edward snowden speaking to german tv last month. well, to discuss the significance and implications of snowden's leaks, we host a debate. in washington, dc, we are joined by stewart baker, former general counsel of the national security agency, and assistant secretary for policy at the department of homeland security. he is a partner at the law firm steptoe & johnson. baker is the author of "skating on stilts -- why we aren't stopping tomorrow's terrorism" and here in our new york studio, daniel ellsberg is a former pentagon and rand corporation analyst and is perhaps the country's most famous whistleblower. ellsberg leaked the pentagon papers in 1971, exposing the secret history of the u.s. involvement in vietnam, prompting henry kissinger to call him "the most dangerous man in america." the papers were published in several newspapers, including the new york times and the washington post, and were later published as a book. they were only officially declassified and released in 2011. welcome both of you to democracy now! stewart ba

tavis smiley suggested edward snowden might be on a postage stamp one day. it kicked off a huge firestorm of conversation. i want to ask whether or not you think that 25, 50 years from now, we might be viewing edward snowden differently. >> i think that is entirely a possibility. i am not averse to saying he is serving the public interest in what he has done. there may be a price to pay. he may be looking -- he could be in violation of the law without question. that does not mean that his violation of the law does not serve the public interest under the circumstance and it may take the long view to get people beyond the vehement responses they are having at this moment. tavis: what does this say for whistleblowers, for those who do regard him as a whistleblower, what is the message to whistleblowers in the future? >> the message to whistleblowers is that the idea of the protection of a whistleblower is a relatively recent idea. it is not an idea martin luther king had at the time he was talking about civil disobedience. these were people who understood that

and i said, edward snowden. this is the most bizarre thing, they said, who is edward snowden? and i just said matter-of-factly, he is a whistleblower and an asylee. they next asked who is bradley manning? i said, a whistleblower. then they asked, where is bradley manning? and i said, in jail. and he said, so he is a criminal? and i said, he is a political prisoner. then they said, but you represents snowden. and i said, yes, i am a human rights attorney. and i am one of his legal advisers. but i found that entire line of questioning very jarring and very unnerving. i did not know what kind of answer i was supposed to give. it is like asking, who is president obama? they're asking about some of the most famous people on the planet. obviously, i have an attorney/client relationship to protect. i'm not going to get into meetings i've had with clients. and only some of mike clients are public. -- and only some of my clients are public. edward snowden is one of them, that is why can answer that question. i walked away from the interview just shaking. fineg the interview, i was . i

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edward snowden speaks to the world whenever he is so moved. he did yesterday in this video praising chelsea manning. in that statement yesterday, edward snowden also, of course, criticized the government of the united states for its excessive use of secrecy and the australian government for the same thing. the women of pussy riot pulled those ski masks over their faces in anticipation of the pepper spray that they knew would be coming their way. here is more of what happened to these supremely brave women when they tried to sing a song at vladimir putin's olympics. [ screaming ] >> that's what happens to brave people in russia who speak out against the regime. none of that happened to edward snowden yesterday because he did what vladimir putin wants him to do -- speak out against the united states and australia. it must be so painful for edward snowden to be strapped in russia today and not be able to say a word about that country's human rights violation. he must have decided the ns a's collect collection of phone records and massive surveill

they say it is another example of why edward snowden should be considered an american hero. cooper,g live, rebecca abc seven news thank you. coming up, doug is checking more winter weather heading this way. what to expect overnight. gets ready to face off in sochi. abc >> the annual democratic retreat. the president said congress needs to raise the minimum wage and pass immigration reform. ourselves to remind that there are people behind the statistics. there are lives being impacted. >> the president get around. tonight he's in california. we are here with would hundred $60 million. before the present lebron california, he had a message for the first lady. >> the president tweeted a picture with a message. here is the truth here at michelle obama is still the best valentine. the first lady also tweeted a picture with the message hey barack, i will always be your valentine. >> there you go. how sweet. you will always be our valentine a matter what the weather. like you are so sweet. i do not deserve that. we have one more little go around tonight. i will tell you what to exp

