and wiki leaks has been in the news lately in light of the n.s.a. scandal and whistleblower chase about word snowden and now there's another unsettling revelation recently wired magazine exposed then eighteen year old ciggy thordarson is the first known f.b.i. informant inside wiki leaks reportedly turned over a trove of internal documents to the u.s. government in two thousand and eleven according to reports city approached the federal agency to provide a multitude of intelligence about wiki leaks after working closely with the anti secrecy organization for over a year but what's. siggy revealed could very likely seal an indictment against the sun so the d.o.j. has been conducting a secret investigation against wiki leaks for years and officials refuse to deny that assad would be charged with espionage and extradited if he leaves the ecuadorian embassy so how much damage has this leak done well to talk about cities case earlier i spoke to tangerine bolen founder of revolution truth and a close affiliate of wiki leaks i first asked her what her reac

now out of all the material that private manning willingly admitted to leaking to wiki leaks that's the guantanamo be a teeny to sesame briefs state department diplomatic cables the collateral murder video another era. video hundreds and thousands of very sensitive military files now out of all of those collateral murder is perhaps the most well known and with good reason private manning found footage of u.s. soldiers firing and killing civilians journalists and civilians from from high in the sky just gunning them down private manning saw that he wanted the rest of the world to see that the thing about that footage though is that it wasn't top secret this wasn't this wasn't something that was highly sensitive it actually had been out there a very successful journalist had found a copy of it himself and wrote about it in a book that was published around the world so the government you know chose to let manning off a little easy on that one but you know like we were saying it is still possible hundred thirty six years maximum sentence based off of the other convictions and what was bradl

wiki leaks has been in the news lately in light of the n.s.a. scandal and whistleblower chase about word snowden and now there's another unsettling revelation recently wired magazine exposed then eighteen year old ciggy thordarson is the first known f.b.i. informant inside wiki leaks reportedly turned over a trove of internal documents to the u.s. government in two thousand and eleven according to reports that he approached the federal agency to provide a multitude of intelligence about wiki leaks after working closely with the anti secrecy organization for over a year but what sig. he revealed could very likely seal an indictment against you in the sun so the d.o.j. has been conducting a secret investigation against wiki leaks for years and officials refused to deny that assad would be charged with espionage and extradited if he leaves the ecuadorian embassy so how much damage has this leak done well to talk about cities case earlier i spoke to tangerine bolen founder of revolution truth and a close affiliate of wiki leaks i first asked her wha

leaks let's talk to wiki leaks spokesman kristen have for us and i gather now he's on the line hi there kristen i can hear it you live on r.t. thanks be with us and i've been watching this very closely in the last sixty minutes big implications potentially for you your initial thoughts as far as wiki leaks goes. well of course i'm pleased that the judge decided to throw out the more serious charges will be aiding the enemy was of course was a ludicrous to start with and it would have meant basically the year that the problem journalism was was treason. however and we have no. twenty charges that he is found guilty of and which i believe could mean up to one hundred years imprisonment so he is obviously facing a long time in prison especially when you think about how this trial has been carried out by judge lindh one is not filled with any optimism only last week. to allow the prosecution to change some of the charges on the last day of the trial . the trial has been partly closed off to journalists to journalists have been intimidated so when there is no big room for optimism he's facin

leaks he said that before this document dump before bradley manning released these war logs wiki leaks was considered a legitimate organization they partnered with the traditional outlets like the new york times like the guardian but after these leaks you saw that the perception of wiki leaks changed dramatically and really interesting what this professor said was that this was due in large part to the rhetoric the rhetoric of the government associating wiki leaks as a terrorist organization or as being linked to a terrorist organization and after that is when we heard this evolution of wiki leaks being considered legitimate to being. linked to terrorists or. it is a shame so he was able this fast it was able to kind of debug this claim and talk about how with the leaks is actually a legitimate part of a media as it is today so less about what wiki leaks was actually doing and more about how the united states government perceived what wiki leaks is doing. the defense has rested now three days in after ten witnesses you said what happens next in this case. what happens next in this case

