the guardian has no jurisdiction over the editors. >> did the guardian -- >> i think it meets your final question. >> no, i think it's less than six minutes. >> mr. ellis, order. i'm chairing this meeting. this is your final question. >> this is not a -- i'm asking you some questions that i think you should answer. did the guardian pay for flights by david miranda to courier secret funds? >> we paid for mr. miranda's flights, which was -- he feels acting as intermediary between -- >> you did pay for the flightings. so have they been accounted for as a business expense? those flights? is the uk taxpayer funding a tax break for the transfer of stolen funds? -- files? >> you may not be familiar with the tax laws. i think we'll move on to the next -- >> i don't see -- >> order, mr. ellis. >> perhaps we must go to the courtroom in the 1930's. asking you questions. were you surprised at the amount of intelligence gathering which was revealed as a result of what snowden gave to your newspaper and other media outlets? >> i think many people are staggered by the amount of -- >> gave yourself, if

guardian rd of the newspaper, if you understood the structure of the guardian has no editors. on over the >> did the guardian. >> i think it meets your final question. i think it's less than six minutes. >> mr. ellis, order. chairing this meeting. this is your final question. is not a -- i'm asking you some questions that i think you should answer. the guardian pay for flights -- to courier secret funds? > we paid for mr. miranda's flights, which was -- he feels acting as intermediary between -- the u did pay for flightings. so have they been accounted for as a business expense? flights? is the uk taxpayer funding a tax of stolenthe transfer funds? be familiar with the tax laws. i think we'll move on to the next -- don't see -- >> order, mr. ellis. perhaps we must go to the the 1930s.n asking you questions. were you surprised at the amount of intelligence gathering which revealed as a result of what snowden gave to your newspaper media outlets? >> i think many people are the amount of -- > gave yourself, if i may interrupt, were you -- >> i was staggered. think we all knew tha

"the guardian" has not use names. there's the rare occasion where we use individual flag from documents, which has names on it. we absolutely redact today. it has been said we use names. we didn't use names. >> i asked when you communicated that document in the united states and in some cases and documents you did redacted names in other cases you didn't. how did you decide? >> iran. >> we have not used any names. >> the documents of other papers. >> yes, you're quite right. >> what issue is she right about, confused? >> at the risk of repeating myself, there remains in this document. the government has been aware of that. those documents were shared with the new your >> did you redact any of those names? he left those names as they were out of the country? >> did not use any names, either. >> did you have an agreement before used the document? and what about web the "washington post"? >> the "washington post" with the materials. >> okay, but you're working -- >> we are not working them. the only people we are working

nothing from the guardian, the tolls and website, let's be real about it, there's nothing the guardian published that is in danger ring people in the ways you talk about. >> it is not only what you published but what you communicated. that is what can amount to a criminal offense. you because communication, secret documents, secret and top secret in the reason, not to hide them from "the guardian" but those that are out to harm them but you communicated those documents. if you had known about the enigma code in world war ii would you have transmitted that information to the nazis. >> that is a well-worn red herring if i may say so. most journalists make a distinction between the kind of thing you are talking about, this is well-worn material that has been dealt with by the supreme court that you learn when you deal with courts. i make those distinctions. >> have members of the board of the "the guardian" newspaper said to you or conceited to use the law may have been broken? have you been told by members of the board of the "the guardian" newspaper that your job is on the line? >> you

one of them was "the guardian." one of them was "the washington post," clearly not under my control. one went to rio. one went to germany. that was the hand of cards we were all dealt, if you like. obviously say that "the washington post" is under my control. >> we are in touch with "the new york times." we may take evidence from them in the future. in terms of the files under your control, 99% has not been published. you have full control. you know where they are. they are secure and in a place where you feel they cannot get into other people's hands. >> i believe that be true. in reply tosaid julian smith in a letter that was published that there are 850,000 people in the world who have the same information as you have in those piles -- those files. >> we were told that 850,000 to thewere exposed original leak, which is the thing that most people were concerned about -- 850,000 people had access to the information. >> these 800 50,000 people, this is a figure given to you of people who've got security clearance, o

had compared the disclosures that the guardian newspaper had made of the edward snowden files to the spilling of secrets to the nazis let's take a listen to this if you. go during world war two would you were transmitted down to the british to the dogs. now throughout that session we also heard a lot of the m.p.'s calling for alan rusbridger to justify his actions he made very clear that he felt what the newspaper had done was in the public interest but look all the more incredible watching what played out today during that questioning if you compare it to what took place at the beginning of last month and that we heard in a different parliamentary session the heads of the intelligence agencies in the cape and i five m i six g c h q they were quizzed by m.p.'s and it was a much calmer much more collective session and indeed that was something that the guardian editor made note of himself when he was really pushed a further disclosure of these documents haitians let's take a listen to what he said. the catastrophic leak that did happen was dealt with by the i.o.c. with the following e

