he led the first force at guantanamo. he couldn't be here today but want to make sure his views are in the record. we'll circulate his statement to the committee. he details in his statement he tried to comply with the geneva conventions and bring in the red cross to inspect this facility. he was rebuked. we squandered the good will of the world after we attacked by were attacked by our actions in guantanamo. our decision to keep guantanamo open has helped our enemies because it validated every negative perception of the united states. we can't transfer detainees to a secure facility in the united states is ludicrous. we're pleased to be joined by major general paul eaton. he's a senior advisor to the national security network. he retired after more than 30 years in the united states army. in 2003 and 2004 he served in iraq as the commanding general of the coalition assistance training team. he commanded the army's infantry center and chief of infantry for the army. he errand a master's degree in political science. thank

bay are no guantÁnamo. hopefully understand that. also the notion that this will somehow inspire al qaeda more. i hate to tell you, but they are sufficiently inspired right now and doing everything they can to attack us. i applaud the various efforts to put forth to stop that. instead of having these terrorist inmates, maybe we have many that will massively increase the threat and it's just ridiculous. there is no benefit and the cost is great. let's get around to closing guantÁnamo as soon as we can. >> thank you, commerce and smith. >> thank you. it is an honor to be here with you today. i agree with mr. smith that al qaeda is very much inspired. i was at guantÁnamo bay this past may. i would like to dispel a couple of facts up front. every american should be proud of the integrity shown by u.s. military personnel caring for these detainees. their work is difficult, but they bring the highest honor and care to the work that they do their with the members of the joint task force. second. there are no hum

i was at guantÁnamo bay this past may. i want to have some facts right up front about the situation. every american should be proud of integrity shown at the u.s. military personnel caring for these detainees. their work is difficult, but they bring the highest connor -- honor to the work they do their. second, there are no human rights violations occurring at guantÁnamo bay. there is no doubt that the detainees are held in conditions that may or -- [gavel] >> thank you. given the safe and secure environment that it provides, they have freedom of movement activity than they would in a maximum u.s. prison. they have access to jim education and dental care and equipment andgym dental care and recreation. this is a political stunt. rewarded.d not be the messages used by military personnel to feed feed detainees who wish not to be themselves are carefully monitored by medical personnel and those in command. it is right to continue to provide detainees nutrition. want to talk about the cost additionality. some people question

i mean they've been in guantanamo bay guantanamo bay how seven hundred seventy nine men of those seven hundred seventy nine over six hundred have been released now the u.s. government promises us that if they can use evidence obtained through torture they can prosecute up to twenty individuals that's twenty individuals out of seven hundred seventy nine i say to you to guantanamo bay today is not about justice it's never been about justice and the fact that they've done seven proceedings in eleven and a half years it will never be about justice these men have a right to have a peaceful demonstration and to have their discrepancy heard they've been there eleven and a half years and they have no hope and their home countries don't seem to be coming to the rescue i mean to wait the strongest ally that america has sets on the sidelines and watches while it hosts thirteen thousand american soldiers we say kuwait what would happen if the situation were reversed i mean we need you to get involved we need people to stand up we need the humanitarian thing to occur what would happen we are a mill

president bush said he wanted to close guantÁnamo. guantÁnamo. henry kissinger called guantÁnamo a blot on a national reputation. jim baker said it has given america a very bad name. admiral dennis blair former director of national intelligence called one-time unquote a rallying cry for terrorist recruitment harmful to national security. secretary gates told president bush that guantÁnamo is the national security liability and advised him to close it down. major general michael leonard as he said was in charge of standing of guantÁnamo in 2002 said it cost us the moral high ground. former chairman of the joint chiefs admiral mullen said guantÁnamo has been quote a recruiting symbol for enemies. general colin powell said he would close if not tomorrow but this afternoon and senator mccain has suggested would be an act of moral courage to find a way to shutter the prison. whatever one thinks of initial benefits of detaining prisoners at guantÁnamo there's a growing bipartisan consensus that we no longer need it. today's hearing catalogs the re

detention facility at guantanamo bay as the hunger strike there lingers lawmakers finally ready to do something about it and a report later in the show. it's wednesday july twenty fourth four pm in washington d.c. i'm sam sax you're watching our team. and we begin with news out of moscow regarding the fate of edward snowden today snowden's lawyers anatoly visited his client at the airport and he's been in this transit is been in this transit home now for about a month and hit his lawyer happen to be carrying with him travel documents that could allow snowden to finally leave the airport very soon now for the latest on all this here's our tease paul scott. edward snowden remains. he remains in the transit zone and it was widely thought that today was going to be the day that he would finally be allowed to enter russia he's waiting for a piece of paper now we know that he's applied for temporary asylum in russia. are considering whether to. or not when they make that decision he will be given a piece of paper a temporary visa if you like that will help him to enter russia it was widely

