it will be a few years before we are able to say yes, it worked or no, it didn't. >> edward snowden is making a concession in an attempt to come home from russia, should america take him up on the offer. >> edward snowden said he offered to serve prison time as part of a plea deal. >> if it means he can get back to the united states. >> he paid a high price. >> this is a guy that admitted me broke the law in an extravagant way. >> he made his bed, now he has to live in it. >> this guy has a lot of information, he does not want to, for various reasons, stand trial in the united states, but is saying if you cut me a deal, i'll come back, just to get him off the raider, if the u.s. government wants him not to sing like a bird, shouldn't they give him a deal. >> i think there were some things edward snowden uncovered that was worthwhile. on the other hand, i think he did if in an unorthodox way - talking to the chinese and russians was not friendly. i said civil disobedience is a long tradition. daniel ellsberg today his ground. now instead says he'll serve prison time. i wish he would hav

let's start with edward snowden. i interviewed him earlier this year and he said the decisions he made burned his life to the ground. would you say this court ruling today maybe turns him into a phoenix who rises out of the ashes? is he being given a second chance? guest: i think what was really clear to us, these are public interest whistleblowers and we have been supporting and defending whistleblowers for nearly 40 years. edward snowden's revelations have given the information citizens need to challenge government overreach. this particular decision is deeply important. right to privacy is deeply linked to freedom of expression and we need a public debate about the limits we need to have. they said the safe harbor agreement was agreed to in 2000. a lot of concerns and information edward snowden revealed in his disclosures showed that world changed in the years after the safe harbor agreement and this is a catch up being pushed onto both regulatory authorities and it has an impact on the u.s.. but we can't have tra

let's start with edward snowden. i interviewed him earlier this year and he said the decisions he made burned his life to the ground. would you say this court ruling today maybe turns him into a phoenix who rises out of the ashes? is he being given a second chance? guest: i think what was really clear to us, these are public interest whistleblowers and we have been supporting and defending whistleblowers for nearly 40 years. edward snowden's revelations have given the information citizens need to challenge government overreach. this particular decision is deeply important. right to privacy is deeply linked to freedom of expression and we need a public debate about the limits we need to

deal for edward snowden to return to the u.s. implication was if he wanted to come back he would have to face the consequences in terms of criminal prosecution. that was the suggestion, maybe not that explicit, from the deputy head of the nsa. achala: thank you. today, the u.s. defense secretary testified the obama administration is preparing to step up its military campaign against islamic state militants, which could include direct american action on the ground. secretary carter was appearing before a senate committee and said the strategy would entail attacks against the islamic state's high-value targets, and government araqi simple security forces to combat the islamic state. for the first time, iran will be invited to participate in international talks over the future of syria in vienna this friday. i am joined by retired nowral james dubik, who is at american university. is this a good move? they canceled the training a quick program that was only producing a handful of fighters. for the first time, secretary carter has cr

is there a new edward snowden? we will speak with jeremy scahill and reporters ryan devereaux and cora currier on the assassination complex, the kill chain, and manhunting in the hindus. an unprecedented glimpse into obama's drone wars. reversesresident obama course on afghanistan. >> maintaining our current posture through next year rather than a more rapid drawdown will allow us to sustain our efforts to train and assist afghans forces as they grow stronger. not only during this fighting season, but into the next one. amy: the longest war in american history has been indefinitely extended. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. president obama has officially reversed course and announced he assaulted the withdrawal of u.s. troops from afghanistan. speaking at the white house thursday, obama described the afghanistan war as "vital to our national security interests" and said u.s. forces will continue to go after al qaeda. >> first, i de

. >> governor chafee, edward snowden, is he a traitor or hero? >> no, i would bring him home. >> no jail time? >> the american government was acting illegal. that's what the federal courts have said.

national security agency whistleblower edward snowden says he has offered to go to prison as part a plea deal that would allow him to return to the united states from russia. but snowden says the justice department has not contacted him to discuss the potential deal. in an interview with the bbc, snowden said -- "i've volunteered to go to prison with the government many times. what i won't do is i won't serve as a deterrent to people trying to do the right thing in difficult situations."

