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
Information after you get the classified material to his girlfriend paula broadwell, who is writing his review. He let her access is cia email account and other sensitive 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 j
Commander charged with overseeing the nation sticker arsenal. Was admiral tim giardina fired amid an investigation into alleged gaming issues. He served as secondincommand at u. S. Strategic command, which oversees all Nuclear Armed missiles and would provide launch orders if the u. S. Launched a nuclear attack. Powerful cyclone has killed at least 23 people and destroyed tens of thousands of homes in more than a million acres of crops. Nearly one Million People were evacuated from the coast ahead of the cyclone, the strongest Tropical Storm to hit india in more than a decade. Meanwhile, vietnam has begun evacuating or than 100 80,000 people from coastal areas of preparation for typhoon nari, which blasted the philippines over the weekend, killing at least 13 people. Syria, gunmen kidnapped seven aid workers in Idlib Province as they were returning to damascus in a convoy. Six of the kidnapped victims work for the red cross, while the sabbath is a voluntary the syrian red crescent. Cit
The Obama Administration is asking congress to hold off on new sanctions against iran. At a white house meeting, top officials asked for the continued delay of the Senate Banking committee measure targeting iranian oil. The administration wants to stall the new sanctions pending the outcome of ongoing talks over Irans Nuclear program. In an interview with voice of america, the lead u. S. Negotiator on iran said she expects congress to ck it sanctions pause. We think this is a time for a pause to see if these to go shenzhens can gain traction. Congress has its prerogatives. We are hearing having very serious discussions. We work as partners with congress. I think they have been very as weant partners approach this because she asian we need them to continue to be effective partners to reach a successful conclusion. A new round of talks is set for next month in geneva. Despite the white house called but to craddick and republican lawmakers have expressed support for holding a sanctions vo
Edward snowden. Ill be talking with people on both sides of that debate from the Intelligence Community to privacy advocates. Philip mudd, rotenberg, Jesselyn Radack and timothy murphy. And what has been revealed by mr. Snowden violates at least two federal laws governing surveillance. Section 215 of the patriot act. But also the constitution. Which nobody has brought up. What authorizes the press to do what it does . The first amendment. And ive represented n. S. A. Whistle blower thomas drake. He went through every proper internal channel. Some of your other guests talked about thats what a real whistle blower should do. He did. Not only did that not achieve anything, but the government turned around and prosecuted him for espionage. And we conclude with former new york governor Elliott Spitzer. Just tell me personally what was what were the events that led up to that that caused you to hire prostitutes and to risk your. And to risk the job that you had worked so hard to get . From a