dozens of detainees being force fed and fresh claims of sexual abuse by guards at guantanamo bay it's where a mass hunger strike is now entering its. american leaders to condemn what he calls u.s. intimidation tactics threatening to close america's embassy was refused access to europe. and parts of egypt exploded in jubilation after the ousting of mohamed morsy some of the president's top aides are arrested but fears of clashes between the army. thank you for joining us this morning here on our. just after eleven am on friday. facility is now entering its sixth month nearly two thirds of inmates have joined in the protest against alleged mistreatment and detention without trial it's the largest strike in the camps eleven year history military doctors now force feeding forty five detainees to try and keep them alive this highly controversial practice has been condemned around the world but is still being defended by certain u.s. officials. picks up the story. calls for the u.s. to stop force feeding guantanamo hunger strikers the practice is against international law and is seen by man

dozens of detainees being forced fresh claims of sexual abuse by guards at guantanamo bay that's where a strike is nearing the end of its fifth month. bolivia's president gathers latin american leaders to condemn what he calls u.s. intimidation tactics threatening to close america's embassy. refused access to european airspace. and parts of egypt explode in jubilation after the ousting of mohamed morsy some of the deposed president's top aides are arrested however fears of clashes between the army and. it is just after eight am on friday here in moscow this is r.t. worldwide news with me rory sushi it's good to have you with us today. the u.s. government is fighting a legal effort to stop the force feeding of hunger striking detainees at guantanamo bay lawyers for several prisoners of appeal to a washington court to intervene but the administration says federal judges have no say on what happens at the camp now the hunger strike at the notorious u.s. military facility is nearing the end of its fifth month now nearly two thirds of the inmate have now joined in the protest against allege

five months of desperation in guantanamo bay the hunger strike drags on with prisoners failing to win changes to their plight is pressing on with force feeding . and south american leaders unite in support and condemnation lashing out at european countries for grounding the bolivian leaders plane with president murat is claiming the u.s. pressured them to do so our top stories this hour. international news and comment online on screen twenty four hours a day this is. violence has broken out in egypt tonight as clashes erupted between supporters and opponents of the deposed president morsy at least six people are said to have been killed and dozens injured nationwide well these are live pictures from the egyptian capital very close to here square and islamist backers a staging mass protests over the coup that ousted the country's leader morsy supporters are said to be approaching tout his square where he did president's opponents they're rallying there at the moment well earlier the military was accused of farting at demonstrators the army denied using live rounds saying they used rubb

to stop force feeding guantanamo hunger strikers the practice is against international law and is seen by many as a form of torture and here is one thing first the guards strap the detainee down to a chair like this one then they put a mask over his face so that the detainee can't move bite or spit then the nurse snakes the feeding tube into nasal cavity the feeding tube which is roughly the size of a pens in cartridge or this or this is not an actual feeding tube but it gives you an idea and this area is very rich in nerve endings and patients report extreme pain during the procedure and the nurse pushes the tube further down the throat creating a tightness that makes breathing difficult at that point patients typically feel pressure on their chest along some say it feels like they were drowning then the staff taped the troop to the detainees nose so that they can bite or swallow it and then two cans of nutritional substances are being funneled through the tube now we rode to guantanamo and asked whether they use an anesthetic for this seemingly painful procedure here's the response t

dozens of detainees being force fed and fresh claims of sexual abuse by guards at guantanamo bay that's where a hunger strike is now entering its sixth month. as president gathers latin american leaders to condemn what he calls u.s. intimidation tactics threatening to close america's embassy after its jet was refused access to european airspace. and supporters of egypt's ousted president called for more protests after the army's crackdown on the muslim brotherhood is leading to fears the military and islamists will soon clash. at one pm on friday this is r.t. live from moscow. straight to your top world headlines right now the u.s. government is fighting a legal effort to stop the force feeding of hunger striking detainees at guantanamo bay and lawyers for several prisoners of appeal to a washington court to intervene but the administration says federal judges have no say in what happens at that camp now the mass strike at the notorious u.s. military facility now entering its sixth month nearly two thirds of the inmates have joined in the protest against alleged mistreatment and detenti

well the united states is running up quite a bill by keeping guantanamo bay guantanamo bay open as well one hundred fifty million dollars per year now that's how much the pentagon is spending on the facility that's roughly a million prisoner compare that to the costs of regular in within the u.s. then put that into perspective the average american citizen makes nearly one thousand times less than what the government pays for each guantanamo prison that well that stay with us here in our t. because we'll be covering all things guantanamo throughout the day and we'll be talking to former prisoners their lawyers and military personnel about the situation at the facility. it is not a surprise to me that we. during a time of budget cuts we spend one hundred and fifty million dollars each year to imprison one hundred sixty six people dead more as become a symbol of around the world for america the quotes the evil. stories ahead including outrage in south america triggered by the grounding of the libyan presidential plane with the president saying he is ready to close the u.s. embassy in his c

