I just want to salute you and your public work in uniform, military uniform as well as civilian clothes. I heard you say you were committed to protecting whistleblowers. I was wondering what your definition was. Im thinking of edward snowden. My dear brothers and sisters, chelsea manning, my dear brother jeffrey sterling. Two in jail, one outside of the country. Would you define them as whistleblowers or in a different way . Dr. West i put you on the spot too much. Very penetrating question. I appreciate your reflections. I would define whistleblowers as those individuals who come forward consistent with the statutes for the appropriate authorities with the appropriate clearances to adjudicate. Its my understanding that our government has designated mr. Snowden and before him, private manning to be not whistleblowers. To be in one case someone accused of violating the military justice and someone accused of violating federal law. I believe there is a pathway through the chain of comman
Hundreds of thousands turn out to see the pontiff. Good morning. Welcome to al Jazeera America. Good morning that issue of Charlie Hebdo is selling out at news stands. A top alqaeda leader said the group financed and coordinated the attack on Charlie Hebdo last week. Alqaeda in the Arabian Peninsula leader says it was an act of vengeance against france. He said Charlie Hebdo has been warned repeatedly about publishing core tunes depicting the prophet mohammed. Todays edition of Charlie Hebdo is the first since the attack on the newspaper killing 12 people. This latest edition has yet another cartoon of the front of theprophet. Hundreds of thousands lined the streets particularly in paris just to get their hands on the latest copy of Charlie Hebdo. Some shops in paris sold out of all Charlie Hebdo copies within a matter of minutes. Its not even 7 00 in the morning yet and ive already been past five shops and theyve all sold out. The first copies hit news stands this morning a week after
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