then edward snowden would knock on the door. he explained why he did what he did. >> i felt that all our communications were being intercepted all the time in the absence of any suspicion of wrongdoing. this was something that was occurring without our knowledge or consent. >> one of his concerns about the government's electronic ears and eyes was its ability to hack into our personal data into our smart phones. it's called c.n.e., computer north america exploitation. he told us about a program named smurf. >> dreamy smurf is the power management, which is turning your phone on and off without you're knowing. >> and we've got nosey shumb. what is that? >> nosey smurf is the hot miking tool. it consider turn on the microphone in your pocket and listen to everything going on around you. >> tracker smurf, what is that? >> it's a geeo location tool that allows them to follow your position. >> he described how gchq hacked vast amounts of data from inside pakistan presumably to help identify and track terrorists. it did so by secretly

some say it is a ruling made possible by edward snowden's revelations. reporter: the eu's top court ruled the safe harbor agreement between the u.s. and eu did not sufficiently guarantee the personal data of europeans. it said tech companies cannot

a lot of concerns and information edward snowden revealed in his disclosures showed that world changed in the years after the safe harbor agreement and this is a catch up being pushed onto both regulatory authorities and it has an impact on the u.s.. but we can't have trade without ensuring we have fundamental freedoms of the right to privacy

but revelations from edward snowden in 2013 aroused suspicions that u.s. spy agencies gained access to massive troves of personal information. >> concerns are initially security but we still have something to do there. after the court ruling, we have a very strong argument in continuing the negotiations and achieving that result.

the case stems from a lawsuit inspired by edward snowden's nsa spying. paul brennan reports. >> every day, business is conducted between the united states and europe. all supposedly protected by a transthrarntransatlantic privact called safe harbor. but now it's been decided that safe harbor can't be trusted. >> penl data anything in which a living individual can be identified. so that ranges from something as simple as an e-mail signature block to details in a life read database for example. >> in 2013 former cia contractor edward snowden leaked classified documents of covert snooping of u.s. intelligence agencies. it was those revelations that brought max shrem to bring these cases to court. transfers uses data to service outside the eu. whether it's a digital photograph, or a credit card details or indeed multimillion dollar business deals all that data has to be stored on servers such as this. more often than not they are not in the european union, they are cited in the united states. the european union promised to match the u.s. privacy rules. safe

jc: nsa leaker edward snowden says he' s ready to go to prison. the former national security agency contractor tells the bbc he' s made that offer to the u.s. "many times," but is still awaiting an answer. snowden leaked documents about top-secret mass surveillance programs before seeking exile in russia. the u.s. has long said it would be open to a plea deal with him. phil: it could be months before we know if army sgt. bowe bergdahl will face a ago. the army officer who presided over last month' s hearing has made his recommendation, but it' s being kept secret -- for now. bergdahl is charged with desertion for walking away from his unit, before being captured by the taliban and being held for five years. it is certainly not something all of us are looking forward to. jc: not everybody. the cold, snowy winter. you know a scene like this one: there' s some good news though. why you might pay less for heat this winter. phil: pepsi' s new collectible -- the significance of this bottle and why it will cost you more than $20 for just one. harvey: spea

is edward snowden a patriot or a traitor, do you believe?ll be agnostic on that question, but i think he revealed serious human rights issues until then had not been known, and some of the solutions that his proposed i think are very much in line with what we have been advocating. amy: finally, a cease-fire agreed in the east of ukraine between the separatists and ukrainian government forces has been holding, but fears remain that fighting could resume. on thursday, russian president vladimir putin said that kiev was not upholding its end of the ukraine peace deal. >> is useless to endlessly blame russia for not fulfilling or not urging the authorities unrecognized republics of the south east of ukraine to do something in fulfillment of agreements. if the key positions of the minsk agreement are not fulfilled kiev authorities, and they are not fulfilled by the kiev authorities. amy: nils muinieks, you been spending a lot of your time on ukraine. what should we understand about it? >> ukraine is a human rights disaster zone. -- the humanen ri

