Times know about the drones, i guess. [laughter] i think we can say that. No, i think, i think journalists have done their work in developing a lot of information about what our National Security apparatus thinks, how its motivated and how its acting. I think thats true. But what we, but we have not had a fundamental policy discussion in the country that we need to have. And i think and i think we can define that along many different lines. But for me the key issue is, um, if we look at whats going on in pakistan, for instance, you know, we have the cia engaged on a traditional, in a traditional theater of war in what historically have been viewed as military tactics over a sustained period of many years involving hundreds of strikes with clear military objectives. And is that a correct use of an Intelligence Service . I think thats a very fundamental question, and weve got the same issue with respect to yeaman, i think yemen, i think, potentially other places. So this is the cia growi
Upstate Medical Center blues 18 million a year. Its going to hurt the economy. So i voted to repeal the Affordable Care act. Beyond that we voted for bipartisan support for three free trade agreements that will aid in increasing the number of exports from our district. We have time for rebuttal. What are your thoughts regarding the stimulus act . Maffei i think the recovery act was essential at the time. First of all were lots of small tax cuts that were essential to those families. Secondly, we kept police on the street, kept or teachers to me laid off in our classrooms from blowing up in size. And firefighters. So certainly we had to do something. The thing that i am really confused about, thats bad but there do the right thing on the taxes apparently. But now some of the economy is starting to be fine for millionaires and billionaires. Im doing the wrong thing by asking them to pay their share. And get we need to balance the budget but where is the money going to come from . None of
Upstate Medical Center blues 18 million a year. Its going to hurt the economy. So i voted to repeal the Affordable Care act. Beyond that we voted for bipartisan support for three free trade agreements that will aid in increasing the number of exports from our district. We have time for rebuttal. What are your thoughts regarding the stimulus act . Maffei i think the recovery act was essential at the time. First of all were lots of small tax cuts that were essential to those families. Secondly, we kept police on the street, kept or teachers to me laid off in our classrooms from blowing up in size. And firefighters. So certainly we had to do something. The thing that i am really confused about, thats bad but there do the right thing on the taxes apparently. But now some of the economy is starting to be fine for millionaires and billionaires. Im doing the wrong thing by asking them to pay their share. And get we need to balance the budget but where is the money going to come from . None of
Made up ofrce is current and retired Law Enforcement officials led by the former altar Baltimore City Police Commissioner fred bealefeld. It concluded for the most part that the police suburban is working like a well away old machine and that county executive newman would just have to make some tweaks. We did not see some problems. We side distraction at the command level that predominated the discussion. I think she has gone a long way to fixing it. The report consists of and recommendations, including hiring a permanent chief of police, which the county did with chief davis. Reviewing the structure of the apartment, revising officers get paid, and reviewing the internal investigation process, and hiring additional staff. On the issue of the protection unit, which ended up being a want either leopolds here, on leopold site there need to be changes. It had nothing to do with structure crop but people. And an executive report said it would be a work in progress. You can see a copy of th
Espionage act and other charges. He now faces up to 136 years in prison. Julian assange will join us from the Ecuadorian Embassy in london where he has been living for more than a year. Then we go to fort meade, maryland, where the sentencing hearing begins today. Obrien,peak to alexa who has been reporting from their everyday. We are not talking about the trial, as important as it is. We are talking about setting legal precedent for National Security and whistleblowers, and beyond that, people using the internet, communicating in legallyprotected speech. All that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. For brentcing hearing a man and begins today following his acquittal on the most serious charge he faced, aiding the enemy, but conviction and 20 accounts. On tuesday, manning was found guilty of violating the espionage act and other charges for leaking documents to wikileaks. He avoids an automatic life sentence but st