leaks when it first emerged he said wiki leaks was respected by traditional media but after manning's leaks he said government rhetoric associated the website with terrorism bangalore testified that the media's tone toward wiki leaks changed specifically citing this claim on fox news this guy is a traitor a treasonous and he has broken every law the united states the guy ought to be shot i'm not for the death penalty show if i'm not for the death i don't want to do it illegally shoot the shot of a despite the attacks benker said wiki leaks plays a critical role in the media today supporters at the trial called dangler again changer it's too dangerous to convict someone of just giving documents to a news organization to criminalize that is something akin to treason and so i think that testimony really covered their central arguments that manning did not take the stand in the trial after the defense rested he told the judge it was his decision not to testify the government announced they intend to have a rebuttal case next week the possibility of that will be discussed if not closing ar

leaks most wanted list of two thousand and nine this is a list of by wiki leaks listing a document that they're interested in getting a hold of part of this list included up profiles of guantanamo bay detainee is manning admitted to leaking these documents told. he leads but denies that he did so in an attempt to aid the enemy now the timing of this trial is really in the hands of the judge karna linda we are told that after today the trial will go on extended recess for the fourth of july holiday and be back in session on monday so we will keep you updated on all of the latest developments here in fort meade maryland live all our team looking at the cases of bradley manning and edward snowden outsiders are undoubtedly making comparisons between the two men were both willing to massive troels of information to the public both are being pursued by the government for espionage and a host of other charges and both say that they leak that information to serve the public good but there are also a few pointed differences between these two secret spellers to help me navigate through some of th

wiki leaks has done extensive research on wiki leaks on the history of wiki leaks. it was able to testify that the organization of wiki leaks really what their role that they play news media said you know what they were prior to these leaks. documents what's being called a document on them and dump excuse like this but these of these iraq war logs. wiki leaks was viewed as a legitimate organization they worked with the new york times they worked with the guardian and then all of a sudden after these latest. there was absolute the way that we can because it would. have to do with it a bit responded that due to. the way that the rhetoric about wiki leaks portrayed wiki leaks as the enemy and after that we the media kind of followed suit and took on that belief that they were affiliated terrorist organizations the professor said . ok. well thanks for the update with we'll continue to stay the latest on this story. correspondent was will. as the war on whistleblowers taken a new turn to attorneys with a dallas law firm are wondering just that the offices of shulman and

government wiki leaks announced today that snowden has applied for asylum in no fewer than twenty one countries including some of the very countries his in a say documents prove the u.s. was trying to spy on here's a look at those nations and how they are responding let's start with the countries who flat out said no or are unlikely to grant snowden's asylum bid austria ecuador iceland ireland italy the number ones norway spain and switzerland all said that he must be present on the country's soil in order to ask. for protection brazil won't respond finland hasn't process the request france said asylum is a non issue germany and poland said his argument isn't strong enough to be granted asylum india flat out said no and snowden withdrew his request from russia after president vladimir putin said he had to stop leaking documents in order to be considered now to the best of our knowledge bolivia and venezuela are the only countries to offer the former n.s.a. contractor a ray of hope meanwhile no information is coming out from china cuba or nicaragua in terms of the request or the govern

just they're they're in a state of like catatonic terror about wiki leaks that's really their goal. so. let me just get this straight then so even though bradley manning hasn't been found guilty of the most serious charge it's no weight off the shoulders nonetheless of julian assange if you think. it will not diminish the importance of the judge's decision today a very important decision again and it's declaring that journalism is not treason and yet on friday we had a federal appellate court order james risen the new york times reporter ordered him to reveal his sources in court so the attack is on monday on friday we had an attack from the appeals court and we can expect that the mormon church will small up here to see current attack on. the really we have a massive attack on free speech and on freedom of the press and they're going to go out through really massage again though this is a landmark decision why did manning choose to have his fight decided by a judge and not have a jury of his pay is as you can do apparently in a military cold what was the logic that you think. that

