfor e-mails the ones on the private intelligence company and now you have edward snowden and in my view those are the people who are our heroes and are being subjected to incredible government repression our job when an oppressor attacks them really. it's to stand up for the people who are telling the truth and not to start getting into you know these cut these crazy kind of issues of motive it's like talking i mean that those kind of motive it's like talking about martin luther king and saying well you know he was accused of having affairs martin luther king that is not where i want to see people go right now it's not right to go there right now these people are our heroes they're under the gun each one of them look at where

my client in the center for constitutional rights client julian assange and wiki leaks are actually in some kind of cold conspiracy with bradley manning which is not true the second thing he does is it does a lot about motivation and it doesn't really address as much as i would like to see or should be done is the political motivation of both bradley manning and julian assange instead it talks about all of bradley manning's trials and tribulations his gender issues and all of those things not really focusing as much on what is his political motivation i was in court when bradley manning testified about his political motivation and it was incredible it was one of the most moving political . bateman's i've ever heard the film that's not fair to that with regard to julian assange of course it accuses it has all kinds of character negativities about julian assange it's not a fair film in that sense at all to either of them and i think about it when i think about what's going on now and now we have a new incredible whistleblower of course. edward snowden and i keep thinking that's really

my client in the center for constitutional rights client julian assange and wiki leaks are actually in some kind of coke conspiracy with bradley manning which is not true the second thing he does is it does a lot about motivation and it doesn't really address as much as i would like to see or should be done is the political motivation of both bradley manning and julian assange instead it talks about all of bradley manning's trials and tribulations his gender issues and all of those things not really focusing as much on what is his political motivation i was in court when bradley manning testified about his political motivation and it was incredible it was one of the most moving political . bateman's i've ever heard the film that's not fair to that with regard to julian assange of course it accuses it has all kinds of character negativities about julian assange it's not a fair film in that sense at all to either of them and i think about it when i think about what's going on now and now we have a new incredible whistleblower of course. edward snowden and i keep thinking that's really

assange of course it accuses it has all kinds of character negativities about julian assange it's not a fair film in that sense at all to either of them and i think about it when i think about what's going on now and now we have a new incredible whistleblower of course. edward snowden and i keep thinking that's really great it's important he's come out with his political motivations he's made a beautiful statement and are we going to see a film about him well you know what happened when he was a child and is this what's motivating him or is it is motivation complicated by that lee should we accept what people are saying about their motivation that they have political reasons reasons of wanting democracy and freedom for their or their reasons for exposing government criminality michael good point about james rosen coconspirator charge i mean it really is a slippery slope there and for this film to toe that line is disturbing to say the least or talk about the same filmmaker who made an around the smartest guys in the room i mean that film didn't shy away from controversy why do you thi

he is a lawyer for julian assange and wikileaks. julian assange has gotten political asylum by the ecuadoran government and remains holed up in the ecuadorean embassy in london because the british government threatens to arrest him if he steps foot outside. he just recently met with ecuador's foreign minister who went to the embassy to speak with him. michael ratner, what is the latest you have since wikileaks is aiding illegally edward snowden, according to wikileaks and julian assange, where edward snowden is right now? >> wikileaks has said they have given legal and diplomatic advice to edward snowden. they have also said that he left hong kong and that he was on his way on a safe route to ecuador. that is really all we know right now, that he has left hong kong and on a safe route to ecuador where he has applied for political asylum. and as you explained, they have given political asylum to julian assange already and i believe there is a song basis -- a strong basis for giving political asylum to edward snowden as well. >> we un

is the world of fame as a whistleblower julian assange case now as we know that julian assange is a wanted by sweden to answer questions regarding sexual assault of the hour which is always denied him twenty twelve we lost the case and then decided to ask for asylum from the ecuadorian embassy in london he was offered that asylum and he's been holed up in that ecuadorian embassy in london for over a year now recently he did try to speak to authorities again to see if they can let him out so he can leave the country but that has not yet a been successful now the case of julian assange. it is very much similar to the snowden one because of june our son to believe that once he's moved to sweden he will be extradited back to the us for charges of leaking those military and diplomatic cables that went literally all the media had them back so he's afraid that he may be charged he may be put on trial and what they're called or in the embassy or the door in government really said was that when the the offer to him the asylum was that he he could possibly fail and. he could possibly face an unfair

