After a woman said she dreamed he was the man who raped and beat her in the dark. Clarence mosesel has always maintained his innocence. But the police threw out a rape kit and any possible evidence, like bed sheets and her clothes. This summer, another man confessed to the attack. Yet mosesel remained in prison, now a judge has lifted his conviction, but mosesel still remains in jail. We will speak with Colorado Independent reporter who has long covered this story, his attorney, and with the denver District Attorneys office. Then to yemen. The situation in yemen is nothing short of catastrophic. 25 People Killed in yemen every day and another 125 that are injured. Amy as u. N. Brokered peace talks near collapse in yemens ninemonthold civil war, well speak with Sharif Abdel Kouddous who is just back from the country. His latest article with u. S. , help, saudi arabia is obliterating yemen. But first, navy seals, a beating death and claims of a coverup. The New York Times reveals the 2012 incident in afghanistan when three navy seals dropped heavy stones on the detainees chests, stomped on their heads, and poured bottles of water on their faces in a modified form of waterboarding. One of the detainees was beaten so badly, he died from his injuries. The seals were cleared of any wrongdoing. We will speak with New York Times reporter nicholas kulish. He broke the story. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In california, federal officials have indicted 24yearold Enrique Marquez for several terrorism related charges, claiming that marquez purchased the firearms that were involved in the december 2 mass shooting at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, california. Authorities say marquez is the neighbor and friend of shooting suspect syed rizwan farook, and that the two allegedly talked about radical islamist ideas together. United states attorney eileen m. Decker said in a statement while there currently is no evidence that mr. Marquez participated in the december 2 attack or had advance knowledge of it, his prior purchase of the firearms and ongoing failure to warn authorities about farooks intent to commit mass murder had fatal consequences. The charges come only one day after fbi director james comey said at a News Conference in new in new york, Tashfeen Malik did not pledge allegiance to isis on social media, contrary to widespread previous reports citing unnamed government officials. The arrest of Enrique Marquez in california comes as president obama said there is no specific and credible threat of a terrorist attack in the United States. Obama spoke at the National Counterterrorism center in washington on thursday. I want to repeat what my team just told me. At this moment, our intelligence and counterterrorism professionals do not have any specific and credible information about an attack on the homeland. Bet said, we have to vigilant. Amy president obama is planning to meet privately with the families of the victims in san san San Bernardino shooting today. New data shows that hate crimes against Muslim Americans and mosques across the United States have tripled since the attacks in paris. The hate crimes include violent assaults on students wearing headscarves, vandalism and arsons at mosques and shootings , and Death Threats at muslimowned business. The study was performed by the center forhe studyf te a extremm at theniversitof california San Bernardino. It shows there have been 3 islamophobic attacks since the paris attacks on november 13, a little over a month ago. The frequency of recent attacks is the highest level of islamophobic hate crimes the United States has since since the aftermath of september 11, 2001. In news from the campaign trail, democratic candidate Bernie Sanders has gotten two key endorsements ahead of saturdays democratic president ial debate. On thursday, the 700,000member Union Communication workers of america and the 270,000person Progressive Group democracy for america both announced they are backing sanders. This comes as Sanders Campaign announced it has received 2 million individual campaign contributions. Today, however, the Democratic NationalCommittee Said it has indefinitely cut off sanders access to the democratic partys master voter file after a computer glitch made some confidential data from Clintons Campaign briefly accessible to the Sanders Campaign. The Sanders Campaign says it has fired a staffer who breached clintons data. Being locked out of the file means the Sanders Campaign will not be able to access information. A ukbased Media Watchdog Group criticizing u. S. Media outlets for the coverage of Donald Trumps president ial campaign, saying the outlets have aided the rise of his campaign and the acceptance of his xenophobic rhetoric. The Ethical Journalism Network says the three major u. S. Cable news outlets devoted twice as much airtime to donald trump than to any other republican candidate, and that the majority of this coverage did not fact check his false claims or push back against his unapologetically xenophobic antiimmigration rhetoric. In china, beijing has issued its secondever red alert for air pollution today as officials warn that toxic smog will listen upon the city for four days. Last week beijing issued its , firstever red alert last week, leading to the shutdown of more than 3000 schools and the closing of factories and construction sites. Meanwhile, a new report by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows this years arctic