guantanamo became a controversy. just as sandra day oh conner wrote a state of war is not a blank check for a president. by 2006, even president bush said he wanted to close guantanamo. in 2008 the presidential candidates of both major parties supported closing guantanamo. president obama issued an order prohibiting torture for all gan tan mow detain knees. i'll be the first toage knowledge the administration could be doing more to close guantanamo. we met last week to discuss what they are doing under existing law to transfer deteenees out of guantanamo. but the president's authority has been limited by congress. we have facted restrictions on transfers clugs a ban on transfers from guantanamo that make it very difficult if not impeable to close the facility. it's time to lift those restrictions and move forward with shutting guantanamo. we can transfer most of the dee teenees safely to foreign countries and bring the others to the united states where they can be tried in court. since 9/11 nearly 500 terrorists have

government is fighting a legal effort to stop the force feeding of hunger striking detainees at guantanamo bay lawyers for several prisoners have appealed to a washington court to intervene but the administration says federal judges have no say on what happens at the camp. six months nearly two thirds of the inmates have now joined in the protest against alleged mistreatment without trial is the largest strike in the history and military doctors of force feeding forty five detainees to try and keep them alive the highly controversial practice has been condemned around the world but is still being defended by u.s. officials as a correspondent. now reports. the u.n. calls for the us to stop force feeding guantanamo hunger strikers the practice is against international law and is seen by many as a form of torture and here is one thing first the guards strap the detainee down to a chair like this one then they put a mask over his face so that the detainee can't move bite or spit then the nurse snakes the feeding tube into nasal cavity the feeding tube which is roughly the size of a pens in cou

government is fighting a legal effort to stop the force feeding of hunger striking detainees at guantanamo bay lawyers for several prisoners have appealed to a washington court to intervene but the administration says federal judges have no say in what happens at camp or the mass hunger strike or the notorious u.s. military physical facility now entering its sixth month nearly two thirds of the inmates have joined in the protest against a ledge to mistreatment and detention without trial in fact it's the largest strike in the camps eleven year history military doctors are force feeding forty five detainees to try and keep him alive the highly controversial practice though has been condemned around the world but is still being defended by certain u.s. officials as ati's guy in a chicken now reports. the u.n. calls for the us to stop force feeding guantanamo hunger strikers the practice is against international law and is seen by many as a form of torture and here is one thing first the guards strap the detainee down to a chair like this one then they put a mask over his face so that the det

and guantanamo guards allegedly stepped up aggressive efforts to break the mass hunger strike out the prison which has entered its sixth month. eleven am here in moscow on lucy catherine over new watching the weekly here on our t.r. wrap up of the week's top stories as well as today's news edward snowden has a few more options open as to which country he can turn to in order to escape prosecution in the united states this after bolivia became the third latin american country to offer him asylum snowden has been looking for a safe haven since blowing the lid off america's global spy program last month and he so now he has a story of how one whistleblower has spurred a diplomatic spat between the americas. thanks notice longer suffices though with a latin american twist a glimmer of hope after living in limbo for weeks then as well as nicaragua and bolivia after the n.s.a. leaker asylum european countries regent street official requests that were promoted of the week if snowden him sour we don't know where his future would be taking him then we certainly did and this really it was thoug

i mean obama said he was going to close down guantanamo you know when he came for his second term and i don't see this as going as far as it should. i mean i think basically in that people need to be heard for hotter than they are than they are being that they're not being heard at all and i'm very disturbed really about this hunger strike has been going on what since the beginning of the year it's got a lot of a media lot of media attention now do you think perhaps this gesture by the authorities to have these hearings is as a result of this hunger strike in in effect is the hunger strike having some sort of impact. i think it is because it's drawing a lot more attention towards guantanamo i mean for example human rights lawyers reprieve they've organized a home to strike in solidarity with people in guantanamo detainees and a number of us are taking it in turns ourselves to go on hunger strike for example comedian frankie boyle went on hunger strike clive stafford smith lawyer was on hunger strike on hunger strike for a week and we're going to do this until there is some movement on

military authorities at guantanamo bay are allegedly stepping up efforts to break the detainees hunger strike now at six months and british inmates shocker off mark claims that the guards are using bizarre tactics for example intentionally slamming doors hundreds of times during the night the deprive the prisoners of their sleep now officials have also said that the force feeding of dozens of protesters will continue during the holy muslim fast of ramadan which begins on monday lawyers for the detainees fear the military will operate at painful for speeding factory at night time the procedure involves inmates being placed in dry cells with nothing to drink this after they've been fed against their will but the highly controversial practice is still being defended by the u.s. as r.t. is going to to can reports the u.n. calls for the us to stop force feeding guantanamo hunger strikers the practice is against international law and is seen by many as a form of torture and here is what first the guards strap the detainee down to a chair like this one been they put a mask over his face so th

