The period we propose for you to decide on is for three months. Amy as french prosecutors say the suspected mastermind of paris attacks killed in police raid on a paris apartment that resulted in eight arrest in two deaths. His remains were just identified. Meanwhile, french lawmakers are debating a proposal to extend the state of emergency. The measure would grant president hollande a sweeping extension of state powers, including easing police raids without a warrant and allowing the government to strip citizenship from dual passport holders convicted of terrorism. Well get reaction from Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist Glenn Greenwald. Well also discuss what hes called the cias exploitation of the paris attack after cia director john brennan said revelations about mass spying have made it harder to find terrorists. In the past several years because of a number of unauthorized disclosures and a lot of handwringing over the governments role in the effort to try to uncover these terrorists, there have been some policy and legal and other actions that are taken that make our ability collectively, internationally, to find these terrorists much more challenging. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In france, the authority said the alleged mastermind behind last weeks paris attacks has been killed. And belgianlhamid, National Committee said to have died in the police raid wednesday on an apartment in the paris suburb of st. Denis. It sparked intense shootout and one other death, a female suicide bomber, who detonated an explosive vest. At least seven people were detained, some say eight. The news comes as Belgian Police conduct raids across brussels in the hunt for paris attack suspects. Belgium says the raids are targeting people who may be connected to one of the alleged suicide bombers involved in fridays attack on Frances National stadium. This comes as the French National assembly has voted to approve president hollande plan to extend the state of emergency by three months and to grant hollande sweeping powers including easing police raids without a warrant and allowing the government to strip citizenship from dual passport holders convicted of terrorism. The French Senate is slated to vote on friday. French authorities have also announced they have canceled the november 29 march the day before the opening of the u. N. Climate summit due to the heightened security situation. As many as 200,000 people were expected to attend. In response, french campaigner of 350. Org said the government cant prohibit boost immense rations, but our voices will not be silenced. While this makes it difficult to go forward with our original plans, we will still find ways for people in paris to make the call for Climate Justice heard. A young muslim woman wearing a headscarf was punched and stabbed by a man as she exited a metro station in central marseille on wednesday. She said the attacker accused her of being a terrorist before stabbing her in her chest with a box cutter. A jewish man was also stabbed in marseille yesterday. Members of isil published a photo in their online magazine wednesday, which they say shows the bomb that brought down the russian plane over the Sinai Peninsula in egypt last month, killing all 224 people on board. This comes one day after russian authorities confirmed a bomb brought down a plane. An accompanying article in the magazine said the bombing was punishment for russias airstrikes in syria. Republican president ial candidate jeb bush has proposed deploying u. S. Ground troops to fight the socalled Islamic State. Speaking at a Military College in south carolina, bush called for a nofly zone over syria, arming Kurdish Forces and , increasing troop presence on the ground. United states should not delay in leading a Global Coalition to take out isis with overwhelming force. Of french president hollande to make clear, the United States will not be alone and galvanizing this global effort. Militarily, we need to intensify our efforts in the air and on the ground. While air power is essential, it cannot bring the results we seek. The United States, in conjunction with our nato allies, and more error partners, will need to increase our presence on the ground. Amy the house is scheduled to vote on legislation introduced by republican lawmakers to restrict refugees coming from iraq and syria from resettling in the United States. The republican measures would require individual sign offs by top federal officials for every person from iraq and syria seeking refugee status. President obama has vowed to veto the legislation if it reaches his desk. This comes as a family of Syrian Refugees who spent three years living in a camp in jordan as they waited placement in the United States were rerouted from indiana and were instead resettled in connecticut wednesday. Indiana is one of more than two dozen states where the governors have said they do not want Syrian Refugees resettled. Meanwhile, mayor david bowers of roanoke, virginia, has sparked outrage after he cited the widespread internment of japaneseamericans during world war ii in order to justify suspending the resettlement of Syrian Refugees to his city. He