catherine of can tell us more a back to joins us live lucy we haven't seen mr snowden for a while since the summer in fact but he did have plenty to say he certainly did andrew the n.s.a. was a whistleblower spoke passionately about the problem of government surveillance in the united states now he said that it wasn't about any specific spying program but rather. the relationship between people and the state a relationship which he described as increasingly coming into conflict with the democratic values now he also lashed out at government persecution of whistleblowers and i want to give our viewers a chance to listen to mr snowden in his own words let's play that clip because the more you know least you know where we. are exactly for sure it's on. my arms. but they will stop the. person. holding the. so very strong emotion there as you just saw this is the first of course video of mr snowden since he received asylum in russia the last time as you mention the world caught a glimpse of him was at the transit zone of moscow's sheremetyevo airport that was back on july twelfth now this ne

snowden senior. watches questions that. lots of representatives of the media want to ask him but for sure this trip has been in the planning for quite some time there speculation that mr snowden senior finding to visit his son back in august but reportedly there were problems. in the united states with his visit he did legibly receive a russian visa but it's only happening now it's very unexpected too. and we're going to be asleep he is coming here to meet with his son we don't know yet whether it's going to happen later today a whole perhaps in the next few days and where it's going to be like you said edward snowden himself has been pretty much kept at an undisclosed location all we know is that he's in a safe place and he is going through this. troll graham all. the images ation sort of in russia now snowden himself became in the center also the global media spotlight. back in june when he arrived at should be made to airport in the transit zone of the jim sounds of controversial documents suggest

this was just this makeshift makeshift meeting with the trash that mr snowden. conducted basically i have to say that up to the very last point it was unclear whether or not he was going to come out and talk to the press he did just. mention this possible media conference at some time later on but the basic message that mr snowden was trying to deliver is that clearly he's leading on not only could you know who's been. known and consultants and the b.c.p. it's representative throughout this whole story till now. edward father. himself said he guessed. leading on him when it comes when it comes to his program here what they're going to do later on today i did ask him the question want to plan for today he said he's a guest and this is going to be decided by next to katrina also edward snowden's father that he is hoping to meet with his son but it's not really not clear when it's going to happen at least you didn't say so and where it's going to happen because like you just said yourself edward snowden himself is that an undisclosed location under heavy security b

who managed to speak to mr snowden just a few minutes ago find out what he said in a couple of moments. and another major development this hour even prime minister ali's a done that has been kidnapped by owned militants in tripoli also. come from. the horror of the biggest terrorist in the world. never grow. which would. bring now and american intellectual chomsky talks to. driving global politics and the controversial role of the us. hello and welcome to twenty four hour news live from moscow ptomaine story now snowden is seen here has given his first interview since arriving in moscow this morning he will now try to reunite with his son who's been at an undisclosed location here in russia and is kind of is at sheremetyevo airport for as long snowden just landed there you are so you have spoken to me just. no i didn't see the ad and what's your impression about him what did he have to say. paul despite the fact that mr snowden just stepped off a transatlantic flight from new york to moscow which last over eight hours he still found the strength to meet him despite the jetlag and all t

quote i must admit in my darker moments over the past several months i had also thought of nominating mr snowden but it was for a different list unquote now at the washington post panel discussion on cyber

holding the this is the first of course the video of mr snowden since he received asylum in russia the last time as you mention the world caught a glimpse of him was at the transit zone of moscow's sheremetyevo airport that was back on july twelfth now this new footage was taken in a secret location where mr snowden was actually given the sam adams award for integrity in intelligence that award it was presented to him by four former u.s. intelligence officials now our team was lucky enough to have those four in our studios on thursday for an in-depth discussion and now of course with this new video we're able to hear from mr snowden himself r.t. did have the opportunity to sit down exclusively with the wiki leaks founder at the ecuadorian embassy in london where he's still basically trapped in ins and some ways with no ability to leave now he said that he was concerned not so much for the safety of mr stone and but for the safety of those who have been helping him but more concerned in terms of prison people at risk please journalists sarah harrison as we know the guardian newspaper wa