leaks wiki leaks wiki leaks wiki leaks wiki leaks as for the whistle blowing website that aims to expose the truth the u.s. has listed wiki leaks as an enemy of the state until the obama administration comes forward with a way to roll out open this into the national security debate there's going to be a problem of people trusting what the ministration is up to the american public has witnessed a top u.s. official lie about the nation's pervasive surveillance program and an n.s.a. contractor reveal the truth yet only one of those men is being punished and prosecuted for their actions and if people can't trust not only the executive branch but also don't trust congress and don't trust. federal judges to make sure that we're abiding by the constitution due process and rule of law then we're going to have some problems are. welcome to your problem is the president during a point i am artillery. meanwhile the race is on to be the next leader of the troubled torn country mali but the report the winner of this month's presidential poll will just have to take the security situation by the scruff

to free the wiki leaks whistleblower m.e.p. is from france germany arland croatia portugal sweden and spain have written an open letter to president obama and defense secretary chuck hagel now it says manning is not a traitor he has the best interests of his country in mind now his action is praised as courageous and an inspiration to other whistleblowers like edward snowden for example who had exposed the n.s.a.'s sweeping global surveillance program the e.u. representatives also expressed concern over the u.s. war on whistleblowers saying it harms democracy in both america and europe they're urging a stop to the persecution of bradley manning claiming that he has suffered too much spending over three years behind bars including ten months in solitary confinement the message is manning should be freed as soon as possible and also turns out that this is how many americans feel as well more now from our thousands more in a park near. union square has been something of a stomping ground for bradley manning supporters in new york

to wiki leaks however how he actually got that material prompted the government to file a number of computer fraud and abuse charges against him now also in addition to any enemy with which we said is now off his plate the government has accused him and now charged him and convicted him of espionage multiple counts of espionage which sets a pretty alarming precedent for journalists for the media for democracy in general is nowhere near as terrible as if it would have been a guilty conviction of aiding the enemy but these espionage charges are very very serious counts and if sentenced to. largest the lengthiest term possible private manning could spend one hundred thirty six years in prison meanwhile he was found not guilty of espionage like you said for releasing the collateral murder video can you explain this a little further please. now out of all the material that private manning willingly admitted to leaking to with you except that guantanamo bay has seen a team need to sesame briefs state department diplomatic cables the collateral murder video another era. video hundreds and

to the secrecy website wiki leaks he played some of the most graphic parts of this video and he said how would you how would a twenty one year old think when he sees this and he asked this question you have to or he stated you have to look at this through the eyes of a young man that cares about human life so very contrary to what the prosecution yesterday is saying that bradley manning and their words does not care about any human but himself a defense also disputed how the government portrays wiki leaks the. organization that manning leaked the information to the government said that this is a legitimate journalistic organization that's just trying to do good investigative journalism and that that they're not tied to terrorism and terrorist organizations like the government had said and now he said that this organization basically is just trying to do investigative journalism hold the government accountable and to tell the public the truth basically is what he said is really what wiki leaks is all about now today he also said that the forensics prove that manning had a positive mot

over seven hundred detainees assessment breeze to wiki leaks the government chose five the specific brief for five different detainees that they charged him as part of the charges and so what my what i did was take those five briefs and then go to open source documents particularly the department offense in two thousand and six released the combatant status review tribunals the administrative review board so you can go on the pentagon's own website and find the documents on the detainees and if you match them up in the public domain you can find most of the information this in these briefs that he's alleged to have committed espionage by making available to wiki leaks and we're going to hear testimony and dig into the nitty gritty details in just a second but i do want to bring up a point that the judge wouldn't lest you testify as a specialist on national security but correct me if i'm wrong wasn't your title weren't you a senior specialist of national security for congress in the past it or thirty senior specialist that work for congress and i was the only one in national security

raid afghanistan war logs that were released by wiki leaks now all of this relates to that aiding the enemy charge the most serious charge that manning faces the prosecution has been trying to prove that manning and wiki leaks co-founder julian assange on work together to get u.s. secrets on the internet secrets that were then obtained and used by the enemy to harm the united states according to the prosecution manning says he leaked secrets in order to reveal the truth about u.s. wars abroad and in no way intended to intended to aid the enemy the prosecution is expected to call their last witness to the stand today that last witness is daniel lewis he is a defense counter terrorism expert during cross-examination the defense try. to discredit this witness some of his testimony today was done in a closed session now as this trial progresses the big question is has the prosecution presented enough evidence to prove the most serious charges of espionage and aiding the enemy these are charges that if convicted carry a life sentence without parole and i've spoken to many of many supporter