five months of desperation in guantanamo bay the hunger strike drags on with prisoners failing to win changes to their plight as jail stop press on with force feeding. itself american leaders unite in support and condemnation lashing out at european countries for granting the libyan leader plane with president morales is claiming the u.s. pressured them to do so. international news and comment online on screen twenty four hours a day this is. at least three people are said to been killed and dozens injured as troops in egypt opened fire at mohamed morsy backers the military has denied shooting live rounds saying it only used rubber bullets and tear gas on his middle east correspondent paula is in the egyptian capital following the escalating situation peacefully three people have been killed in several times and injured in the latest round of matches between the pro morsy supporters and the military confrontation took place as a group of demonstrators pushed their way forward to the headquarters of the republican guard building now going to eyewitnesses one of those killed managed to

that you know we don't care whether these men did anything or not they're going to stay in guantanamo bay forever because it's good for us politically and that is completely the wrong answer you know if president obama wanted to he could at least attempt to stop the hunger strike i was the guantanamo bay last week and i saw no indication of any action to even end the hunger strike let alone send these men back home or give them justice in some form on air and online as well we'll bring you the latest on the ongoing mass hunger strike at guantanamo with our timeline here in our dot com so log on and check out how the process has unfolded for the past while. britain wants the e.u. to embrace modified food and ease the tight regulations surrounding it the country's environment secretary claims g.m. crops are actually safer than many of the alternatives although some health organizations beg to differ g.m. crops such as corn and rice spread through the food chain via cattle and often end up in our daily products and around ninety percent of all biotech seeds are owned by the us monsanto w

dozens of detainees being force fed and fresh claims of sexual abuse by guards at guantanamo bay where a mass hunger strike is now entering its sixth month. bolivia's president in american leaders to condemn what he calls u.s. intimidation tactics threatening to close america's embassy after his jet was refused access to european airspace. and part of egypt exploded in jubilation after the sting of mohammed morsi some of the deposed president's top aides are arrested but fears of clashes between the army and islamist. a very warm welcome to you from all of us here at r.t. moscow. with this hour's top headlines the u.s. government is fighting a legal effort to stop the force feeding of hunger striking detainees at guantanamo bay lawyers for several prisoners have appealed to a washington court to intervene but the administration says federal judges have no say in what happens at that camp now the mass hunger strike at the notorious military facility now entering its sixth month and nearly two thirds of the inmates have joined in the protest against alleged mistreatment and detention wit

detention facility at guantanamo bay as the hunger strike there lingers are lawmakers finally ready to do something about it we have an update on the hearing tonight show. it's wednesday july twenty fourth eight pm in washington d.c. same sex you're watching our t.v. then we begin with a story that could have been ripped straight from the headlines of the onion the n.s.a. which has the power to read all of our e-mails is apparently unable to read its own e-mails pro publica filed a freedom of information act request looking into the agency's p.r. efforts after a very friendly documentary about the n.s.a. aired on the national geographic channel basically pro publica was asking for records of e-mail exchanges between the n.s.a. and the national geographic channel but the n.s.a. freedom of information act officer cindy blacker responded to the request saying quote there's no essential method to search an e-mail at this time with the way our records are set up unfortunately she acknowledged it's a little antiquated and archaic. meanwhile today on the hill the n.s.a. dodged a bullet an ame

and it's now day sixteen of the bradley manning trial the defense team today focus is on guantanamo bay and what was leaked about the facility more on the case and the testimony from the expert witness that took the stand today coming up and in egypt supporters of the muslim brotherhood fill the streets even with the military announcing plans for a transition government the stability of the nation remains chaotic latest on the unrest in tonight's show. it's tuesday july ninth eight pm in washington d.c. i'm maggie lopez and you are watching r.t. well starting off this hour russia's u.n. envoy vitally vitaly churkin announced today that samples have been collected from the site and were chemical weapons were used in syria those samples have been analyzed and are now being handed over to the u.n. in an attempt to prove that rebels and not the syrian government were the ones using chemical weapons. and reports. the u.n. investigation into the use of chemical weapons near aleppo never materialized the syrian government requested such investigation but some you want officials demanded access

detention facility at guantanamo bay as the hunger strike there lingers are lawmakers finally ready to do something about it we have an update on the hearings ahead. it's wednesday july twenty fourth five pm in washington d.c. i'm sam sachs and you're watching r.t. and we begin with a story that could have been ripped straight from the headlines of the onion the n.s.a. which has the power to read all of our e-mails is apparently unable to read its own e-mails pro publica filed a freedom of information act requests looking into the agency's p.r. efforts after a very friendly documentary about the n.s.a. aired on the national geographic channel basically pro publica was asking for records of e-mail exchanges between the n.s.a. and the national geographic channel but the n.s.a. freedom of information act officer cindy blacker responded to the request saying quote there's no central method to search an e-mail at this time with the way our records are set up unfortunately she acknowledged it's quote a little antiquated and archaic. but the n.s.a. could have bigger problems on its hands and.

