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Scott Harris' "Counterpoint" talk show

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medichannel.org

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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

"The Rest of the News," New Haven Advocate, July 3, 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

"The Global Gulag: Into The Shadows," by Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch.com, April 5, 2004

"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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Between The Lines
For The Week Ending June 27, 2008

Posted June 18, 2008

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 Supreme Court Grants Guantanamo Detainees
Access to Civilian Courts


Interview with Kathryn Kolbert,
president of People for the American Way,
conducted by Scott Harris


guantanamo

In a landmark ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed on June 12 the right of 270 prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay Naval base in Cuba the right to challenge their detention in American civilian courts. The 5-4 decision in the Boumediene v. Bush case will give detainees access to federal courts where they will be able to present evidence to refute government claims that they are terrorists - and publicly press claims that they've been tortured.

Despite the court ruling, controversial military commissions trials of 20 prisoners charged with war crimes, including alleged 9-11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohmammed, may be able to proceed, but will likely be challenged in federal court. An estimated 130 Guantanamo prisoners, some held as long as 6 1Ž2 years, have been designated as dangerous by the Bush administration, but have not been charged with any crime due to a lack of evidence.

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's assertion that the Guantanamo decision will "cause more Americans to be killed," was a fearful theme picked up by many on the right. Presumptive Republican presidential candidate John McCain, criticized the ruling as being one of the worst decisions in the history of the country. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Kathryn Kolbert, president of People for the American Way, who assesses the Supreme Court decision on Guantanamo detainees and why her group is emphasizing the future selection of Supreme Court justices as a major issue in this year's presidential election.

Contact People for the American Way by calling 1-800-326-7329 or visit their website at pfaw.org


ADDITIONAL interview segments in this week's program.
  • Dora Maria Tellez, Heroine
    of Sandinista Revolution Protests
    Her Former Party's 'Authoritarianism'

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  • Blacks and Latinos Hit Hardest
    by Deepening U.S. Income Inequality

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  • Underreported News Summary
    from Around the World

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