in the guardian obviously there is a danger of muslim. and other bits of media organization i don't think they will go that far because the great tradition of journalism in britain is that. without fear or favor and say what they believe. rather diminished a great journalistic tradition but the guardian has very proudly for it and should be supported for it i think it's extremely unlikely they would prosecute the editor of a newspaper and trying to close a newspaper it has never happened before in britain that i can remember and i don't think it's going to happen. well from national security to national interest britain's david cameron sweet chit chat with china face is a great wall of skepticism. while david cameron visits. tweets. closer trade links between the u.k. and china many of the british chinese. restaurants say that the immigration crackdown in chinatown is making them feel very welcome. still to come but first we bring you live pictures from kiev as files of protesters in the ukrainian capital of demanding the president despit

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the editor of britain's guardian newspaper is staying to find a flat out denying his paper was aiding terrorists by publishing revelations on the scale of global surveillance he was being grilled by a parliamentary committee which questioned whether the paper is encouraging terrorism to r.t. so for now the government be here in force in london so it wasn't easy but somehow managed to stay calm and cool through certain parts of that hearing didn't. well was the hearing it was it was lively at times it got quite heavy handed i think it's fair to say as he said the editor of the guardian newspaper managing to answer all these questions but some of the questions i think will of raised some eyebrows certainly we heard at one point and then p. i asked alan rusbridger do you love your country now that wasn't the only question that is going to be raising eyebrows we also heard one m.p. seemingly compare some of the guardian disclosures of the edward snowden files to the leaking of secrets to the nazis let's take a listen to that. if you bought the book though during world war two would you wa

seemingly compare some of the guardian disclosures of the edward snowden files to the leaking of secrets to the nazis let's take a listen to that. if you. want to would you put it down to the british to the dogs now the question session all the more interesting if you compare it to what sixth place at the beginning of last month and there we saw the heads of the u.k. intelligence agencies and my five m i six g c h q and they've come before another parliamentary committee and they're questioning much calmer much more coordinated and so i think this is something that the editor of the guardian also made note of in his questioning today because the did was do with by the seat with the former. can we assume you're having discussions with your american colleagues the hundreds of thousands of people who appeared in your. phone all three of us revealed in those discussions drew thank you very much. mark coming towards the end of that session we heard alan rusbridger asked if the guardian would continue to publish revelations and he said that they wouldn't be intimidated but they wouldn't behave

well as a sort of the guardian newspaper alan rusbridger facing questions from m.p.'s right now at that home affairs select committee and he'll be questioned over the implications for national security in this country of the publications of his knees paper of some of the files from the leaks edward snowden documents now that questioning taking place at the moment earlier on at the beginning of last month we heard from some of the top spy chiefs in the cave their heads of m i five m i six then g c h q you gave an unprecedented public appearance and there we heard claims from the terrorist networks had been given a helping hand by some of the disclosures that we've seen and that al-qaeda were rubbing their hands with glee now alan rusbridger is always defended his these papers role in the disclosures saying that he's simply been part of sparking a debate around intelligence gathering to talk more about this on to him by technology journalist glenn thank you very much for joining us it's a debate indeed it sparked we've heard every awaiting and the prime minister being a

has left the guardian. as a result in caught all of the censorship by the guardian all of that material to date less than zero point zero five percent of all the snowden documents have been published. the majority of the media are still reluctant to challenge the government like you said and speaking of glenn greenwald recently he reprimanded journalists across the globe for not standing up to the government lets out so have a listen to what glenn greenwald had to say at a recent conference in hamburg. what is that we were targeting in the behavior of the media over the past six months is just revelations have emerged almost entirely without and despite the role of the us media and their british counterparts is to be voices for oppose with the greatest power and to protect our interests and serve that. your highness i want to ask you is it as bad as greenwald is saying. well i mean generally speaking if you just understand the powerful media institutions are part of power rather than being being so to speak