temperatures are the warmest on record. The report found some areas of the arctic experienced temperatures more than 5 degrees warmer than average. It also found extensive melting across more than 50 of greenlands ice sheet. Speaking at a News Conference on tuesday, noaa chief scientist rick spinrad warned the arctic is warming twice as fast as other parts of the planet. The former Hedge Fund Manager who sparked National Outrage after he hiked the price of a lifesaving drug by more than 5000 has been arrested on securities fraud. Prosecutors say Martin Shkreli orchestrated a ponzilike scheme at his former hedge fund and his startup Pharmaceutical Company turing pharmaceuticals. Attorney robert capers announced the charges thursday. Today this office and the fbi are announcing the arrest this morning of martin shook kelly and grable. With securities fraud, conspiracy, securities fraud, and wire fraud conspiracy. And grabel with wired fraud conspiracy. Amy Martin Shkreli was freed on 5 million bond thursday afternoon. U. S. Authorities said during the arrest, they did not seize a oneofakind clan album that martin had reportedly purchased for 2 million, then boasted he did not even plan to listen to it. In pennsylvania, imprisoned former black panther and journalist Mumia Abujamal is set to testify in court today on the lack of adequate medical care hes received in prison. Abujamal has been ill with symptoms of the hepatitis c virus for more than eight months, but prison officials have refused to dispense an antiviral drug that could cure him, claiming his symptoms are not severe enough. A hearing set to begin this morning, in which abujamal will appear via video stream from prison, will address whether he should be treated immediately. His supporters say he nearly died from untreated diabetes in march, and has been suffering from serious skin rashes and swelling linked to his untreated hepatitis c virus. The new Orleans City Council has voted to remove four monuments to the confederacy in a 61 vote thursday. Officials will soon take down statutes of confederate general robert e lee, confederate president Jefferson Davis and , other monuments. Its the latest series of confederate symbols to be targeted for removal from public spaces since a white supremacist killed nine africanamerican worshipers in charleston, South Carolina june 17. , new orleans mayor Mitch Landrieu described the move as a courageous decision to turn a page on our divisive past and chart the course for more inclusive future, he said. And the university of chicago has announced it will build a level 1 Adult Trauma Center for the south side on its hyde park medical center. The south side has been without a level 1 Adult Trauma Center since 1991, forcing residents of communities with a disproportionate amount of gun violence to travel the furthest for lifesaving care. Black youth from the south side of chicago have waged a more than 5 yearlong campaign demanding university of chicago built this trauma center, staging dozens of protests, lock downs, and other actions. The movement was sparked by the 2010 death of 18yearold activist damien turner, who was shot only blocks from the university of chicago but had to travel all the way to another hospital downtown, where he died. Organizer veronica morrismoore explained the significance of thursdays announcement. It means that black lives matter. It is not just a and not just a movement. Fors a revocable source political changes. It means that people who believe that racism exists within the institutions, within the policies of this country have to organize to believe what they believe and find common issues to fight for him a that addresses the daytoday lives of black people. The university has conceded its power to the demands of young black people and the people that have supported them in the community that they represent. Amy and those are some of the headlines. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman with juan gonzalez. Juan welcome to all our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. We begin today with a look into a stunning new investigation by the New York Times into claims of military abuses and a possible coverup that goes up the chain of command. The article titled, navy seals, a beating death, and claims of a cover up, uncovers accounts that in may 2012, members of a Navy Seal Team stationed at an outpost in kalach, in southern afghanistan, abused detainees that had been rounded up as suspects after a bomb exploded at a military checkpoint, killing one member of the Afghan Local Police unit the seals had been training. According to a report by the naval criminal investigative service, which the times acquired through a foia request, three navy seals dropped heavy stones on the detainees chests, stomped on their heads, and poured bottles of water on their faces in a modified form of waterboarding. One of the detainees was beaten so badly that he eventually died from his injuries. Amy but what happened after the incident has many military justice experts questioning whether Navy Commanders worked to cover up the case. Four u. S. Soldiers working with the seals at the outpost reported that they witnessed the abuse, but Navy Commanders chose to deal with the matter in a closed disciplinary process, one usually reserved for minor infractions. The seals were cleared of any wrongdoing. Two of the seals implicated in the abuse of the detainees and their lieutenant have since been promoted, despite calls