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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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Part 2: "Who Killed Che? How the CIA Got Away with Murder": New Book Ties Johnson Admin to Che Death
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 Ratner and Smith draw on previously unpublished U.S. government documents to argue the CIA played a critical role in the killing.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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Monday, May 19, 2008
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Headlines
- China Declares Three Days of National Mourning
- Save the Children: 30,000 Burmese Children Could Starve to Death
- Sen. Obama to Declare Himself the Democratic Nominee
- Obama Defends Stance on Diplomacy & Iran
- Five McCain Advisers Resign Over Ties to Lobbyists
- Huckabee Jokes About Obama Being Shot
- US Plans to Build 40-Acre Prison Site in Afghanistan
- US Soldier in Iraq Uses Koran for Target Practice
- US to Help Saudi Arabia Build Nuclear Program
- Veterans Facility Urged Not to Diagnose Veterans with PTSD
- Israel Urges UN to Stop Using the Word "Nakba"
- Roslyn Zinn, Wife of Howard Zinn, Dies
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Spies for Hire: Carlyle Group to Become Owner of "One of America’s Largest Private Intelligence Armies"
The secretive investment fund the Carlyle Group is in the process of buying part of Booz Allen Hamiliton, the major military and intelligence contractor. We speak with investigative journalist Tim Shorrock, author of the new book Spies for Hire: The Secret World of Intelligence Outsourcing. [includes rush transcript]
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Clive Stafford Smith: US Holding 27,000 in Secret Overseas Prisons; Transporting Prisoners to Iraqi Jails to Avoid Media & Legal Scrutiny
"There is a huge number of [secret prisoners] being held in Iraq, and one of the intriguing aspects of this that doesn’t get much reporting is that the US is bringing people into Iraq from elsewhere to hold them there, simply because that keeps [the media and lawyers] away from the prisoners so they can’t get any sort of legal rights," reports British attorney Clive Stafford Smith. [includes rush transcript]
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Malcolm X, May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965
We end today’s program with a tribute to Malcolm X. He was born eighty-three years ago today on May 19th, 1925. He was assassinated on February 21, 1965, as he spoke before a packed audience in Harlem’s Audubon Ballroom. He was just thirty-nine years old. This is an excerpt of a speech Malcolm X gave at the Audubon Ballroom about half a year earlier. It’s called "By Any Means Necessary." [includes rush transcript]
