[231] Gagging Barrett Brown, Transgender Rights, Chemical Weapon Hypocrisy

                        Published on Sep 9, 2013

Abby Martin Breaks the Set on Gagging Barrett Brown, Transgender Rights, Chemical Weapon Hypocrisy, and the Undemocratic NSA

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EPISODE BREAKDOWN: On this episode of Breaking the Set, Abby Martin talks about the media gag order that was just placed on investigative journalist Barrett Brown. Abby then talks to Mara Kiesling, Executive Director of the National Center for Transgender Equality about Chelsea Manning, transgender rights in the military, and the culture of ignorance surrounding transgender issues. Abby then speaks upon the blatant hypocrisy regarding Obama's "red line" of chemical attacks as the motivating factor to intervene militarily in Syria, citing the top four chemical weapons attacks that the US military does not want you to know about. BTS wraps up the show with an interview with Senator Ron Wyden's former Deputy Chief of Staff, Jennifer Hoelzer, about the newest NSA revelations and the undemocratic process of keeping the government and society at large in the dark when it comes to surveillance