manning court-martial case. he is charged with leaking more than 700,000 classified military documents to wiki leaks. the witnesses are apparently familiar with the 2009 video of a u.s. airstrike that killed at least 26 civilians. he is charged with 22 counts of espionage in this case. he faces more than 150 years in prison. if he is convicted. bill: national security agency, the nsa. the director james clapper trying to ease concerns of millions of americans worried about just how deep the government might be digging into their lives. everyone in the intelligence community are also citizens who also care very deeply about our privacy and civil liberties. i certainly do. the notion that we are trolling through everyone s e-mails and voyeuristically reading on or listening to everyone s phone calls is on its face absurd. we could not do it even if we
even the guy from princess bride is on his side. a bunch of celebrities including the adorable wallace shawn i will be the judge of that released an i am bradley manning video in support of the army whistle blower whose trial started this week. u.s. military prosecutors accuse manning of jeopardizing national security by leaking to wiki leaks. most notably an american helicopter opening fire on iraqi citizens. if convicted the 25-year-old could get life in jail. a lifters and fame hungry journalists include praise his courage while protesting his plight. take a look, look takers. he saw incredible things. aahle things. things that belonged in the public domain. and not on some servers stored in a dark room in washington, d.c. what would you do?
even the guy from princess bride is on his side. a bunch of celebrities including the adorable wallace shawn i will be the judge of that released an i am bradley manning video in support of the army whistle blower whose trial started this week. u.s. military prosecutors accuse manning of jeopardizing national security by leaking to wiki leaks. most notably an american helicopter opening fire on iraqi citizens. if convicted the 25-year-old could get life in jail. a lifters and fame hungry journalists include praise his courage while protesting his plight. take a look, look takers. he saw incredible things. aahle things. things that belonged in the public domain. and not on some servers stored in a dark room in washington, d.c.
and may well damage or relationships and reputation in that key part of the world. mr. assange can say whatever he likes about the greater good he thinks he and his source are doing, but the truth is they might have already have on that you are hands the blood of some young soldier or that of an afghan family. back to today, the doj s monitoring of the ap goes beyond new york times public editor explained the stakes, writing this is about the right of citizens to know what their government is doing, in at atmosphere of secrets that s getting harder every day. joining the panel now is the director of we steal secrets filmmaker alex gibney. i m a huge fan. thank you for having me. it seems like the right conversation to be having about transparency and national security. in your expert opinion, how much did wiki leaks lace the
pointed message to president obama. the united states must renounce against wiki leaks. they must claim before the world it will not refuse journalists from shining a light on the secrets of the powerful. he is speaking public for the first time since take trying to avoid extradition to sweden and ultimately to the u.s. where he could be charged with leaking classified government documents. now to afghanistan where soldiers from new zealand will be pulling out about a year early. new zealand prime minister making the announcement coming one day after three new zealand soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb in afghanistan. finally a powerful earthquake rocks the city in indonesia killing at least 4 people including a 9-year-old boy. about a dozen people were also hurt in the 6.3 magnitude quake