so strong passionate feelings as you heard right there mr snowden did also say that he doesn't believe mass surveillance actually increases people safety a point of view that he thinks is growing more popular across the world now the organization lucy that provided us with those clips and we keep leaks and the man in charge of that june in the sun has also voiced concerns his name once he said he certainly has r.t. did have the opportunity to sit down exclusively with the wiki leaks founder julian assange this was at the ecuadorian embassy in london where he still held now mr saunders said that he was basically concerned not for mr snowden but for the safety of those who have been helping him and publishing his leaks let's take a listen to what he had to say. i'm more concerned in terms of prison people at risk. center harrison who was involved in killing it would start out of home spend thirty nine days with him more school report protecting him following petitions to be in russia. now she's from the u.k. because we know he got a newspaper that was rated grills part time for nine hour

on that cyber security america's former spy chief acknowledged that mr snowden has been nominated for a human rights award and then reportedly said quote i must admit in my darker moment over the past several months i'd also thought of nominating mr snowden but it was for a different list unquote now some journalists including a brandin from the hill blog have interpreted mr hayden's words to mean putting snowden on america's kill list joke or not many would argue that this is probably the worst time for any or any former current top u.s. official to speak sarcastically about snowed in why because journalist jeremy scahill and glenn greenwald are currently working together on a joint investigation on how the us national security agency has been involved in wider overseas assassination programs run by the obama administration both of these journalists are known for their hard hitting investigations of the u.s. government and their collaboration will reportedly they say reveal how the vast surveillance network of the n.s.a. operates in conjunction with clandestine operations run by u.s.

clearly mr snowden is leaning on. this name a lawyer who's been representing and counseling his son edward here in russia he did to say that he's hoping to meet him but apparently even here right now doesn't know whether or not that will be possible not to mention the why and the where since the only thing we know about edward snowden is location is that he's somewhere in a safe area in a safe place in russia so this trip by it on snowden was several months in the making so why did it take him so long. son and father did. to come to moscow in august there's a lot of speculation over why that didn't happen including for security reasons just to remind you is the son edward snowden the former n.s.a. contractor arrives to be. transit zone also notable airports in june he's wanted in the us to thousands of documents providing details of how you are security services spy on officials and ordinary people all across the world he was granted temporary asylum by a russian officials but now as we've also heard from his father e

just minutes after landing i asked mr snowden what's the plan for his first ever visit to russia find out what he said in just a few moments. and in our other developing story this prime minister has reportedly been kidnapped by on demand in tripoli. also this hour seven days to default as america's biggest bring friendship the most vulnerable with hundreds of patients forced to wait for treatment until the government shutdown and. the horror of the biggest terrorist. never grows. and renowned american intellectual chomsky talks to us here about what's driving global politics on the controversial roll of the u.s. . news from russia underground the wall this is all she was me you know thanks for joining us and we start with breaking news this. the father of n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden has arrived in moscow in the hope of seeing his son for the first time since russia granted him asylum edward snowden is staying at an undisclosed location reportedly under heavy security. was among the first to speak to long snowden about his plans during his first ever visit to russia. two waiti

just minutes after landing i asked mr snowden what's the plan for his first ever visit to russia find out what he said in just a few moments. time edward snowden has received an award for integrity and intelligence from a group of fellow whistleblowers and activists we speak exclusively to them. you know the news that the libyan prime minister is freed after being kidnapped earlier by government contract and militia reportedly in revenge for his cooperation with the u.s. and. the news of the biggest terrorist. never grow. rich with a world renowned american intellectual numb chomsky talks to the nuclear middle east syria's chemical weapons and us drone wars. for its kevin i would hear all top story then today the father of n.s.a. will supply edward snowden is here in moscow hoping to see a son who remains in an undisclosed secure location under the protection of russia's temporary asylum or he can off snowden it should mention where port where the former cia contractor spent five weeks in diplomatic limbo. waiting for him right at the entrance to the v.a.b. a launch off the airport wh