wrote in a statement im reminded that Frank Wendy Roosevelt felt compelled to sequester Japanese Foreign nationals after the bombing of pearl harbor and it appears the threat of harm to america from isis now is just as real in syria as that from our enemies then. Was government has issued a formal apology and paid reparations to some of the more 120,000 japaneseamericans who were illegally interned, two thirds of them were u. S. Citizens. In response, japaneseamerican actor george takei, best known for his role as hikaru sulu on the Television Series star trek wrote my family and i spent 4 years in prison camps because we happened to look like the people who bombed pearl harbor. It is my lifes mission to never let such a thing happen again in america. Tens of thousands of students at dozens of universities across the United States protested wednesday against racism on campus in a day of action called studentblackout. The campuses included Yale University harvard university, Dixie State University in utah, the university of california berkeley, tufts university, and stanford where students held black balloons, which organizers said symbolize the weight and burden of being voiceless. The day of action was called for by the black liberation collective, which issued a series of demands ahead of the mobilizations, including reparations in the form of free tuition for black and Indigenous Students and school divestment , from forprofit prison companies. Each University Also issued a local set of demands, which range from increased funding for Health Services for students of color to renaming campus buildings commemorating leading proponents of slavery such as residential dorm Calhoun College at Yale University, named after Vice President john calhoun, one of the most prominent proslavery figures in history. At Princeton University in new jersey, student occupied the president s office, demanding cultural competency training for all staff, that the university rename buildings named after woodrow wilson, and that there be a cultural Space Dedicated specifically for black students. Inside the president s office, princeton students recalled how profits from the slave trade helped build the university itself. [chanting] amy in minneapolis, swat teams fired mace and marker rounds at protesters encamped outside the 4th precinct wednesday, only hours after officials named the two Minneapolis Police officers involved in the Fatal Shooting of unarmed 24yearold African American jamar clark. Authorities said clark was shot in the head sunday after a scuffle with officers who responded to a report of an assault. But multiple witnesses have said clark was shot while handcuffed. Minneapolis Police OfficersMark Ringgenberg and Dustin Schwarze have been placed on administrative leave during the investigation. As of thursday morning, protesters were still camped outside the north minneapolis precinct, despite wednesdays police raid in which multiple protesters reported being beaten by police with batons and attacked with mace. Meanwhile, in chicago, a trove newly released data about the Chicago Police department shows only a fraction of the tens of thousands of civilian complaints of Police Misconduct since 2011 have resulted in discipline against the officers. In one case, a white officer accumulated 68 complaints against him but received no disciplinary actions. In total, the data shows in 97 of the cases of complaints filed over the last four years, officers received no punishment whatsoever. The documents were released after a decadelong legal battle by the nonprofit journalism the invisible institute, and the legal aid clinic at the university of chicago law school. In nigeria, two suicide bomb attacks killed as many as 15 people in a market in the Northern City of kano wednesday, less than 24 hours after another suicide bomb killed more than 30 people at a crowded market in the northeastern city of yola. Authorities say the militant Group Boko Haram is likely responsible. This comes as a new report released this week says boko haram was responsible for more attacks than any other socalled nonstate military group, including isil. In detroit, nine activists headed to a jury trial wednesday on charges of blocking trucks from shutting off residents water during the summer of 2014, when the citys wave of shutoffs left tens of thousands of families. The United Nations has condemned the ongoing water shutoffs as a violation of International Human rights law. Defendant Marian Kramer of Michigan Welfare Rights Organization spoke out before the opening of the trial. How would you like for your children drink some water early in the morning and end up with lead poisoning . How would you like turning your fossett on and dont have the ability to be able to watch herself up or anything like that . That is our basic human right and were here to defend that. In the prosecutor keeps talking about how she represents the people. She doesnt represent the people, she is representing the interests of the corporations. Amy in gary, indiana, the forprofit Prison Company geo group has dropped plans to build an 800bed immigration detention facility after widespread resistance from the group