act edward snowden's leaks revealed a secret reinterpretation of section six to fifteen the patriot act by the n.s.a. and the pies a court that gave the n.s.a. enormous power to collect americans phone records to find sign bill will remove this program from murky legal grounds and officially codified into law the electronic frontier foundation called the bill disingenuous saying don't be fooled the bill codifies some of the n.s.a.'s worst practices would be a huge setback for everyone's privacy and it would permanently entrenched them says collection of every phone record held by u.s. telecoms this is not an n.s.a. reform bill it's an n.s.a. entrenchment bill. and senator mark udall who's been critical of the n.s.a. argued the n.s.a.'s ongoing and base of surveillance of americans private information does not to respect our constitutional values and needs fundamental reform not incidental changes unfortunately the bill passed by the senate intelligence committee does not go far enough to address the n.s.a.'s overreaching domestic surveillance programs senator udall instead supports

and protect your online privacy the new oversight board met today to discuss possible changes to the patriot act as well as to pfizer but does this board actually have the power to change and it's a policy details on that ahead. and a german news magazine has published a manifesto written by n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden the former contractor is pleading for clemency from the u.s. government but white house officials have scoffed at the request for more on that coming up. and in iran thousands gathered outside the former u.s. embassy the anti-american protest marks the anniversary of the one nine hundred seventy nine seizure of that former embassy into iran more on the troubled past between the two nations later in the show. it's monday november fourth four pm in washington d.c. i'm lynn neary david and you're watching r.t.e. we begin today with a special hearing held by the privacy and civil liberties oversight board or the p c l o b a public hearing took place today in washington d.c. and was meant to take into consideration the recommended changes to both the patriot act and to five

patriot soldiers i'm abby martin and this is breaking the set you know the last thing i ever ever expected to come out of a nobel peace prize winners mouth is this i'm really good at killing people yes folks according to a new book double down our beloved president constitutional lawyer nobel laureate brock obama apparently loves to brag about how well he can execute human beings with drones now i know you're thinking it's probably the republicans making him say such things cause you know he can't look weak on defense but shockingly now it's all the credit of barry see during the two thousand and twelve election journalists mark halperin and john heilemann were reporting on obama's. and again it was during this time that the drone king reportedly boasted to his aides about his kills since becoming manager of the us empire obama's rapidly increased the use of drones abroad and his hundreds and hundreds of strikes have put bush's measly fifty two drone attacks shane see thousands of dead when women men and children don't lie they also can't speak or defend themselves in any way now for those

politics with the lives of people of afghanistan on one hand the president wants to portray himself as a patriot on the other hand he's not able to even take care of corruption a rule of bringing rule of law and good governance that's what the people are suffering from he's trying to distract the people of afghanistan from what he hasn't been able to do to for this country now legal immunity for american troops in afghanistan has long been an obstacle in relations between the two countries of the issue is made even more sensitive by some serious allegations against u.s. special forces. interviewed a journalist who investigated so-called claims of mass murder the special forces team the green beret eighteen as they're called was deployed to an isolated valley west of kabul where the taliban and other insurgent groups have a very heavy presence and what happened was over last winter the locals are complaining that the special forces team and the translators were murdering people torturing them abducting them and disappearing them just extraordinary allegations that at the time were essentially unp

such dark colors the lion force one official said there are good with the existing laws including the patriot act the language of which is broad enough to allow the agencies to go after the new players in the world of virtual money but they did say they expected the big corners and others providing money exchange services online to report to the u.s. treasury and generally to comply with existing regulations like getting a money transmitter license and so on following the officials testifying in congress where the gentleman from the bitcoin foundation the chairman of the committee senator carper questioned them and at the end quote it albert einstein's wife mrs armstrong who approached quite brilliant in her own right and. asked if she understood her husband's theory of relativity and she allegedly responded i understand the words but not the sentences so with regard to virtual currency it is fair to say the us congress understands the words but not sentences which is true for the public in general bitcoin users are not exactly the average consumer for now in washington i'm going to check out

