information and in so did a lot of in the pentagon now the pentagon has got to watch its. terminology it has to respect the 1st amendment it shouldn't be calling. peaceful protesters adversaries because they are exercising their constitutional right it's only when we have violence and what have you but then the states have a responsibility to take over and i think that. needs to be more mindful of and and have a little more oversight of what goes out of the pentagon i'm just astounded that he hasn't got better control over his own department. and michael switching gears just a little bit congresswoman alexandria cacio cortez is currently pushing to bar funding for military treatment in u.s. public schools and on digital streaming platforms like twitch what are your thoughts on reforming the u.s. military's recruitment practices. well they have a legitimate right to go in and recruit on universities for example i mean i was in there o.t.c. when i was at the university and it was fine i think that. at least they're not bringing back the draft. and i think maybe that might be

the pentagon papers. he was a scholar, as well as everything else i've said, and he was one of the authors commissioned to write chapters of the pentagon papers. he came to the view that if only the public could see the degree to which it had been lied to through the years, which perpetuated american presence in vietnam, that they would demand that the war and. he felt, notwithstanding our victory, and notwithstanding everything else that happened, and he feels today, that he failed. his motive for releasing this information, for risking jail to himself for a very long time, was to end the war. while the publication was very newsworthy and affected public opinion, it did not do that. >> we have said that this is a very accelerated case and some of the cases in this series have taken years to get to the supreme court, not so in this instance. let me walk you through this very quick timeline. that this case was under. just a bit prior to the june 13th 1971 publication of the first story but the newspaper go

right now and not presley just hash tag yesterday define the pentagon domestically what could the pentagon be doing in order to actually help u.s. citizens and others during this pandemic. well they can lie low and not put these kinds of things into a stimulus packages for for covert number one or number 2 the rhetoric that you pointed out was very very ill advised and very unfortunate as you pointed out we have a 1st amendment and even though there's a opsec op. policy that has just. it's. they they are looking at the press in that particular scenario as adversaries and that's wrong. you know the press is the only profession that is mentioned in the constitution the united states the only one and yet the pentagon is calling them ever series and i think espers asleep asleep at the switch be should be looking this stuff over and he made one error on that the battlefield where where protesters were even called. targets so his his his rhetoric is just inflammatory at best and people need to calm down the military as you point out needs to be helpful they are they have they have a role. in ter

or more nukes or an overseas slush fund for the pentagon. you certainly won't hear about the need for more cost overruns or fraud and abuse from defense contractors. but that's exactly what we have. we've increased our military spending almost 20% in the last four years, at a time of relative peace. but we have not kept up with our needs like health care, education and, of course, fighting the coronavirus. and yet we spend 90 times more on defense than we do the centers for disease control. $740 billion for the pentagon is a lot of money. and too much of it gets wasted on fraud, cost overruns, and outside contractors. we are literally flushing money down a drain and i mean literally. due to the design flaw in the new $13 billion ford class aircraft carrier, we are spending $400,000 on specialized acids every time we have to flush and unclog the toilets. i'm not making this up. almost every major defense contractor has had to pay fines or set amments for fraud or -- settlements for fraud and misconduct, all while getting trillions of dollars

the pentagon papers was 1971. it was years more of fighting and there was even an irony in that, in that what's the worst thing that came out of the pentagon papers? that we kept fighting the war when people in control knew we couldn't win it and didn't do anything about it, except to continue to fight it. >> well many people also feel there's a direct link between this case and the reaction in the nixon administration to what happened here and watergate. that the concern -- the compulsive concern, some of it possibly justified and some of it not, i'm not making a judgment about that, about leaks some people feel with justification it led to the creation by president nixon of the plumbers to go into ellsberg's psychiatrist office and other places and the compulsive concern about leaks and so forth, led to what would happen two years later with watergate and the end of the nixon administration. >> we're going to hear a little bit of that next with this bit of richard nixon on tape talking about how the administrati