snowden and this is where it got really weird even weirder i should say they said who is edward snowden. and that just felt very strange and i want to ask you about the whistleblower and. that was extremely peculiar i don't know i mean. yes a very peculiar who on the planet doesn't know who edward snowden is but i mean my issue is just very factual he's a whistle blower and he's an asylum. and then after that they asked me if i represent bradley manning they brought up these names not me they asked if i represented bradley manning and i said no and then he did that same peculiar question who is bradley manning and i said a whistleblower which legally he is. and then the man asked where is bradley manning as if he didn't know and i said in jail and he said yes he's a criminal or something to that effect and it was it to me feel like ok these people are not whistleblowers they're criminals i know it was very. you know finally i just said look i'm a human rights attorney. and i was allowed to eventually go through but it was just a very strange line of questioning and completely inappropri

so again, more hope for edward snowden here. and mine was the next one, "the puzzle palace", and there they accuse me of putting this to give up documents which i know i did the research with. and they threaten some of my sources, including a one or nsa director with prosecution and jail time and everything. and they had a guy follow me. that is why i wore a costume wherever i went. and actually that was john henry's house. [laughter] >> but they did. they actually had somebody in every audience who gave a talk. and they put a whole file cabinet of papers together on these. and they said that we don't have anything on you. i said that it's impossible. i've been writing about you for three years and you don't have a single visa paper? and then i saw on one paper i thought, oh, that's my codename. so i sent a request for everything on this file and i got a whole drawer. so after about 20 years the agency -- i just made that picture up there, but they actually had a book signing for me and they did have a line going out the door an

. >>> edward snowden did help the "new york times" keep the public informed on what i consider to be very important matters. >> i would say it is the most secretive white house that i have ever been involved in covering. >> during the run-up to the iraq war, abramson was the d.c. bureau chief for the paper, which she says ransom seriously flawed stories. >> we were, i think, not diligent enough. >> i talk to her about the future of the paper and about accusations that the paper is too far left. welcome to "talk to al jazeera," jill. >> thanks so much, john. >> tell us what it's like to be the editor of "the new york times" for the last couple of years. did you dream about this? >> it's something i have dreamed about since i've been a professional journalist. i never expected that i would actually have this job, but some part of me always, yes, certainly dreamed of working for "the new york times." i grew up here in manhattan. my family actually had two home delivery subscriptions to ""the times"," because my mother was a passionate puzzler, but she couldn't stand to have the puzzle r

i think edward snowden was inspired by them. i have no doubt there will be other sources inside the government who see extreme wrongdoing inspired by edward snowden as well. >> at the same time i've gotten the sense you want this new news organization you're building with your colleagues to be broader than just what edward snowden has provided document wise to you. is that right, that you want to broaden out on this new site beyond what you wrote for "the guardian" and nbc more recently? >> oh, definitely. before edward snowden was my source i wrote about a whole range of topics, civil liberties abuses and secrecy abuses, and we're certainly going to continue to focus on issues like that, as well as broader issues. we have journalists who have been at the top of their field reporting on criminal and civil justice abuses and a whole variety of other topics. to us, what we're really about is this journalistic ethos, that people in power, more than anything else, need adversarial checks from those in the media. that's why the first

edward snowden the man responsible for leaking the n.s.a. is revelations that sent shock waves around the globe has been huge. well. the whistle blower has been elected and ornery recto glossed again of us to the u.k. find out what it means for him and for the students and i'll report later this hour . the interview. below. to. choose your language. we can without any financial center say still some of the. choose the news the consensus get to. choose the opinions that invigorating to. choose the stories that entire lives choose the access to often. this is our senior national welcome back alexander ovechkin and company can now forget about their dreams of an impact gold and the home winter games in fact the russian ice hockey squad won't be able to compete for any medal after a dramatic loss to finland in the quarterfinals correspondent this is such a right now so call all over to russia and ice hockey then. yes i think there's going to be so much soul searching in and around russia this evening the red machine have been eliminated at the q