the editor of britain's guardian newspaper is being grilled by a special parliamentary committee over the publishing of stories exposing the scale of global surveillance which britain is no small part of the government says the paper is encouraging terrorism but others say that is just an excuse to intimidate the media world to r.t. sara first now he's covering the hearing for us in london so understand that the hearing is is about to end and it hasn't been easy for him has it. well absolutely fascinating listening to that questioning of the guardian editor alan rusbridger by m.p.'s at the home affairs select committee assess and if you compare and contrast to that hearing that we had another parliamentary committee at the beginning of last month and though we've seen the heads of the spy agencies in the k.l. i five m i six. they face the much calmer more collected questioning from n.p.c. so much so that after that it faced a lot of criticism that it was simply a cosmetic exercise we take a look at what's been happening today during the questioning and he certainly faced a fair grilli

government that's saying we shouldn't do that let's look at how much pressure the guardian has faced these last months the paper began publishing revelations of surveillance this summer and soon after the police came knocking on the door demanding it hand over all the information it had and that didn't work so the paper was threatened with legal action reportedly by figures close to david cameron now the paper refused to yield in august the partner of a guardian columnist was detained under anti terror laws allegedly for carrying more incriminating data and later that month the paper was forced to destroy hard drives containing sensitive information although that to fail to stop more revelations and so here we are now with the editor of the guardian being grilled by m.p.'s about aiding terrorists. right to see. her story. and i think that your. thousands of protesters in the ukrainian capital are demanding the president dishpans the country's cabinet that's after a motion of no confidence was rejected by parliament in a far east. is in kiev for us. the system itself was a rather rowd

in the case of the guardian and. other organizations the major media organizations that were. twenty thirteen if anything with snowden's leaks has basically told us that privacy is dead around the globe yohannes is it possible to revive can we get our privacy back. i mean getting our privacy back is pretty much the same kind of question is can we get back or can we get the freedom of information back and in my point of view this is a process that you have to have to strive for particularly more or less every day. and in that respect there are many different things that can be done but the most important part. is building public awareness about these issues. particularly about privacy i think that many of us now that we now that we know. that our e-mails are continuously read or that our telephones are tapped we can start thinking about different technical ways of solving this issue but the most important first step is that we start we start to speak up. if we speak about for example freedom of information or more broader democratic issues than obviously the first step is to st

just last week the guardian revealed that ninety of some of the biggest corporations generate nearly two thirds of greenhouse gas emissions and are thus overwhelmingly responsible for climate change duffy's why is the burden of this issue on the consumer rather than these and massive corporations absolutely it's the it's a major imbalance and i think you know i think i don't think it's right to just kind of say it it is just them i mean obviously consumers do play a role we all play a role in this kind of mass you know in this industrial juggernaut that we live in you know we buy the products we watch the programs you know we are complicit in to that extent so we have to acknowledge that but at the same time you know it's doesn't make sense when you look at when you look at the tiny number of corporations who are responsible it's ninety corporations the most powerful corporations in the ward response of. greenhouse gas emissions you know id isn't just about consumption is also the fact that those companies are actively dominating the airwaves that dominating consumer culture and they

also the south british and peas are said to be real the guardians of the secret service allegations the paper damaged national security by exposing the government spying program. also while true europe's trying to concepts way out of a recession with crippling austerity iceland's going down a different path i'm getting money to its people to speed recovery. and guilty as charged of course and mosco convicts the bolshoi ballet's leading soloist over the answers outside of the artistic director of the fields. international news live from moscow you're watching also international with me as you national thanks for joining us. government protests in the ukrainian capital are keeping this iteration on edge with the main square barricaded and official buildings blockaded as the country's parliament is debating a no confidence vote in the government the prime minister in turn has accused the opposition of trying to stage a coup. i'm going to follow the developments in kiev well at this point we have had several hundred people actually staying overnight at the independence square in the center

after the break you guys are talking off these are met at the guardian to break down the extent of corporate espionage among global activists stick around. rostock rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want. think that's good. that you know the price is the only industry specifically mentioned in the constitution and. that's because a free and open press is critical to our democracy albus. role. in fact the single biggest threat facing our nation today is the corporate takeover of our government and our press civic we've been hijacked why handful of transnational corporations that will profit by destroying what our founding fathers once will just my job market it on this show we reveal the big picture of what's actually going on in the world we go beyond identifying the problem. rational debate real discussion critical issues facing. you know ready to join the movement then welcome to the big picture. of the that. and the post snowden age it's no surprise that governments extensively spine activists all around the world three never live in a corporatocracy it's not too much

