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The united states hasnt shifted or changed its policies. no doubt that not only the coverage but i think the fact that the internet now has changed the way people consume their news is a huge factor. the sad reality is this has been happening for decades on both sides. the fact is that as you were saying, the first time in your lifetime youre seeing it here in america says a lot. and i think that if the united states, particularly people in the u.s. had a better understanding of the conflict, th...

>> you are nodding from east to west. thats a different kind of nod. andy, i think you are jealous. >> clearly. >> you want him to look at pictures of you because you love him so much. >> first of all i dont like how thin he looks. andy, please eat something, please. the russian food is terrible. i completely believe this is happening. people are fallible. isnt that one of the central tenants for conservative thought that people are fallible so you dont want to give a lot of power to the governm...

>> business as usual. >> thats why this guy is a crafty pervert. >> you know whose fault this is? it is your fault, tom. it is your fault and greg gut field whatever his name is and so-called conservatives who worship at the altar of the security state. you like that the citizens are conditioned to follow authority. oh this guy wants to pat me down in private? well as long as it keeps me safe i guess it is okay. it makes me sick. i hope you rot in prison and then in hell. >> i was waiting. i cam...

They laugh it off, say republicans are attacking obama for the millionth time. republicans say this is long overdue. privately, when you hear what jonathan just said, someone who agree with the president from a policy standpoint, still trouble from a legal standpoint by what is going on, do you talk to democrats privately who say what jonathan just said? >> yes. but there is not a problem that began in its current iteration with president obama. it began after 9/11. then president george w. bush...

Legal questions, then the part of the diagram where they merge. let me get to the merging point with you right now. because, from a political standpoint, where does it go? they laugh it off, say republicans are attacking obama for the millionth time. republicans say this is long overdue. privately, when you hear what jonathan just said, someone who agree with the president from a policy standpoint, still trouble from a legal standpoint by what is going on, do you talk to democrats privately who ...

What sources of light there are in the street cast an eerie yellow-orange hue. for almost 100 years under british rule, this was rangoon. in 1948 after helping the british fight off the japanese, there was a new taste for self-determination, the country gained independence. after a decade of instability, however, the military consolidated power and never let go. elections? they came and went. the results ignored, opposition punished, or silenced entirely. burma, now myanmar, where orwell once se...

>> a lot of people have said you have badly damaged your country. >> i would say can you show that? ive been asking the united states, the press has been yts the united states government for a year now. if after a year is they cant show a single individual who has been harmed in any way by this the reporting, is it really so grave? is it really so serious? and can we really trust those claims without scrutinizing them? i would argue that we cant. >> snowden during the interview claimed he had be...

Prioritizes security over all other considerations. i dont believe the united states is or ever should be a security state. if we want to be free, we cant become subject to surveillance. we cant give away our privacy. we cant give away our rights. >> snoweden also offered up philosophy regarding his actions. >> in your mind, though, are you blameless? have you done, as you look at this, just a good thing? have you performed, as you see it, a public service? >> i think it can be both. i think the...

States, youre damned right i want to know about it. >> edward snowden said hes justified in breaking the law because he says the n.s.a. violated our constitutional rights. listen. >> i dont believe the united states is or ever should be a security state. if we want to be free, we cant become subject to surveillance. we cant give away our privacy. we cant give away our rights. we have to be an active party. we have to be an active part of our government. and we have to say there are some things w...

So thats not new. whats especially true, though, mike, today is this is not a right/left divide. theres elements of it, but you have these fissures now developing on the left and right. areas where they agree on the intrusion of the federal government. i think this decade, the past -- rather the two decades since the millennium have been about the increased power and intrusion of the federal government into the live of americans. most in a security state post 9/11 but also the economic intervent...