snowden and this is where it got really weird even weirder i should say they said who is edward snowden. and that just felt very strange and i want to add a little about whistleblower and. that was extremely peculiar i don't know i mean who on yes a very peculiar who on the planet doesn't know who edward snowden is but i mean my issue is just very factual he's a whistle blower and he's and i. and then after that they asked me if i represented bradley manning they brought up these names not me they asked if i represented bradley manning and i said no and then he did that shave peculiar question who is bradley manning and i said a whistleblower which legally he is. and then the man asked where is bradley manning as if you didn't know and i said in jail and he said yes he's a criminal or something to that effect i mean it was it was to make me feel like ok these people are not whistleblowers they're criminals i don't know it was very. you finally i just said look i'm a human rights attorney. and i was allowed to eventually go through but it was just a very strange line of questioning and c

whistleblower to be their actor edward snowden was elected by students that support his controversial leaks a look at that and other special honors he's received coming up. and since news broke of the target customer data being there's a growing concern over credit card security and now new cards and apps are being introduced to make things more convenient for consumers but does this pose a security risk will dive into that later tonight show. it's wednesday february nineteenth eight pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz wall and you're watching r.t. america. we start off tonight in sochi where the twenty fourteen winter olympics have wrapped up day twelve of take a look at the latest medal count the u.s. leads with twenty three total medals russia and the netherlands are just one medal behind followed by norway canada and germany one of the big events today was team usa it's taking on the czech republic in hockey but this was never close as team usa pulled away early and won five to two team usa will now face canada in the semifinals on friday. meanwhile a major disappointment for russi

contractor edward snowden continues to make international headlines critics think he's a traitor for leaking documents exposing the massive n.s.a. surveillance program others praise him for his actions and bestow accolades upon him are to correspondent on a saucy target and has more. love him or hate him we all know him after mind boggling revelations on the mass surveillance conducted by the u.s. his popularity seems to be growing by the day now thirty years old former n.s.a. contractor edward snowden made history by disclosing thousands of top secret government documents is leaks forever changing the way the world looks at privacy and security while snowden is currently in temporary asylum in russia and wanted in the u.s. he has been elected the rector of glasgow university a very prominent school in scotland mostly a symbolic position that he will officially hold for three years we are not the pathetic too important issues such as democratic rights. our opposition opposition to prove a safe and immoral state intrusion has gone down in the record what is more we showed edward snowd

edward snowden the man responsible for leaking the n.s.a. the revelations have found shock waves around the globe as. new job the whistleblower has been elected as honorary rector of love to university in the u.k. find out what it means for him and for the students and our reporters later this hour. our. transit road to vnukovo report your best way to the heart of moscow. our. world of. science technology innovation all the least of elements from around russia we've got the future covered. you're watching our international life from moscow welcome. fugitive whistleblower edward snowden may be in limbo overweighs future lines but one of the u.k.'s most venerable institutions is happy to give him a position of trust students at gloucester universe state and scotland have nominated him as a director as sassy explains former u.s. national security agency contractor edward snowden has been elected as a student rector of glasgow university one of the oldest universities in the u.k. the role of issues to senior management at the university bought p

snowden and this is where it got really weird even weirder i should say they said who is edward snowden. and that just felt very strange and i want to ask you about whistleblower and. that was extremely peculiar i don't know i mean who on. yes a very peculiar who on the planet doesn't know who edward snowden is but i mean my issue is just very factual he's a whistle blower and he's and i. and then after that they asked me if i represented bradley manning they brought up these names not me they asked if i represented bradley manning. and i said no and then he did that same peculiar question who is bradley manning and i said a whistleblower which we legally he is. and then the man asked where is bradley manning as if you didn't know and i said in jail and he said yes he's a criminal or something to that effect i mean it was it was to make me feel like ok these people are not whistleblowers they're criminals i don't know it was very. you finally i just said look i'm a human rights attorney. and i was allowed to eventually go through but it was just a very strange line of questioning and co

contractor edward snowden continues to make international headlines critics think he is a traitor for leaking documents exposing the massive n.s.a. surveillance program others praise him and his actions and this show accolades on him here's some examples are to correspondent on associate churkin to has more. love him or hate him we all know him after mind boggling revelations on the mass surveillance conducted by the u.s. his popularity seems to be growing by the day now thirty years old former n.s.a. contractor edward snowden made history by disclosing thousands of top secret government documents is leaks forever changing the way the world looks at privacy and security while snowden is currently in temporary asylum in russia and wanted in the u.s. he has been elected the rector of glasgow university a very prominent school in scotland mostly a symbolic position that he will officially hold for three years we are not the pathetic too important issues such as democratic rights. our opposition opposition to provide a safe and immoral state intrusion has gone down in the record what is m

