LOS TITULARES DE HOY

• El Departamento de Justicia presenta cargos contra José Padilla
• Jurado federal declara culpable a Abu Ali de cargos por terrorismo
• Periódicos británicos amenazados en relación con el caso del memorando sobre Al Jazeera
• Estados Unidos reanuda vínculos con las Fuerzas Armadas indonesias
• Miles huyen mientra el combate en el Congo mata a más de 50 rebeldes
• Atacante suicida mata a 21 personas en Irak
• La CIA dijo a Bush que no había vínculos entre Irak y Al-Qaeda 10 días después del 11/9

EL RESTO DE LA HORA DE DEMOCRACY NOW!

• Why did the Bush Administration Hold Jose Padilla for 3 Years as an Enemy Combatant? No Mention of al Qaeda or Plot to Attack U.S. in Indictment

  
  

  The Justice Department announced Tuesday criminal charges have been filed against Jose Padilla–the U.S. citizen who had been held for over three years in solitary confinement on a military brig in South Carolina. We speak with one of Padilla’s attorneys and the legal director of the Center for Constitutional Rights. [includes rush transcript]

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• Al Jazeera London Bureau Chief Responds to Report of British Memo Alleging Bush Wanted to Bomb Network HQ in Doha

  
  

  The British government has threatened to use the Official Secrets Act to sue newspapers that publish contents of a leaked memo in which President Bush allegedly discusses bombing the Arabic satellite network Al Jazeera. The British newspaper, the Daily Mirror disclosed the memo Tuesday. We speak with the head of Al Jazeera’s London bureau, Yousri Fouda as well as British journalist and filmmaker, John Pilger. [includes rush transcript]

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• Congressmember Waters Contradicts Col. Wilkerson on U.S. Role in Haiti: "It Was a Coup D’Etat, it Was a Forceful Removal of Aristide"

  
  

  On Tuesday’s Democracy Now!, Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson–Colin Powell’s chief of staff from 2002 to 2005–defended the US role in Haiti during the overthrow of democratically-elected President Jean Bertrand Aristide. We speak with Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) and Brian Concannon of the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti. [includes rush transcript]

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