Citizens around the world. By getting the story that Glen Greenwald got, snowden through carefully selected Media Outlets in germany france and brazil among many others. Snowden has yet to come in from the cold. Hes lying low in wintery moscow but according to the journalists involved, this story is far from resolved. There are more coming. Our starting point, the adopted home of american journalist Glen Greenwald, rio de janeiro, brazil. I had been contacted in december 2012, by someone who didnt identify himself but had interested material he thought hiwould want to look at. So i said send me something. He sent me encrypted documents. I immediately knew this was one of the most important security leaks in history. I had been working on surveillance issues and suddenly in my lap had dropped some of the most potent instruments for shining a light on what they were doing, beyond your wildest dreams as a journalist. Unprecedented nature of the documents was going to be a earthquake in th
For better for worse, until death us do part. Until death us do part. But what happens when royal tradition stops you from following your heart . In the medieval fortress, charles the eldest son of Queen Elizabeth is crowned prince of wales. I, charles, prince of wales, do become your leege man of life and limb. So much pomp, so much glamour, but under it all is a nervous 20yearold who feels very strongly that the whole weight of monarchy rests on him. He had no choice in his life at all. His future was mapped out for him. He knew from an early age that he was part of a machine. Prince charles is a central figure of this dynasty. He is the future. He is the great hope. The young prince will just celebrated his 3rd birthday carried out the handshaking duties most sedately. The prince as a child was quite withdrawn, very sensitive, very shy. But right from the beginning theres all this weight of expectation on this poor, little boys back. When charles was 4, he watched his 27yearold moth
When you go out there, there is basically no law and order. It is lawless and the people controlling things, the people with the guns are a mixture of former groups. People really in control are these former selica fighters who have been supposed to be disbanded but havent been. They have committed atrocities in various parts of the country. As we discovered, theyve also been killing women and children. Two of this womans children were murdered in front of her. She was shot in the back. She said she hasnt got the strength to look after the surviving children. All she can think about is a terrible night. Everyone was sleeping except me. I was in the corner of the hut by the door. They shined a light and then started spraying bullets. I grabbed my baby and put her in a bag. I shouted i have a baby in my hands, why you are shooting . They stopped shiiteing. Everyone on the floor was already dead. The 16yearold girl was also there that night. This woman was shot in the back. The hospital s
Youre at the listening post. This week, bangkok within thep sequel, the players, the protestors and the medias role in the power struggle. Drones, they dont just operate in the dark over pakistan. news stories in istanbul. Journalists, more than 50 of them take a beating in key every. Its a phone, its not a lifestyle. The streets of bangkok have been teeming with protestors. The media are a big part of the story. The demonstrators are demanding the removal of of the sister of a one time cable t. V. Magnate who was Prime Minister until he was deposed in a coupe in 2006. He used his Media Holdings to beam message to say thailand and call people on to the streets. This time it has been spearheaded by the pdrc. They say he is pulling the strings from dubai. Pdrc protestors arent just going off the his government, they have been demanding t. V. Stations broadcast their political statements in their in tighter. Thailand is not the only country that has a fractionalized media space. The mov
Gift that our enemies needed to evade us and to strike us at will. And im sure youve heard this phrase before. Johns lawyers, the head of mi6, said that our adversaries were rubbing their hands with glee. All heads of the secure the services were very clear in their evidence to the intelligence and Security Committee that you have damaged this country as a result of what you have done. Clearly other editors took the decision as well. We know its been in the the New York Times and the Washington Post, el pais, le monde and other newspapers but theyre not be forced today. Be recognized what you have done . D. Except that this has damaged the country . That this is a very criticism that i havent seen before from head of our Security Services . I think it is important context that editors of probably the worlds leading newspapers in america, the Washington Post and the New York Times took virtually identical decisions so this is not a rogue newspaper. It is cities new papers have long deal