she is now lucy we haven't seen mr snowden since the summer at least not publicly what did he have to say this time well that's right he had quite a bit to say the n.s.a. whistleblower was very passionate in talking about the problem of government surveillance in the united states now he said the issue wasn't with any specific spying program rather the relationship between the states and the american people a relationship which he described as increasingly coming into conflict with democratic values snowden also lashed out at the prosecution of whistle blowers accusing the government of what he called effectively misplaced priorities take a listen. it's one of those mornings you know relationship to god where we know exactly for sure it's on the news last. night. to the bombs. but they will stop the. person. or the. snowden made these remarks at a ceremony right here in moscow at an undisclosed location where he was given the sam adams award for integrity in intelligence now that award was presented to him by a group of prominent american whistleblowers and former government officials

on that cyber security america's former spy chief acknowledged that mr snowden has been nominated for a human rights award and then reportedly said quote i must admit in my darker moment over the past several months i'd also thought of nominating mr snowden but it was for a different list unquote now some journalists including a brandin from the hell blog have interpreted mr hayden's words to mean putting snowden on america's kill list joke or not many would argue that this is probably the worst time for any or any former current top u.s. official to speak sarcastically about noting why because journalist jeremy scahill and glenn greenwald are currently working together on a joint investigation on how the u.s. national security agency has been involved in why do overseas assassination programs run by the obama administration on both of these journalists are known for their hard hitting investigations of the u.s. government and their collaboration will reportedly they say reveal how the vast surveillance network of the n.s.a. operates in conjunction with clandestine operations run by t

snowden has some more surprises for mr barack obama on this issue here bonnie i'd like to go back to gain you know we've mentioned the program and i think it's really important is you know the governance of the internet i mean is it really plausible that independent groups and watchdogs independent. independent watchdogs can get their hands back on the fate of the internet or do we have to resign ourselves that it's always going to be trolled by the n.s.a. and other governments in the world. the internet is now control but in this age the internet is controlled by the people who use it and they really could clear examples of all kinds of positive kinds of things that happen one of the concerns and i have that you mention rate you talked about the congress congress is elected that doesn't mean they're smart they know the constitution anything that doesn't mean somebody voted for them and they don't know anything very much to do this in to some of the legs of the ones who know the information most of the people don't know that i live in washington i sit in the chambers and listen those

just minutes after landing i asked mr snowden what's the plan for his first ever visit to russia find out what he said in just a few moments. received an award for integrity and intelligence recruiter for the whistleblowers and activists spoke to them exclusively. in the days of the main news headlines the libyan prime minister appears on state television off for a brief kidnapping of this morning by a government contract militia reportedly in revenge over his cooperation with the u.s. and. iran. are the biggest terrorist. never grow. with the world are not american it's like for them chomsky talks to us about the middle east syria's chemical weapons and u.s. drone wars. for a good afternoon for me kevin owen if you just joined us five pm now here in moscow this is r.t. international law top story the father of n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden is here in moscow hoping to see is son who remains in an undisclosed secure location under the protection of russians temporary asylum and he met long snowden at sheremetyevo airport with a former cia contractor spent five weeks in diplomatic

just minutes after landing i asked mr snowden what's the plan for his first ever visit to russia find out what he said in just a few moments. and in our other developing story libya's prime minister has reportedly been kidnapped by armed men in tripoli and. four of the biggest killers in the world. never drive. which. renowned american intellectual chomsky talks about what's driving global politics and the controversial role of. news for russia and around the world this is us here with me here thanks for trying it and the father of n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden is in moscow and hopes to see his son for the first time since russia granted him asylum snowden is staying at an undisclosed location reported it under heavy security and. was among the fastest speak so long snowden about his plans. waiting for him right at the entrance to the v.a.b. a launch off the airport where we're standing now this is his first time in russia of course i had to ask him what's the plan for the first the office visit i'm mr coote arena's guest and i am very thankful for his hospitality and. i am goin

