government is actually trying to do the right thing, break the back of the drug cartels and take back the country along the north where the drugs are being moved. what i m not seeing is any evidence that the war is moving either way. it s kind of like status quo, like they re just fighting each other and fighting each other through a war of attrition. is there any evidence that the federal government is winning this war? goes back to december of 2006 when the mexican president felipe calderon took office. he said, we re going to do something about the problems created by drug cartels. there s been a war ever since and if you ask the mexican government, they ll tell you, the cartels are getting more violent because they are reacting like they re wounded. they re wounded, weakened and desperate. but if you ask other people in mexico, many mexicans say, we re getting tired of this, the situation seems to be getting out of control and it s just very dangerous, especially in
obtained and posted by the website wickileaks. the second story is a story of wikileaks itself. the story exactly how and by whom all this classified information about the war in afghanistan was revealed. it s both a fascinating and really super-important story because wikileaks is trying and at least to some degree succeeding in transforming the way journalism works and what freedom of the press means in the most practical terms. let s start with what it is. wikileaks is essentially the first-ever stateless news organization. it operates by using in the deepest possible sense the nowhereness of the internet to wage battle against the secrecy that is so central to how governments and companies all over the world operate. the site was launched in december of 2006 by this guy, julian assange, an australian internet activist, who describes it as an un-censorable system of untraceable mass document leak
wikileaks. the second story is a story of wikileaks itself. the story exactly how and by whom all this classified information about the war in afghanistan was revealed. it s both a fascinate and really super important story because wikileaks trying and at least to some degree succeeding in transforming the way journalism works and what freedom of the press means in the most practical terms. let s start with what it is. wikileaks is essentially the first-ever stateless news organization. it operates by using in the deepest possible sense the nowhereness of the internet to wage battle against the secrecy that is so central to how governments and companies all over the world operate. the site was launched in december of 2006 by this guy, julian assange, an australian internet activist, who deskrikz it as an uncensorable system of untraceable mass document leak and public analysis. the classified afghanistan war documents published this weekend are just the latest in a series
reporter: tax forms and addresses with social security numbers and birth dates and cheat sheets for filling out returns. that was december of 2006. what was stumbled upon was a lucrative income tax fraud scheme run by inmates at the monroe county jail near key west. before they were busted, they filed for more than $1 million in tax refunds involving half of the jail population. they would go to other inmates and suggest to an inmate, i can get you 45 a in a tax return. reporter: in some cases with help from friends and family, they would fill out a 1040 ez form and fill out another form with the names of business is that didn t exist and income they never earned. the 4882 is a stub stut used when an employer doesn t provide
additional items were underneath the bunk. reporter: the items tax forms, an address book with social security numbers, birthdays and cheat sheets for filling out returns. that was december of 2006. what linback had stumbled upon was a lucrative income tax fraud scheme run by inmates at the monroe county jail near key west. before they were busted, the inmates filed for more than $1 million in tax refunds involving half the jail population. but what they would do is go to other inmates and suggest to an inmate, i can get you $4,500 in a tax return, it will cost you $500. reporter: in some cases, with the help of friends and family, the prisoners would fill out the 1040-ez short form, then attach the form with the names of businesses that didn t exist, and income they never earned. the 4852 is a substitute used when an employer doesn t provide a w-2. the additional investigation was