whistleblowers. the fda launched a massive surveillance campaign targeting its own scientists for writing letters to journalists, members of congress, even president obama himself. the scientists were expressing their concern are the fda s approval of medical imaging devices for colonoscopy and mammograms that could endanger patients with high levels of radiation. all of that and more coming up. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. a senate report has found lax controls and an adequate oversight allowed mexican drug cartels and firms linked to terrorism to use the banking giant hsbc to funnel money into the united states. of the report found loose protections at hsbc s u.s. unit provided a gateway for terrorists to gain access to u.s. dollars and u.s. financial system. among other allegations, the bank reportedly supplied $1 billion to a firm whose founder has ties to al qaeda. hsbc is also accused of shipping billions in ca
surveillance campaign targeting its own scientists for writing letters to journalists, members of congress, even president obama himself. the scientists were expressing their concern are the fda s approval of medical imaging devices for colonoscopy and mammograms that could endanger patients with high levels of radiation. all of that and more coming up. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. a senate report has found lax controls and an adequate oversight allowed mexican drug cartels and firms linked to terrorism to use the banking giant hsbc to funnel money into the united states. of the report found loose protections at hsbc s u.s. unit provided a gateway for terrorists to gain access to u.s. dollars and u.s. financial system. among other allegations, the bank reportedly supplied $1 billion to a firm whose founder has ties to al qaeda. hsbc is also accused of shipping billions in cash from mexico to the united states, despit
administration s war on whistleblowers. the fda launched a massive surveillance campaign targeting its own scientists for writing letters to journalists, members of congress, even president obama himself. the scientists were expressing their concern are the fda s approval of medical imaging devices for colonoscopy and mammograms that could endanger patients with high levels of radiation. all of that and more coming up. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. a senate report has found lax controls and an adequate oversight allowed mexican drug cartels and firms linked to terrorism to use the banking giant hsbc to funnel money into the united states. of the report found loose protections at hsbc s u.s. unit provided a gateway for terrorists to gain access to u.s. dollars and u.s. financial system. among other allegations, the bank reportedly supplied $1 billion to a firm whose founder has ties to al qaeda. hsbc is also accused of
geneva convention. that means that anyone who attacks or kills civilians could face charges for war crimes. the rules also protect prisoners of war. they forbid for ture torture and say that the wounded must receive treatment. so essentially the aim of this designation is to protect civilians but also possibly to pave the way for future war crimes prosecution. clarissa as we mention this has been going on for some time now. you know that. how does the red cross decide when a country is at civil war? they have three primary criteria that they look like when determining whether or not a country is in a civil war. they look at the length of time that the conflict has been going on, the intense of the intensity of the fight and also how organized the rebel forces are. in the case of syria they determine that the fighting had really spilled out from beyond the initial hot spots ofidlib and hama and homs and it could therefore be called a nationwide civil war. clarissa what
welcome. i m bob abernethy. it s good to have you with us. there was jubilation in the streets of egypt friday, after president hosni mubarak finally decided to step down. he handed power to the military s supreme council. the council pledged to meet protestors demands for a peaceful transfer of authority that will lead to a free democracy. meanwhile, debate continues over the role religion could play in a new government. kim lawton and i examine the week s dramatic developments in egypt with geneive abdo. she s a longtime middle east reporter and author of the book no god but god: egypt and the triumph of islam. she s a fellow and analyst at the century foundation. and national security network. welcome. thank you very much. geneive, one way or another, there s going to be a new government in egypt. what can we say about the degree of religious influence that we can expect in that government? well, that, of course, bob, is the question everyone s been asking. and i