after the break you guys are talking off he's on medical guardian to break down the extent of corporate espionage among global activists stick around. i've got a quote for you. that's pretty tough. stay with sob story. it's just this guy like you but smear about guys stead of working for the people most issues the mainstream media were for each other right on the station. they did rather well. i think. it was like well if you go to juneau the price is the only industry specifically mention in the constitution and. that's because a free and open press is critical to our democracy trek albus. role. in fact the single biggest threat facing our nation today is the corporate takeover. of our governments and our press similar we've been a hydrogen right hand full of trans national corporations that will profit by destroying what our founding fathers once it's all just my job market it on this show we were to feel the big picture of what's actually going on in the world we go beyond identifying the problem. rational debate real discussion political issues facing that if i ever feel ready to jo

after the break you guys are talking off he's on medical guardian to break down the extent of corporate espionage among black to best stick around. what defines a country's success the faceless figures of economic growth. for a factual standard of living. and. from. the lead. torch is on its epic journey to such. one hundred twenty three days. through some nine hundred towns and cities of russia. relayed by fourteen thousand people or sixty five thousand killings. in a record setting trip by land air sea and others face. alleged fake torch relay. on our team hard to dot com. in the post snowden age it's no surprise that governments extensively spy on activists all around the world they're enough to live in a corporatocracy it's not too much of a leap to assume that corporations are conducting their own surveillance on activist communities see a new report by the center for corporate policy has not only confirm this but as expose just how far reaching corporate infiltration of activist groups really is the report also outlines the private public partnership for matric intelligence agenci

seemingly compare some of the guardian disclosures of the edward snowden files to the leaking of secrets to the nazis let's take a listen to that. if you bought the book though during world war two would you were transmitted down to the british to the nazi now the question session all the more interesting if you compare it to what place at the beginning of last month and there we saw the heads of the u.k. intelligence agencies and my five and my six g.c. h.q. and they'd come before another parliamentary committee and they're questioning much calmer much more coordinated and so i think this is something that the editor of the guardian also made note of in his questioning today because of strictly that did happen was dealt with by the i.o.c. with the following. can we assume you're having discussions with your colleagues the hundreds of thousands of people who just your. three of us who build eleusis coaches jim jim thank you very much i was coming towards the end of that session we heard alan rusbridger asked if the guardian would continue to publish revelations and he said that they woul

after the break you guys are talking off these are met at the guardian to break down the extent of corporate espionage among activists stick around. i wonder if we can add democracy at least the expansion is in the seat of the kind of spouse by george w. bush to that at least a few tolkien ideologies on par with communism on par with nazis long parley and militant really gents you know the ideology that's going to make people lead to an increase in violence i think the problem is the idea that by military force decapitated government create a state of anarchy and hope that democracy. spontaneously last. march as consumer p.c.'s and i see what many in the country is the federal government to simply say this property of the united states government. is the united states diligent it was troubling us to realize it can just by. just throw it away. for instance belongs to the united states environmental protection agency and i found this on a dump site here this is not always. the producers of these little i think should be able to collect at least i believe the vision responsible for their produc

after that, it's up to her. >> i don't think jennie needs a guardian for everything in this world. i think, to quote jennie, she just needs a little help. ( applause ). >> thank you. >> reporter: since her court victory, hatch has become an icon for the developmentally disabled. in october, she also became the face of a foundation, the jenny hatch justice project. d.c. native reinking is their first client. >> everybody needs a little help every now and then, but once you're independent, i think you're good to go. >> reporter: when king turned 18, his family became his legal guardians, but his mother, suzie, says her son doesn't need that level of supervision. so they've taken their case to court. >> we followed jennie's story, and we decided well, why not try it ourselves. we tried it before, even though we were turned down, we decided to try it again. >> reporter: when her guardianship expires next year, hatch is still dividing what to do-- power of attorney, guardian, or neither. she's the one to choose. >> and i'm here to spread a message for disabilities, i'm taking over. >> r

en oaxaca mexico un grupo de guardianes silenciosos contribuye de manera muy especial para mantener la seguridad en las calles. poseen capacidades diferentes que, como nos dice galo arellano, les permiten cumplir a la perfeccion con su tarea. >> para su protecciÓn no mostraremos sus rostros. >> se le gusta su trabajo, se siente bien puntos orgullosa de trabajar aquÍ. siempre estÁ vigilando. >> son conocidos como los Ángeles del silencio. >> darles la oportunidad de trabajar en materia de seguridad, tambiÉn de aprovechar esa virtud que tienen ellos de detectar los movimientos de labios, detectar situaciones que yo no puedo detectar. personas sospechosas. >> cuando observan que algo sale de lo cotidiano, notifiquen inmediatamente a sus superiores. lo que no tiene oÍdo, lo tienen de intuiciÓn. han atrapado a traficantes de drogas. >> eso es lo primero que nos atrajo para contratar sordomudos como policÍas. cuando empezamos a trabajar con ellos nos dimos cuenta que son gente muy comprometida con su trabajo. >> antes no eran considerados como personas econÓmicamente activa. >> no t