coming up on r t a judge makes a major ruling in the bradley manning trial will the wiki leak or face the aiding the enemy charge we'll have a report from fort meade just ahead a lawsuit against a key provision in the india a has been thrown out there are fears that the provision allowing the detainment of anyone anywhere suspected of helping terrorists more in this court case coming up. and it's thursday so it's time for the tech reporter though that i can promise is less time in purgatory if you follow the pope's twitter is that really the case we'll talk more about that in tonight's tech report. it's thursday july eighteenth eight pm in washington d.c. and i'm meghan lopez and you are watching our t.v. while the last line of defense for wiki leaks or bradley manning's legal team failed in court today military judge denise dillon dismissed the team's request to drop the most serious charge facing the army private first class the charge of aiding the enemy and here's why she turned it down george allen says that manning's training made him aware of the fact that terrorist organizatio

coming up on r t a judge makes a major ruling in the bradley manning trial will the wiki leak or face the aiding the enemy charge we'll have a report from for me just ahead and a lawsuit against a key provision in the india a has been thrown out there are fears that the provision allows that attainment of anyone anywhere suspected of helping terrorist organizations more on this court decision coming up. on the first week of ramadan in iraq has been deadly insurgency and sectarian violence have created a sky rocketing death toll more on the chaos engulfing the country later in today's show. it's thursday july eighteenth five pm in washington d.c. i'm meghan lopez and you are watching r.t. while the last line of defense for wiki leaks or bradley manning's legal team failed in court today military judge denise lynn dismissed the team's request to drop the most serious charge facing the army private first class that is the charge of aiding the enemy here's why she turned it down judge lynn says that manning's training that made him aware of the fact that terrorist organizations use the in

collateral murder video was released by wiki leaks showing u.s. forces killing civilians in iraq there it is right there now he later told a hacker about his leaks who in turn handed their chats over to the government as a result manning was arrested and charged with revealing that classified information the afghan war diary was released after that with manning moved to solitary confinement in a maximum security prison more revelations about what the u.s. did during the war along with a series of american diplomatic cables were then revealed by wiki leaks in march the extent of the charges became known manning was accused of aiding the enemy we had released documents about the guantanamo bay prisoners and all those revelations are in demanding a nobel peace prize nomination the court martial proceeding against him began shortly after that with the u.n. saying that he was subject to excessive isolation and cruel treatment during detention a judge did not allow the u.n. torture specter to testify the high profile trial finally got underway in fort m

leaks let's take a look shall we how it all unfolded first off bradley manning enlisted in the u.s. army back in two thousand and seven he was deployed to iraq two years later while in service he exposed the collateral murder video we all remember it footage of u.s. forces killing unarmed civilians in iraq manning was arrested at the end of may twenty ten and presented with a list of charges for opening classified information to the public however the publications continued to be released and exposed exposing america's wrongdoings in afghanistan and iraq along with his diplomatic cables in march manning was accused of aiding the enemy the court martial proceedings against him began shortly after that with the u.n. saying that he was subject to cruel and inhumane trade treatment during detention a high profile trial funny. got underway in fort meade in maryland and it's about to end of course in roughly an hour's time government fed and is the director of the london based center for investigative journalism a close friend of julian assange he stresses that manning's actions were not

will prosecute a wiki leaks founder julian assange now that is according to his attorney and some civil rights groups political analyst mark mason that weighs in this is really all about not only of course bradley manning but the attack on journalism and wiki leaks and julian or sarge that's the one they want to catch they're in a state court catatonic terror about wiki leaks that's really their goal really we have a massive attack on free speech and on freedom of the press this comes back to the daily larger context here that we have the only person in the court george bush should be sitting in a court room facing charges for war crimes. bradley manning's case has sparked major concerns in the european union with m.p.'s from all over the block calling on the us to free the whistleblower now i mean he's from france germany ireland croatia portugal spain and sweden have written a letter an open letter to president obama and defense secretary chuck hagel now it says manning is not a traitor he had the best interests of his country and mind there it is right there now the e.u. representati

