dissenter, jacobin the canary and electronic intifada. welcome ahmed. good to have you. thanks so much for joining us. thank you for inviting me, mom and let s start with the need or the lack of a need for changes to espionage laws in the united kingdom that are already among the most draconian in the western world. why is there such interest within the british conservative party to strengthen the official secrets act? what s the basis of this, this movement? and so there are multiple acts that been passed over the years that they want to consolidate into a single one. what they re now calling the national security bell. so just to be clear, it s not just the tory party, although the conservative party, although they re the ones who are, who hold the majority of seats and parliament and therefore control the executive branch of government. um, i mean there are some people like to socialists like jeremy corbin, we ve come out against the bell, but there is majority support fro
ourselves against charges arising from the espionage act. that punitive 1917 law that was meant to protect the country from german saboteurs in the 1st world war. that s a bad situation. the espionage act carries a minimum sentence of 5 years in prison. most people convicted of espionage get between 10 and 20 years in prison. and in extreme cases, the espionage act carries with it the death penalty. but what does it look like when a country, in this case, the united kingdom tries to pass a law that s even tougher than the espionage act? i m john kerry aku will find out in this episode of the whistle blowers. ah. 2 2 2 the united kingdom has long been known for its draconian use of espionage laws, not just to protect the country secrets, but to prevent the league of any governmental information, even if that information does not impact security. even if it s simply embarrasses the government. the u. k. official secrets act was passed into law in 1911. it outlawed making public
wanted to kill soldiers execution style on a military base. he left ohio yesterday buying a one-way ticket to greece but vanished during a lay joefr in turkey where investigators believe he slipped into syria. mahmoud wanted to follow in his brother s foot he died in a battle and he told an informant he was happy about it and he would be next. days later he returned to the united states and waudzs arrested thursday. he is one of terrorist wannabes. he will be in federal court at 11:00 a.m. he s expected to plead not guilty. anna kooiman joining us. thank you. that brings us to our look who is talking this morning. rudy giuliani says he s not surprised about the rise in home grown terror and he says that we need to be more proactive in stopping it. we have got to have surveillance on these groups in the united states that may be encouraging people. i don t think this happened accidentally that he went to syria. something happened in the united states to encourage him going
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