customers of verizon under classified court order issued in april. we will speak with two former nsa whistleblowers, thomas drake and william binney. they quit the agency deeply concerned about the growing surveillance of americans. then we will go from secret surveillance to secret trade negotiations. why is the album administration refusing to let members of congress and the public see drafts of the tpp, the trans- pacific partnership, the largest u.s. trade deal since the formation of the world trade organization. and just days before the 50th anniversary of the assassination of medgar evers in jackson, mississippi, the voters elect longtime black nationalist organizer and attorney chokwe lumumba to become mayor. radical.ay i m too i remind them that fannie lou hamer was a radical. i remind them that medgar evers was a radical and martin luther king was a radical. we will speak with chokwe lumumba here on democracy now! from jackson, mississippi. all of that and more com
classified court order issued in april. we will speak with two former nsa whistleblowers, thomas drake and william binney. they quit the agency deeply concerned about the growing surveillance of americans. then we will go from secret surveillance to secret trade negotiations. why is the album administration refusing to let members of congress and the public see drafts of the tpp, the trans- pacific partnership, the largest u.s. trade deal since the formation of the world trade organization. and just days before the 50th anniversary of the assassination of medgar evers in jackson, mississippi, the voters elect longtime black nationalist organizer and attorney chokwe lumumba to become mayor. radical.ay i m too i remind them that fannie lou hamer was a radical. i remind them that medgar evers was a radical and martin luther king was a radical. we will speak with chokwe lumumba here on democracy now! from jackson, mississippi. all of that and more coming up. this is democracy n
will have more on the story after the headlines. a u.s. soldier accused of massacring 16 afghan civilians last year has pleaded guilty to murder and other charges, thereby avoiding execution. on wednesday, staff sergeant robert bales formally amended to killing nine children and seven adults during a nighttime attack on two kandahar province villages in march 2012. defense attorneys say bales may have suffered a traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder from four tours in iraq and afghanistan. appearing before a military judge, bales expressed regret for the massacre, saying his trial last year featured the video testimony of more than a dozen afghan witnesses and victims. the witnesses, including several children, recalled being shot at and seeing their loved ones murdered. a hearing is set for august to determine if bales will be sentenced to life in prison with or without the chance of parole. the u.s. military is sending a massive new contingent of guard