leaks so i don't think it's strange that wiki leaks is releasing his statement now about this and i think it's about time the snowden does make a statement i mean there's been a lot of questions as to what exactly is going on over the last eight days whether or not this was the plan all along was to take a flight from hong kong to moscow and then just kind of wait there and in find out were going to go or whether there was some plan ahead of time so a lot of people wanted to hear from snowden joining us on just come out and said that he's ok so now we have stones and words kind of saying he's ok and abby i want to turn to you this letter obviously just came out a very short time ago what are your initial reactions from reading through it it's just really sad it's a tragic state of affairs i mean here. in saying i can't go anywhere because my my own country has made me a stateless person this is a right this is a human right absolutely declared in article fourteen of the universal declaration of human rights to seek asylum and the fact that president obama has demanded his passport t

states i think and of course wiki leaks will be releasing a statement about snowden in the next few hours i think. some analysts might be saying that basically edward snowden is going to seek temporary asylum in russia and of course that would make region was very clear about. snowden's revelations not harming his friends the united states he will then go on to latin america what was shown by the grounding or the hijacking of evo morales his jet in european powers of the past weeks or so those events the other week is that snowden realize he just is not safe the united states president obama has shown that enemies of the state as he perceives it will either be detained tortured in the case of bradley manning or killed in the case of drone strikes and so snowden obviously realizing that great danger decided to him to invite these thirteen human rights groups to the airport for this quite unprecedented. meeting head of when he speaks to the press because we have that first picture as well. mr townsend i'm just going to translate to to you as well as to all of our years from russian in

keep him behind bars for life in the meantime wiki leaks continue publishing exposing documents about guantanamo bay detainees the court martial proceedings against him began shortly after that with a u.n. saying that he was subject to excessive isolation and cruel treatment during detention a judge did not allow the u.n. torture inspector to testify about high profile trial finally got under way and for me maryland and is expected to be completed today well let's bring in gavin mcfate again who is the director of the london based center for investigative journalism david thank you so much for devon sorry i think it's much for joining us here on our team to discuss this so manning is responsible for the largest exposé of the u.s. government in history what will be his punishment in your view will i suspect that the government is quote in a very difficult place they've invested a great deal in this prosecution they have every interest to prevent other whistleblowers from coming forward so the punitive and specs of the sentence will be quite severe i expect the country compromising qua

and wiki leaks of course had that tweet where they said that michael had contacted them regarding the investigation being done on him i want to read it says michael hastings contacted wiki leaks lawyer jennifer robinson just a few hours before he died saying that the f.b.i. was investigating him joe did he ever talk to you about this or has there been any follow up with wiki leaks that you know of to find out what they know so i'm not sure about that i do know we contacted a lawyer and i know it's not a wiki leaks lawyer so that whole thing i'm still trying to figure out myself. the chance to speak to kimberly dark national security and foreign policy correspondent based in san diego has been conducting a very thorough investigation into michael's death evers' ask him really what drove her to look deeper into the matter. there you know kind of sitting on the news i mean i think it should call on a journalist to see the visit have and actually sat on the story for a good couple of weeks before it just kept bugging me nibbling at my my mind thinking hey you need to go out and have a loo

so i'm not sure about that i do know he contacted a lawyer and i know it's not a wiki leaks lawyer so that whole thing i'm still trying to figure out myself. the chance to speak to kimberly dark national security and foreign policy correspondent based in san diego has been conducting a very thorough investigation into michael's death evers' ask him really what drove her to look deeper into the matter. there you know kind of sitting on the news i mean i think it should quit a lot of journalists to see that this is happening i actually sat on this story for a good couple of weeks before it just kept bugging me kept nibbling at my my mind thinking hey you need to go out and have a look at venice and see what's really going on so when i decided to go to los angeles nationally spend the day there and and and kind of retrace what happened that probably agencies that are involved in this it became quite clear quite quickly that this seemed to be a lot more than just as a single car accident and it seemed a lot of the details that were being provided to the media who aren't in the los angeles

