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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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 FBI Agents at GuantanamoKept "War Crimes File" Interview with Marjorie Cohn, president of the Naitonal Lawyers Guild, conducted by Scott Harris  High officials in the Justice Department brought the FBI agent's concerns about the abuse of prisoners to the National Security Council in 2003, but members of the Council, which includes President Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and chaired at the time by then-National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice, took no action. Documents in the inspector general's report described prisoners subjected to long periods of painful stress positions, isolation, forced nudity, sexual humiliation and threats with attack dogs. The National Lawyers' Guild has called on Congress to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate and prosecute high officials and lawyers in the Bush administration for their role in the abuse and torture of U.S.-held prisoners. Between The Lines Scott Harris spoke with Marjorie Cohn, president of the Guild, who discusses the inspector general's report and her group's demand for congressional action to hold officials accountable for authorizing torture. Marjorie Cohn is author of "Cowboy Republic: Six Ways the Bush Gang Has Defied the Law." Contact the The National Lawyers' Guild at (212) 627-2656 or visit their website at www.nlg.org. Read professor Cohn's articles online at her website, marjoriecohn.com Related links:
Palestinians in Village of At-Tuwani Resist Israeli Settler Harrassment Interview with Hafez Hureini, a leader in the Palestinian village of At-Tuwani, conducted by Melinda Tuhus 
The Israeli human rights group, B't Selem, has documented the human rights violations there, and a Christian Peacemaker team has maintained a years-long presence in the extremely poor and isolated village to try to reduce the violence. Between The Lines' Melinda Tuhus, who recently visited At-Tuwani, spoke with Hafez Hureini, a village leader who describes the history of violence undertaken by Israelis to drive out the Palestinian population and the support his people have received in their determination to remain on their land. For more information on settler violence in Occupied Palestine, visit the Israeli peace movement website at www.peacenow.org.il Army Sgt. Matthis Chiroux Refuses to Serve in "Illegal" Iraq War Interview with U.S. Army Sgt. Matthis Chiroux, conducted by Scott Harris  Chiroux announced his decision at the Cannon House Office building in Washington, D.C. with fellow members of Iraq Veterans Against the War at his side. Many of the Iraq vets had testified before the Congressional Progressive Caucus in what they called the Winter Soldier hearings on the Hill, a historical reference to similar testimony in 1971 organized by Vietnam Veterans Against the War in Detroit. Sgt. Chiroux stated that during his work as a photojournalist he had heard many, "stomach-churning testimonies of the horrors and crimes taking place in Iraq." Believing that the occupation of Iraq is both unconstitutional and illegal, Chiroux says that participation in the war violates his core values as a human being, where he expects that he'll surely be a party to "war crimes." Choosing to remain in the United States, Chiroux says he is ready to defend himself from any charges brought against him by the Army. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Sgt. Chiroux, who explains why he signed up for the military and his reason for joining thousands of other soldiers who have left their posts for varying reasons since the start of the Iraq war in 2003. For more information, contact the Iraq Veterans Against the War Legal Fund that is supporting Chiroux and other soldiers resisting the war, by calling (215) 241-7123 or visit their website at ivaw.org Related links:
Credits: Executive producer: Scott Harris Segment producers: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus Senior news editor: Bob Nixon Program narration: Denise Manzari News reader: Indu Anand 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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