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Groups Launch Court Challenge To Stop Obama Assassination of U.S. Citizen RealAudio
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Interview with Jonathan Manes, legal fellow with the American Civil Liberties Union's National Security Project, conducted by Scott Harris 
During the first week of August, the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Constitutional Rights filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control to obtain a license which is required under federal regulations to represent anyone named as a "specially designated global terrorist," which al-Awlaki was about two weeks after his father Nasser, retained the ACLU and Center for Constitutional Rights to represent him in an effort to stop the government's “targeted killing.” The Treasury Department responded to the suit by granting the license on Aug. 4, clearing the way for the two groups to seek a federal court injunction preventing the Obama administration from assassinating al-Awlaki without due process of law. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Jonathan Manes, a legal fellow with the American Civil Liberties Union's National Security Project. He explains the important precedents being established in the court challenge to the Obama administration's self-declared authority to assassinate U.S. citizens outside war zones without charge, trial or any constitutional checks and balances. For more information on the lawsuit, call the ACLU at (202) 457-0800 or visit the websites www.aclu.org and www.ccrjustice.org Related links:
Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining No. 1 Issue for W. Virginia U.S. Senate Candidate RealAudio
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Interview with Ken Hechler, candidate to replace West Virginia's late U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd, conducted by Melinda Tuhus 
The former legislator has been a long-time foe of surface coal mining, introducing legislation to abolish it in the early 1960s. He was also principal sponsor of the 1969 Coal Mine Health and Safety Act. In 2000, he walked more than 500 miles with the late Doris "Granny D" Haddock on her cross-country walk to promote campaign finance reform, something he believed was urgently needed due to the disproportionate contributions of coal company officials to West Virginia politicians. Between The Lines' Melinda Tuhus caught up with Hechler by phone as he traveled around his state calling for an end to mountaintop removal mining and seeking votes in the upcoming election. ______________________________________________ See rush interview transcript. Sign up for Between The Lines Q&A interview transcripts. ______________________________________________ For more information on Hechler's campaign, visit his website, www.KenHechlerforWestVirginia.org Related links:
Google & Verizon Plan Would End Free, Public Internet as We Now Know It RealAudio
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Interview with Craig Aaron, managing director of Free Press, conducted by Scott Harris  In an Aug. 9 announcement, Google and Verizon put forward a joint policy proposal that envisions two "Internets," one public and one private. The private Internet would provide a fast lane to content for those who could afford it, with lots of bells and whistles if you pay to play. Everyone else would be relegated to a slower and lower quality of service on the wired public Internet. The Google-Verizon proposal would eliminate the concept of Net Neutrality on wireless networks, the destination most observers believe the Internet as a whole is rapidly moving toward, and at the same time weaken the FCC's ability to effectively regulate the Internet. The media reform group Free Press has for years been actively engaged in the fight for Net Neutrality. Free Press -- along with other national organizations in the Save the Internet Coalition -- is urging President Obama, Congress and FCC to reject the Google-Verizon proposal and instead pass strong Net Neutrality protections. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Craig Aaron, managing director of Free Press, who examines the Google-Verizon proposal, and describes the campaign now underway to defend a free and open Internet. Contact Free Press toll-free at (877) 888-1533 or visit www.savetheinternet.com Related links:
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