Yesterday on the sunday shows lawmakers and suggested russia may have helped Edward Snowden get a hold of the intelligence documents and leave the country. We want to begin with those developments. Democrats the li host also, join the conversation on twitter or post a comment on facebook. And you can also email us host the headline in the new. Ork times this morning leaders on the sunday shows saying Edward Snowden may have gotten help from the spy services while he at the National Security Agency Building excuse me, facility is the word i am looking for in hawaii before he leaked the document. I want to show you what my grog mike rogers had to say, republican who sits on the house intelligence committee. Chairman of the committee. He was on midthe press meet the press. Was ast of all, if it Privacy Concern he had, he did not look for information on the privacy side for americans, he was feeling information with pat that had to do with how we operated overseas to collect information to
Russias president , vladimir putin, is being condemned as a dictator after the latest in a long line of his rivals was jailed. The Opposition Leader has been seen as a thorn in putins side and potential challenger for the presidency. After what was widely seen as a show trial, he will not be able to run. We will go to moscone just just a moment, but first, this report. The verdict did not come as a surprise. He was found not guilty of defrauding a timber firm while working as an unpaid advisor to the provincial governor five years ago. Having examined the case, the court has established that he is guilty of a crime against russia. Back in december 2011, he was one of the leading figures behind protest rallies that roque out in the wake of national elections. Who has the power, he called out to demonstrators. He became a wellknown figure for exposing political corruption. His plan was to run for mayor of moscow later this year and stand for president in 2018. They claim the rule of law
Russias president , vladimir putin, is being condemned as a dictator after the latest in a long line of his rivals was jailed. The Opposition Leader has been seen as a thorn in putins side and potential challenger for the presidency. After what was widely seen as a show trial, he will not be able to run. We will go to moscone just just a moment, but first, this report. The verdict did not come as a surprise. He was found not guilty of defrauding a timber firm while working as an unpaid advisor to the provincial governor five years ago. Having examined the case, the court has established that he is guilty of a crime against russia. Back in december 2011, he was one of the leading figures behind protest rallies that roque out in the wake of national elections. Who has the power, he called out to demonstrators. He became a wellknown figure for exposing political corruption. His plan was to run for mayor of moscow later this year and stand for president in 2018. They claim the rule of law
we re going to move to libya where the hunt for gadhafi continues. rebel forces on the outskirts of the city have given gadhafi s hometown one week to surrender. sirte is a city, where they believe the leader may be hiding. new documents show close ties between the cia and former gadhafi intelligence. let s go to stephanie goff. most interesting story here. good morning to you. reporter: good morning, alex. grupt human rights watch found these documents in the libyan security agency building. they show the close ties between the cia and libyan intelligence in their rendition of terror suspect. the most high profile is the terrorist picked up in 2004. at the time he was a leader of the libyan islamic fighting group, which has been disbanded. it had close connections with al