it took decades, but an audit of the pentagon has finally happened. but, mr. president, make no mistake, the sanders amendment is the first salvo to defund the military across the board. if you don't want to take my word for it, here's the "politico" op-ed from senator sanders about his -- quote, defund the pentagon, the liberal case. defund the pentagon. there they go again, mr. president. this is a really important issue. i hope that my colleagues on both sides of the aisle defeat this amendment overwhelmingly -- overwhelmingly. the men and women of the military are watching this amendment. men and women of the military know that their readiness five years ago was in a really bad state. and, mr. president, the vote today and what's going to happen later, literally if you look at history, we never know when the next conflict's coming. we didn't know that in the summer of 1950, that the military was going to be rushed to the korean peninsula and would barely be able to hold its own and thousands died because they weren't ready because of defense cuts by the co

the pentagon announcing wednesday about 6400 service members will be coming home from germany. the main hub for the u.s. military in europe. another 5600 will be leaving the country and redeployed mostly to italy. u.s. european command would also move from germany to belgium. it is a generational shift the pentagon says is aimed at pivoting to new post cold war threats. >> we hope russia and china will engage in more productive and cooperative behavior, we are posturing forces to counter line influence. >> well has repeatedly linked to the move to germany's failure to pay more toward native defense spending. and on wednesday, as the move was being announced, he doubled down on his recent piers we are reducing the force, because they are not paying their bills. it is very simple. they are delinquent. >> the move is a threat to

military here in germany today the pentagon confirmed what u.s. president donald trump has been demanding almost from the very start of his presidency a reduction in the number of us. troops stationed in germany it's an expensive move that will take years and it is not popular here in berlin or in washington or at nato headquarters now there is agreement that any force reduction will only embolden russia in fact it is easy to imagine the russian president and the u.s. president see eye to eye on this one today the u.s. defense secretary offered a different spin saying the cutback in forces in germany is part of a broader strategy to improve deterrence against russia and china but for the u.s. president this comes down to money repeating a familiar and incorrect claim trump told reporters today this is about retribution payback to punish germany for not paying its own way at nato. i. think i. would. say. that. we're. doing we're moving forces out of central europe germany where they have been since the cold war since i 1st traveled there in the ear

military contingent bases are now under lockdown iowa leaders are demanding answers from the pentagon about what it plans to do next. as the citizens of the all can have a perfect your work together to prevent infection it is extremely regrettable that a large number of u.s. military personnel were in fact in a short period of time. the figures were disclosed only after repeated requests from the authorities there are approximately 30000 american personnel american military personnel stationed in the arc of our progress contact tracing and prefecture has so far kept the number of known civilian infractions at $150.00 the governor is now demanding the pentagon increases preventative measures and to stop newly arrived personnel from being quarantined off base. the us military did inform the arkham our authorities of the exact numbers but insisted they should not be publicly released the us defense secretary said in march that the pentagon would stop publishing precise details of covert infections within the military to avoid revealing weaknesses to america's adversaries. to go live now

the pentagon loves this amendment. tried before ave anyrevent us from receiving information from anything that's not in their budget request. they want us to rubber stamp over and not send exercise our independent judgment. but the constitution says it's our responsibility to raise and support, provide and maintain the military forces of the united states. we take the pentagon's proposal seriously but it doesn't mean we rubber stamp them. we solicit wider amounts of information and sometimes we have different judgment calls. and looking back over history, our judgment calls look pretty good, i would say. so sometimes within the pentagon there are cultural issue, parochial issues, service rivalries that shape the budget that comes to us. we in congress need that broader look. we need to hear if the combatant commanders what did not make it into the budget because then we may have a different judgment call about what should be in the budget. those reports help us do our job. that's why it's a matter of law that they be s