that you know we don't care whether these men did anything or not they're going to stay in guantanamo bay forever because it's good for us politically and that is completely the wrong answer you know if president obama wanted to he could at least attempt to stop the hunger strike i was then guantanamo bay last week and i saw no indication of any action to even end the hunger strike let alone send these men back home or give them justice in some form. braving the winds the e.u. tuned braze genetically modified food an ease the tide regulations surrounding it the country's environment secretary claims g.m. crops are actually safer than many of the alternatives although health organizations beg to differ g.m. crops such as corn and rice spread through the food chain via cattle are adding up in our daily products at around ninety percent of all biotechs see heeds our own by the us john monsanto which is accused of stifling small businesses and driving farmers to ruin meanwhile the alarm is being raised over the health implications of bio attack food ranging from simple allergies to devast

to stop force feeding guantanamo hunger strikers the practice is against international law and is seen by many as a form of torture and here is one first the guards strap the detainee down to a chair like this one then they put a mask over his face so that the detainee can't move bite or spit and the nurse snakes the feeding tube into nasal cavity the feeding tube which is roughly the size of a pens in cartridge or this or this is not an actual feeding tube but it gives you an idea and this area is very rich in endings and patients report extreme pain during the procedure and the nurse pushes the tube further down the throat creating a tightness that makes breathing difficult at that point patients typically feel pressure on their chest along some say it feels like they were drowning then the staff tapes the troop to the detainees knows so that they can bite or swallow it and then two cans of nutritional substances are being funneled through the tube now we wrote to guantanamo and asked whether they use an anesthetic for this seemingly painful procedure here's the response typically no

also this outside months of desperation guantanamo bay the hunger strike drags on with prisoners failing to win changes to their plight as jury will start to press on with force feeding. on south american leaders unite in support and condemnation lashing out at european countries for grounding they believe in leaders play with president moron is claiming the he was pressured them to do so. you saw in russia and around the wall this is a see with me thanks for joining us at least three people are said to be killed and several injured as troops in egypt opened fire at mohamed morsy is bonkers the military though denies using live rounds saying they used rubber bullets and tear gas only let's get the latest from our middle east correspondent policy issues in the egyptian capital for us hello there paula so conflicting reports we're getting from cairo also actually happening there. for you the information we have is that at least three people have been killed and several dozen injured in the latest round of clashes between the pro morsy supporters and the military the confrontation took plac

more coming up and it's now day sixteen of the bradley manning trial the defense team today focuses on guantanamo bay and what was leaked about the facility a report from fort meade ahead. it is tuesday july ninth five pm in washington d.c. i'm meghan lopez and you are watching r.t. well starting off this hour russia's u.n. envoy vladimir churkin announced today that samples have been collected from the site where chemical weapons were used in syria those samples have been analyzed and are now being handed over to the u.n. in an attempt to prove that it was the rebels and not the syrian government who are the ones using chemical weapons. and reports. the u.n. investigation into the use of chemical weapons near aleppo never materialized the syrian government requested such investigation but some you want officials demanded access into all syrian facilities which syria denied insisting on the investigation of that particular incident anyway that u.n. investigation never happened but nonetheless the u.s. came forward and said it had evidence that the syrian government used chemical weapons but there

welcome back i'm lucy catherine of well military authorities at guantanamo bay are allegedly stepping up efforts to break the detainee's hunger strike which is now in its sixth month british and major shocker ahmar claims the guards are using bizarre tactics for example intentionally slamming doors hundreds of times during the night this to deprive the prisoners of sleep officials have also said that force feeding of dozens of protesters will continue during the holy muslim fast of ramadan which begins on monday lawyers for the detainees fear the military will operate a painful for speeding factory at night time they were seizure involves inmates being placed in cells with nothing to drink after they've been fed against their will but the highly controversial practice is still being defended by the u.s. as r.t. is going to church or can reports the u.n. calls for the u.s. to stop force feeding guantanamo hunger strikers the practice is against international law and is seen by many as a form of torture and here is what we first the garant strap a detainee down to a chair like this one