whistleblower edward snowden julian assange hero indeed many of you to describe julian assange. meanwhile there's been no breakthrough in talks about the fate of the genie and saundra we'll tell you what that means with a whistle blower on our website at. dot com. oh yeah they also we recently sat down with julian assange is to get his thoughts on his fellow whistleblower wasn't how the government is likely to respond to from now on and in case you missed that full interview you can still watch it by logging on to our website. good. blockaded by britain i am here today because i cannot be. a son our year of asylum in the united states the focus has shifted to two other whistle blower was a bradley manning's on trial and edward snowden says just revealed the scale of the n.s.a. spying program now which is then a judge again looks at how washington is fighting to keep a veil of secrecy while justifying its operations to the american people america is split on edward snowden traitor hero mixed in between but regardless of what anyone thinks about snowden his revelations have shed u

whistleblower edward snowden julian assange. indeed many to describe. the weeklies found a believes that there's already a sealed indictment of the united states gave the songs refuge at his mansion after he was released on bail in late two thousand and ten he thinks that washington's been looking to make an example out of the most prominent. mistress you know hasn't be as unseen a ray of sunshine in a year i mean most prisoners will see sunshine most days so he might as well be in a prison and he's also been there for a year and the you know unfortunately he sent this week. for some reason and proof if you. allege to have done something but you know if that materializes allegations materialize he would be very likely receive years imprisonment and bodies in effect. if you think there's no risk of actual action then there's very difficult to see why mr assad can't go to sweden i believe there is a real risk of extradition i think america wants to make an example of people like a stange as it is doing of other whistle blows that we know like bradley mann

assange in order to try to go after julian assigns. you radley mining campaign in support of the hounded whistle blowers with a few a list celebrities offering their support. for the full story who's taking part in it as well. and while you're online this hour check this out as well in the u.s. everything sells secrets from b. israeli military america unveiled every time he screwed one of its allies top secret facilities on a federal business opportunities website. on our web site also we told. you the secret laboratory kirby it was easy to believe the most sophisticated. doesn't do anything to him. mission to teach me. why you should. market. find out what's really happening to the global economy with. the global financial headlines kaiser reports. download. stream quality and enjoy favorites. if you're away. you can watch on t.v. any time anywhere. in the world. legal experts say that pakistan is now in a great position to negotiate and to u.s. drone strikes in tribal areas that's after the high court declared the operations of viola

the ecuadorian embassy is where julian assange is hiding out. if he steps foot outside of the building, he will be detained and handed over to the authorities in sweden. nearby, the world famous department store -- few shoppers or tourists are aware of the diplomatic standoff. residents are used to the constant police president. >> i have never seen him. apparently he was meant to be coming out of the building but he did not. there were lots of camera crews and police. >> every now and then, you get people for claiming his innocence and right to free speech. there is always a handful of people in those days. >> he worked in the area. unaware of the sexual assault allegations and why he is reluctant to leave. >> something suspicious about it. i cannot think he did what he is accused of doing. if he is innocent, he should probably come and face trial. the longer he is in there, the more guilty he looks. >> maybe that is the fear because sweden will send him straight to america. >> the governments of latin america -- >> how likely is it that he can

at the end of two thousand and eleven and been feeding them information about julian assange and wiki leaks information that's likely been very instrumental in the dear js more than three year long investigation in the wiki leaks attorney general eric holder in two thousand and ten and i condemn the action that we keep leaks has taken it puts at risk our national security we have an active ongoing criminal investigation with regard to this matter we are not in a position as yet to announce the result of that investigation but the investigation is is ongoing e-mails provided to wired by thordarson show the knocked over two thousand and eleven third arson reached out to his f.b.i. handlers about wiki leaks hard drives he had copied asking if they were interested in them a few days later the f.b.i. responds yes will want to copy the new stuff newly unsealed court documents show that around the same time the f.b.i. was obtaining search warrants to snoop through the e-mails of two wiki leaks paul interiors that warrant allowed federal prosecutors to uncover preserved copies of e-mails draf