edward snowden the man responsible for leaking the n.s.a.'s revelations that sent shock waves around the world has a new job it was one of his being elected honorary rector of glasgow university in the u.k. find out what it means for him and for the students in a report a little later this hour. with economic downturns in the final months they belong to the deal and the rest because it's a neat place you will be if we. put it on you will come on in washington d.c. all the face time you know alone. a pleasure to have you with us here on t.v. today i'm sure. russian ice hockey star alexander ovechkin and his team mates can forget about their dreams of an impact gold at the home winter games in fact the entire squad won't be able to compete for any medal after a dramatic loss to finland in the quarter finals whenever to our correspondent scott who is in sochi so all over for team russia and the ice hockey then yes i think it's going to be some soul searching in and around sochi and in and around russia this evening the red machine have been elim

fugitive whistleblower edward snowden may be in limbo away his future lies but one of the u.k.'s most venerable institutions is happy to give him a position of trust students at glasgow university in scotland have nominated him as a director to see him explain. former u.s. national security agency contractor edward snowden has been elected as a student rector of glasgow university one of the oldest universities in the u.k. the role of the rector is to represent student issues do senior management at the university but previous incumbents have been elected as political statements of the group that had nominated edward snowden said that they did so because he stood for democracy and that voted for him would have showed support for his flight as a wanted man after revealing the extent of global surveillance by the n.s.a. as well as other spy agencies and they said that this would also said a message to governments of their opposition to the intrusive nature of state security now as far as edward snowden is concerned this isn't his first award in october two thousand and thirteen yo

contractor edward snowden show it was treated as a third class partner spied on at levels similar to china and saudi arabia to put that in perspective the n.s.a. watched twenty million german phone connections and ten million internet data sets on an average day tapping only two million connections in france during the same time give her all the fury merkel's initiative may have want to deal with anger at her government has been seen as lax on u.s. buying and snowden revealed cooperation between countries may have been closer than german indignation with indicate. america doesn't really. believe about plan. it doesn't seem that the conservative party is concerned with protection of the data of citizens at all it seems to be a point of pressure. put forward to the united states. but it's unclear what the actual purpose of this idea is merkel has been pushing the us for a relationship similar to the so-called five eyes agreement reached after the second world war i deal between english speaking countries not to spy on one another but the white house isn't playing ball there's no countr

contractor edward snowden show it was treated as a third class partner spied on at levels similar to china and saudi arabia to put that in perspective the n.s.a. watched twenty million german phone connections and ten million internet data sets on an average day tapping only two million connections in france during the same time give her all the fury merkel's initiative may have want to do with anger at home her government has been seen as lax on u.s. buying and snowden revealed cooperation between countries may have been closer than german indignation would indicate. america doesn't really. believe a blend. it doesn't seem that the conservative party is concerned with protection of the data of citizens at all it seems to be a point of pressure. put forward to the united states. but it's unclear what the actual purpose of this idea is merkel has been pushing the us for a relationship similar to the so-called five eyes agreement reached after the second world war i deal between english speaking countries not to spy on one another but the white house isn't playing ball there's no count

contractor edward snowden show it was treated as a third class partner spied on at levels similar to china and saudi arabia to put that in perspective the n.s.a. watched twenty million german phone connections and ten million internet data sets on an average day tapping only two million connections in france during the same time yet for all the fury merkel's initiative may have want to do with anger at home her government has been seen as lax on u.s. buying and snowden revealed cooperation between countries may have been closer than german indignation would indicate. america doesn't really. believe a blend. it doesn't seem that the conservative party is concerned with protection of the data of citizens at all it seems to be a point of pressure. put forward to the united states. but it's unclear what the actual purpose of this idea is merkel has been pushing the us for a relationship similar to the so-called five eyes agreement reached after the second world war i deal between english speaking countries not to spy on one another but the white house isn't playing ball there's no countr