so i'm not sure about that i do know he contacted a lawyer and i know it's not a wiki leaks lawyer so that whole thing i'm still trying to figure out myself. the chance to speak to kimberly darr national security and foreign policy correspondent based in san diego has been conducting a very thorough investigation into michael's death evers ask him really what drove her to look deeper into the matter. there you know kind of sitting on the news i mean i think it should qualify journalists to see the visit have and actually sat on the story for a good couple of weeks before it just kept bugging me nibbling at my my mind thinking hey you need to go out and have a look at this and see what's really going on so when i decided to go to los angeles nationally spend a day there and and and kind of retrace what happened in spain that probably agencies that are involved in this it became quite clear quite quickly that this seemed to be a lot more than just as a single car accident and it seemed a lot of the details that were being provided to the media who aren't in the los angeles area were you

army judge denise lynn heard closing arguments today in the case against wiki leak or bradley manning the twenty five year old army private first class faces twenty one charges for leaking some seven hundred thousand military and diplomatic cables to the world the most serious charge many faces is aiding the enemy which could result in them life sentence the prosecution spent its final moments trying to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that manning leaked those documents knowing that they could end up in the hands of al qaeda or other terrorist organizations meanwhile defense lawyer david coombs is expected to portray manning as well meaning but naive for the latest from fort meade i was joined earlier by our two correspondent liz wahl and i asked her how the prosecution's closing arguments played out today. closing arguments from the prosecution today started this morning and went late into the evening today the prosecution tried to raise doubt on manning's character saying that at the time that he leaked hundreds of thousands of classified documents to the anti-secrecy website wiki l

thousands of classified documents to wiki leaks our lives while has been following the proceedings. the testimony was really aimed at trying to get out what manning says character at the time the heli troves of of classified information to the anti secrecy website wiki leaks all of this gets back to this aiding the enemy charge the defense is saying that bradley manning is a whistleblower that he did what he did in order to expose government wrongdoing and in order to spark a national debate the prosecution however is saying bradley manning aided the enemy when he leaked this information that when he leaked this information he did it knowing that al qaeda osama bin laden or al qaeda affiliates get hold of this information so all of this goes back to bradley manning his intent at the time also today discussed where the charges of theft of government property that bradley manning faces the defense is trying to get that charge dismissed the prosecution is saying that these documents these trove of information classified information was government property and has some kind of a monetar

and wiki leaks files twenty one questions on behalf of edward snowden the surveillance whistleblower whose month of leaks has left many nations either fearful or reluctant to get involved. and president obama deals with european outrage over america's spying on politicians on citizens saying the tactic is nothing new and everybody's doing. and egypt's president mohamed morsi takes fire from all directions takes the side of the government protesters and several ministers resigned in solidarity with the opposition. live from moscow with me thank you for joining us this morning straight to our breaking news for you this hour an unmanned russian space rocket has crashed just seconds after launch it was carrying three satellites meant for russia's global navigation system within a quarter of an hour brings us the details here live on the program good morning to you may do you know. exactly what happened well it was quite a shocking morning for those at the bike nor baikonur cosmodrome and as you can see here. now a russian project on rockets which was care. three. lies just went out of co

army judge denise lend her closing arguments today in the case against wiki leaks or bradley manning the twenty five year old army private first class faces twenty one charges for leaking some seven hundred thousand military diplomatic and diplomatic cables to the world the most serious charge manning faces is aiding the enemy which could result in a life sentence the prosecution spent its final moments trying to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that manning leaked those documents knowing that they could end up in the hands of al qaeda or other terrorist organizations meanwhile defense lawyer david coombs is expected to portray manning as well meaning but naive for the very latest from fort meade r.t. correspondent liz wall. after nearly two months of trial we hear closing arguments today in the court martial of private first class bradley manning today the prosecution said manning recklessly leaked the documents put national security at risk when he did it and put american lives in danger the prosecution kicked off their closing arguments today by saying quote the only human he cared