well it's been one year since julian assange first walks up. doing embassy here in knightsbridge in london now the wiki leaks founder. then off to the u.k. supreme court refused to really pin his appeal against extradition to sweden where he's wanted for questioning over allegations by two women sexual offenses allegations which he denies between one year and any nearer in sight and does julian the son still is all being worth that we very rarely get a glimpse of what goes on behind and we've been able to speak to today in his son's himself to find out how you feeling when you're out. every day that we are principles we truly. considered this when i was in solitary confinement. prison here in london for about half an hour and my freedom of. course that is worth one must and of course. throw away your ability to act very important to keep your ability to act in various ways and i have kept my ability to a new organization preserves its ability to act. after the struggles but i'm very comfortable and happy with what we have a complete and i'm sur

do you agree with julian assange? jeff toobin, bob baer? @andersoncooper. >>> one of the most highly anticipated trials is getting under way in florida. hundreds of jurors in the george zimmerman trial are being chosen to decide if it was murder or self-defense. we'll have a live update from sanford, florida, next. >>> also ahead, what exactly happened during the santa monica shooting rampage that left five people dead on friday. we'll also hear from a woman forced at gunpoint by the shooter to drive the gunman to santa monica college. >> starts yelling at me to drive down the street. and basically just give him the directions, go right, go left, go straight until we got to a red light intersection, at which point he opened his door and started firing on the bus next to us, into the cars that were coming towards us. >>> in florida, jury selection has begun in the trial of george zimmerman, charged with second-degree murder in the death of 17-year-old trayvon martin back in 2012. as you remember, zimmerman was a neighborhood watch volunteer,

assange in order to try to go after julian assange. are you bradley i mean that's what a campaign in support of the how the whistleblower is asking with a list celebrities offering their support had to ask dot com right now to find out. i'd also line the invincible genetically modified crops by attack food giant monsanto is the most trying to explain how we've that was supposed to be destroyed back in two thousand and four has found its way to a field in oregon. minutes after being elected for his nonconsecutive term pakistan's prime minister. has called on the us to and its drone strikes in the country the high court declared these operations a blatant violation of pakistan's sovereignty and human rights also spoke to. whose allure of presenting drone victims against the us and he told us about some of the problems with that. president obama often says that it only kills a bullet and doesn't kill civilians but yet he feels to give names and identities of those who have been killed in the use of strikes in pakistan now according to ind

>> i think julian assange was an important figure for a certain moment of history. he played a key role in terms of building a site that allowed us to see the possibilities for leaking important information that the public needed to know. that having been said, i think we've moved past wikileaks now and that people are beginning to learn how to do it better. what's important is not that wikileaks stays front and center stage but that we learn to do this kind of thing better. >> rose: so both of you, in the end of this, who decides what secrets should be throughout? i mean, even if you want to expose some secrets, who makes the decision as to what is okay and is simply something that's more important than the national interest for the public to know or something that on the other hand could lead to loss of life or damage the national security interests of the country? who makes those decisions? >> well, that's what we're all fighting about now and the united states government says we must always make those decisions but the fact is that leaks over time have been an a

attorney for julian assange and wikileaks. what a pleasure to have you on "viewpoint." >> nice to be with you john. >> john: there are so many questions i want to ask and so little time. mr. assange came forward recently to say that mr. snowden is safe and healthy and he's reportedly hanging out in a travel lounge somewhere in russia. so what role is wikileaks and assange playing in the snowden case. >> i'm the lawyer for wikileaks and assange in the united states. publicly, they said they helped facilitate getting him out of hong kong. they've given him diplomatic advice. someone from wikileaks organization, their legal part apparently accompanied ed snowden. at this point, the last we heard about where he was was really from president putin that said he was in the transit lounge at the moscow airport. it is interesting what's gone on. mr. putin, president putin made a strong statement saying that his view, ed snowden has a human rights quality about what he's done. they would not send him to the united states. but that he pr