contractor edward snowden show it was treated as a third class partner spied on at levels similar to china and saudi arabia to put that in perspective the n.s.a. watched twenty million german phone connections and ten million internet data sets on an average day tapping only two million connections in france during the same time yet for all the fury merkel's initiative may have want to do with anger at home her government has been seen as lax on u.s. spying and snowden revealed cooperation between countries may have been closer than german indignation with indicate. america doesn't really. believe a plan. it doesn't seem that the conservative party is concerned with protection of the data of citizens at all it seems to be a point of pressure. put forward to the united states. but it's unclear what the actual purpose of this idea is merkel has been pushing the us for a relationship similar to the so-called five eyes agreement reached after the second world war i deal between english speaking countries not to spy on one another but the white house isn't playing ball there's no country

prescience -- edward snowden's eerie prescience. i would say it was more an informed and healthy paranoia. case, where they went after him under the espionage act, he had taken documents to the house of intelligence committee. those documents were turned over. diane rourke got the documents. at the house of intelligence committees office in going after that data. the healthy paranoia that is to and- my question goes you mentioned the whistleblowers, where are the reforms? the espionage act does not work and has not worked. it has been overly broad. actwhistleblower protection that should have been extended to contractors was not extended to contractors. the recommendations coming forward are coming forward about the metadata. third-party people handling them. how weerlying systems of are going to approach this in the future, and it will happen addressed.ot being when these things have come out before, what happened was you had a frank church that came forward with a new regulatory structure on how these things are going to be handle

contractor edward snowden show it was treated as a third class partner spied on at levels similar to china and saudi arabia to put that in perspective the n.s.a. watched twenty million german phone connections and ten million internet data sets on an average day tapping only two million connections in france during the same time yet for all the fury merkel's initiative may have want to do with anger at whom the government has been seen as lax on u.s. spying and snowden revealed cooperation between countries may have been closer than german indignation would indicate. america doesn't really. believe about plan. it doesn't seem that the conservative party is concerned with protection of the data of citizens at all it seems to be a point of pressure. put forward to the united states. but it's unclear what the actual purpose of this idea is marco has been pushing the u.s. for a relationship similar to the so-called five eyes agreement reached after the second world war i deal between english speaking countries not to spy on one another but the white house isn't playing ball there's no co

fugitive whistleblower edward snowden may be in limbo where his future lies but one of the u.k.'s most vulnerable institutions is happy to give him a position of trust students at glasgow university is called lund had nominated him as a director to explain. former u.s. national security agency edward snowden has been elected as a student rector of glasgow university one of the oldest universities in the u.k. carried out the role of the lester is to represent student issues do senior management at the university but previous and convents probably like to ask the logical statements of the group that had nominated edward snowden said that they did so because he stood for democracy and that voted for him he would have showed support for his flight as a wanted man after revealing the extent of global surveillance by the evans say as well as other spy agencies and they said that this would also said a message to governments their opposition to the intrusive nature of state security now as far as edward snowden is concerned this isn't his first award in october two thousand and thirteen

contractor edward snowden show it was treated as a third class partner spied on at levels similar to china and saudi arabia to put that in perspective the n.s.a. watched twenty million german phone connections and ten million internet data sets on an average day tapping only two million connections and friends during the same time give her all the fury merkel's initiative may have want to do with anger at home her government has been seen as lax on u.s. spying and snowden revealed cooperation between countries may have been closer than german indignation with indicate. america doesn't really. believe a plan. it doesn't seem that the conservative party is concerned with protection of the data of citizens at all it seems to be a point of pressure. put forward to the united states. but it's unclear what the actual purpose of this idea is merkel has been pushing the us for a relationship similar to the so-called five eyes agreement reached after the second world war i deal between english speaking countries not to spy on one another but the white house isn't playing ball there's no count

i think we can all agree that edward snowden has done us a favor. do we have general agreement on that? that edward snowden has done us a favor. can we agree on that? [laughter] >> who are you asking? >> i'm asking the panel. can we all agree? >> i have no comment on that. [laughter] we have a 300-page report and the word snowden doesn't appear in the report and -- >> just to pick up on that. this goes to the heart of the issue in a way. because you recommended lots of i think recommendations that people would generally endorse and critics of the administration would endorse them as well. but the fact is that we've had oversight and oversight as failed. and where oversight has failed, a whistleblower and journalism has succeeded and yet the system is still wanting to punish, if you like, the one thing which has led to some transparency. >> that should be unsurprising. useful backdrop to segueing into how journalism has changed after snowden is to acknowledge that during not obama administration, there have been seven criminal leak investigations. mo