when mps held a special debate on the disclosures, this mp sprang to "the guardian"'s defe nse. >> for technology changes in the capacity of states and companies to collect and analyze data grows massively. we growing dangerously walking into a surveillance state. >> we are in a situation today where "the guardian," which had every right to report on this issue which has raised important topics of debate, which has done so in a digital, a global way, an interesting way with good journalism. >> this focus on "the guardian" is really quite extraordinary, if you compare it to the fact that you were talking about "the guardian." in the u.s. they're talking about the important issues, citizens privacy. shouldn't we get onto talking about that? >> this is the secret state, the government acting without the knowledge and permission of its citizens, a flagrant breach of individuals moral and probably legal rights for what it believes is the common good. >> who is judge and jury? i would venture a stage with some site of oversight is a better judge and jury. >> the agencies recruitment and trai

seemingly compare some of the guardian disclosures of the edward snowden files to the leaking of secrets to the nazis let's take a listen to that this is if you. want to do it from somebody down to the bridge to the dots now the question session all the more interesting if you compare it to what six place at the beginning of last month and there we saw the heads of the u.k. intelligence agencies and my five m i six g c h q and they had come before another parliamentary committee and they're questioning much calmer much more coordinated and so i think this is something that the editor of the guardian also made note of in his questioning today because of strictly the did was do with by the i received the following. can we assume you're having discussions with your american colleagues the hundreds of thousands of people who appeared in this during. all three of us to go to those discussions jim drew thank you very much was coming towards the end of that session we heard alan rusbridger asked if the guardian would continue to publish revelations and he said that they wouldn't be intimidated

s are set to grill the guardian's editor over secret service allegations the paper damaged national security by exposing the government spying program also. while david cameron visits beijing tweets in monterrey and informatics close a trade links between the u.k. and china many of the british chinese working in these shops and restaurants say that the immigration from down in london is chinatown this is making them feel very welcome. the world's top headlines live. from all of us here welcome to the program. antigovernment protests in ukraine in the capital look keeping the situation on edge with the main square barricaded and the official buildings blockaded as well but the authorities are not budging the country's prime minister has accused the opposition of trying to stage a coup not just trying to lead peaceful protests. he is in kiev following developments well this may be a fraction of what we saw on sunday now in the streets of kiev on sunday there were literally more than a hundred thousand people at the very least and some estimates even reached a million people it's just a few but

the coming towards the end of the session we heard of them rusbridger if the guardian would continue to publish revelations that he said that they wouldn't be intimidated that they wouldn't behave recklessly and that was quite important i think in today's session he really made note of the level of scrutiny that the journalists involved in publishing these stories undertook and saying that they have behaved responsibly in her spot this debate about the state of the surveillance that intelligence agencies in this country have undertaken so certainly i think this debate not going away any time soon that was artie's sarah furth. for most people facebook is a place where they can share photos or catch up with long lost friends however the social media side may have a darker side and a new study called the dark side of facebook swedish researchers found that status updates can indicate certain personality traits including psychopathy narcissism and machiavellianism to conduct the study dinello garcia and sverker six trum reviewed the status updates of over three hundred americans in combi

we had some revel a tree value but frankly the damage was done not when when the guardian published its stories about edward snowden's leaks and n.s.a. and the c.h.p. surveillance the damage was done but edward snowden flew into hong kong international airport and the chinese got details of how they'd be doing what they did so that's the damage to national security for britain and america but over the years there's always been these national security scandals and the security services the detergent services recover every country has had its traitor but also your views there were a trade area the security services had there traitors to the snowden i trained here i'm not i'm not right now i don't see snowden as a traitor actually i see him is rather naive young man who sprayed information all over the place where really what he needed to do was bring out the information that mattered we've seen large amounts of information slowly sleep out into the public consciousness and very slowly over here much quicker in america. but some of the guardian's revelations of being really of the interest