the ecuadorian embassy is where julian assange is hiding out. if he steps foot outside of the building, he will be detained and handed over to the authorities in sweden. nearby, the world famous department store -- few shoppers or tourists are aware of the diplomatic standoff. residents are used to the constant police president. >> i have never seen him. apparently he was meant to be coming out of the building but he did not. there were lots of camera crews and police. >> every now and then, you get people for claiming his innocence and right to free speech. there is always a handful of people in those days. >> he worked in the area. unaware of the sexual assault allegations and why he is reluctant to leave. >> something suspicious about it. i cannot think he did what he is accused of doing. if he is innocent, he should probably come and face trial. the longer he is in there, the more guilty he looks. >> maybe that is the fear because sweden will send him straight to america. >> the governments of latin america -- >> how likely is it that he can

do you agree with julian assange? jeff toobin, bob baer? @andersoncooper. >>> one of the most highly anticipated trials is getting under way in florida. jury selection began in the george zimmerman trial. hundreds of jurors in the george zimmerman trial are being chosen to decide if it was murder or self-defense. we'll have a live update from sanford, florida, next. >>> also ahead, what exactly happened during the santa monica shooting rampage that left five people dead on friday. we'll also hear from a woman forced at gunpoint by the shooter to drive the gunman to santa monica college. >> starts yelling at me to drive down the street. and basically just give him the directions, go right, go left, go straight until we got to a red light intersection, at which point he opened his door and started firing on the bus next to us, into the cars that were coming towards us. >>> in florida, jury selection has begun in the trial of george zimmerman, charged with second-degree murder in the death of 17-year-old trayvon martin back in 2012. as you rem

we don't know but julian assange does. it is monday, june 24th and this is "now." >>> i'm joy reed in for alex wagner. edward snowden is on the move. after being charged by the u.s. government with espionage, the former national security contractor fled hong kong yesterday for moscow with the help of international non-profit wikileaks. now snowden could be headed to cuba and then on to ecuador. the country where he has requested asylum. according to wikileaks founder julian assange, ecuador granted snowden a refugee document of passage. but reporters waiting for snowden on a flight this morning from moscow to havana were greeted by an empty sewed. snow seat. "the new york times" reports the chinese government made the final decision to allow snowed ton leave hong kong. the white house said in a statement that it was "disappointed that hong kong officials let snowden leave the country. this morning secretary of state john kerry, who has called snowed an traitor to his country, had some harsh words for snowden and the countr

assange in order to try to go after julian assigns. well you. support. these are the. moments away from the world. of the countries. representing. some of the problems with the. president obama often says that only kills moon doesn't kill civilians but he feels to give me an identity use of those who have been killed in the use of strikes in pakistan now according to independent sources more than three thousand people have been killed in. pakistan but not a single name has been given by a president obama or the cia which is occurring albeit strikes what we hear from news reports is just a few names of militant leaders who have been killed president most all sure that he is killing militants and he has not killed any civilian then he has to give the names and details of all those militants who he has killed because for the pakistani i would be happy you know assumes that if you have killed all those people who are creating all those are in my cities if you kill all these people who work here let you go probably for your lucian or floor

do you agree with julian assange? jeff toobin, bob baer? @andersoncooper. >>> one of the most highly anticipated trials is getting under way in florida. hundreds of jurors in the george zimmerman trial are being chosen to decide if it was murder or self-defense. we'll have a live update from sanford, florida, next. >>> also ahead, what exactly happened during the santa monica shooting rampage that left five people dead on friday. we'll also hear from a woman forced at gunpoint by the shooter to drive the gunman to santa monica college. >> starts yelling at me to drive down the street. and basically just give him the directions, go right, go left, go straight until we got to a red light intersection, at which point he opened his door and started firing on the bus next to us, into the cars that were coming towards us. >>> in florida, jury selection r clients trade and invest their own way. with scottrade's smart text, i can quickly understand my charts, and spend more time trading. their quick trade bar lets my account follow me online so i c

