Miércoles 23 de Mayo de 2007

LOS TITULARES DE HOY

• Demócratas descartan exigencia de plazos para la retirada en proyecto de ley sobre gastos de guerra
• Informe: El Pentágono planea prácticamente duplicar el número de soldados en Irak
• Miles de personas huyen de campo de refugiados mientras continúa el cese del fuego
• Varias personas resultaron heridas en ataques aéreos israelíes contra Gaza
• El Senado rechaza primer intento de modificar proyecto de ley de inmigración
• Senadores fijan fecha límite para revelación de programa de escuchas telefónicas
• Ex colaboradora de Gonzáles declarará sobre despidos de fiscales
• Informe: Gobierno aprueba programa para desestabilizar a Irán
• Buques de guerra estadounidenses ingresan en aguas del Golfo cercanas a la costa de Irán
• Piden a Irán liberación de académica estadounidense de prisión
• Ex agente de KGB niega acusaciones de haber envenenado a disidente ruso
• Estados Unidos se niega a asistir a reunión sobre prohibición de bombas racimo
• Degradan a infante de marina por criticar prohibición de que homosexuales declarados formen parte de Fuerzas Armadas

EL RESTO DE LA HORA DE DEMOCRACY NOW!

• Pivotal Family Lawsuit Against Blackwater USA Blocked from Court — and Moved to Panel with Company Ties

  
  

  A landmark lawsuit brought by the families of four employees of the security firm Blackwater USA killed in Iraq three years ago has been partially derailed. This week, a federal judge ordered the lawsuit to be decided behind closed doors in arbitration — allowing Blackwater to avoid public examination of its practices in Iraq. One of the three arbitrators could be William Webster, who served as head of the FBI and CIA under President Reagan and has personal and business ties to several Blackwater lawyers. We speak with Bill Sizemore of the Virginian-Pilot, and Jeremy Scahill, author of "Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army." [includes rush transcript]

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• Jeremy Scahill Responds to Blackwater CEO Erik Prince, Visits Blackwater Sites and Prince’s Hometown

  
  

  Blackwater has remained relatively quiet in the face of its critics, but last week, the company’s founder, Erik Prince, wrote an article to the Grand Rapids Press in response to a series of articles in the paper on Blackwater. The paper has referred to Jeremy Scahill’s book as putting Prince in the national media spotlight. We get Scahill’s response, and hear about his recent visit to Prince’s hometown and new Blackwater sites in California and Illinois. [includes rush transcript]

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• Leading GOP Candidate Romney Taps Blackwater’s Cofer Black as Campaign Adviser

  
  

  Leading Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has tapped Blackwater executive Cofer Black as a senior campaign advisor. Romney has called for a doubling of the US prison camp at Guantanamo. Black–who has been vice chairman at Blackwater for two years–was director of the CIA Counterterrorism Center during 9/11 and led the agency’s hunt for Osama bin Laden. [includes rush transcript]

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• Author Paul Hawken on "Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Movement in the World Came into Being and Why No One Saw It Coming"

  
  

  Environmentalist Paul Hawken has come out with a new book, "Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Movement in the World Came into Being and Why No One Saw It Coming." Hawken is a best-selling author and one of the leading architects and proponents of corporate environmental reform. [includes rush transcript]

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