Flow of vital information. I agree with your point about whistleblower protections, but there are a range of different motives. There are spy, Robert Hanssen types. No sympathy for that. A lot of people leak because it makes them feel important. They are in the know, and it shows they are in the know. It makes them feel good to do that. I dont have much sympathy for that. I do have sympathy for an actual whistleblower. Were are instances where h have seen for the right reason they have gone to the press and laid out what a disagree with. Adont know that we can have system that allows every person asideide, but if you put that systemic issue, i understand where whistleblowers are coming from, and its incumbent on the government to have a process that allows whistleblowers to raise his or her concerns, get them heard, protect them from retaliation, and be confident if there is a need for change there will be congressional a committees. You say its broken now. I dont know if it ever becam
It has been a blow to them. These elections should also restore a sense of optimism among americans, and it should remind us why the u. S. Went to war in afghanistan in the first place, and whats at stake for u. S. National security interests, and what could happen if we withdraw troops to quickly. Unfortunately, american Popular Support for the war has dipped considerably. Some of the latest polling shows it is below 20 . I think this is because of the western media bias for reporting on violence and bad news coming out of the country, but i think its also the result of president karzai and his continuous criticism of american policies there despite the massive amount of assistance in blood and treasure the u. S. Has spent there, but the white house has been reluctant to talk about the war and really spell out for the American People what is at stake, so i think all of these combined have led to the dismal view about afghanistan. The point is with these elections we have an opportunit
Our sisters, our fathers and sons and brothers, we must pass the paycheck fairness act. We believe everyone deserves a fair shot. That includes equal pay for equal work. I urge my colleagues to come together and pass the paycheck fairness act. And with that you can watch newsmakers at 10 00 and 6 00 eastern on cspan. A week ago, afghan voters went to the polls in the president ial elections in the firstever democratic transfer of power and afghanistans history. It could take up to six weeks to tally results. Former afghan ambassador to canada and france discussed the election. This is an hour. Thank you all for coming. As you know, the elections took place on saturday, and our panel will discuss what we know so far and what the consequences and likelihood of those elections are likely to be. I am the executive director of the partnership for secure america, and we are proud and happy to cosponsor this panel with the alliance in support of the Afghan People, asap. The alliance itself is
Uprisings in several cities. Officials say they arrested around 70 demonstrators who took over government buildings on sunday. The u. S. Blames moscow for orchestrating the demonstrations. The chants are familiar, like those last month in crimea, when they broke away from crimea. This time the independence are coming from three cities. We are concerned about what russia has done in crimea. We are concerned about the presence of troop numbers on the boarder. We are concerned about efforts under way in ukraine to destabilize the situation there in Eastern Ukraine, destabilize the government. Ukrainian police regained control over a government building. Protesters held firm, demanding a referendum allowing them to join russia. Masked men held the headquarters to the south. Authorities say they are holding 60 hostages, a charge the protesters denied. The activists confirmed they seized an lot of rifles. In donetsk another building remains in the hands of prorussian protesters, maintaining
In the bill that says that cannot be used to demonstrate harm to National Security. That, to me, is an indication weve got a pretty good shot and if we can get applied to jims case, it would be efficient in keeping him out of jail. In terms of the National Security piece, another thing to remember is, every confidential security case. There are at least as many and perhaps more journalist who have been put in jail in civil litigation for money damages arriving out of claims against the u. S. Government. In the win ho lee case several years ago, there were six journalist held in contempt, including journalist from cbs, New York Times, washington post, and ap. One was held in contempt and subject to 5,000 a day penalties that she was not allowed to ask usa today to pay for her. She had an offer from her students to hold a bake sale so she could help pay her contempt fines, which i thought was charming but ineffective. She almost certainly would have been held in contempt and gone to pris