For later broadcast in case youe wondering about all the equipment, and at the end of the conversation, well have a questionandanswer period where you can ask the speakers anything you like, although please wait for the microphone once youve been called upon by one of the speakers so the audience at home can hear you. Also to help with that please turn off your cell phone. No, really do it, because itll ring otherwise, i promise you. Okay. On with the show. Tonight our guests are adrian chen who is a new yorkbased writer whose work has appeared in wired, new York Magazine and the New York Times. Hes written extensively on many of the issues under discussion tonight such as virtual communities. He may have first come to your attention for his brilliant expose of silk road that was reported for gawker, and i should also note hes got an amazing article calls the agency called the agency about an army of trolls in russia which is in this weekends New York Times magazine. He is, in addition
The confirmation hearing of obamas nominee for cia director john brennan over his support for drones and the targeted killings of u. S. Citizens. People that were standing up here today, i think they really have a misunderstanding of what we do as a government and the care we take, and the agony we go through to make sure we do not have any collateral injuries or deaths. 8 codepink protesters are arrested. We will speak with the groups founder who after returning from pakistan to protest drones, personally went to the house of john brennan, not on the door. He invited her in. We will find out what they talked about. You also speak with Jeremy Scahill, author of the forthcoming book and movied andirty wars, and melvin goodman, author of, National Insecurity the cost of american militarism. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. John brennan, president of and is picked to head the cia, defended the administrati
Quote, reprieve, my interview with the students who are fighting back. If all our government and president can do is send thoughts and prayers, then its time for victims to be the change that we need to see. And the New York Times reports another story of another extramarital affair with donald trump, and another elaborate attempt to cover it all up. All in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. Three days since special Counsel Robert Mueller unveiled an indictment, 13 counts of russian nationals for waging what they called Information Warfare against the u. S. The president of the United States has yet to announce any new steps to punish russia for those activities. He has not directed his administration to prevent interference in future elections, including the one this year. He has not even gone so far as to condemn russias efforts to subvert american democracy. Instead, the president apparently spent much of the weekend parked in front of the tv at one of his
Portraying the indictment was nothing to celebrate. What followed was a twoday tirade on twitter. Slammed democrats, blamed barack obama, even so far as to suggest the fbi missed the Florida Shooter because of the russia investigation. But again, no blame for russia except to suggest the kremlins operation was a success saying if it was the goal of russia to create discord, disruption, and chaos within the u. S. , they have succeed beyond their wildest dreams. It is clear that this issue is increasingly getting under the president s skin. Its clear that his frustration is boiling over. The president s trying hard to convince people that, number one, theres no connection between hiss campaign and russia. Number two, that other people are zblonl he views any evidence that russia was meddling as somehow a lessoning of his stature, attack on his legitimate sixth amendment he would be better served and f he said we have an adversary here, the evidence is here and were going to do something
Thoughts and prayers, then its time for victims to be the change that we need to see. And the New York Times reports another story of another extramarital affair with donald trump, and another elaborate attempt to cover it all up. All in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. Three days since special Counsel Robert Mueller unveiled an indictment, 13 counts of russian nationals for waging what they called Information Warfare against the u. S. The president of the United States has yet to announce any new steps to punish russia for those activities. He has not directed his administration to prevent interference in future elections, including the one this year. He has not even gone so far as to condemn russias efforts to subvert american democracy. Instead, the president apparently spent much of the weekend parked in front of the tv at one of his properties in florida, tweeting furiously and lashing out at a number of targets, from oprah to the fbi to his own Nation