contractor edward snowden show it was treated as a third class partner spied on at levels similar to china and saudi arabia to put that in perspective the n.s.a. watched twenty million german phone connections and ten million internet data sets on an average day tapping only two million connections in france during the same time yet for all the fury merkel's initiative may have want to do with anger at home the government has been seen as lax on u.s. spying and snowden revealed cooperation between countries may have been closer than german indignation would indicate. america doesn't really. believe a blend. it doesn't seem that the conservative party is concerned with protection of the data of citizens at all it seems to be a point of pressure. put forward to the united states. but it's unclear what the actual purpose of this idea is marco has been pushing the u.s. for a relationship similar to the so-called five eyes agreement reached after the second world war i deal between english speaking countries not to spy on one another but the white house isn't playing ball there's no count

." >> let me dive right into the news, then, and talk a little bit about the nsa and edward snowden. danielle ellsburg was quoted as say he was a hero. do you see him as a hero or traitor? >> i see him as a very good source. we have published many of the nsa and gchq documents that came from snow den, and so i view him as i did julian assaunge and wikileaks. as a good source. >> some things were published and some weren't. how do you make those decisions? >> we make those decisions trying to apply common sense balancing test where we respectively listen to concerns of the u.s. government that publishing a story will harm international security. we balance those concerns against the importance and newsworthiness of the investigation and our primary duty, which is to keep the public informed. >> this was a big story. were you personally involved? >> i was personally involved in the snowden material, and with dean bakai, "the times" fantastic editoring manager. "the guardian" were partners in the reporting off of the nsa material. we personally went and pain-stakingly made preparations

first glen greenwalled's partner and now edward snowden's lawyer held. the owner of the washington in business with the c.i.a. and putting the paper in a conflict of interest. high end photography, a couple of russians snapping away above the clouds. ever since the protestor hit the streets in venezuela we have been tracking the media coverage of a that story. what began as the demonstrations is now being characterized by their president and the media that back him. the media outside of the country is seeing the story differently. a 24 hour news channel has the path block dz on the orders of the president. he threatened to kickcnn out of the country. for all of the issues that the predez or had this is the first time of reigning outside of the borders. they are taking to twitter to rage the battle. most of the media is exposed as fakes or old. the opponents accuse the president of muzzling the media and this isn't the first them that the government has accused opposition news out lets . venezuela state run channel had the president looking presidential a

intelligence officials are claiming edward snowden stole internal nsa documents by using cheap and widely available software that still went mostly undetected. "the new york times," investigators looking into the case a snowden deployed a simple web crawler that automatically downloaded some 1.7 million files. in a statement, snowden responded -- in the latest of snowden's disclosures, new information has emerged on the nsa's secret role in u.s. military and cia assassinations overseas. complexis using analysis of electronic surveillance, rather than human intelligence, as the primary method to locate targets for lethal drone strikes. the nsa identifies targets based on controversial metadata analysis and cell phone tracking technologies, and unreliable tactic that has resulted in the deaths of innocent or unidentified people. the disclosures made in the first article by journalists jeremy scahill and glenn greenwald for their new journalism venture, first look media. particularly the intercept, which launched today. we will speak with them after the headlines. tens of thousands of people

since edward snowden revealed the expansion of the n.s.a. surveillance many have tried to discredit have among them like capitol hill lawmakers attacking both snowden and the reporter that helped him what this could mean for journalists and their sources ahead. and since news broke about the death of actor philip seymour hoffman the dangers of heroin is back in the news in afghanistan the heroin business is booming now lawmakers in washington are trying to figure out how to stop the flow of heroin into the u.s. more on this front on the war on drugs coming up. and we're only two days away now from the start of the sochi winter olympics athletes are gathering from all around the world to compete and represent their countries a preview of the preparations from sochi later in the show. it's a wednesday february fifth five pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz wall and you're watching our team america. hacking the hackers for the first time a western government has launched an attack on hacktivists at least that we know of according to the document