i have to defend julian assange. i don't have to defend bradley manning who violated his contract with the u.s. government and put a great many individuals at risk and he did disclose some things that were outrageous. >> jon: what is all that public support that put the campaign together? >> in the wake of the james rosen news, you have to accept assange's pointed and he made a point, he has an argument here. he is embedded co-conspirator in eric holder's mind, we have to look at any leak at all. we have to look at assange and glen greenwald on these issues. >> jon: what do you say to some of the celebrities out there in california with all kinds of support to bradley manning? >> i wouldn't call hollywood is supporting bradley manning. it's a combination of phil donahue and 9/11 truthers. you throw in a couple of "b" actors, it's the left wing kooks that are coming out in his defense. >> i will call myself left wing kook. on the wikileaks side, you don't want them deciding who is a news outlet. >> but stir sentence,

assange in order to try to go after julian assigns. you bradley manning that's what a campaign in support of a hounded whistle blowers with a list celebrities offering their support you can head to want to see which kind of getting involved. i'm. going to check this out as well in america everything even secret from the israeli military. group. secret facilities on a federal business opportunities website those details also what right now. legal experts say pakistan is now in a great position to try and negotiate an end to u.s. drone strikes in tribal areas softer the high court declared the operations a blatant violation of the country's sovereignty and human rights. he's a lawyer representing victims against the u.s. he highlighted some of the issues with the. president obama often says that it only kills a bullet and then doesn't kill civilians but he feels to give me an identity use of the wars who have been killed in the use of strikes in pakistan now according to independent sources more than three thousand people have been kille

what's interesting about that is of course julian assange has asylum from after door and he has it on the grounds are grounds recognised by the united states that whistleblowers are entitled to asylum under the refugee convention it's because the allegation is they're being persecuted because of political opinion so that i think he has a very good claim that claim would trump any extradition for him and any interference in that claim is really considered outside the bounds of a treaty that says that asylum and people apply for asylum or to be protected as i understand it the us government made his travel documents invalid present a difficulty for him to travel moving forward. i think it presents no difficulty at all apparently appledore has given him a travel document which allowed him to as i understand it at least leave if not leave hong kong perhaps get him to get into the transit lounge so he has a travel document of a sort i don't think i don't think that's what's going to be the issue here look at the united states at this point what's remarkable to me is it looks like this bumb

julian assange telling the world snowden is safe and healthy but the exact whereabouts of one secret he's not going to reveal wiki leaks did say that ecuador has given him refugee status. watch in a peer's desperate to corner a former intelligence agents criticizing the countries he passes through and demanding his immediate deportation. seven pm in moscow i matras are good to have you with us here on r t is we're following our late breaking end daylong developing story here on r t the search for edward snowden where is he where is he headed to next said to be in moscow but we've had reporters and reporters from around the world to camped out for him on the airplane and more but no sign of the whistleblower let's take a look at a map of where he was supposed to be and supposed to be headed says pows italy edward snowden was here in moscow and then he was supposed to board this error a float flight bound for a flight pattern going across the north atlantic down the east coast of the united states where potentially it could be intercepted or requested to land by u.s. officials so he co

live from moscow this is our team with me to bum would say we can be excited to julian assange says he will remain in the ecuadorian embassy in london even if the sex crime allegations against him are dropped if he is a being smashed in extradited to the united states especially since washington renewed his assault on whistle blowers were the army so far as reports on a son just struggles and there's not a year long confinement. well it's been one year. period knightsbridge in london now the wiki leaks founder. of the u.k. supreme court these two really put his appeal against extradition to sweden where he's wanted for questioning over allegations by two women sexual offenses allegations which he denies but it's been one year and any insight to live in this bill is that we very rarely get a glimpse of what goes on behind those we've been able to speak to innocence himself to find out how he's feeling one year old. boy every day that we leave our principles we truly. consider this when i was in solitary confinement one reason. for. my. full force of his words one must and of course. thr