emily: tell me about your relationship with edward snowden. kim: i think he is a hero. admire him for his courage. he will be remembered in history as one of the great people of our time. emily: what is he up to now? kim: he is happy, he is fine. he is in russia. i think he is pleased that the debate has been triggered, based on the good things he has done. especially to americans. emily: when it comes to china, iran, islamic terrorists, the united states government, what are you most worried about when it comes to spying, hacking? kim: i am worried about the situation in ukraine. i think putin is someone i would be very careful with. i think that obama has done a good thing in negotiating with iran and trying to find a resolution to the nuclear standoff. emily: what about some of the other countries? like north korea and sony? should we be concerned about north korea? kim: well, you do not really believe that north korea hacked sony. i do not believe that for a minute. emily: who did, then? kim: some sophisticated group that has an interest in what hollywood is doing a

national security agency, nsa, says former contractor edward snowden's leaks have had a direct resulteds of terrorists disappearing from the internet. >> we have kept track of what our targets beside disclosures and what that means for them, and we've seen in the high hundreds of targets who have said, hey, we're vulnerable to these sorts of detection techniques and need to change the way we do that, and a number of them have. deirdre: did we give the blueprints on how to do it? >> it's completely possible. two ways to look at this. one is what he was talking about is absolutely true, and for whatever reason he felt compelled to tell the world that we can no longer track hundreds of really bad people. other side of it is the conundrum, if a roman told you all romans were liars, would you believe them? what if we are tracking the people, we want to put them at ease. the intelligence community, nothing is straightforward, nothing is what it appears. it's a great game and it sounds like we're still playing it. deirdre: okay, fair enough. if it's part of a strategy that keeps us safer, th

norman solomon, could you respond to what each of the candidates said about edward snowden?>> well, was one of the few bright spots for lincoln chafee in the debate in terms of making some coherent sense. martin o'malley is somebody who used to be governor of maryland where the nsa, where the huge complexes, near the airport. a lot of vendor corporations are making billions of dollars in profits off of exportation of fear from 9/11, sucking dry the trough of taxpayer money to the nsa. and under o'malley, as under other governors, the nsa is basically running the state. his preposterous claims in the debate are pretty much par for the course for high a maryland officials. killer clinton gave hypocrisy a bad name -- hillary clinton gave hypocrisy a bad name. was she said had no intersection with reality. we have talked about how the case of jeffrey sterling, but in many other is its is such as the nsa whistleblower thomas drake him another brave whistleblower, going through channels actually marked them for persecution and prosecution and the idea that hillary clinton was floa

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now we'll turn to those breaking developments with edward snowden. ng on member states in europe to drop criminal charges against evidence ward snowden and also to protect him from extradition to the united states. i'm sitting here with ari melber following the story. this is a significant move by the europeans and an affront to the obama administration. >> absolutely right, kate. this is the european union voting, in a close vote, by majority, to recommend that every state in europe be on the same page granting asylum to edward snoweden and officially deem him in their view, a whistle-blower for leaks, not the view of the american government. the obama justice department indicted him for unauthorized leaking of classified information, they consider him a fugitive, living abroad in russia. this is a legal story that is also a diplomatic story. >> right. >> go any one country in europe took the recommendation that could create a safe haven for snowden. even if they don't, it is a big rejection of the obama administration's view of this individual which

courtesy of edward snowden. > courtesy of edward snowden and much of what snowden reported turns out to be accurate. to ask tion we have ourselves as patriotic american citizens is, are we more worried having our privacy compromised by our own agencies or by the intelligence agencies of the theese and the russians and iranians? charlie: and what do they want to do with the information? exactly. and in the time analysis i think we may have to come to the to lusion that we have got give the n.s.a. a little bit of space. now, you spoke -- charlie: the balance between security?d >> absolutely. and you know, the irony is groups like google, for example, there saying wait a second, don't try and control do with the information that we gather from your lap ops that you punch into your laptops because you don't really think about the fact that the you put into at that laptop is then being used of these private companies to do what? to make money. to other it then merchandisers. charlie: of course they do. apple makes a big point about that. argument, they don't sell information. they sell pr