any legal jurisdiction at all to end the forced feeding program at guantanamo. she wrote, "no court, justice or judge shall have jurisdictions to hear any aspect of the detention, transfer, treatment, trial or conditions of confinement of an alien who has been properly detained as an enemy combatant." courts are constrained by a lack of jurisdiction to rule on whether or not these prisoners should be forced to undergo a procedure that the judge calls a painful, humiliating and degrading process. degrading process. deemed degrading not only by this judge, but also as she points out in her ruling, by the medical profession. specifically the ama, the american medical association, the largest group of doctors and medical students in the country. they say that force feeding is in direct violation of the core ethical values of the medical profession. they say doctors shouldn't participate in it. essentially the largest association of doctors in the country says that it is not possible for a doctor to act ethically as a doctor if you are also administering forced feedi

that you know we don't care whether these men did anything or not they're going to stay in guantanamo bay forever because it's good for us politically in that it is completely the wrong answer you know if president obama wanted to he could at least attempt to stop the hunger strike i was the guantanamo bay last week and i saw no indication of any action to even end the hunger strike let alone send these men back home or give them justice in some form and other side of the human cost guantanamo bay is also clocking in at a hefty one hundred fifty million dollars a year that's nearly a million being spent on every single detainee compared to the costs of regular inmates housed in america which is around twenty five thousand dollars while the average american earns nearly eighteen times less than the annual spending on a single guantanamo inmates have a look here or there an online at r t dot com we're bringing you the latest on the ongoing mass hunger strike at the notorious for city you can log on to our web site to follow every day of the protest at the guantanamo timeline dot com rig

government is facing a legal effort to stop the force feeding of hunger striking detainees at guantanamo bay lawyers for several prisoners have appealed to a washington court to intervene but the administration says federal judges have no say on what happens at the camp the mass hunger strike of the notorious u.s. military facilities are entering its sixth month nearly two thirds of the inmates have joined in a protest against alleged mistreatment and attention without trial if they launch a strike in the camps eleven year history military doctors are force feeding forty five detainees to keep them alive the highly controversial practice has been condemned around the world but is still being defended by u.s. officials as well she's going to have to try count reports. the un cost to us to stop force feeding guantanamo hunger strikers the practice is against international law and is seen by many as a form of torture and here is one thing first the guards strap the detainee down to a chair like this one then they put a mask over his face so that the detainee can't move bite or spit then the

these guys for the most part have been detained at guantanamo guantanamo, secure military facility within a contained community there for 11.5 years. the notion that there is anything they had have that would be of danger is pretty much absurd. i think its harassment of the detainees. >> cenk: ana, give us more about bradley manning. >> so bradley manning's lawyers have rested their case on wednesday, and a harvard law professor actually testified in the case. he made a very interesting point about wikileaks, a point we've been making on the show quite often. wikileaks does have journalistic integrity and value to say that he leaked to wikileaks is not going to harm national security and wikileaks has some value. let me read to you what he said in his testimony: >> cenk: so colonel davis you testified during the trial. let's address what ana just brought up. the government seemed to say if you release information and it gets on the internet in anyway, which any information you release would almost by definition get on the internet you're aiding the enemy. by that definition isn't every wh

and god said guantanamo bay prison are turning to harsh new tactics to break the mass hunger strike by inmates which has now entered its six month. live from our headquarters in moscow are you watching our team for this week so the weekly with me to them would say. venezuela says it's still waiting to hear if edward snowden will take up asylum offer as the monday deadline set by caracas approaches one of three latin american countries alongside believe you're in nicaragua offering to help the man who experienced the u.s. government's crable surveillance web the leaders of the three nations are say their decision to help a former n.s.a. contractor is prompted by washington's heavy handed manhunt artes and it has. i think snowden's longer spice is out with a latin american twist a glimmer of hope after living in limbo for weeks then as well nicaragua and bolivia for the n.s.a. leaker asylum after a european countries rejected his official request for most of the week if snowden himself didn't know where his future would be taking him then we certainly did and this really it was far ecuad

us for the us to stop force feeding guantanamo hunger strikers the practice is against international law and is seen by many as a form of torture and here is one first the guards strap the detainee down to a chair like this one then they put a mask over his face so that the detainee can't move bite or spit then the nurse snakes the feeding tube into nasal cavity the feeding tube which is roughly the size of a pens incorporates or this or this is not an actual feeding tube but it gives you an idea and this area is very rich in nerve endings and patients report extreme pain during the procedure and the nurse pushes the tube further down the throat creating a tightness that makes breathing difficult at that point patients typically feel pressure on their chest along some say it feels like they were drowning then the staff taped the troop to the detainees nose so that they can bite or swallow it and then two cans of nutritional substances are being funneled through the tube now we rode to guantanamo and asked whether they use an anesthetic for this seemingly painful procedure here's the