snowden. says this is a very worrying trend. i feel like lawyers and journalists are now beginning to be targeted at the borders of countries in the western hemisphere in so-called democratic countries and it's a threat to press freedom when journalists are questioned and it's a threat to the integrity of the judicial system when attorneys who are working on someone's case are being harassed or intimidated on the basis of who they represent or online if you are right now what. is the u.s. prepares to pull out of afghanistan the pentagon eye is up another part of central asia. and lethal could soon appear. on its washington considers opening drone bases right along the afghan border has details of a highly controversial plan. right now. both of the story why you're there in qatar the cost of hosting a major sporting event as well as being paid in human lives hundreds of immigrant construction workers have died while building stadiums and infrastructure for the twenty twenty two football world c

petition fornew edward snowden launched in the u.s. pharell williams gets the world dancing. and snowboarding around the streets of new york city. former member of the house of representatives ron paul has started a petition drive, calling on his fellow citizens to pressure the u.s. authority to famouslemency whistleblower edward snowden, currently in russia, where he sought asylum, so he can go back to the u.s. without a fear of persecution or prison. the petition is available on paul's website, and comes with a video in which the ex-president of candidate praises edward snowden for what he described as his courageous action in exposing the extent of the nsa's mass surveillance program. he said it is time to bring snowden out of exile and back home. to come home without the pair of persecution or imprisonment. >> there are similar online initiatives already underway in the u.s. another appeal has been launched on petitioning platform "we, the people," demanding charges be dropped. it has 153,000 signatures. but snowden supporters do not seem to be under any illusions. they h

the revelations by edward snowden regarding u.s. intelligence collection have obviously caused some tensions with our european allies. have our european allies ever collected intelligence against business people or those of other allied nations? >> they have. i could go into more detail on that in a classified session. >> that is fine. russia announced that it would extend edward snowden's asylum and not force him to leave their country. do you believe the russians have gained access to the documents that edward snowden stole which obviously -- many of which have not been released publicly, fortunately? >> this might be last -- best left to our classified session. >> that is fine. thank you. >> thank you very much. the me start by saying that the men and women of america's intelligence agencies are overwhelmingly dedicated confessionals and they deserve to have leadership that is trusted by the american people. unfortunately, that trust has been seriously undermined by senior officials' reckless reliance on secret interpretation is

scandal but has been a major bone of contention and that's to what extent edward snowden should figure in it there's been wrangling over whether the whistleblower should testify to the committee that is responsible for the report considering he leaked this information in the first place it would make sense but conservatives in the european parliament are against it while edward snowden's lawyers say that he's willing to testify via video link then there's the issue of watching m.e.p. he's rejected a proposed amendment that would call on e.u. governments to assure snowden of his safety if he were to come to europe there was also reportedly a line calling on the u.s. not to prosecute edward snowden which also didn't make the cut instead the report will call for international protection for whistleblowers but it won't mention snowden by name asshole well the german green politician who was gunning for the snowden amendments to stay has said that it's ridiculous that he's been left in the lurch considering that edward snowden is the reason that the world knows about global surveillance in

scandal but there's been a major bone of contention and that's to what extent edward snowden should figure in it there's been wrangling over whether the whistleblower should testify to the committee that is responsible for the report considering he leaked this information in the first place it would make sense but conservatives in the european parliament are against it while edward snowden's lawyers say that he's willing to testify via video link then there's the issue of watching m.e.p. he's rejected a proposed amendment that would call on e.u. governments to assure snowden of his safety if he were to come to europe there was also reportedly a line calling on the u.s. not to prosecute edward snowden which also didn't make the cut instead the report will call for international protection for whistleblowers but it won't mention snowden by name asshole well the german green politician who was gunning for the snowden amendments to stay has said that it's ridiculous that he's been left in the lurch considering that edward snowden is the reason that the world knows about global surveillance in