you know what the pentagon hasn't said as you pointed out was why they sent up their craft. to look at this passenger plane wearers a little below that other passenger planes fly this route and have a brain intercept lou in the past but there is a kind of heightened. tension in a relationship that is always a big fraud as you pointed out an explosion at natanz nuclear facility or a range of fires at industrial plants some of which are explained by accidents others of which appear to be a bit more mysterious so there's a sense that that something is perhaps in that hasn't been implied before the additional pressure is going put on iran i'm not sure that those 2 are linked but the problem always is when there's a heightened. series of tensions and actions that something like this just adds to the a somewhat volatile mix and it everything down to perception and rogers had a hand there speaking to us from sydney and there lowy institute thanks so much roger for being with us great to get your insights on what bush. still ahead here if you are on al-jazeera from breck set to an u

but they also literally try to surround the pentagon. have you guys ever seen the pentagon? it's like really, really big. it's really hard to surround. but they have a lot of people there and they sort of symbolically are trying to stop the heart or the brains of the war machine by literally blocking the pentagon. now, there are some characters in this protest who kind of try to change the rules of the game. they say it, you know, we've been doing these marches and rallies. it's cool. we around the pentagon and that might get some tv notice. but people are kind of getting bored to tell you the truth of these marches and protests. so we have to do something cool to get people's attention. the guy who thought of the true blockade thing in berkeley named jerry reuben, he hooked up with a long haired guy in new york city named abby huffman and they come up with a goof, a scam, where they announced to the press that the purpose of making their arms and in circling the pentagon is not just to block people from getting in and out. it's actually part of a magical right. and if done

but they also literally try to surround the pentagon. have you ever seen the pentagon? it's like really, really big. it is really hard to surround, but they had a lot of people there, and they sort of symbolically are trying to stop the heart or the brains i guess you could say of the war machine by literally, you know, blocking the pentagon. now, there are some characters in this protest who kind of try to change the rules of the game. they say you know, we've been doing these marches, rallies, ok, it is cool, around the pentagon, that might get some tv notice, but people are kind of bored to tell you the truth of marches, protests. we have got to do something cool to catch people's attention. the guy who thought of the troop blockade thing in berkeley named , jerry ruben, he hooks up with a long-haired guy in new york city named abby hoffman. they come up with a goof, a scam, where they announce to the press that the purpose of linking their arms and encircling the pentagon is not just to like block people from getting in and out, it's actually part of a magical rite,

defense secretary said in march 'd that the pentagon would stop publishing precise details of covert infections within the military to avoid revealing weaknesses to america's adversaries oaken our resident activist. believes the u.s. should have let the public know earlier. it's really important station real critical these to let us know but always do the meat use meat they say it's secret it's only lent but there are all the leads me. to present a book a land we have liked to live in we have lives to the state of future but our lives. don't. polish president has secured another term following the 2nd round of a very tight rollo action. ah. yet the name being chanted conservative and taking 51.2 percent of the ballots inching adams liberal opponent in the war so dude has been behind poland's controversial judicial reforms while his strong opposition to abortion and gay rights made him a polarizing figure but the government's popular well 1st scheme has helped sway voters it's been a closely followed campaign 2 especially by neighboring countries and one of them germany has been accus

future the pentagon says whoever owns 5 g. owns the world and that's china so here the pentagon and the white house want to see because there are no american companies involved in 5 g. they don't build it they don't manufacture it and we don't innovate it so who are they turning to ericsson and nokia to european companies asking them if they will find a way to their product is like 2 or 3 times the price of huawei so they're trying to find a way to make you know it possible to introduce it to america the way those countries are socialist winds blow and post empire. well we're going to take a break and when we come back much more coming your way. thousands of american men and women choose to serve in the country's military. every song came to a complete. i'm afraid. you don't hold the show i don't want to kill me and i see how destroyed my life. screamed at me and he made me come in and he graham my arm and he write me with his birthing area if you take into account that women don't report because of the extreme retaliation and

future the pentagon says whoever owns 5 g. owns the world and that's china so here the pentagon and the white house want to see because there are no american companies involved in 5 g. they don't build it they don't manufacture it and we don't innovate it so who are they turning to ericsson and nokia to european companies asking them if they will find a way to their product is like 2 or 3 times the price of qual way so they're trying to find a way to make you know it possible to bring introduce it to america the way those countries are socialists winds blow and post empire. well we're going to take a break and when we come back much more coming your way. the one guy you appear he was a may found him literally dead like this is standing. a guard here his girlfriend they were found in their apartment that they just. cold and they were really 3 days holding its owner. this wall so people who have lost their lives early to additional yeah this is from akron. that crown is better known as the meth capital in ohio it's a city where