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glasse, al jazeera, kabul. >> the european parliament is demanding all criminal charges against edward snowdenow living in russia be dropped calling him a human rights defender. in a resolution passed today, members of parliament asked the eu to offer snowden protection and raised concerns about european surveillance laws. the group said not enough has been done sense the secret surveillance program in the u.s. was revealedtoday. israel said it happened in hebron after the palestinians tried to stab israeli soldiers. one israeli border guard was injured. the palestinian attacker shot dead. 9 israelis have been killed. dozens more injured since early october when this recent wave of violence began. more than 60 palestinians have been killed. we sat down with al atia and discussed qatar's role in the ongoing conflict betweenitsis and palestine. >> we didn't have any peace process yet. so i don't think we are in a position to have any cooperation at this stage. >> has the recently violence impacted on your decision making in what's going on right now in jerusalem and elsewhere? >> this is a provo

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however, one place that edward snowden had not been seen nor heard was twitter until last week when hened his account. his first words to the twitterverse were: can you hear me now? a flood of followers? more than one million and counting although snowden says he is only following one account: that of his former employer, the nsa. and you can bet that the agency is returning the favor. we will leave you with some of the best replies to edward snow den's very first tweet and we will see you next time here at "the listening post." ♪ >>> this is al jazeera. >>> hello. i'm lauren taylor. this is the news hour live from london. coming up. the army loses ground to the taliban in kunduz where a humanitarian crisis is unfolding. >>> syria's president deploring russia's air strikes in the country saying it's vital for middle east stability. >>> deaths along the french rivera. two months w

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edward snowden's revelation that data was being sent to the u.s.overnment for spying purposes that essentially put the agreement on the chopping block, and the implications of the court ruling could be widespread. a massive number of similar complaints from eu citizens of invasion of privacy could follow. tech companies could now face increased scrutiny. they will have to rework the way they share information, and the ruling could trip up or complicate ongoing negotiations for an eu-u.s. free trade agreement. reaction to the rulings with u.s. officials saying it is disappointed. facebook says it is crucial that they have legal ways to transfer data across the atlantic. they say companies can continue to make transatlantic data transfers. with thee been working american authorities to make the transfers safer for european it is an, and in light of the ruling, we will continue this work towards a renewed safe train work -- framework for the transfer of data across the atlantic. in the meantime, transatlantic data flows between countries can continue

however, one place that edward snowden had not been seen nor heard was twitter until last week when hened his account. his first words to the twitterverse were: can you hear me now? a flood of followers? more than one million and counting although snowden says he is only following one account: that of his former employer, the nsa. and you can bet that the agency is returning the favor. we will leave you with some of the best replies to edward snow den's very first tweet and we will see you next time here at "the listening post." ♪ >> the cops is a legalized gang... it makes me scared for everybody >> fear and distrust in baltimore... >> they've just been pepper spraying people at very close range... >> years of tension between the community and police erupt... >> she was on her way home to her kid, and she never made it... >> a former cop speaks out... >> if you had taken steps when a man was assaulted, maybe freddie gray didn't have to die. >> is there still a blue wall of silence in american cities? >> did somebody get shot? fault lines baltimore rising only on al jazeera america >>>

it was edward snowden's revelations that data was being sent to the u.s.overnment for spying purposes that essentially put the agreement on the chopping block. the implications of the court's rulings could be widespread. a massive number of similar .omplaint could follow tech companies could now face fees,sed scrutiny, legal and have to rework where they share information. the ruling could also trip up or complicate ongoing negotiations for an eu-u.s. free trade agreement. >> let's take a look at the markets. it is a mixed picture in europe this lunchtime. we are seeing falls on glencore. it jumped on monday. air france shares, not much movement. 0.75% in paris. some more of the business headlines next. volkswagen says it fitted 8 million diesel cars with the omissions test -- emissions test-cheating software. overall, volkswagen says there are 11 million cars affected around the world. bp has agreed to a record settlement of $21 billion over the gulf of mexico oil spill. the u.s. attorney general describes the figure as the punishment bp deserved. the com