guardian angels on three. who are we? one, two, three, guardian angels! move it. >> it's after 9:00 already at night. so we'll just take up along here real quick where we'll make a pass through the park on the way back around. >> these guys are the eyes and ears of stockton's reduced police force, and they coordinate with the police before every one of their patrols. >> some people hanging out outside over there. how you doing? we're the guardian angels. have you guys heard of us? >> you have. how you doing? >> it's not an easy job, but these people love their city too much to see it hurt like this. and they'll do whatever they can to make these neighborhoods safe again. >> next year i want to get all these groups together in one spot, right, and have the largest nonprofit event stockton has seen, and try to bring all our resources together so we can start working as one instead of separate entities. >> that's a good idea. you could have volunteer stockton. >> exactly. >> just the people i spoke to, there is a lot of people who are really invested in want

now in the united kingdom the editor of the guardian newspaper is due to appear before the house of commons over publishing edward snowden's revelations on global surveillance the country's security services claim public access to the documents has eroded national security but investigative journalist tony gosling told us it's the secret service agency itself that should be facing the grilling what they're doing is they're informing the public on criminal activity by our own intelligence services g c h q particularly because other newspapers and people haven't been doing it over the last few years this is absolute rubbish i'm afraid when in front of the intelligence and security committee the bosses of m i five m i six and q were giving their evidence we hard we were asking them for evidence that there's been any kind of threat to national security and you know what they said oh we could tell you in secret this is no real evidence they don't have any evidence they've been caught out acting criminally and we've got no proper oversight whatsoever of our intelligence services right now our int

when mps held a special debate this mpisclosures, spring to "the guardian"'s defe nse. theor technology changes in capacity of states and companies to collect and analyze data grows massively. we growing dangerously walking into a surveillance state. >> we are in a situation today where "the guardian," which had every right to report on this issue which has raised important , which has done so in a digital, a global way, an interesting way with good .ournalism >> this focus on "the guardian" is really quite extraordinary, if you compare it to the fact that you were talking about "the guardian." in the u.s. they're talking important issues, citizens privacy. shouldn't we get onto talking about that? the secret state, the government acting without the knowledge and permission of its ofizens, a flagrant breach individuals moral and probably legal rights for what it believes is the common good. >> who is judge injury? a stage withre some site of oversight is a better judge and jury. the agencies recruitment and training procedures are all designed to ensure that those opera

but some of the guardian's revelations of being really of interesting boring some of the being spectacular i mean only recently they revealed. others here is something like that fifty or sixty or expose a from this. no leaks that g.c. h.q. would handle handed over the data every single british telephone call mobile phone id dead email identity to the americans that sort of information is is really damaging that sort of information is is having an impact in britain initially the impact was was very light people sort of thought well the intelligence services should be looking for al-qaeda terrorists but that is over here the extent of the whole thing has come out and people are beginning to question it much much more than they had previously and i think you know that in a situation where m.p.'s had actually rejected a bill that sought to provide this sort of information where g.c. h.q. was already providing this information to ministers to the prime minister i think that's disgraceful duplicity it's just the wrong way to treat the british people it's the wrong way to treat m.p.'s and parliam

thank you for joining us in the united kingdom the editor of the guardian newspaper is due to appear before the house of commons over publishing edward snowden's revelations on global surveillance the country's security services claim public access to the documents has eroded national security but investigative journalist tony gosling he told us it's the secret service is it themselves they should be the ones facing a grilling. what they're doing is they're informing the public on criminal activity by our own intelligence services g c h q particularly because other newspapers and people haven't been doing it over the last few years this is absolute rubbish i'm afraid when in front of the intelligence and security committee the bosses of m i five m i six and q were giving their evidence we hard we were asking them for evidence that there's been any kind of threat to national security and you know what they said oh we can tell you in secret this is no real evidence they don't have any evidence they've been caught out acting criminally and we've got no proper oversight whatsoever of our

the editor of britain's guardian newspaper or the grilled today by a special commission with the publishing of stories exposing the scale of global surveillance which britain is no small part of the government says the paper is encouraging terrorism but others say that accusation is just an attempt to intimidate the media and investigative journalist tony gosling says if the secret agent says there should be a question. what they're doing is they're informing the public criminal activity by our own intelligence services g c h q particularly because other newspapers and the people have been doing it over the last few years this is absolute rubbish i'm afraid when in front of the intelligence and security committee the bosses of m i five m i six and q were giving their evidence we we were asking them for evidence that there's been any kind of threat to national security and you know what they said oh we could tell you in secret this is no real evidence they don't have any evidence they've been caught out acting criminally and we've got no proper oversight whatsoever of our intelligence servic

