Revelations about the nsa surveillance programs. The agency has the ability to monitor up to 75 of all u. S. Internet traffic. I mean, that is just incredible. 75 of my traffic to steal a joke from one of our producers is a lot. Imagine that from the entire country. It can retain written content in emails and filtering domestic phone calls made over the web. Meanwhile nbc news reports the nsa still doesnt know exactly how much information Edward Snowden took from the agency saying officials are, quote, overwhelmed while trying to assess the damage. Snowdens leaks have also raised a question of how the media investigates and reports on the intelligence community. The guardians Glenn Greenwald spoke about that last night. All the best reporting over the last 40 years involves journalists having classified information. The pentagon papers, illegal warrantless eavesdropping program. If you want to start criminalizing that, it means youre asking as a citizen to be kept ignorant and to allow
Years. The defense had asked for 25 years. And the maximum sentence would have been 90. Some are already looking at this as somewhat of a win for Bradley Manning and his defense team. Now, the judge had already ordered, prior to the sentence, that he would be given credit for the 3 1 2 years he has already spent in custody, so that already reduces the sentence. And so at the a little over ten years, he would be eligible for parole. That is a big wild card because who knows what the sense of Bradley Mannings offenses and how that is looked upon by any kind of military parole board. Given the fact he faced a maximum of 90 years in prison, some are looking at this as somewhat of a win for manning and his defense team. Mick, so if i understand this correctly if that three and a half years goes towards time served, does the clock start ticking now 6 1 2 years before manning could be out if all appeals fail . Absolutely. The clock does start ticking because the sentence starts as of today. U
Well, looking very dapper. And joe and mika are away, but mommy and daddy, you look good. Fresh in from the hamptons. We take this job very seriously. We make sure we are color coordinated. There is bill deblasio, front runner for mayor, lifelong Boston Red Sox fan, born in cambridge. Nicole wallace, youre communications expert. You stand tall, you come off like mitt romney and change teams. Youve got to stand tall. Politics 101, anyone whos ever, on a bus tour, bus tour, anyone . Before you get off the bus, the last thing you ask your Communications Director is, whos the home team . Who do they all root for . What hats are they going to be wearing . This is, you know, so fundamental to feeling like the person we might vote for is someone that cares about the same things i do. And nothing unites people more than rooting for the same team. Its who he is, he cant deny it. Its like theres a history there. If you were his opponent, though, the ad agency guy, wouldnt you start running ads u
Winfrey Lindsay Lohan interview. Are you an addict . What is your drug of choice . Think, the secret life of jodi arias, the bombshell new book. She would sneak in through the doggy door and get naked and jump into his bed. Plus, Jessica Simpsons also girl, cutest baby ever . Now, inside edition, in high definition, with deborah norville. Im Diane Mcinerney in today for deborah norville. The drama continues to mount around arod, it was practically war when the third baseman was hit with a 92mile anhour ball in game against the boston red sox. The uproar that followed was not pretty. Its one man versus an entire city. Alex rodriguez was unmercilessly booed when the yankees took on the red sox in the city that hates him most. The boston fans held signs showing their disdain for the player fighting suspension for a little using steroids. Watch what happened in the second inning. Ryan dempster whacked him on the elbow. The reaction was explosive. Players spilled on the field and yankees ma
Good tuesday morning, everyone. We begin with the growing crisis in syria and what is increasingly appearing to be an imminent u. S. Strike against the assad regime. It comes after u. N. Weapons inspectors visited the apparent site of a chemical attack last week. And now, this morning, the strongest words yet from a u. S. Official. Abcs devin dwyer has the latest from washington. Good morning, devin. Reporter good morning. The strong words from secretary of state john kerry, who called the apparent use of chemical weapons in syria, a, quote, moral obscenity. With our own eyes, we have, all of us, become witnesses. Reporter witnesses to an alleged atrocity in syria. A clear declaration by the secretary of state, signaling u. S. Military action could be imminent. There must be accountability for those who would use the worlds most heinous weapons against the worlds most vulnerable people. Reporter u. S. Officials say its undeniable that syrias president , bashar al assad, used a chemical