in common that they might have initially thought so much so that full political parties that claimed patriotism they decided to put their differences aside and pursue an ambitious goal changing europe's grand plan properly. that europeans and the french have understood that the political structure of the defense people have the best seat in the nation but today the decisions are made in brussels and burley in washington reprise they're not made in france and this cannot go on while a potential alliance between far right parties is already stoking fear into some in the e.u. italian premier enrico letta called the growing popularity of euro skeptics and the far right as the most dangerous phenomenon facing the european union that could lead to the most anti european parliament in history in the end it's a numbers game as far as that's concerned the rise of the right is not quite just a blip on europe's radar. r.t.e. paris. for the way it's a particularly painful problem me and tina gratian progress party came third in national elections this year despite having mass murder and is braving as a for

in common that they might have initially thought so much so that full political parties that claimed patriotism they decided to put their differences aside and pursue an ambitious goal changing europe's grand plan. that europeans and the french if you understood the political structure of the defense be looked the best the. president did a decision made in brussels in washington reprise they're not made in france and this cannot go on while a potential alliance between far right parties is already stoking fear into some in the new italian premier enrico letta called the growing popularity of euro skeptics and the far right as the most dangerous phenomenon facing the european union that could lead to the most european parliament in history in the end it's a numbers game as far as that's concerned the rise of the right is not quite just a blip on europe's radar. r.t.e. paris and it is the latest general elections in a number of e.u. member states that have raised the most concern over the swing to the stream this year for example in austria the far right secured one fifth of the ballot the moveme

was authorized by the post nine eleven patriot act with the game a tracking terrorist financing doubtless the same law used to justify mass surveillance by america's national security agency. a recent attack on a prominent member of moscow's as a big community has reignited ethnic tensions and disputes over migration russia has the world's second largest migrant population but a worryingly high number of them are in the country illegally paul scott try to get to the heart of the problem. migration in moscow is a sensitive subject right now following last month's murder of russia the back of allegedly at the hands of an azerbaijan migrant nationalistic riots that followed the issue is firmly in the spotlight and an r.t. camera crew has found out just how sensitive the topic is we went to a market on the outskirts of moscow to try and film an interview with a high. president of the russian federation of migrants despite getting prive commission to film it soon became clear a presence was not welcome. you russian though i have to repeat myself the site ends with the fence we have intially se

the bands for private information gagging recipients of the first amendment to the patriot act national rules first we lose the privacy that enables speech then we let our government expand its reach into your bank account your medical records. your browsing history. library down the street if it was still open the bureau.

politics with the lives of people of afghanistan on one hand the president wants to portray himself as a patriot on the other hand he's not able to even take care of corruption a rule of bringing rule of law and good governance that's what the people are suffering from he's trying to distract the people of afghanistan from what he hasn't been able to do to for this country. meanwhile it's claimed washington has paid more than two hundred fifty million dollars to middle eastern companies which are funding terror groups in afghanistan and that's what an internal u.s. government report has revealed he's going to investigate. the u.s. special inspector general for ganesan reconstruction found out that the pentagon has hired forty three companies with suspected ties to terrorist networks the data come from the pentagon's own classified investigative reports and commerce department list of terror connected companies now the list of these forty three companies including a road construction firm presumably owned by a leader of the connie network the network was blamed for an attack on the u.s. embassy i

politics with the lives of people of afghanistan on one hand the president wants to portray himself as a patriot on the other hand he's not able to even take care of corruption rule bringing rule of law and good governance that's what the people are suffering from he's trying to distract the people of afghanistan from what he hasn't been able to do to for this country. early reports suggested the u.s. will send a formal letter of apology to afghanistan admitting mistakes in its campaign and putting civilian lives at risk washington denied it saying it has nothing to apologize for despite recent allegations of massive eleven killings involving american soldiers. in front of interviewed matthew the journalist who broke this story. the special forces team the green beret eighteen as they're called was deployed to an isolated valley west of kabul where the taliban and other insurgent groups have a very heavy presence and what happened was over last winter the locals are complaining that the special forces team and the translators were murdering people torturing them abducting them and disappearing t

