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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 New Haven Advocate's "Best of New Haven 2001" -- Staff Picks -- Scott Harris, Best Radio News Reporter WPKN Radio, 89.5 FM 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 "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 "Pipeline Politics: Oil, The Taliban, and the Political Balance of Central Asia," World Press Review Special Report, Nov.-Dec. 2001
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 "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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Secret Memos Reveal White House
During his presidency, George W. Bush has repeatedly denied that his administration had authorized the use of torture on U.S.-held detainees. Rather, he and other cabinet officials described the techniques used on captured terrorist suspects as legal "enhanced interrogation." But the Washington Post reported on October 15th that the White House issued two secret memos in 2003 and 2004, which explicitly endorsed the CIA's use of waterboarding and other forms of torture on al-Qaeda suspects.
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Interview with Alexa Kolbi-Molinas, ACLU staff attorney, conducted by Scott Harris  The memos were requested by former CIA director George Tenet more than a year after his agents began using torture techniques on terrorist suspects held in secret U.S. prisons around the world. Tenet was reported to have been concerned that without a paper trail authorizing the harsh interrogation program and declaring its legality, the Bush administration might later attempt to deny responsibility for decisions made to sanction torture. While the American Civil Liberties Union and other human rights groups have sued the government to obtain information and documents about the Bush administration's abuse of U.S. held prisoners, these two newly disclosed memos had not been turned over. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with ACLU staff attorney Alexa Kolbi-Molinas, who assesses the significance of these documents in the search for answers about which Bush administration officials are accountable for ordering the torture of detainees, a war crime under international law. Contact ACLU at (202) 457-0800 or visit their website at www.aclu.org. Documents obtained in the lawsuit can be read online at www.aclu.org/torturefoia Related links:
To Benefit Mountain Top Removal Mining,
Mountaintop removal is a form of surface mining in which mountains in Appalachia are literally blown up to get at the coal seams buried within. Two-thirds of the coal produced in the region is still mined underground, but over the past 15 years, this more destructive form has become prominent, creating tons of waste that is dumped in valley fills and has already buried up to 1,200 miles of streams. This is despite laws on the books, such as the 1977 Surface Mining Control Act and the 1983 Stream Buffer Zone rule, which is supposed to prevent dumping within 100 feet of a stream, which would have provided at least minimal protection.
Bush Attempts to Weaken Regulations RealAudio
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Interview with Joan Mulhern, senior legislative counsel for EarthJustice, conducted by Melinda Tuhus 
Now, at the behest of the coal companies, the Bush administration wants to eliminate the buffer zone rule altogether. On Oct. 17, the Office of Surface Mining sent its proposal to the Environmental Protection Agency, whose approval is required for it to take effect. Between The Lines' Melinda Tuhus spoke with Joan Mulhern, senior legislative counsel for EarthJustice, the nation's largest environmental law firm. She describes the destruction wrought by these mining practices and the campaign now underway to oppose them. A 30-day public comment period on the proposed rules change runs until Thanksgiving. To send a comment, visit www.earthjustice.org and click on "Take Action." For more information, call EarthJustice at 1-800-584-6460.
Will Economic Collapse and Corruption Scandals
In his book, "What's the Matter with Kansas?" author Thomas Frank described the ways in which the Republican Party succeeded in convincing Americans to vote for conservative candidates and against their own economic self-interest. In his newest book, "The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Rule," he explains how conservative philosophy is built upon the principles that "greed is good" and "government is the enemy."
End Reagan Revolution? RealAudio
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Interview with Thomas Frank, author of "The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Rule," conducted by Scott Harris  Since Ronald Reagan was elected president in 1980, the prevailing tendency in Washington, under both major parties, was to advocate policies that ushered in an era of deregulation, outsourcing and privatization. Over the past eight years under President Bush, the nation has witnessed the ugly consequences of these policies in a succession of scandals exposing cronyism, incompetence and corruption. Thomas Frank argues that corruption-tainted figures such as former GOP House Majority leader Tom Delay and lobbyist Jack Abramoff were not just bad apples caught up in the corruption scandals of recent years, but the natural consequence of the triumph of a particular philosophy of government. Although conservatives who rose to power over the past three decades dedicated themselves to dismantling Roosevelt's "New Deal," Wall Street's recent financial meltdown resulting from deregulation has woken up the nation to the flaws of right-wing activists' worship of the market. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Thomas Frank about the current presidential election campaign and the fate of the Reagan revolution. Visit Thomas Frank's website at TCFrank.com Related links:
Credits: Executive producer: Scott Harris Segment producers: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus Senior news editor: Bob Nixon Program narration: Denise Manzari News reader: Elaine Osowski Senior web editor/producer: Anna Manzo Web producer: Anna Manzo Web consultant: Gary Trujillo Newswire editor: Hank Hoffman Photo editor: Scott Harris Outreach coordinator: Anna Manzo Distribution: Anna Manzo and Jeffrey P. Yates Theme music: Written by Richard Hill and Jody Gray, and performed by Mikata
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