well it's been one year since julian assange first walked out. of the ecuadorian embassy here in knightsbridge in london now the wiki leaks founder had sought asylum after the u.k. supreme court refused to really pin his appeal against extradition to sweden where he's wanted for questioning over allegations by two women a sexual offenses allegations which he denies it's been one year but is the end any nearer in sight and does julian a son still it's all been worth it when you very rarely get a glimpse exactly what goes on behind those we've been able to speak to today in his son's himself to find out how you feeling one year old. every day that we've rebuilt principles we truly. consider this when i was in solitary confinement. prison here in london for about half an hour. or so it is worth one mustn't of course. throw away your ability to act it's very important to keep your ability to act in various ways and i have kept my ability to act you know what i say. preserves its ability to act. to these struggles but i'm very comfortable and happy wi

indefinite term though we could leaks founder julian assange for months when the editor could dorrian embassy in london saying he's ready to remain day long even if the sex crime allegations against him dropped still fieri extradition to the u.s. . president obama is giving a milestone speech in berlin with his visit overshadowed by recent revelations about america's massive internet snooping on germany and other european targets. and a series of laws that an ammunition depo rocks a small town in central russia killing one person and injuring over forty more. liable from moscow this is r g with more international news and that assumes and reports we can leaks founder julian assange on chazan left the ecuadorian embassy in london in a year and says he's prepared to stay longer even if sex crimes allegations he's facing in sweden not dropped a front for his extradition to the united states where he has angered officials by publishing washington secret documents but details on the whistleblower of the year long confinement has artie's her for it. well it's been one year since julian a so

assange that wiki leaks. had helped give advice to legal and diplomatic and apparently would be leaks had paid for the plane fare and helped facilitate the asylum application i was as surprised as anyone else by that so that's as much as i know and when you look at the countries snowden has fled to in conjunction with the information is released about the u.s. spying on hong kong and russia i mean doesn't it just seem like it's all very well thought out plan very well executed and do you think that he has any more tricks up his sleeve moving forward you know i don't think we've seen obviously we haven't seen the end of it we have to see what happens and where it goes but what's most interesting so far is that both china and russia have refused to bow to u.s. pressure and ecuador apparently hasn't either and that's quite remarkable i mean the u.s. is the richest most powerful country in the world and they have put incredible rhetoric plus pressure on these countries and it again it shows the limits but it's al

whistleblower edward snowden julian assange. indeed many of you to describe. what we can xander believes there's already a sealed indictment for him in the u.s. state of virginia. refuge in his mansion after he was released on bail in late twenty's he thinks that washington's looking to make an example out of the most prominent. mr lynch you know hasn't be as unseen a ray of sunshine in a year i mean most prisoners will see sunshine most days so he might as well be in a prison and he's also been there for a year and the you know unfortunately he sent this week. for some reason and proof if you. allege to have done something but you know if that materializes allegations materialize he would be very likely receive a years imprisonment and believes in effect. if you think there's no risk of actually action then there's very difficult to see why mr science can't go to sweden i believe there is a real risk of extradition i think america wants to make an example of people like a songe as it is doing of other whistle blows that we know like bradley manning who's clea

indefinite term but if we could fix founder julian assange wants one year in the dorian embassy in london saying he's ready to remain there longer even if the sex crime allegations against him still fearing extradition to the u.s. . no woman welcomed president obama's visit to berlin is overshadowed by recent revelations about america's mess of internet snooping on germany and other european targets. and a series of blasts at an ammunition death toll roads a small town in central russia killing one person and injuring over fourteen more. live from moscow this is you with me tom would say it's good to have your company with us let's take a look at the news this hour we can leaks founder julian assange has and left the ecuadorian embassy in london in year and says he is prepared to stay longer even if sex crime allegations he's facing in sweden are dropped as lunch feels extradition to the united states where he has angered officials by publishing washington secret documents details on the whistleblower was a year long confinement he has are t.s.r. for. well it's been one year since julian