politics with the lives of people of afghanistan on one hand the president wants to portray himself as a patriot on the other hand he's not able to even take care of corruption rule bringing rule of law and good governance that's what the people are suffering from he's trying to distract the people of afghanistan from what he hasn't been able to do to for this country. discuss the possibility of u.s. troops remaining in afghanistan after twenty four c. in one hour joined live by retired u.s. air force lieutenant colonel current. miss could cost welcome to r.t. it's good to have you with us the afghan president has said this support he supports the park at the same time saying there's little trust between him and u.s. officials why why is that why the discrepancy well i think he's actually proclaiming that there's little trust you have to remember we put karzai in the united states government in place to karzai as president about twelve years ago so he is our man there's a great deal of trust and i think the only thing karzai is afraid of is the withdrawal of his protection at the point that amer

politics with the lives of people of afghanistan on one hand the president wants to portray himself as a patriot on the other hand he's not able to even take care of corruption a rule of bringing rule of law and good governance that's what the people are suffering from he's trying to distract the people of afghanistan from what he hasn't been able to do to for this country we spoke to retired u.s. air force lieutenant colonel karen could tell skin she says there's one key part of the deal the loya jirgah council will never agree to. i think that they won't approve it as written number one and i also don't think the parliament which also must approve the deal will approve it as written and of course remember from iraq that was the sticking point in iraq jurisdiction over abuses in criminal acts conducted by american soldiers in the country itself so that's a huge problem it's a it's a sovereignty it's a clear sovereignty issue and it does galvanize people so i don't believe that the loya jirga or the parliament later will approve that that aspect. will be up the first steps to freedom some of the

politics with the lives of people of afghanistan on one hand the president wants to portray himself as a patriot on the other hand he's not able to even take care of corruption a rule of bringing rule of law and good governance that's what the people are suffering from he's trying to distract the people of afghanistan from what he hasn't been able to do for this country. coming up the first steps to freedom some of the bailed greenpeace activists are reunited with their loved ones while the destiny for the rest of the arctic thirty gang still hangs in the balance a special report on the oil platform stormin cases just ahead. e.u. states are on their way to launching their own drone program that's after leading members of the bloc signed an agreement to invest in new unmanned aircraft technology plans or activists who say it's difficult to determine whether the drones would be used only for peaceful purposes. or has this report. well that group has been dubbed drone club and their intention is to develop a new generation of unmanned aircraft over the next ten years now the reason that they're doi

the media the program focusing on transactions outside the us was authorized by the post nine eleven patriot act with the aim of tracking terrorist financing that was the same law used to justify mass surveillance by america's national security agency. in britain you never far from feeling a tap on the shoulder from the tax man but not everywhere under her majesty's jurisdiction gets forced to fund the crans coffers in fact it can be quite the opposite as for syria knows such a place. have you ever heard of care. ok no. not ever heard of pitcairn. island or yes. i think in the pacific so why. did you know that part of your taxes go to that island. have you ever heard of pitcairn. if you've never heard of pitcairn and you're an e.u. citizen it might be well worth knowing for the facts where part of your taxes are go a. bit cairn is one of britain's overseas territories a small island in the south pacific with a total population of about fifty people now locals don't pay taxes and the island's main source of income include tourism and postage stamps but it's still heavily reliant on british an

it was also authorized by the post nine eleven patriot act with the aim of tracking terrorist financing at will is the same used to justify my surveillance by america's national security agency. when you see incest minutes time for now is breaking the sat with i'm the last one. you know i love these rare moments where action of something fairly sounds positive to share with you the f.d.a. is working to ban partially hydrogenated oils which are the leading source of trans fats and foods and possibly the cause of up to twenty thousand heart attacks per year across the usa according to f.d.a. commissioner margaret hamburg as you know i would like the chemicals in my food kept to a minimum but the thing is the people at the f.d.a. are surely aware of all the hormones and beef and jim o's being produced why does the span of such a very narrow narrow focus in fact when you look at all the things that americans consume smoke use that to swear health some get the violent band hammer while others are completely tolerated if you ever talk to a hardcore marijuana smoker they'll tell you but dude w