the pentagon just refuses to admit that this thing is a failure. >> the pentagon even stopped it from flying within 40 kilometers of a thunderstorm out of fears its fuel tank could explode if struck by lightning. >> a new setback for one of the most advanced weapons in the u.s. arsenal: problems with cooling lines inside the fuel tanks. >> pilots flying the world's most expensive weapons system say their oxygen stopped working. >> the pentagon has grounded its entire fleet of f-35 fighters due to safety concerns. >> the defense department had discovered more than 800 software deficiencies. >> turns out, the f-35 fighter has a gun that can't shoot straight. >> something soft, fluffy and weighing less than an ounce brings the mighty f-35 to it's knees. and faster than the eye can see, it's ingested right into the intake fan. the aircraft has been instantly compromised. >> trevor: i'm sorry, come again? this program costs billions of dollars, gen rats tons of lucrative defense contracts and somehow always breaks down. sorry, the african in me just smelled a scam. yeah, that's what it is.

future the pentagon says whoever owns 5 g. owns the world and that's china so here the pentagon and the in the white house want to see because there are no american companies involved in 5 g. they don't build it they don't manufacture it and we don't innovate that so who are they turning to ericsson and nokia to european companies asking them if they will find a way to their product is like 2 or 3 times the price of qual way so they're trying to find a way to make you know it possible to introduce it to america the way those countries are socialists winds blow and post empire. well we're going to take a break and when we come back much more coming your way. you can be go with yeah you. so rumors isuzu. suit she's going to be named chris in the film the new movie. you. remember if you just can't stand for a book if you care that oh. antarctica is a very international community i. mean a new strain of the truck with only 2 things to. do this year the kids who face this still studies need to eat. for the position of the world foo

future the pentagon says whoever owns 5 g. owns the world and that's china so here the pentagon and the white house want to see because there are no american companies involved in 5 g. they don't build it they don't manufacture it and we don't innovate that so who are they turning to ericsson and nokia to european companies asking them if they will find a way to their product is like 2 or 3 times the price of huawei so they're trying to find a way to make you know it possible to introduce it to america the way those countries are socialists winds blow and post empire. well we're going to take a break and when we come back much more coming your way. we go to work. straight home. welcome back to the kaiser report i'm max keiser time now to turn to richard fields he's the director of the institute of financial transparency author of transparency games how bankers rake the world of finance welcome back richard thank you max and to having me back this past weekend the fed revealed some of the individual corporate bonds they have re

the pentagon has confirmed one of its fighter jets intercepted an iranian passenger plane over syria it says the f. 15 conducted a visual inspection of the mahaan airplane from a safe distance to ensure it wasn't a hostile aircraft several passengers were injured when the commercial plane pilots abruptly changed altitude the air bus landed safely in beirut or just one is a research fellow at the lowy institute for international policy he says this incident could worsen already strained ties between washington and tehran. yess accusations that. aircraft from that airline used to ferry the juicy support for running back forces in the region so that may well have been one of the reasons why the u.s. so take a close look at the aircraft to check out where they were passengers on board well it's interesting we have to see you know what pentagon hasn't said why they sent up near craft. to look at this passenger plane where as our little blow that other passenger planes fly this route and have been intercept lou in the past but there is a kind of heightened. tension in a relationship that i

