This is Al Jazeera America. Live from new york city. Im tony harris. We begin with questions of accountabiliti merging one day after a Senate Report revealed harsh c. I. A. Interrogation practices many call torture. The u. N. Counter terrorism chief calls for accountability. President obama is focusing on what his administration has done. Namely banning the socalled enhanced interrogation techniques. He said that will ensure that the same mistakes never happen again. But critics say thats just not enough. And those responsible should be prosecuted. Water boarding, sleep depravation, tactics use in the post 9 11. Its not the president obama who conducts a criminal inquiry into the action of somebody who works at the c. I. A. Thats the responsibility of a career federal prosecutor who can take an independent look at this, who can do so without political interference and conduct an investigation and reach a conclusion based on their own view of the facts. But there were calls on the senat
Lose their families. The iraqi governments investigating the existence of 50,000 socalled ghost soldiers, false names on the Defence Ministry role. Its likely the corrupt officers are claiming extra salaries. At a time when iraq needs its army more than ever, corruption has been revealed on a grand scale. 50,000 soldiers, the equivalent of four full divisions are either not turning up to work or simply dont exist. Some officers may be pocketing the money, claiming for soldiers than they have. Whatever is going on. Iraqs Prime Minister wants to find out and stop it. Translation im sad we paid the salaries during the period, all the salaries, iraq doesnt have the money. While our soldiers have been fighting, some are killed. These are people that received salaries and are not present on the ground. Army recruits earn about 600 a month. Ghost soldiers could be costing iraq at least 380 million a year. This could be the tip of the iceberg. Iraqs army is under scrutiny now more than ever. I
The globe have plunged by more than half in just 40 years. The stark new figures from the World Wildlife fund. Hello, and welcome. The chief executive of hong kong says china will not back down in the face of prodemocracy demonstrations in the city. In the last few hours, he called for an end to the protests. These are pictures of the huge numbers bringing the territory to a halt. They see him as very much the mouthpiece of china. Theyre demanding the Chinese Government gives hong kong a free vote for its next leader, something beijing has, of course, rejected. Lets hear just what the chief executive had to say. Translator the leaders of the occupy Central Movement have repeatedly stated that if the protests go extensively out of control, they will call off the protests. I now appeal to the leaders to carry out the promise they made to the whole society. That is, call off the protests immediately. The decision made by the Central Committee of the Chinese National parliament means that
May have been. He was unarmed. And you are an armed Law Enforcement officer whos been trained in combat. They dont trust you. They dont believe in you. Police say hundreds of gunshots were heard as the protests spread to other u. S. Cities, the president calls for calm, but says he understands why people are angry. The fact is, in too many parts of this country, a deep distrust exists between Law Enforcement and communities of color. Also in the program, an australian cricketer is in a Critical Condition after a ball struck him on the head. Well be asking what the risks are facing the worlds fastest bowlers. Also in the program, aarons here, and sony suffers another hack attack. Karin, this time an ominous skull appears on sony computers, as hackers threaten to reveal the companys top secrets. And this follows several other recent attacks on sony, so yes, weve got a hacker and were going to ask him if the tech giant is doing enough to put its Security Affairs in order. Hello. Its midda
Hello. Today, december 1st marks the u. N. s selfimposed deadline for tackling ebola in west africa. But the head of the mission has suggested it has missed its target for controlling the virus. Theres still a huge danger the disease could spread around the world. The aim was to isolate 70 of those who have been infected with the disease, then to safely bury 70 of the victims in the three worst hit countries. Liberia and sierra leone are falling well short of the targets in some areas. The number of deaths from ebola has now reached nearly 7,000. More than 16,000 people have been diagnosed since the outbreak began in march. Freetown is one of the worst affected areas in sierra leone to be struck by the disease. Our correspondent Andrew Harding is in the capital and has been speaking to men digging graves to help get their country out of the crisis. Reporter the burial team is hard at work here at the municipal graveyard in the center of freetown. Theyve just brought in eight more bodie