just minutes after landing i asked mr snowden what's the plan for his first ever visit to russia find out what he said in just a few moments. libya's prime minister is reportedly released just a few hours after being kidnapped by a man in tripoli and also. the biggest terrorist in the world. never grow. rich with. american intellectual noam chomsky talks to us about what's driving global politics and the controversial role of the us. two pm thursday afternoon here in moscow a very good afternoon to you for me kevin and if you just joined us this is. the father of n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden is in moscow and hopes to see is son for the first time since russia granted him asylum and snowden staying at undisclosed location reportedly under heavy security and. an office among the first to speak to long snowden about his plans. pool waiting for him right at the entrance to the v.a.b. a launch off the airport where we're standing now this is his first time in russia of course i had to ask him what's the plan for the first city office visit i mr coote arena's guest and i am very than

snowden has some more surprises for mr barack obama on this issue here bonnie i'd like to go back to get you know we've mentioned the program and i think it's really important is you know the governance of the internet i mean is it really plausible that independent groups and watchdogs independent real independent watchdogs can get their hands back on the fate of the internet or do we have to resign ourselves that it's always going to be trolled by saying other governments in the world. the internet is now controlled by in a say the internet is controlled by the people who use it and they really could clear examples of all kinds of positive kinds of things that happen one of the concerns of i have the human to rate you talked about the congress congress is elected that doesn't mean they're smart they know the constitution anything that doesn't mean somebody voted for them and they don't know anything very much i mean this into some of them legs of the ones who know the information most of the people don't know that i live in washington i sit in the chambers and listen those guys don'

just minutes after landing i asked mr snowden what's the plan for his first ever visit to russia find out what he said in just a few moments. and then our other developing story libya's prime minister has reportedly being kidnapped by armed men in tripoli also. four of the biggest killers in the world. never broke the. renowned american intellectual chomsky talks to us here about what's driving global politics and the controversial role of the u.s. . international news life for most purposes altie with me you know thanks for joining us the father of n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden has arrived in moscow in the hope of seeing his son for the first time since russia granted him asylum edward snowden is staying at an undisclosed location reportedly under heavy screen security. was among the first to speak to long snowden about his plans during his first ever visit to russia. two waiting for him right at the entrance to the v.a.b. a launch off the airport where we're standing now this is his first time in russia of course i had to ask him what's the plan for the first city office visit

has been caught lying still again to the american people i mean this is mr snowden is the gift that keeps on giving every time we can look back a few weeks ago i brought their line again to us ok i mean where is the trust element here because even if they even if we have these internet groups break themselves away or attempt to break away from the n.s.a. they have other ways of finding getting into data in any way will find another encryption process. there's a bunch of ways the data can be got out and i think one of the things that's really surprising about what the n.s.a. have tried to do is that they've tried to find every possible way of getting data and always be able to get any information all of the time and that's extraordinarily ambitious and it doesn't really seem necessary or proportionate i mean given that most of the data the we create on the internet is in companies like google and yahoo and facebook you think that just by having caught a system where they could go and get the data when they really needed it you think that would cover most of what they really needed but they

snowden has some more surprises for mr barack obama on this issue here bonnie i'd like to go back to get you know we've mentioned the program and i think it's really important is you know the governance of the internet i mean is it really plausible that independent groups and watchdogs independent real independent watchdogs can get their hands back on the fate of the internet or do we have to resign ourselves that it's always going to be trolled by the n.s.a. and other governments in the world. the internet is now controlled by in a say the internet is controlled by the people who use it and they really could clear examples of all kinds of positive kinds of things that happen one of the concerns of i have the human to rate you talked about the congress congress is elected that doesn't mean they're smart they know the constitution anything that doesn't mean somebody voted for them they don't know anything very much i mean this into some of them legs of the ones who mailed information most of the people don't know that i would be washington i sit in the chambers and listen those guys d