julian assange mentioned snowden's father. his attorney has written a letter to eric holder, the attorney general, saying that he believes that his son would be willing to come back to the united states if he would not be detained or imprisoned prior to trial, if he would not be subject to a gag order, if he would be tried in the venue of his choosing. do you think it would make sense to return under those circumstances? >> i actually don't. i have represented people like thomas drake who was an nsa whistleblower who went through every conceivable internal channel possible including his boss, the inspector general of his agency, the defense department inspector general and two congressional committees and the u.s. turned around and prosecuted him and did so for espionage. and tied him up for the rest of his life in jail. i think snowden's outlook is bleak here. instead of focusing on snowden and shooting the messenger, we should focus on the crimes of the nsa. whatever laws snowden may or may not have broken, they are ini i in

what's interesting about that is of course julian assange has asylum from after door and he has it on the grounds are grounds recognised by the united states that whistleblowers are entitled to asylum under the refugee convention it's a it's because it's the allegation that they're being persecuted because of political opinion so that i think he has a very good claim that claim would trump any extradition for him and any interference in that claim is really considered outside the bounds of a treaty that says that asylum and people apply for asylum or to be protected as i understand it the us government made its travel documents invalid present a difficulty for him to travel moving forward. i think it presents no difficulty at all apparently after door has given him a travel document which allowed him to as i understand it at least leave if not leave hong kong perhaps get him to get into the transit lounge so he has a travel document of a sort i don't think i don't think that's what's going to be the issue here look at the united states at this point what's remarkable to me is it looks

looks at the resemblance between the place of snowden and julian assange gen washington struggle to prevent a torrent of secrets from being revealed. seven pm in moscow i'm mad good to have you with us here on r t we're updating you on our breaking news this hour n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden wanted in the u.s. for espionage in moscow after getting off a plane from hong kong has been told diplomats from ecuador met him at the airport but it's still unclear where the whistleblower is headed next he's reportedly already checked in for an onward flight to cuba it suggested a van will be another transit point on his way to another country much speculation as to what vat country is his final destination some sources suggesting go to ecuador some to venezuela for more on this we go live to share metro airport paul scott standing by with the latest take it away. well as being i don't have to do no of speculation and hearsay but this is what we can confirm edward snowden touched down the sentiments of apples. at around five fifteen local time on an inbound flight. from hong kong he has been g

there is julian assange's books for my freedom and future of the internet. you can get ours exclusive hour and a half with julian assange in the ecuadorian embassy. he cannot step foot outside the embassy. he is deeply concerned he will be extradited to the united states. why should he be concerned about this? this founder of wikileaks who has worked with the new york , spain,ashington post germany, the guardian in london amid newspapers all over the country as they together released documents of secrets that people are asking if they were not secret, would we have saved lives, like releasing this footage of a u.s. apache july 12,r attack on 2007. it shows a group of iraqi residents being killed below. two of the people are reuters employees that are killed. an up-and-coming videographer and his driver, a loved by the reuters crew and journalists who covered iraq. he would be the person who navigated them through this country. they had tried to get this footage, but here's what happened to their reporter, what happened to their driver. they cannot get it mil

assange that wiki leaks had helped give advice to legal and diplomatic and apparently wiki leaks had paid for the plane fare and helped facilitate the asylum application i was as surprised as anyone else by that so that's as much as i know and when you look at the countries snowden has fled to in conjunction with the information is released about the u.s. spying on hong kong and russia i mean doesn't it just seem like it's all very well thought out plan very well executed and do you think that he has any more tricks up his sleeve moving forward you know i don't think we've seen obviously we haven't seen the end of it we have to see what happens and where he goes but what's most interesting so far is that both china and russia have refused to bow to u.s. pressure and ecuador apparently hasn't either and that's quite remarkable i mean the u.s. is the richest most powerful country in the world and they have put incredible rhetoric plus pressure on these countries and it again it shows the limits but it's also shows that there's support i think for ed snowden because he's revealed this w