the pentagon has confirmed one of its fighter jets intercepted an iranian passenger plane over syria to make sure it wasn't a hostile aircraft several passengers were injured when the commercial plane changed altitude cheering the incident. friday prayers are set to take place in turkey is the u.s. fear for the 1st time in nearly 86 years last week president out of one controversially declared the harness of the last after a court ruled that its conversion into a museum had been illegal. the staggering impact of covert 1000 on the united states shows no sign of easing the number of infections across the country has crossed 4000000 president trunks called off the main republican convention events in florida because of coronavirus fears i did jocasta reports the world's richest nation has now surpassed its 4000000 known case of coping 19 and it's feared the number will only soar what's important about that is the steamroller that it is. the acceleration that this had the rate of new cases is trending upward in 39 states with a record number of deaths reported in florida that's where pr

the pentagon has been pushing for this for a long time. i don't think trump himself has any grasp of the complexities of the issue. as i say, i don't think his base cares one way or the other. i don't see it as a major setback in that regard at all. i think that basically trump has no interest in it and his people, certainly the pentagon, would like to see it resolved. i don't think it's going to happen soon. to get yourys good views. thank you. the u.n. is calling for countries to assist latin america financially with the economic fallout of the pandemic. chile was one of the region's fastest-growing economies, but now 2.5 million people are out of work. one of the most punished places is a town known for its production of traditional dishes. makeesidents no longer enough to eat. reporter: he hasn't opened his shop in months. all the handmade pottery is full of dust, including the piggy banks he makes. they're for saving money and for good luck, he says. but today, poppers in this town have neither money nor lot -- potters in this town ha

the pentagon has confirmed one of its fighter jets intercepted an iranian passenger plane over syria it says their 15 conducted a visual inspection of the modern airplane from a safe distance to ensure it wasn't a hostile aircraft several passengers were injured when the commercial plane abruptly changed altitude their bus landed safely in beirut friday prayers are taking place in turkey's higher sophia for the 1st time in nearly 86 years people have been gathering in the last few hours president of egypt tayyip erdogan has joined the congregation last week he controversially declared the hockey sophia a mosque after a court ruled its conversion into a museum in the 1930 s. and being in legal. u.s. president donald trump has canceled the main republican party convention due to be held in florida next month because of the coronavirus threat states being one of the worst affected by the pandemic on thursday the number of infections nationwide passed 4000000. dozens of people have been arrested in overnight anti-government protests in israel israelis have held a series of protests in re

the pentagon has confirmed one of its fighter jets intercepted and iranian passenger plane had to syria to ensure it wasn't a hostile aircraft several passengers were injured when the commercial plane changed altitude during that incident. tons nias former president benjamin has died while receiving hospital treatment for an unspecified illness he was 81 was the country's president and served for 10 years from 1905 he also led several regional peace mediation efforts while he was in office 7 days of mourning happened to catch. now a mass grave with 28 bodies of sudanese soldiers has been found and after a 3 week search prosecutors say the officers were involved in a failed coup against former president amount of shit back in 1990 they were executed in mysterious circumstances after a quick military trial now earlier this month another mass grave of trainees soldiers was uncovered it's believed they'd been trying to flee a camp in 1980 officials have been looking into human rights violations under the she is. now a prominent south sudanese activist who says the president wanted him dead

defense secretary said march that the pentagon would stop publishing precise details of code infections within the military to avoid revealing weaknesses to america's 1st series oaken our president and activist cimi ag believes the u.s. should have let the public know earlier. excuse me important still. these let us know that all we need to meet you. it's a secret. and now it's me you leave. now to east and our future but our ally. the polish president has secured another term following this 2nd round of a tight run election. results are now in conservative 100 duda took 51.2 percent of the ballots inching ahead of his liberal opponent former warsaw due to her has been behind poland's controversial judicial reforms while his strong opposition to abortion on gay rights has made him a polarizing figure but the government's popular well 1st scheme has help sway voters it's been a closely followed campaign too especially by neighboring countries and one of them germany has been accused of being perhaps a little too influential. whenever this talk of election interference it never usually ta