snowden has some more surprises for mr barack obama on this issue here bonnie i'd like to go back to get you know we've mentioned the program and i think it's really important is you know the governance of the internet i mean is it really plausible that independent groups and watchdogs independent real independent watchdogs can get their hands back on the fate of the internet or do we have to resign ourselves that it's always going to be trolled by the n.s.a. and other governments in the world. the internet is not controlled but in this age the internet is controlled by the people who use it and they really could clear examples of all kinds of positive kinds of things that happen one of the concerns and i have the human to rate you talked about the congress congress is elected that doesn't mean they're smart they know the constitution anything that doesn't mean somebody voted for them and they don't know anything very much i mean this into some of them legs of the ones who know the information most of the people don't know the out of washington i sit in the chambers and listen those

snowden has some more surprises for mr barack obama on this issue here bonnie i'd like to go back to gain you know we've mentioned the program and i think it's really important is you know the governance of the internet i mean is it really plausible that independent groups and watchdogs independent real independent watchdogs can get their hands back on the fate of the internet or do we have to resign ourselves that it's always going to be trolled by the n.s.a. and other governments in the world. the internet is now controlled by in a say the internet is controlled by the people who use it and they really could clear examples of all kinds of. positive kinds of things that happen one of the concerns of i have that you mention rate you talked about the congress congress is elected that doesn't mean they're smart they know the constitution anything that doesn't mean somebody voted for them and they don't know anything very much i mean this isn't just some of them legs of the ones who know the information most of the people don't know that i live in washington i sit in the chambers and li

more allegations will surface given the quality of classified information leaked by mr. snowed mr. snowden. >> they are gathering information as the delegation prepares to come to washington to meet with their counter it ct the parts next week. the united states is committed to engaging by laterally. bilat. overall a tight-lipped officals. >> it's not just europe that has to worry about spying the u.s. government has wrapped up efforts to collect data from their own sit zins. citizens. every day day information gathered by 17 different u.s. intelligence agencies is collected and ry retained averad analyzed this is something that jasmine and issaac want stopped. so they are literally walking the halls of the u.s. congress meeting with any politician that will listen to their plea to put in place laws to stop domestic spying. >> for me this is obviously very person al. personal. working for the arab community it's the community that targeted by the post 9/11 and counter terrorismive eterrorism effort. they are va vacuuming up everybody's information an coping through it. it contradic

>> they were. >> did mr. snowden plateresque america's national security interest? >> they did. >> did his illegal and unconstitutional revelations help the terrorist who seek to tell americans? >> i believe they will. they have and they will. >> it was recently stated by a leader in europe that quotation that is just not done. is it your experience that allies of united states had spied on the united states historically? >> yes. >> for even as we speak? >> yes. >> we have reason to believe whether germany or france or spain or brazil or any other wonderful allies, it is reasonable to believe historically have four currently are listening to the united states or our leaders? >> that's correct spirit is it common for those who were not united states allies in russia or china reasonable to concur they listen to the united states or our leaders? >> it is reasonable to assume that. >> has that information been made available to the white house? >> yes. >> has been made available to the president of united states? does the white house get national security briefings from

. >> what mr. snowden has effectively done and what some newspapers are assisting him in doing is make it more difficult to keep our countries and our people safe. >> all right, mike viqueira is our white house correspondent who joins us now. i'm wonder if the white house is receptive of the idea of intelligence? >> reporter: i think the white house and many administration officials and government officials including those in the intelligence community would share the views of prime minister cameron. and they have expressed similar views yesterday in an interview with a department of defense. but as far as what they're saying in public, the administration here at the pentagon at the white house, while they will admit the issues and scandals have heightened tensions they'll say they're simply using the diplomatic channels to does this with all allies. trying to explain themselves and the actions of the american intelligence community, but even after the latest shoe dropped that story yesterday in th

a lawyer for edward snowden says his client works and technical support for a russian website. mr. snowden fled to hong kong and then to russia to escape aarges that he uncovered surveillance program at the national security agency. mr. snowden granted asylum in russia in august after being stuck at the moscow airport for more than a month. his whereabouts and russia remain up secret. a senate committee will investigate the shooting at the washington navy yard's this morning. today's hearing is to investigate whether background checks are adequate. areomes as officials analyzing how defense contractor aaron alexis was able to have a secret clearance despite a series of violent outbursts, repeated russia's with the law, and concerns about his mental health. live coverage of the hearing at 10:00 a.m. eastern time. spancan see that here on c- or listen on c-span radio. these are the latest headlines on c-span radio. was officiallyg my grandmother's white house were trip. lady bird johnson went looking for portraits of the first ladies to hang in the white house. she thought that was i