the northwest Indiana Federation and black lives matter northwest indianagary. On tuesday, Gary City Council members applauded when they heard geo group had withdrawn its zoning request to build the facility. And today is the 100th anniversary of the execution of legendary labor activist and songwriter joe hill. Born in sweden on october 7, 1879, hill moved to the United States and worked as a miner. He became a Union Activist for the Industrial Workers of the world. His famous songs include, there is power in a union, rebel girl, and casey jonesthe union scab. Hill was executed by a utah firing squad on november 19, 1915, after being convicted of murder in a controversial trial. It is widely believed he was framed for the murders because of his labor activism. On tuesday, legendary musician joan baez paid tribute to joe hill in a concert at the troubadour in west hollywood, california. Joe hill amy and those are some of the headlines. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. Nermeen welcome to all our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. French Authorities Say the alleged mastermind behind last weeks paris attacks has been killed stuff abaaoud abdelhamid, a belgian national, is said to have died in wednesdays police raid on an apartment in the paris suburb of st. Denis. It sparked an intense shootout and one other death. A female suicide bomber who detonated an explosive vest. Police say they confirmed abaaoud abdelhamids death through friends of tests on his remains. The news comes as Belgian Police conduct raids across brussels in the hunt for paris attack suspects. Belgium says the raids are targeting people who may be connected to one of the alleged suicide bombers involved in fridays attack on Frances National stadium. As the manhunts unfold, the governments of france and belgium are each pushing a major expansion of state power in the attacks aftermath. Trench lawmakers have begun debating president hollande proposal to extend the state of emergency by three months. Holland is also seeking the authority to allow police raids without a warrant and district citizenship from dual passport holders convicted of terrorism. Amy in belgium, the Prime Minister has asked her limit to approve a sweeping security bill that would double the antiterrorism budget, troubled the allow Detention Time without charge to 72 hours, and grant authorities the power to shut down mosques that preach messages deemed by the government to be hate speech. Here in the u. S. , top officials have seized on the paris attacks to defend mass surveillance and to dismiss those who challenge it. Speaking at a Cybersecurity Conference wednesday, fbi director james comey said intelligence and Law Enforcement officials need to have access to encrypted information on smartphones. Nearly all of the information we need to be effective sits on the private sectors infrastructure, which is a great thing, a wonderful thing that the internet is in private hands in the u. S. Within these resides private sector, so we are going to be good at what we do, we have to cooperate better. In the absence of effective cooperation, were left and on forstmann like Police Officers patrolling a street with 50 foot high walls on either side. Amy his comments come just no apparent evidence that the paris attackers used encryption. Meanwhile, others have used the paris attacks to criticize nsa whistleblower Edward Snowden. In recent days, cia director john brennan suggested revelations about mass buying have made it harder to find terrorists. While James Woolsey has said snowden has blood on his hands. For more were joined by Glenn Greenwald, Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist. Start it is great to have you with us from brazil. Lets start with how we know what we know took place in paris. The Media Coverage of the horrific attacks on friday the 13th. There are things we dont know, including much of which the media has simply tacitly assumed in order to mindlessly propagate what the cia and other agencies in the u. S. Government want people to believe. For instance, one thing we do not know at all is how the people who perpetrated the attack actually communicated with one another. We dont know whether they used the internet at all as opposed to simply meeting facetoface, given that some of them were siblings and others were from the same neighborhoods in belgium and france. We definitely dont know whether they used encryption. And we really dont even know the extent to which they actually took direction from or received funding for arms from isis in syria. And so there has been assault Propaganda Campaign to try and demonize encryption, demonize the Silicon Valley companies that have been providing it such as apple, google, facebook, and of course, demonize Edward Snowden and the journalists who worked with him for supposedly teaching terrorists have used encryption. There are so many reasons why that claim is deceitful and false, and we can talk about those, but one of the most glaring omissions from the entire discussion is that nobody even has any idea whether the terrorist in this attack used encryption at all. It shows you the extent to which propaga