scandal but there's been a major bone of contention and that's to what extent edward snowden should figure in it there's been wrangling over whether the whistleblower should testify to the committee that's responsible for the report considering he leaked this information in the first place it would make sense but conservatives in the european parliament are against it while edward snowden's lawyer is say that he's willing to testify via video link then there's the issue of wording m.e.p. he's rejected a proposed amendment that would call on e.u. governments to assure snowden of his safety if he were to come to europe there was also reportedly a line calling on the u.s. not to prosecute edward snowden which also didn't make the cut instead the report will call for international protection for whistleblowers but it won't mention snowden by name at all well the german green politician who was gunning for the snowden amendments to stay has said that it's ridiculous that he's been left in the lurch considering that edward snowden is the reason that the world knows about global surveillance in t

david miranda was carrying documents leaked by nsa whistleblower edward snowden when he was detained for nearly nine hours while acknowledging the detention marked "indirect interference with press freedom." the court upheld its legality. the ruling comes just days after

cyber security, big topic edward snowden. we talked about everything from snowden to cyber security to the latest security flaw in apple products. take a listen. >> we are trying to encourage them to share only cyber threat information. we said, if you are sharing in good faith cyber threat information, we should encourage that behavior. no different than if you are on the subway system and see something bad happening. we want you to say, stop that. same thing. the government is not on private-sector networks, so they miss a lot of what the chinese are doing, the russians are doing, when they are trying to steal information, what the iranians are doing on your networks. a robust sharing of those threats can allow the private sector to protect itself. that is the endgame. >> edward snowden -- hero or traitor? >> over 95% of what that nsa contractor stole had nothing to do with privacy. it had to do with defense, short-term and long-term strategic threats. the army, the navy, the air force, the marines. had nothing to do with a

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i am talking about the most massive detest in history of edward snowden. and the avalanche published and broadcasted around the world. i will not dwell on the debate of edward snowden's morals or his irony of the nation he fled to. what i do want to speak to is the nation's senior intelligence officer is the profound damage his disclosures caused and will continue to cause. as a consequence, my view is the nation is less safe and the people are less secure. what he stole has gone way, way beyond domestic surveillance programs. we have lost critical intelligence sources including some shared by valued partners. terr terr terrorists are going to school on the united states trade craft and the insights they are gaining are making our job much harded. and this involves putting the lives of people at risk and the armed forces, diplomats and citizens. edward snowden for his part claims he has won and his mission is accomplished. if that is so, i call in him and his people to return the stolen documents that haven't been exposed to prevent more damage into the un

intelligence officials are claiming edward snowden stole internal nsa documents by using cheap and widely available software that still went mostly undetected. "the new york times," investigators looking into the case a snowden deployed a simple web crawler that automatically downloaded some 1.7 million files. in a statement, snowden responded -- in the latest of snowden's disclosures, new information has emerged on the nsa's secret role

that is the endgame. >> edward snowden, hero or traitor? >> over 95% of what the nsa contractor still has nothing to do with privacy. it had to do with defense, short-term and long-term strategic threat. the army, navy, air force and marines had nothing to do with anybody's question of privacy. that looks at it in a logical way, it's hard to walk away and think giving that to our emmy was anything less than treasonous. >> you have implied edward snowden may have gotten help from russia to carry this out. the technical capabilities were beyond his own. why do you think that? >> i think of this as a former fbi agent. look at the history starting in 2010, there's a large agree of suspicious behavior leading up to his decision to steal information. do witht had nothing to privacy issues or what the nsa was or wasn't doing and had everything to do with information that protects the united states. that information is something he may not have understood existence, so we are curious how the tool was developed to go after information that he may no

for cyber security, big topic edward snowden. we talked about everything from snowden to cyber security to the latest security flaw in apple products. take a listen. >> we are trying to encourage them to share only cyber threat information. we said, if you are sharing in good faith, cyber threat information, we should encourage that behavior. no different than if you are on the subway system and see something bad happening. we want you to say, stop that. same thing. the government is not on private-sector networks, so they miss a lot of what the chinese are doing, the russians are doing, when they are trying to steal information, what the iranians are doing on your networks. a robust sharing of those threats can allow the private sector to protect itself. that is the endgame. >> edward snowden -- hero or traitor? nsaver 95% of what the contractor still had nothing to do with privacy. it had to do with defense, short-term and long-term strategic threats. the army, the navy, the air force, the marines. had nothing to do with any qu