s are said to grill the guardians of the secret service allegations with paper damage to national security by exposing the government spying program. while much of europe is trying to count its way out of recession with crippling austerity iceland's going down a different past funding money for its people to speed recovery not. guilty as charged a course in moscow convict people short bonnie's leading soloist over the city at times on the artistic director of the theater. international news and comment live from moscow you're watching all she international with me. and welcome to the program and to government protests in the ukrainian capital keeping the situation on edge with the main square of barricaded and official buildings blockaded the country's parliament is debating a no confidence vote in the government the prime minister in turn has accused the opposition of trying to stage a coup going to follow in the developments for us in cuba. well at this point we have had several hundred people actually staying overnight at the independence square in the center of kiev and i've just seen

we had some revel a true value but frankly the damage was done not when when the guardian published its stories about edward snowden's leaks and n.s.a. and t.c.h. keep surveillance the damage was done but edward snowden flew into hong kong international airport and the chinese got details of how they'd be doing what they do so that's the damage to national security for britain and america but over the years there's always been these national security scare knows that the security services lead to services recover you know every country has had its traitor but also you've used the word trade area of the security services had there are traitors to the snowden i trained here i'm not i'm not i know i don't see snowden as a traitor i see it was rather naive young man who sprayed information all over the place where really what he needed to do was bring out the information that mattered we've seen large amounts of information slowly sleep out into the public consciousness and very slowly over here much quicker in america. but some of the guardian's revelations of being really of the interesti

they had to tell britain's guardian newspaper will be grilled today by a special committee see over the publishing of stories exposing the scale of global surveillance which britain is no small part of the government says the paper is encouraging terrorism but others say that accusation is just an attempt to intimidate the media and investigative journalist tony gosling says is the secret agencies who should be questioned. what they're doing is they're informing the public criminal activity by our own intelligence services g c h q particularly because other newspapers and the people have been doing it over the last few years this is absolute rubbish i'm afraid when in front of the intelligence the security committee the bosses of m i five m i six and q were giving their evidence we we were asking them for evidence that there's been any kind of threat to national security and you know what they said oh we could tell you in secret this is no real evidence they don't have any evidence they've been caught out acting criminally and we've got no proper oversight whatsoever over intelligence s

international the guardian made its first public revelations based on snowden's materials at the beginning of the summer it was. then soon after that in july the police knocked on the door demanding all the league data be handed over and what would become a common occurrence followed the paper was then warned of legal action against it then in august david miranda a partner to one of the guardian's colonists was arrested accused of trying to bring in fresh material on the n.s.a. n.g.c. h.q. in a symbolic move the newspaper destroyed the computer hard drives which contain some of the secret data so here we are now waiting for the editor of the guardian to go before pays well it's good to have you with us here on r.t. international today plenty more for you to come just a bit later in the program. david cameron visits beijing tweets in mandarin in promotes closer trade links between the u.k. and china many of the british chinese working in these shops and restaurants say that the immigration crackdown in london is chinatown isn't making them feel very well the. president accuses nato of appl

hard drives which contain some of the secret data and now here we are waiting for the editor of the guardian to go before the members of parliament why are you with r.t. international live from moscow plenty more for you to come still in this program. well david cameron this is space tweets in mandarin in promotes close it's trade links between. the u.k. and china many of the british chinese working in these shops and restaurants say that the immigration from down in london is chinatown isn't making them feel very welcome. and afghanistan's president accuses nato of applying pressure to allow international forces to stay on its soil to pull out. the rest of the world's top headlines for this hour after the break. speak your language. programs and documentaries in arabic it's all here on. the team from the world talks about six of the ip interviews intriguing story for you. to find out more visit our big. international thanks for joining us going soft on human rights in tibet and tweeting in mandarin just some of david cameron's latest moves to win the good graces of the chinese and the briti

it is the role of the free press topple governments to account the guardian's editor alan ross bridge are defending the publication and a parliamentary hearing today in which members of parliament act nca to blame the guardian for a national security breach rt sarah firth has more. well one thing hearing it was that his lively at times that don't quite have the hang of it i think it's that to say the edges have begun the news paper at managing to loans that will raise questions that at some of the questions i think on it and raise some eyebrows secondly we had a one point an empty office and with three g d that you love your country now that would send me any question that is getting to be raising eyebrows we all say i had one np seemingly content some of the guardian this place is a peek at the snake and files can be king of secrets. add to the nazis as they listened to that the unit about the unique movement to remove one two with two phones that information to the dogs. now the question session to a warmer more interesting if he can pack for what's a place at the beginning at the f

