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The saga of former CIA worker and leaker Edward Snowden continues in its twists and turns. In this edition of the show we will discuss why it is more important to focus on what he has leaked, how the US went about its surveillance program, instead of focusing on Snowden\\\'s asylum destination, something which many Western media outlets have done. We will also discuss the victims, if they are really victims: EU countries, China, the officials involved, and whether their shock reactions have been sincere or not.

In the week since NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden surfaced in China\'s Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong, the country\'s central government has avoided taking a position on whether he should be allowed to remain or not. In Hong Kong itself, chief executive CY Leung has said that America\'s extradition demands, which will surely be forthcoming, will be handled according to the city\'s laws.

Press TV has talked with Ray J. McGovern, a former CIA analyst from Washington D.C., to further discuss the American whistleblower Edward Snowden\'s case.

Today\\\'s Topic: امریکہ میں جاسوسی اور انسانی حقوق کی پامالی NSA Spying over Public|Ex-CIA Spy Snowden Leaks out Secret Information

Press TV has conducted an interview with Mark Glenn, with the Crescent and Cross Solidarity Movement, about the American whistleblower Edward Snowden publishing information about the US government\'s spying activities.

Press TV has conducted an interview with Chris Bambery, political commentator, London, about fugitive US intelligence whistleblower Edward Snowden and US government threats to any country that stands in the way of apprehending him.

NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden: \'I don\'t want to live in a society that does these sort of things\'

Six months ago, American whistleblower Edward Snowden started leaking the US National Security Agency\\\'s surveillance documents. Now the former NSA contractor says his mission has been accomplished. In an interview with The Washington Post, Snowden has said he\\\'s happy because the public is now informed about the US massive sweep of Internet and phone records. This is Snowden\\\'s first in-person interview since his June arrival in Russia under temporary asylum, that will expire in August. US federal prosecutors have filed a criminal complaint against Snowden, charging him with espionage and felony theft of government property. But Snowden says he\\\'s working to improve the NSA, adding this is the only thing Washington does not realize. Snowden\\\'s revelations have outraged civil liberties advocates. Even US allies have been angered by reports that Washington has been monitoring their leaders\\\' cellphone calls and other virtual communications.

As embassies across the EU check for American eavesdropping equipment, French President Francois Hollande has been the most vocal European critic of the recently revealed US spy program. The consequences are becoming apparent, as France has called for a \"temporary suspension\" of free trade talks between Brussels and Washington. The French public has been appalled by the enormous scope of the illegal US espionage effort, in which a \"normal\" day included taking an inventory of 2 million French phone calls, as well as spying on the French embassies in the US and at the United Nations.

Documents previously provided by Edward Snowden show that Microsoft has worked closely with the NSA and FBI to make sure that everyone using its systems can be spied upon

An NSA training video, provided by whistleblower, Edward Snowden, shows how easy it is for government agents to gain access to the emails, phone calls, and Internet searches of American citizens. Just a few clicks on the computer – no court order needed – and it\'s done. What a powerful tool this is for blackmailing anyone who is in disfavor with the government. This information also is available to corporations, wealthy individuals, and criminals with off-the-record political influence.

You are Being Watched Edward Snowden Emerges as Source Behind Explosive Revelations of NSA Spying

An unexpected side trip to Vienna for Bolivia\'s President Evo Morales. That\'s because France, Spain, Portugal and Italy refused to let his plane fly through their airspace after rumors surfaced that whistleblower Edward Snowden might be on board. Then Austrian officials confirmed that Snowden was not aboard. The Bolivians squarely put the blame on Washington for Morales\' unexpected side trip. In an exclusive interview with Press TV, Bolivia\'s ambassador in France believes the move had been planned. European leaders have been quick to express their regret, but emotions are running high in La Paz and many other South American capitals. Bolivia says Paris and other European countries will have a lot of explaining to do. Anustup Roy, Press TV, Paris

Press TV has conducted an interview with Paul Sheldon Foote, professor at California State University, Irvine, about the issue of NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden who is at present in Moscow, his US passport canceled, trying to evade US extradition.

Press TV has conducted an interview with Darnell Stephen Summers, Vietnam War veteran from Berlin about the head of the European parliament requesting Washington provide clarity about spying of Europeans as revealed by hunted whistleblower Edward Snowden.

If one protest message reverberated in Buenos Aires City this week, it was clearly Argentineans outrage and anti-imperialist clamor. The decision by France and Portugal to reject air permits to Bolivian President Evo Morales forcing his plane to land in Austria on suspicions it was carrying former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, took anti-US demonstrators to the streets. Rallying outside the embassy of Bolivia in the Argentine capital city, they called to support the current process of Latin American integration.

Double Standards with Afshin Rattansi is a political satire program broadcast from the heart of London that exposes the hypocrisy of world powers with comedy and high-profile guests. NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden leaves Hong Kong; Qatar change of Power; US-Taliban talks in Doha; John Kerry Interview in Qatar about NSA/Taliban in Afghanistan; Berlusconi jail sentence; FIFA under 20 in riot torn Turkey; Joe Biden vs. Obama over NSA wiretapping and metadata; UK Health Service kills 3,000... These and much more are all reviewed in this edition of Double Standards with Afshin Rattansi.