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gave them. >> what mr. snowden has effectively done and what some newspapers are assisting him in doing, and that is going to make at it lot more difficult to keep our countries and our people safe. >> mike viqueira joins us now live from the white house with more on how the white house is dealing with these spying allegations. >> well, they are being relatively tight lipped here. the spokesperson saying the obama administration is committed to engaging bilaterally. yesterday jay carney, reiterating time and time again all of these are being discussed through the appropriate channels. there is no question this is an embarrassing situation for the obama administration. >> reporter: the controversy is growing and so is the riff with a close ally. angela merkel expressing outrage. >> translator: with regards to the national security agency, i have made it clear to the person president that spying between friends is unacceptable. i said that in june in berlin, july, and yesterday in a phone call. it's about the

blog have interpreted mr hayden's words to mean putting snowden on america's kill list now general hayden confirmed to me that the quote is correct but he claims that his words have been misinterpreted and he never proposed for snowden to be put on any assassination list but some would argue that this is probably the worst time for any former or current top u.s. official to even speak sarcastically about putting snowden on a list and that's because journalists jeremy scahill and glenn greenwald are currently working together on a joint investigation on how the u.s. national security agency has been involved in the wider overseas assassination program run by the obama administration now both of these journalists are known for their hard hitting investigations of the u.s. government and their collaboration will reportedly reveal how they say the vast surveillance network of the n.s.a. operates in conjunction with the clandestine operations run by the u.s. military or the cia now for those who don't know the so hot off prize that snowden is nominated for was established by the european parli

. >> what mr. snowden has effectively done and what some newspapers are assisting him in doing, and that is going to make it a lot more difficult to keep our countries and our people safe. >> now the spokesman here says the united states is reviewing procedures with its intelligence community to try to address some of these concerns, and in response to the call from angela merkel and other european leaders, they will simply say that the u.s. is committed to engaging bilaterally. dell. >> mike, the government shutdown has everybody outraged. with regards to this latest spy allegation is it the talk of the town or the official echelon? >> more or less the official echelon, good phrase. and what you hear from them is this is business as usual. and some of the outrage and expressions of disbelief is for domest domestic consumption. many people believe a lot of this is being overblown, and a lot of people believe, like chief keith alexander yesterday firing back at edward snowden. >> mike, thank you ver

blog have interpreted mr hayden's words to mean putting snowden on america's kill list now general hayden confirmed to me that the quote is correct but he claims that his words have been misinterpreted and he never proposed for snowden to be put on any assassination list but some would argue that this is probably the worst time for any former or current top u.s. official to even speak sarcastically about putting snowden on a list and that's because journalists jeremy scahill and glenn greenwald are currently working together on a joint investigation on how the u.s. national security agency has been involved in the wider overseas assassination program run by the obama administration now both of these journalists are known for their hard hitting investigations of the u.s. government and their collaboration will reportedly reveal how they say the vast surveillance network of the n.s.a. operates in conjunction with clandestine operations run by the u.s. military or the cia now for those who don't know the prize that snowden is nominated for was established by the european parliament in order

blog have interpreted mr havens words to mean putting snowden on america's kill list now general hayden confirmed to me that the quote is correct but he claims that his words have been misinterpreted and he never proposed for snowden to be put on any assassination list but some would argue that this is probably the worst time for any former or current top u.s. official to even speak sarcastically about putting snowden on a list and that's because journalists jeremy scahill and glenn greenwald are currently working together on a joint investigation on how the u.s. national security agency has been involved in the wider overseas assassination program run by the obama administration now both of these journalists are known for their hard hitting investigations of the u.s. government and their collaboration will reportedly reveal how they say the vast surveillance network of the n.s.a. operates in conjunction with clandestine operations run by the u.s. military or the cia now for those who don't know the prize that snowden is nominated for was established by the european parliament in order