congress and analysts say even the pentagon was reluctant to carry out trumps demand for troop withdrawal you can imagine the arguments and the discussions and disagreements that would have been going on back in washington inside the pentagon and with the white house but at the end of the day the president says we're going to do this and so the department of defense it was ok well here's here's how we're going to do it there are about 24000 u.s. troops will remain in germany but some observers worry trumps costly message to its nato allies could weaken the whole alliance. now to the pandemic swelling numbers of corona virus infections have forced some european governments to reimpose restrictions and that in the middle of summer as countries where you open their tourism hubs to vacation. in a normal year the british city of bath welcomes around $6000000.00 visitors bringing in half a 1000000000 euros this year of course things are much quieter that means british tourists are the focus at this international destination we know about that they have come this week not just one or france but

congress and analysts say even the pentagon was reluctant to carry out trumps demand for troop withdrawal you can imagine the arguments and the discussions and disagreements that would have been going on back in washington inside the pentagon and with the white house but at the end of the day the president says we're going to do this and so the department of defense of us ok well here's here's how we're going to do it there are about $24000.00 u.s. troops will remain in germany but some observers worry trump's costly message to its nato allies could weaken the whole alliance. in washington many may not support the withdrawal and there is also resistance at home in the u.s. all of a why is trump pushing ahead with it. well so we all know president trumps claim america 1st so he certainly does not put the allies 1st tier right now what's happening is that trump is simply concerned about the elections that are coming closer and the polls have been going down for quite some time in part as a result of his handling of the coronavirus pandemic and he's trying to make it look like he's punishing

congress and analysts say even the pentagon was reluctant to carry out trumps demand for troop withdrawal you can imagine the arguments and the discussions and disagreements that would have been going on back in washington inside the pentagon and with the white house but at the end of the day the president says we're going to do this and so the department of defense it was ok well here's here's how we're going to do it there are about 24000 u.s. troops will remain in germany but some observers worry trumps costly message to its nato allies could weaken the whole alliance. so president trump is pushing ahead with a plan to pull out despite criticism from nato allies and resistance at home as washington correspondent all of a salad explains why. donald trump is punishing germany for not spending enough on defense that's at least what he's trying to make the american voters believe and it's true germany promised over and over again to raise its defense budget to 2 percent of the country's g.d.p. but hasn't fulfilled the promise yet the truth is also donald trump's polls are continuously dete

alleged chemical attacks in the city of duma what are the odds that within days of trump telling the pentagon to withdraw for charlotte sob decides to use the one weapon that will guarantee american forces continue attacking him. i mean assad may not be a chess player but i also don't think he ate that many paint chips as a kid and sure enough over the past 2 years we've now seen 4 whistleblowers emerge to challenge the cover up of the chemical weapons probe they say there was no chemical weapons attack but a 1000 propaganda beats peace any day and twice on sunday the fall story succeeded in keeping america entrenched in syria finally let's move to north korea trump threatened to create peace with kim jong un simply saying he would attempt such a thing sent weapons contractor stocks just crashing to the ground and you know one of the many reasons that peace had to be stopped so february 27th 2019 donald trump and kim jong un they meet in vietnam the summit fails and reports begin emerging that might pompei ill and john bolton succeeded in napalming any progress toward peace march 15th pompei

prefectures so far the number of know and civilian infections at 150 the governor is now urging the pentagon to increase preventative measures stop sending the new personnel to. pull u.s. military did inform the okinawan authorities of the exact numbers but insist that this should not be publicly released the u.s. defense secretary said in march that the pentagon would stop publishing precise details of covert infections within the military to avoid revealing weaknesses to america's adversaries now okinawa resident activist she believes the u.s. should let the public know work here. excuse me important. these let us know but always do the meat use meat they send it secret it's our own land but good eats meat. per cent of our land we have liked to live in let's do the side of the future but there are now i. don't. the polish president tells secured another term following the 2nd round of a tight run election. conservative 100 truth. was 51 point truth percent of violet's stay in showing ahead of his liberal opponent the lure of more so due to being behind poland's controversial judicial refor

but they also literally try to surround the pentagon. have you ever seen the pentagon? it's like really, really big. it is really hard to surround, but they had a lot of people there, and they sort of symbolically are trying to stop the heart or the brains i guess you could say of the war machine by literally, you know, blocking the pentagon.