National security agency. He has been pursued for 6 years by the bush and now the Obama Administrations for refusing to reveal a source. In 2008 subpoenaed first. But what i can say now is, with all of these people showing their support, im willing to keep fighting. James risen faces years in jail for refusing to name a source. His answer hes written another book. Its called pay any price greed, power and endless war. Today we will spend the hour with james rison. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Military chiefs from the Usled Coalition fighting the Islamic State are meeting today in washington as the militant Group Continues to advance in iraq and syria. Isis militants have reportedly claimed nearly half of the embattled town of kobani, along the syriaturkey border, despite three weeks of usled airstrikes. On monday, security sources told Agence France press the city of heet on the edge of Anbar Provin
Administrations use of waterboarding. Ive come to believe firmly that torture is wrong under any circumstances. It is not something that a Civilized Society should sanction. It is something that we as americans should oppose. John kiriakou is the only official to be jailed for any reason relating to the torture program. If we are going to make prosecution or initiate prosecution, those prosecutions cant just be against the people who blew the whistle on the torture or who opposed the torture. We havent even investigated the torturers. John kiriakou for the hour. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The Islamic State is claiming kidnapped aid worker kayla mueller, its last known remaining american hostage, has died in syria. On friday, isis claimed mueller was killed in a jordanian airstrike on the city of raqqa. Muellers family says it has yet to see proof and maintains hope she is still alive. Jordan has
Meet james risen. He is a veteran Investigative Reporter with the New York Times. He won the Pulitzer Prize for his stories exposing warrantless wiretapping by the cia. National security agency. He has been pursued for 6 years by the bush and now the Obama Administrations for refusing to reveal a source. In 2008 subpoenaed first. But what i can say now is, with all of these people showing their support, im willing to keep fighting. James risen faces years in jail for refusing to name a source. His answer hes written another book. Its called pay any price greed, power and endless war. Today we will spend the hour with james rison. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Military chiefs from the Usled Coalition fighting the Islamic State are meeting today in washington as the militant Group Continues to advance in iraq and syria. Isis militants have reportedly claimed nearly half of the embattled town of kobani,
Material, including the names of covert operatives in afghanistan, were strategy, from white house meetings. Unlike many other whistleblowers, david betrays is expected to avoid jail. Does the administration have a double standard on leaking classified information . We will speak to jesselyn raddack of the Government Accountability project. Then to the mysterious death of miriam carey. Why was my sister shot and killed with her oneyearold daughter in the car and she was unarmed . Why . My mother deserves to know why. Amy you may remember the story in october of 2013, miriam carey drove to washington, d. C. From connecticut with her infant daughter. She made a uturn at a white hosue checkpoint. After a short car chase, she was killed after being shot 26 times by secret service and Capitol Police. Was the use of force justified . News accounts initially claimed she rammed white house and capitol barriers. But that turned out to be false. We will speak to her sister, the familys lawyer, a
He has just been released from prison. He will join us from his home, where he remains on house arrest while finishing his twoandahalfyear sentence. In 2007, kiriakou became the first cia official to publicly confirm and detail the Bush Administrations use of waterboarding. Ive come to believe firmly that torture is wrong under any circumstances. It is not something that a Civilized Society should sanction. It is something that we as americans should oppose. John kiriakou is the only official to be jailed for any reason relating to the torture program. If we are going to make prosecution or initiate prosecution, those prosecutions cant just be against the people who blew the whistle on the torture or who opposed the torture. We havent even investigated the torturers. John kiriakou for the hour. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The Islamic State is claiming kidnapped aid worker kayla mueller, its last k