assange of course the co-founder of wiki leaks who are pulling the. behind the scenes for this whole journey by all accounts said that the diplomats of a country who will be granting considering his appeal for asylum will be there to greet him and quickly became clear that that was that was ecuador the ecuadorian ambassador turned up met with edward snowden we were all hoping for the you know the money shot the pair of them coming out some kind of statement but it became quite apparent as the day went on that that wasn't going to happen in the press began to melt away only a few quality souls remained. and the rumor was that he was staying in transit having problems with his russian visa so he couldn't step over the border and overseas his passport revoked so he couldn't fly out and we were led to believe you staying in the capsule hotel and then would be flying to cuba on the monday and we all know what happened that half the world's press booked their flights i mean wasn't on it and we're led to believe still remains in transit now from where i am l

assange and others. are breaking back and i think the hope fourth estate and it's really not a fourth estate for most of them or fifth estate whatever they call it is really is really upset that their time had that well i'm so sorry we're out of time it's about time that self-censorship and thank you so much michael ratner center for constitutional rights appreciate your time thank you abbi. still had on tonight show nestle has responded to my story about their corporate takeover of the water they can find out what they had to say and whether the response backs their record . they were ready to do anything for their country to me is to love the country more than yourself if you joined the military for any other reason that you're probably not going to have a good day they were tools in the hands of the state now they live remembering the past which is impossible to get rid of. the war. but oh ever good people get hurt. and i've heard good people empty silent. a lot. but would prefer not to be sometimes i

julian assange of course has been in the background of this extradition. with us snowden right now you know it doesn't it doesn't surprise or many experts and many of the people who were out here that we spoke to saying that could be considering having snowden in the teacher we know that they've done that for julian assange so it was only i guess everybody thought the logical step would be for snowden himself to ask the adoring embassy to grant him asylum right now he's still add to the airport we don't know how long his people work is going to go and if indeed he will be able to leave would only have to wait and see if they're going government themselves to give a formal statement saying that if indeed yes they have granted him that asylum so it's still a waiting game for all of us especially here at the boreen embassy in moscow and i'm sure for the rest of the world and everybody who's been following this story the whole day washington has reportedly urged latin american countries not to offer edward snowden asylum for more on this let's cross to jena pe

what's interesting about that is of course julian assange has asylum from after door and he has it on the grounds are grounds recognised by the united states that whistleblowers are entitled to asylum under the refugee convention it's a it's because it's the allegation that they're being persecuted because of political opinion so that i think he has a very good claim that claim would trump any extradition form and any interference in that claim is really considered outside the bounds of a treaty that says that asylum and people apply for asylum or to be protected as i understand it the us government made its travel documents invalid present a difficulty for him to travel moving forward. i think it presents no difficulty at all apparently have quit or has given him a travel document which allowed him to as i understand it at least leave if not leave hong kong perhaps get him to get into the transit lounge so he has a travel document of a sort i don't think i don't think that's what's going to be the issue here look at the united states at this point what's remarkable to me is it looks

the reason why i think it chose our court or simply because you know julian assange has already. been accepted by the ecuadorian government and so he knows that there is precedence for this type of case but he's been in a difficult position do you think at the moment what's going through his mind that he's in a safe place that he's definitely got to get on a plane to have bene and then on to ecuador whether it is via correctness or is there still a chance that he could be caught by u.s. officials well there's always that possibility i think considering that. i turn around and you know about are going to swear you know it's relatively unlikely because unless they stop him already in moscow. it's unlikely that he would be stopped in those other places what about the plane being intercepted there are some saying that the u.s. will go to every length to stop and even though it's a commercial flight they could divert the plane to make it land somewhere where they could actually arrest and. well i don't know exactly i mean seems like rubio complete violation of international law but i

i'm talking to julian assange in a moment. >> and i've heard from most of those people on twitter who think -- >> why do you say that?

justice system where he leaks founder julian assange has been holed up in the ecuadorian embassy in london for over a year today he spoke with r.t. about the case of edward snowden take a look. the current status of which to start and. retire of some. context. i cannot give. information out of their. whereabouts or circumstances other than. morning with the secretary of state scolding traitor. that was. a traitor is not a spy. he was told the public an important truth. earlier you had mentioned that edward snowden had no other outlets to possibly to