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New Haven Advocate's "Best of New Haven 2001" -- Staff Picks -- Scott Harris, Best Radio News Reporter WPKN Radio, 89.5 FM "Giving Voice to Dissent: Bridgeport's WPKN Radio Covers The News With Left-Of-Center Takes Not Found In The Mainstream Media"Hartford Courant, Feb. 26, 2003 ISSUES IN DEPTH
War And Profiteering
"The Future of Iraq: The Spoils of War," Blood and oil: How the West will profit from Iraq's most precious commodity, by Danny Fortson, Andrew Murray-Watson and Tim Webb, The Independent/UK, Jan. 7, 2007 "Cheney is Longtime Bad News for U.S.," by John Nichols, by the Madison Capital Times (Wisconsin), Jan. 16, 2007 "Bush administration provokes open war on Iran: Irbil raid, and other operations, authorized "several months ago," by Larry Chin, Global Research, Jan. 15, 2007 "Iran: The Next War," by James Bamford, Rolling Stone, July 24, 2006 Those Who Dared to Come Forward Compilation of Washington insiders speaking out on Bush administration policies and actions Project for the New American Century's Letter to President Clinton on Iraq, Jan. 26, 1998 Urges President Clinton to remove the threat that Iraq poses by stating a strategy to do so in his "upcoming State of the Union Address." "Iraq On The Record," U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman report, March 16, 2004 "Greenspan Testimony Highlights Bush Plan for Deliberate Federal Bankruptcy," by Michael Meurer, truthout.org, March 2, 2004 "Noam Chomsky on Middle East Conflict and U.S. War Plan Against Iraq," Between The Lines interview with Noam Chomsky, conducted by Scott Harris, for the Week Ending May 3, 2002 "The Iraq War & The Bush Administration's Pursuit of Global Domination," Counterpoint, Sept. 15, 2003 The Iraq Crisis, a Global Policy Forum, U.N. Security Council section on the 13 years of sanctions and other background of the war, the humanitarian situation, the importance of Iraq's huge oil resources, and disputes over a post-war government and reconstruction plan "Occupation, Inc." Southern Exposure, Winter, 2003/2004 "Pipeline Politics: Oil, The Taliban, and the Political Balance of Central Asia," World Press Review Special Report, Nov.-Dec. 2001 "War Profiteering," by The Nation editors, April 24, 2003 "An Annotated Saddam Chronology," ZNet, Dec. 15, 2003
Civil Liberties
"Martial Law Threat is Real," by Dave Lindorff, commondreams.org, July 27, 2007 "ACLU: US Constitution in Grave Danger,"United Press International, July 25, 2007 "Old-line Republican warns 'something's in the works' to trigger a police state," by Muriel Kane, Rawstory.com July 19, 2007 "Fascist America, in 10 easy steps," by Naomi Wolf, The Guardian, April 24, 2007 "Keeping Secrets: The Bush administration is doing the public's business out of the public eye. Here's how--and why," by Christopher H. Schmitt and Edward T. Pound, U.S. News & World Report, Dec. 12, 2003 "Fascism Anyone?" 14 Signs of Fascism, Free Inquiry Magazine, Volume 23, No. 2 "Germany In 1933: The Easy Slide Into Fascism," The Crisis Papers, June 9, 2003 |
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 "Body of War" is a must-see documentary which follows the life of Tomas Young, a 25-year-old U.S. Army Iraq War veteran who returned home paralyzed and wheel-chairbound, and later found his voice as an anti-war activist. Hear BTL's interview with co-director Phil Donahue. Visit the "Body of War" film's website at www.bodyofwar.com to see a preview trailer and get theater times near you. At the documentary's New York City opening April 9 at the IFC Center, producers Ellen Spiro and Phil Donahue said a grassroots distribution campaign is planned for the film after the commercial release. Make it happen in your community! This movie has a powerful message, especially for young people who are contemplating joining the military. 
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 Memo Exposes Bush Administration'sSanction of Torture Interview with Jameel Jaffer, director of the ACLU's National Security Project, conducted by Scott Harris  The memo, written by John Yoo, then a deputy at the Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel, asserts that President Bush has unrestricted authority to order brutal interrogations to extract information from detainees and was provided to the Defense Department in March 2003. A similar memo was sent to the CIA in August 2002 which narrowly re-defined torture as methods that result in pain akin to that associated with "death, organ failure or the permanent impairment of a significant body function." Although both these memos were formally withdrawn by the Justice Department in 2004, critics assert that the legal arguments they made helped institute a culture that condoned torture within the Pentagon and CIA. The legal document also maintained that any government agent who engaged in torture and abuse, prohibited by U.S. or international law, could defend themselves from prosecution on the basis that that the executive branch's constitutional authority to protect the nation from attack justified their actions. Between the Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Jameel Jaffer, director of the American Civil Liberty Union's National Security Project. He discusses what the memo tells us about the role the Bush administration played in sanctioning torture and what Congress can do to hold government officials accountable for possible war crimes. Jameel Jaffer is the co-author of "Administration of Torture: A Documentary Record from Washington to Abu Ghraib and Beyond." Contact the ACLU by calling (212) 549-2500 or visit their website at www.aclu.org Related links:
Film Documentary, "Body of War,"Brings the Pain of the Iraq War Home Interview with Phil Donahue, award-winning TV talk show host and co-director of "Body of War," conducted by Scott Harris 
As the casualties on all sides mount, the grim reality of the Iraq war has been hidden from the view of most Americans -- with photographs of returning caskets of U.S. soldiers banned, and the shattered lives of maimed and disfigured veterans largely forgotten. A new documentary film, recently released titled "Body of War," follows the life of Tomas Young, a 25-year-old U.S. Army Iraq War veteran, who returned home paralyzed and wheel-chairbound, later finding his voice as an anti-war activist. The film provides an unvarnished look at the daily physical and emotional pain suffered by Young and other veterans, who sustained life-changing injuries in a war launched on a set of blatantly false justifications. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Emmy and Peabody award-winning TV talk show host Phil Donahue, co-director with Ellen Spiro of this critically acclaimed documentary film. Donahue talks about how he met Tomas Young at Walter Reed Hospital and the message he'd like audiences to take from the film. Visit the film's website to view a preview trailer at www.bodyofwar.com Related links:
Drug Companies Pushing for Immunity from Patient Lawsuits Interview with Merrill Goozner, director of the Integrity in Science Project at the Center for Science in the Public Interest, conducted by Melinda Tuhus  Now drug companies are pushing the FDA to grant them immunity from lawsuits filed by patients or their families when they suffer injury or death from taking medications as directed. A case is now headed to the U.S. Supreme Court on this issue that could impact thousands of pending consumer lawsuits. Between The Lines' Melinda Tuhus spoke with Merrill Goozner, director of the Integrity in Science Project at the Center for Science in the Public Interest. He discusses the history of the FDA and how those most influential in decision-making at the agency are often at odds with consumers' interests. Contact the Center for Science in the Public Interest at (202) 332-9110 or visit the group's website at awww.CSPInet.org
Credits: Executive producer: Scott Harris Segment producers: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus Senior news editor: Bob Nixon Program narration: Denise Manzari News reader: Richard Hill Senior web editor/producer: Anna Manzo Web producer: Jeffrey P. Yates Newswire editor: Hank Hoffman Photo editor: Scott Harris Outreach coordinator: Anna Manzo Distribution: Anna Manzo, Bill Cosentino and Jeffrey P. Yates Theme music: Written by Richard Hill and Jody Gray, and performed by Mikata
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