Velayat News is a daily English news bulletin covering world and community news, hosted by Abroo Sabzwari. This bulletin includes a report on Iran\'s president-elect Hassan Rohani: \'Israel is in no position to strike Iran.\' Follow Velayat TV USA: Website: www.velayattv.org YouTube: VelayatTVUSA Facebook: VelayatTVUSA

New reports about the IRS reveal that agent Lois Lerner condoned questioning religious groups about the content of their prayers and that the IRS shared confidential tax information with the Federal Elections Committee. The goal of the IRS is to intimidate and silence the voices of conservatives

A Massive Surveillance State Glenn Greenwald Exposes Covert NSA Program Collecting Calls Emails

The special relationship between Britain and America has taken a twist of the espionage kind - as the latest leak by American whistleblower Edward Snowden reveals that not only the two countries are closely working together to spy on citizens on both sides of the Atlantic, but also America has made secret payments of �100 million in just three years to secure access and influence over Britain\'s intelligence gathering programs.

Germany chancellor has called the U-S president to demand immediate clarification on reports that the U-S spied on her. The German government spokesman says Angela Merkel had made clear to Barack Obama that if the information proves to be true, it would be completely unacceptable and represents a grave breach of trust. This, after Germany said it had received info that the U-S is spying on Merkel\'s cell phone communications. But the White House says Obama has assured Merkel that her phone is not being monitored. The U-S spying scandal is taking center stage after fugitive American whistle-blower Edward Snowden revealed the details of the program. Washington\'s espionage scandal has already caused outrage among Italian, French, Mexican and Brazilian officials.

The US spying scandal has spread in scope and geography: The latest: The US National Security Agency has spied on Germans, including Chancellor Angela Merkel. Add to that, French diplomats in Washington and at the UN, not to mention Italy, Brazil, Mexico, and of course, the US itself. All based on leaks from former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, through Glen Greenwald, the outgoing Guardian journalist, who is feeding the material from Brazil. In this debate, we will discuss what the repercussions of this US spying on its allies would be, and try to get to the bottom of how vast this spying has been, and whether the countries involved will do anything about it.

The US National Security Agency has justified tracking the data of millions of people, wherever they are in the world. The NSA says its tracking of cell phones overseas is legally authorized under a presidential order. The intelligence agency says it isn\'t tracking every foreign phone call, and it takes measures to limit how much US data is collected. It was revealed earlier this week that the NSA gathers up to five billion records every day on the location data for hundreds of millions of cell phones worldwide. Documents supplied by whistleblower Edward Snowden detail how the NSA is applying sophisticated mathematical techniques to map cell phone owners\' relationships.

A new report sheds more light on spying tactics by the US National Security Agency. The report by the German magazine, Der Spiegel, says American spies intercept computer deliveries, exploit hardware weaknesses, and even hijack Microsoft\\\'s internal reporting system to spy on their targets. It says all the tactics are related to an NSA division called Tailored Access Operations or TAO. Der Spiegel says the TAO had high-tech gadgets including cables to record what\\\'s being typed across the screen. The report also says the NSA has collected data on key tele-telecommunications cable between Europe, North Africa and Asia. The German magazine previously published a series of stories based on documents leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, putting the US in a worldwide scandal.

Imagine if you\\\'re not connected to the internet, yet your computer is still vulnerable in being spied on: That is the latest leak by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden: that the US National Security Agency (NSA) used secret technology to spy on computers that were not even connected to the internet. In this edition of the debate, we\\\'ll discuss how this takes spying on ordinary citizens to a whole new level, even though NSA claims targets included the Chinese and Russian military as well as drug cartels. We\\\'ll also further disclose how this violates privacy laws, not to mention the US constitution.

In an awaited address by Americans, US President Barack Obama talked about reforms that he recommends for the spying agency the National Security Agency (NSA). Of course his speech has come as a reaction to uproar by Americans and much of the world. US whistleblower Edward Snowden revealed the extent of America\'s snooping agency involvement in eavesdropping on the private lives of regular Americans to foreign heads of state. Stay with us as we take a look at just what these alleged reforms means

Newly leaked classified documents have revealed more about the spying activities of the US National Security Agency and its British counterpart, the GCHQ. The latest revelations by whistleblower Edward Snowden show that the NSA and GCHQ have relied on data scooped up from the so-called leaky smartphone applications. according to a document published by The New York Times and The Guardian, the two intelligence agencies have been using applications such as Angry Birds games and Google Maps to collect swaths of personal data about users\' age, daily whereabouts, address books, and much more. It also exposed the fact that the mobile app initiative between the two spy agencies has been up and running since 2007. Previous reports have revealed the extent of the US and British governments\' mobile data collection, which has a global reach.