blog have interpreted mr hayden's words to mean putting snowden on america's kill list now general hayden confirmed to me that the quote is correct but he claims that his words have been misinterpreted and he never proposed for snowden to be put on any assassination list but some would argue that this is probably the worst time for any former or current top u.s. official to even speak sarcastically about putting snowden on a list and that's because journalists jeremy scahill and glenn greenwald are currently working together on a joint investigation on how the u.s. national security agency has been involved in the wider overseas assassination program run by the obama administration now both of these journalists are known for their hard hitting investigations of the u.s. government and their collaboration will reportedly reveal how they say the vast surveillance network of the n.s.a. operates in conjunction with the clandestine operations run by the u.s. military or the cia now for those who don't know the prize that snowden is nominated for was established by the european parliament in or

government, mr. snowden's statements have proven to be completely true in every instance. i have never once seen him lie to me about anything. i know that he has protect it the data he has with extreme levels of encryption that not the nsa can crack and even risked his life to go to the russians and help them surveilled. ,> but he has been to china hong kong, russia now. you can't be sure he has not had to give up something. >> you pointed out various to lay just a few minutes ago that no one can prove a negative, so if you are looking for me to prove to you they do not have any data, i can do that. what i can do is tell you all the evidence we actually know makes it ludicrous to the think -- to think they have not obtained any of that data. there is zero evidence in any responsible journalist would refrain from suggesting that happened when they have no evidence that it did. >> thank you very much indeed. now, let's discuss this further with pauline neville jones, former chair of the joint intelligence committee. shouldn't we have been told about all of this stuff anyway?

snowden has put out. >> in crawlly, you served in the state department is it possible that the white house didn't necessarily know what the nsa is doing with their collecting and whether or not they're spying on world leaders? >> it's absolutely like i he didn't know. the president said he didn't know. the president provides strategic guidance but the tactical decisions of how you go about getting the information that leaders know, that's done at lower levels. it's a good question of how much knowledge there was within the white house, but i don't think this is the kind of decision that you're going to bring into the oval office. >> thank you so much for talking with us. we'll take a break. when we come back we'll change topics and talk about life and legacy of rock-n-roll famer lou reed, who passed away at the age >> while you were asleep, news was happening. >> here are the stories we're following. >> find out what happened and what to expect. >> international outrage. >> a day of political posturing. >> every morning from 6 to 10am al jazeera america brings you more us and global

snowden has put out. >> in crawlly, you served in the state department is it possible that the white house didn't necessarily know what the nsa is doing with their collecting and whether or not they're spying on world leaders? >> it's absolutely like i he didn't know. the president said he didn't know. the president provides strategic guidance but the tactical decisions of how you go about getting the information that leaders know, that's done at lower levels. it's a good question of how much knowledge there was within the white house, but i don't think this is the kind of decision that you're going to bring into the oval office. >> thank you so much for talking with us. we'll take a break. when we come back we'll change topics and talk about life and legacy of rock-n-roll famer lou reed, who passed away at the age of 71. this is "inside story." all next week america tonight investigates the campus rape crisis. >> serial rape is the norm on college campuses. >> i know that when i did report, i was blamed. >> then this friday at nine eastern, we open up the conversation in a live town

snowden since he got asylum here in russia the last time we saw him was at the sheremetyevo airport transit zone back in july and while snowden himself may be safe and sound there have been questions about the fate of those who have worked with them and of course that is a worry that's been expressed by wiki leaks founder julian assange on more police in terms of prison people at risk. for several hours as we know our guardian newspaper was rated grills part of the time for nine hours and the formal investigation before the terrorism investigation has started up so there you have it julian a songe describing a difficult political climate for whistleblowers and those who helped them it's not a man himself meanwhile we are told at least has no regrets about what he did and believes that it was the right decision. now a worldwide rally against genetically modified food giant monsanto is being held across the globe activists are protesting the use of potentially harmful chemicals in food production something monsanto says is the only way to feed the globe's growing population hundreds o