now you experience something like this firsthand as a prosecutor at guantanamo bay correct yes yes and now it only has faced some blowback from the latin american countries for its alleged role in diverting a plane the plane of the libyan president even morale is there now a lot of american countries in solidarity with morale is have a move there envoys from italy among other european countries so why isn't the us listening now well because we're the big kid on the playground who's going to tell us that we can't do it so again you know we're great at preaching to others about the rule of law and you heard the president yesterday on mandela's ninety fifth birthday talk about you know honoring you know accountability and respect for the law but we ignore it when it's inconvenient so that's certainly what we're doing here with italy where you know there are a lapdog when it comes to when we need a favor blocking evo morales you know head of state was an extraordinary step you know for the countries that forced his plane to land believing that snowden might be on the plane but then you kno

hey should stay at guantanamo. they would have to ensure that the remaining gitmo detainees who most judge as the most dangerous will not be released or otherwise brought into the homeland where u.s. citizens could be threatened. second, they ensure that the -- the present law ensures that prior to releasing the guantanamo detainees to a foreign country, a careful and deliberate assessment must be made that the detainee is not likely to re-engage in terrorist activities. now, what's wrong with that? there's nothing wrong with that. so why change it? why turn these people loose, to go back to the battlefield which many of them that have been released have already done, causing additional harm to our troops? so, i'm strongly opposed to this amendment and i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from florida reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. nadler: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from virginia, mr. moran. the chair: the gentleman from virginia is r

also this week with no sign of a let up in the guantanamo bay hunger strike now in its six month prison guards are resorting to a new harsh techniques to and the standoff. this is our teens five pm in moscow i'm marina joshing welcome to the program. now three latin american countries have said they're ready to grant asylum to adult snowden the leaders of believe eleven as well in nicaragua are offering a helping hand to the man who exposed the u.s. government's global surveillance web washington's aggressive pursuit of the whistleblower has prompted those leaders to rally around the former n.s.a. contractor arches and he said now we have more i think snowden tsonga's prices though with a latin american twist a glimmer of hope after living in limbo for weeks then as well as nicaragua and bolivia for the n.s.a. leaker asylum after the european countries rejected his official request for most of the week if snowden himself didn't know where his future would be taking him then we certainly did and this really it was thought ecuador might be a possibility but president gray is sentiment tow

and also this week with no sign of a letter from the guantanamo bay hunger strike now into its six month prison guards are resorting to new harsh techniques to end the standoff. live from moscow just after one am in now it's kevin i am with you watching r.t. and a program called the weekly first than three blasted american countries have said they're ready to grant asylum to edward snowden the leaders of bolivia venezuela and nicaragua are offering a helping hand to the man who exposed the u.s. government's global surveillance web washington's aggressive pursuit of the whistle blows prompted those leaders to rally around the former n.s.a. contractor he's innocent. i think snowden tsonga spices up with a latin american twist a glimmer of hope after living in limbo for weeks then as well nicaragua and bolivia offered the n.s.a. leaker asylum after the european countries rejected his official request for most of the week if snowden himself didn't know where his future would be taking him then we certainly did and this really it was thought ecuador might be a possibility but president korea'

will finally hold long deferred hearings for dozens of guantanamo detainees eighty six others cleared for release still unable to leave the prison. just after one pm here in the russian capital this is the life with me and welcome to the program today n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden could finally set foot on a russian territory today he's waiting for paperwork which would allow him to leave the transit zone of moscow's sheremetyevo airport and according to a lawyer who is helping snowden the man who leaked secret u.s. documents is here to stay. reports from the. it is a distinct possibility that edward studied could soon call the russian federation home and even be looking for a job here on russian soil but now the announcement came as quite a surprise to many people but the reasons for it are fairly straightforward according to one of his legal advisers here in russia leaving the country at to get to one of the other countries that has offered edward snowden asylum is just too dangerous and started could very easily end up in the hands of the united states now this is a direct re

military authorities and guantanamo bay are allegedly stepping up efforts to break the detainees hunger strike now in its sixth month british inmate shock claims that guards are using bizarre tactics for example intentionally slamming doors hundreds of times during the night to deprive the prisoners of sleep officials have. also said that the for speeding of dozens of protesters will continue during the holy muslim fast of ramadan which begins on monday now google years for the detainees fear that the military will operate a painful force feeding factory at night time the procedure involves inmates being placed in cells with nothing to drink after they've been fed against their will but the highly controversial practice is still being defended by the u.s. as r.t. is going to report the u.n. calls for the us to stop force feeding guantanamo hunger strikers the practice is against international law and is seen by many as a form of torture and here is one first the guards strap the detainee down to a chair like this one then they put a mask over his face so that the detainee can't move bit