however, one place that edward snowden had not been seen nor heard was twitter until last week when hened his account. his first words to the twitterverse were: can you hear me now? a flood of followers? more than one million and counting although snowden says he is only following one account: that of his former employer, the nsa. and you can bet that the agency is returning the favor. we will leave you with some of the best replies to edward snow den's very first tweet and we will see you next time here at "the listening post." ♪ >> i'm ali velshi. "on target" tonight, how innocent americans tonight could end up labeled terrorists, turning their lives and livelihoods yum side down. upside down. the united states announced sanctions against five groups of people across the globe, connected to i.s.i.l, at a counterterrorism summit in new york, president obama said, part of america's commitment to use all means possible to get rid of i.s.i.l. >> we are harnessing all of our tools, military intelligence economic development and the

got harsh sentences in drug cases will be released later this month. >>> former nsa contractor edward snowdenhe's offered many times to go to prison in the united states as part of a deal to come back but is still waiting for an answer from the government. snowden, as you know, has been exiled in russia after leaking documents about the united states' mass surveillance programs. >>> and a man chose a strange escape route. he drove straight into the ocean. officers watched from the beach and went and pulled the guy out. the cnn special report starts now. >>> the following is a cnn special report. >>> o.j. simpson on trial for two grisly murders. after nine months of twists and turns. >> if it doesn't fit, you must acquit. >> the one moment -- >> we the jury find the defendant not guilty of the crime -- >> that mattered most. >> now, 20 years later, go behind the scenes. >> you saidou

. >>> edward snowden says i'd like to come back to the united states and i'm willing to do prison time. >>> the justice department and all of us about to find out what happens when you release six convicted felons all at one time. >>> good tuesday afternoon from the deck today. the sun is out in south carolina. and the water is on the move. so the dangers are far from over. from what they're calling a 1,000-year storm. officials say at least 14 people have died in south carolina. days of record-setting rain have caused dams to fail, forced hundreds of people to move from their homes. and officials warn more evacuations could be on the way as the water heads slowly downstream. behind me, a shot now from carolina aerial imaging. drone video. a breached dam in lexington county. that's west of the capital of columbia. that dam, one of ten that officials say have failed so far. and south carolina's capital city, columbia, in the cross hairs today. officials say the large number of waterways in columbia makes it a prime target for flooding. but as we've been recording flooding is far from th

nsa leak or edward snowden says he is ready to go to prison. the former nsa contractor tells the bbc he has made that offer to the u.s. many times but is still waiting on an answer. top-secret mass surveillance programs before seeking exile in russia. the u.s. has long said it would be open to a plea deal with him. emily: gunman who killed nine people and oregon college could he left everyone else was crazy and ranted about not having a harper mercer' s mother said she friday, president obama will travel to oregon to meet with survivors and victims' families. the stocks of the country' s top gun makers are selling to smith & wesson stock of 80%. experts credit a skyrocketing number of gun sales. gunmakers say 2015 could end up being the best year for sales they have ever had. >> carolinas are still dealing with the aftermath of historic rainfall. there is continued to swell and 11 people have died. as elizabeth hur reports, the president has declared south carolina a disaster area. elizabeth: neighborhoods evacuated near a breached dam in south

including one that called himself cracka and compares himself to edward snowden. the hacker tweeted, hey, russia, if you're reading this, was wondering if you could help us out with a place to stay. and he tweeted what are those flashing lights. the hackers had already revealed some of those. including names and social security numbers of some officials and claimed they got into a comcast account of jeh johnson. >> the one thing i'll say is don't believe everything you read in the newspaper because a lot of it is inaccurate. >> reporter: the hackers say they used a phony verizon employee code to trick verizon to reset the password on his aol account and take it over. computer security experts say the cia director of all people should have known better. >>> today president obama is the annual defense policy bill. the $612 billion measure authorizes defense spending and meets spending levels the president requested. but the president claims it skirts spending caps without increasing domestic spending first. republicans accuse him of playing politics with national se