snowden since he got asylum here in russia the last time we saw him was at the sheremetyevo airport transit zone back in july and while snowden himself may be safe and sound there have been questions about the fate of those who have worked with them and of course that is a worry that's been expressed by wiki leaks founder julian assange and i'm more concerned in terms of prison people at risk. journalists sarah harrison as we know the guardian newspaper was rated grills part of the time for nine hours and for more investigation reform and terrorism investigation has started off so there you have it julian assange describing a difficult political climate for a whistleblowers and those who helped them snowden man himself meanwhile we are told at least has no regrets about what he did and believes that it was the right decision. a worldwide rally against genetically modified food giant monsanto is being held across the globe activists protesting the use of potentially harmful chemicals in food production something one santos says is the only way to feed the globe's growing population w

snowden since he got asylum here in russia the last time we saw him was at the sheremetyevo airport transit zone back in july and while snowden himself may be safe and sound there have been questions about the fate of those who have worked with them and of course that is a worry that's been expressed by wiki leaks founder julian assange on more concern in terms of prison people at risk. of course sarah as we know our guardian newspaper was rated grills part of the time for nine hours and therefore more investigation before the terrorism investigation has started up so there you have it julian assange describing a difficult political climate for whistleblowers and those who help them it's not a member himself meanwhile we are told at least has no regrets about what he did and believes that it was the right decision. a worldwide rally against genetically modified food giant monsanto is being held across the globe activists separate testing the use of potentially harmful chemicals ensued production something monsanto says is the only way to feed the globe's growing population hundreds

snowden since he got asylum here in russia the last time we saw him was at the sheremetyevo airport transit zone back in july and while snowden himself may be safe and sound there have been questions about the fate of those who have worked with them and of course that is a worry that's been expressed by wiki leaks founder julian assange on a more concern in terms of prison people at risk. journalists sarah harrison as we know our guardian newspaper was rated griddles part of the time for nine hours and the formal investigation before the terrorism investigation has started off so there you have it julian a songe describing a difficult political climate for whistleblowers and those who helped them it's not a man himself meanwhile we are told at least has no regrets about what he did and believes that it was the right decision. what if we live a full week for edward snowden between being reunited with his father and receiving the sam adams award or going to a website just updated on the latest developments in the life that was. activists from across the globe are being taken to the st

snowden has put out. >> in crawlly, you served in the state department is it possible that the white house didn't necessarily know what the nsa is doing with their collecting and whether or not they're spying on world leaders? >> it's absolutely like i he didn't know. the president said he didn't know. the president provides strategic guidance but the tactical decisions of how you go about getting the information that leaders know, that's done at lower levels. it's a good question of how much knowledge there was within the white house, but i don't think this is the kind of decision that you're going to bring into the oval office. >> thank you so much for talking with us. we'll take a break. when we come back we'll change topics and talk about life and legacy of rock-n-roll famer lou reed, who passed away at the age al jazeera america... >>introduces... "america tonight". >>a fresh take on the stories that connect to you. >>grounded. >>real. >>unconventional. >>an escape from the expected. (vo) al jazeera america we understand that every news story begins and ends with people. >> the

blog have interpreted mr hayden's words to mean putting snowden on america's kill list now general hayden confirmed to me that the quote is correct but he claims that his words have been misinterpreted and he never proposed for snowden to be put on any assassination list but some would argue that this is probably the worst time for any former or current top u.s. official to even speak sarcastically about putting snowden on a list and that's because journalists jeremy scahill and glenn greenwald are currently working together on a joint investigation on how the u.s. national security agency has been involved in the wider overseas assassination program run by the obama administration now both of these journalists are known for their hard hitting investigations of the u.s. government and their collaboration will reportedly reveal how they say the vast surveillance network of the n.s.a. operates in conjunction with clandestine operations run by the u.s. military or the cia now for those who don't know the so hot a rise that snowden is nominated for was established by the european parliament i