Miércoles 28 de Septiembre de 2005

LOS TITULARES DE HOY

• Decenas de miles de personas lloran a líder independentista asesinado
• Amnistía pide investigar asesinato de Ojeda Rios
• Los Macheteros prometen vengar el asesinato cometido por el FBI
• Michael Brown, de FEMA, defiende respuesta a Katrina
• Gran mayoría de informes de atrocidades en Nueva Orleans eran falsos
• Bombardera suicida mata a seis personas en Irak
• Lynndie England sentenciada a tres años por abusos en Abu Ghraib
• Soldados publican fotografías de cadáveres iraquíes en Internet
• Juez de Estados Unidos falla en contra de extradición de Posada Carrile
• Artillería israelí ataca Gaza por primera vez desde 1967
• Sindicatos disidentes forman federación Change to Win (Cambio para Ganar)
• Corte Suprema acepta caso de financiamiento de campañas políticas
• Informe: Tom Delay podría ser acusado de conspiración

EL RESTO DE LA HORA DE DEMOCRACY NOW!

• Bush’s "Brownie": Former FEMA Head Michael Brown Said He Warned Bush Directly Before Hurricane Struck

  
  

  The ousted director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Michael Brown, appeared before a special congressional panel set up by House Republican leaders to investigate the disastrous response to Hurricane Katrina. [includes rush transcript]

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• Homeland Security Chief Chertoff, Not Brown, Was Responsible For Federal Response To Huricane Katrina

  
  

  We speak Knight Ridder reporter Alison Young about the Homeland Security Chief Michael Chertoff’s responsibilities and the shift of blame to former FEMA head Michael Brown. [includes rush transcript]

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• Lott’s Bad Bet: Fomer Senate Majority Leader Blocked Moves to Protect Mississippi Coast

  
  

  Backed by the gambling industry, Republican Senator Trent Lott of Mississippi outmuscled army officials who tried to impose a moratorium on casino projects along the coast. We speak with Washington Post reporter Michael Grunwald. [includes rush transcript]

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• William Arkin on the Increasing Military Role in Emergency Response

  
  

  President Bush wants to use the hurricane to wipe out Posse Comitatus, which bans the military from engaging in domestic law enforcement. Former intelligence analyst William Arkin talks about the apparently growing role of the military in responding to natural disasters and other domestic crises. [includes rush transcript]

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• St. Patrick’s Four Acquitted of Federal Conspiracy Charges

  
  

  Four Catholic peace activists have just been acquitted of felony conspiracy charges — the first case of this kind since the Vietnam War. We speak with two of the four activists whose charges stem from an antiwar action on the eve of the US invasion of Iraq. [includes rush transcript]

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