by one commander to have them forced out of the seal team. Retired rear admiral donald j. Guter, who as former judge advocate general of the navy was in charge of all its lawyers, said of the process its unfathomable. It really does look like this was intended just to bury this. New york times reporters spoke with some of the soldiers who reported the abuse, as well as one of the afghan men who was detained. They also spoke with the brother of muhammad hashem, the man who died after being interrogated at the base. Well for more were joined by , nicholas kulish, a correspondent for the New York Times and lead reporter of this article, navy seals, a beating death and claims of a coverup. Why do you start off with how you learned about this incident that happened back in may 2012 . Had a tip from a confidential source that this had taken place, which is what investigative report. The problem at that point was that it was entirely redacted and it said the soldiers involved were the witnesses had recanted their statements. At that point, unless we could figure out who the soldiers were, tracked them down and find out what they actually seen and what they had, there was nothing we could really do with it so that is where we focused our efforts. Juan you are able to track down some of the soldiers. Had they recanted . All of the soldiers and they all said they had not recanted their testimony. Amy talk about what you believe happened on that day. I mean, i can talk about what the witnesses said. They said there had been in ied, a bomb blast that killed one of the alp members. Amy afghan police. Afghan local police. They had rounded up the usual suspects, you might say. They grabbed some outoftown scrap merchants as well as the people they were staying with and brought them to the base, beating them with rifle butts, whipping them with car antennas along the way. One of the soldiers who was closest to the incident when a took place said he expected the seals to stop the abuse. With a kick to one of the kneeling bound detainees, he said that it began with the seals taking over and leading the abuse themselves from that point on. Amy then what happened . Two of the soldiers were standing on a rooftop nearby, two of them were standing on another building farther away. All four described a consistent set of circumstances, which you alluded to dropping rocks. One of the soldiers said im a so heavy a muscular seal needed two hands to lift them. Which would mean at least 20 pounds, probably. Dropping them onto their chest and at one point pulling their legs apart, dropping them on their groins. Standing on one of the victims had eight to 10 times. Gruesomepretty circumstance. Juan one of the things that struck me is some of the statements that were given is apparently come in may not have been an isolated incident in terms of how the seals were dealing with a local population. ,ne of the soldiers said enlisted men not part of the seals, my initial thought id thought they were disciplined professionals. As time went on commencing the seals became bored. They started throwing grenades off the roof, shot at local the time, and most of they would do it without warning. When they did she warning shots, it was for no reason. There was no threat. This did not happen every day but it was often. It did seem theres definitely conflict between some of the regular soldiers and the seals on the way they were handling their assignments. Absolutely. There were other incidents i heard about. At one point, he still pulled a gun on a soldier in the base gym as a joke, supposedly, but that is in and of itself we have been told by military lawyers would be us areas offense. Shooting at a kitten under an ammunition shed, which aside from the kitten itself, you talk about possibly hitting explosives or ricochet hitting one of the Service Members on the base. I would like to point out we spoke with afghan elders and villagers who confirmed a lot of this, such as shooting at people ves orir almond gro wheatfields, just warning shots or for fun or however you want to characterize up. Amy i want to turn to an excerpt from the statement by the soldiers who witnessed the abuse of the detainees. One of the soldiers, whose name was redacted from the report, spoke of the general actions by the navy seals, saying me and my guys witnessed all sorts of inappropriate behavior by the seals. I personally witnessed them throwing grenades over the wall of the compound for no particular reason. I saw them shoot at random vehicles with the. 50 caliber and i also saw one of the seals shoot an mk13 grenade launcher towards and afghan male as a warning shot. They didnt kill anyone, but it was all very excessive. So you have the situation in the question is, how does the military then deal with the . That is the real issue. These seals were from seal team two and the commander amy explain where this is. Usa in southern or eastern or southeastern afghanistan. It is a very remote area. You dont even have cell phone service. Road crossing and a bus stop, so by afghan standards, it is a bustling commerce. The soldiers did not report the abuse immediately. There was some concern that added isolated added isolated outpost. They waited until they got back to the larger Regional Base where they then reportedly reported the abuse of the chain of command. They may be so commander in charge of the four seals accused called in the naval criminal investigative service, took their guns away amy in cisa. He sent