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In the wake of the successful pushback against the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure’s decision to defund Planned Parenthood, the Obama administration should listen to the majority of Americans: The United States, including Catholics, is strongly pro-choice.
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In an extended interview, co-authors Michael Ratner and Michael Steven Smith discuss the life of Cuban revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara and the chilling story behind his murder by the Bolivian military. In their book, "Who Killed Che?" Ratner and Smith draw on previously unpublished U.S. government documents to argue the CIA played a critical role in the killing. [includes rush transcript]
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Thursday, December 13, 2007
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Headlines
- Climate Talks in Doubt over US Stance on Emission Cuts
- Bush Issues 2nd Veto of Child Health Insurance Expansion
- Gitmo Chief Judge Criticized Military Tribunals
- Palestinians Protest Raids, Settlement Expansion as Talks Begin
- Docs: Israel Demanded 80% of Settlements in 2000-01 Peace Talks
- Poll: 67% of Pakistanis Want Musharraf to Resign
- Kucinich Barred from Democratic Debate in Iowa
- California Town Votes Out Pro-Blackwater Board Members
- Army Suicides in 2007 Reach All-Time High
- Auditors: White House Forced EPA to Weaken Toxic Oversight
- Gay Historian Allan Bérubé Dies at 61
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Chicago Deal to Pay $20 Million in Police Torture Case Hits Roadblock
The City of Chicago’s landmark decision to pay nearly $20 million dollars to four former death row prisoners tortured by Chicago police has hit a roadblock. The four men — all African American — sued former Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge and more than twenty officers who worked with him, alleging that they were coerced into falsely confessing to murder in the 1980s. We speak with John Conroy, the investigative reporter who brought the story to the fore eighteen years ago. He was recently laid off from the Chicago Reader. [includes rush transcript]
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US Intelligence Tapping Phones of Indonesian Civilians
Investigative journalist Allan Nairn reveals that U.S. intelligence officers in Jakarta are secretly tapping the cell phones and reading the SMS text messages of Indonesian civilians. Some of the Americans involved in the spy operation work out of the Jakarta headquarters of Detachment 88, a US-trained and -funded paramilitary unit which is part of Kopassus, the Indonesian army’s special forces famed for abduction, torture and assassination. The news comes as Congress weighs whether to send more military aid to Indonesia. [includes rush transcript]
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Anthropologists Up in Arms Over Pentagon’s "Human Terrain System" to Recruit Graduate Students to Serve in Iraq, Afghanistan
A new $40 million Pentagon program called the Human Terrain System has begun enlisting recruits with graduate degrees in anthropology to serve in the military. The move has anthropologists up in arms. They point to the ethical implications of renewing a program like CORDS during the Vietnam War, that assassinated over 26,000 suspected Viet Cong. We speak with David Price, a founding member of the Network of Concerned Anthropologists. [includes rush transcript]