unless now have a look at how much pressure the guardian has phrase these latest months the paper began publishing revelations of surveillance this summer soon after police came knocking on the door demanding the paper hand over hand over all the information had that didn't work so the paper was threatened with legal action reportedly by figures close to david cameron the paper refused to yield in august the paper the partner of the guardian columnist was detained under and to terrorist laws allegedly for carrying more incriminating data later that month the paper was forced to destroy hard drives containing sensitive data although that too failed to stop more revelations and here we are now waiting for the editor of the guardian to go before and. during at this hour britain's switch a charge with china faces a great wall of skepticism. while david cameron visits beijing tweets in mandarin him for. it's closer trade links between the u.k. and china many of the british chinese working in these shops and restaurants say that the immigration problem down in london is chinatown isn't making

we were based out there because of the times and the guardian and just love it out there. there's so much happening in both cups, act stand and india. we -- pakistan and india. we love working there equally and just want to continue working out there. >> yeah. i mean, asia is, you know, particularly like india, it's recreating itself every day. they have thousands of years of history that go way before stories like "partition." but there's a tremendous feeling of energy there this terms of new -- [inaudible] tear ruing some stunning, stunning -- they're producing some stunning new writers, stunning film makers, cartoonists and artists and you really get that feeling of drive. there's no complacency. sometimes i go back to london or france where we were working for a while, and the complacency is just staggering. people assume stuff will come to them, and in india they're making opportunities in everything. and i think it's a tremendous privilege to be able to report, travel freely and make films in that culture in pakistan and across south asia. it's been 20 years of repea

i know you're no longer with the guardian? do you feel yourself equipped and qualified to make such enormous decisions? thank you. part of freedom of the press, an important part of freedom of the press and i'm stocking up this morning is that fortunately, journalist don't have to answer to government officials about whether sources give them or how they got there information or got their sources , and those are protected from questions like the government -- from the government like the ones you just asked. mr. snowden is the source. who received information of the guardian and when they've received it is not anyone's concern. mr. snowden is identified as the source because he wanted to be identified as the source. i am not going to answer questions about who got the documents, or when we decided to share those internally. it is not for the government to intervene in a process. as far as what the documents are about, i think it is very clear with the documents are about. when mr. snowden came to us he said he had a large amou

has lists the guardian as a result. of the censorship by the guardian but all of that material to date less than zero point zero five percent of the snowden i think documents have been published. the majority of the media are still reluctant to challenge the government like you said and speaking of glenn greenwald recently he reprimanded journalists across the globe for not standing up to the government lets out so have a listen to what going greenwald had to say at a recent conference in hamburg what is that we were targeting in the behavior of the media over the past six months is just revelations have emerged almost entirely without them and despite the roll out of the us media and their british counterparts is to be voices for those with the greatest power and to protect their interests and serve that your highness i want to ask you is it as bad as greenwald is saying generally speaking if you just understand that the powerful media institutions are parts part of power rather than being being so to speak mediators o

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glenn greenwald for his part was then working with the guardian has left the guardian. as a result. of the censorship by the guardian all of that material to date less than zero point five percent of the snowden documents have been published. well the majority of the media are still reluctant to challenge the government like you said and speaking of glenn greenwald recently he reprimanded journalists across the globe for not standing up to the government lets out so have a listen to what glenn greenwald had to say at a recent conference in hamburg. what is that we were targeting in the behavior of the media over the past six months as just revelations have emerged almost entirely without and despite the role of the us media and their british counterparts is to be voices for those with the greatest power and to protect their interests and serve them. your highness i want to ask you is it as bad as greenwald is saying generally speaking if you just understand that the powerful media institutions are part of power rather than being being so to speak mediators of information if you just

physical to the british security services and to the tauriel rooms did a story a floor of the guardian newspaper broke this newspaper's computer smashed into pieces this is even by the standards of the british state. not only to far but one that has never been taken before at least not in peacetime we are perpetually at war so that's what they might say in justification but of course the guardian was only telling us what our rulers are doing and doing with our money in our name and the idea that they should be allowed not only to keep these things secret but when these secrets revealed to take such draconian punitive biological measures as invading newspaper offices and breaking up their hard disks is truly extraordinary and the more shocking still is that the rest of the british media has completely ignored this story as indeed they have more or less completely ignored the snowden affair. right from the beginning i want to move on to syria because there's a huge story that just came out of course relating to you directly dr abbas khan the british man held by assad's forces were schedu