that you know we don't care whether these men did anything or not they're going to stay in guantanamo bay forever because it's good for us politically in that it is completely the wrong answer you know if president obama wanted to he could at least attempt to stop the hunger strike i was then guantanamo bay last week and i saw no indication of any action to even end the hunger strike let alone send these men back home or give them justice in some form. now let's take a look at some other stories from around the world a deadly blast struck pakistan's eastern city of lahore and saturday night killing four people officials say dozens more were left injured by the explosion which ripped through a busy street it's the first attack of its kind in lahore in over three years. but we say at least fifty thousand protesters marched in islands capital against government plans to legalize abortions for women with life threatening pregnancies the bill was drafted after doctors refused to use the procedure on a woman having a miscarriage she died one week later with courts ruling down the doctors de

coming up and it's now day sixteen of the bradley manning trial the defense teams today is focusing on guantanamo bay and what was leaked about the security facility live from fort meade coming up. it's tuesday july ninth four pm in washington d.c. i'm meghan lopez and you are watching our t.v. well starting off this hour russia's u.n. envoy vladimir churkin announced today that samples have been collected from the site where chemical weapons were used in syria those samples have now been analyzed and are now being handed over to the u.n. in an attempt to prove that the rebels and not the syrian government were the ones using chemical weapons artie's guyin chicken and reports. as you remember the u.n. investigation into the use of chemical weapons near aleppo never materialized the syrian government requested such investigation but some you want to social demanded an access into all syrian facilities which syria denied insisting on the investigation of that particular incident in a way that the u.n. investigation never happened but nonetheless the u.s. came forward and said it had evidence that t

to demonstrate the standard operating procedure for speeding detainees at guantanamo bay. no drugs. no no no no i didn't. mean to do it. i don't know about you but i was very difficult to watch in fact he couldn't even do it he later said it felt like an object syrian his brain just imagine in force against your will to incur this kind of treatment not once but twice daily so cruel as to most def or even attempting to do it just to send us a powerful message now it's our job to make sure that message doesn't fall on deaf ears. like. you've never seen anything like that. and reckless british bankers could soon face jail terms for misconduct while managing banks chancellor george osborne has backed tougher rules for the industry but his response to proposals from the parliamentary commission on banking standards is already drawing criticism or he says are still he joins us now from london with the details so tasso why exactly does osborne support for a new banking rules mean. well first of all let's remember that george osborne's call out for the for jail time for bankers who are accu

to stop force feeding guantanamo hunger strikers the practice is against international law and is seen by many as a form of torture and here is one thing first the guards strap the detainee down to a chair like this one they put a mask over his face so that the detainee can't move bite or spit then the nurse snakes the feeding tube into nasal cavity the feeding tube which is roughly the size of a pen and ink cartridge or this or this is not an actual feeding tube but it gives you an idea this area is very rich in nerve endings in patients report extreme pain during the procedure and the nurse pushes the troop further down the throat creating a tightness that makes breathing difficult at that point patients typically feel pressure on their chest along some say it feels like they were drowning then the staff tapes the troops to the detainees know so that they can buy it or swallow it and then two cans of nutritional substances are being funneled through the tube now we rode to guantanamo and asked whether they use an anesthetic for this seemingly painful procedure here's the response typ

but just like guantanamo thought to be someplace u.s. courts can't reach in cuba, in bagram, it was since this is an active zone of battle in afghanistan, the court shouldn't intrude there and the courts bought that even some those of these prisoners were non-afghans, arrested outside of afghanistan and brought there to hide them from the courts. >> i agree with senator durbin and senator leahy. it is unconscionable for the united states to detain prisoners for that length of time who haven't even been charged. if we charge them and want to keep them there, if we try them, that's fine. but if they are uncharged it is incumbent upon us to release them because we are creating enemies around the world. the point you made. the point that you made. we're supposed to be -- president bush wanted us to spread democracy around the world. well how can we do that when we're doing something that's inpatiei inherently undemocratic? >> another problem though is that some of them were tortured and are still, nonetheless, dangerous. but if they're tried

dot com you can follow the protest with our guantanamo timeline that's at r.t. dot com. still to come for you this hour. running on empty the u.k. government accused of being in denial as the number of people using food banks increases dramatically fording wages and sweeping welfare cuts. plus a chinese prepares to build a canal bridging the pacific and the atlantic right back yard and the rest of our top stories in just a moment. the civilized world produces more food. people die of hunger in other countries. millions of victims every. where a meal is the most trying. to blame. without trained. to anything. there was great. reason to help comes too late and with good intentions. diplomacy and business. good of you to join us here on r.t. today i'm rory sushi in moscow and france has reportedly been running a surveillance network against its own people comparable to america's infamous prism program reports of that broke just days after president francois hollande lashed out at america for spying on european countries the details now to. these building behind me in the ea