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Democracy Now! 8-28 "The Largest Law Enforcement Agency in America Has Been Manipulated for Political Purposes" John Conyers
TODAY'S DEMOCRACY NOW!:
With Amy Goodman
* "The Largest Law Enforcement Agency in America Has Been Manipulated for Political Purposes" - Rep Conyers on Gonzales Legacy
After months of calls for his resignation, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales finally resigned on Monday. He had been at the center of numerous Congressional investigations including the firing of nine U.S.attorneys, the overall politicization of the Justice Department and the Bush administration's secret warrantless domestic surveillance operation. We speak with House Judiciary Chair Rep. John Conyers.
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Democracy Now! 8-8 the C.I.A.¹s Secret Interrogation Program - Jane Mayer & Jameel Jaffer of ACLU National Security Program
TODAY'S DEMOCRACY NOW!:
With Amy Goodman
* The Black Sites: A Rare Look Inside the C.I.A.¹s Secret Interrogation Program *
Jane Mayer of the New Yorker reports that the International Committee of the Red Cross has concluded the CIA's detention and interrogation methods is tantamount to torture. Sources told Mayer that the confidential Red Cross report also warned that U.S. officials responsible for the abusive treatment at the secret prisons may have committed "grave breaches" of the Geneva
Conventions, and may have violated the U.S. Torture Act. We talk to Mayer and Jameel Jaffer, director of the American Civil Liberties Union's National Security Program.
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Democracy Now! 7-10 The Case of the Jena Six
TODAY'S DEMOCRACY NOW!:
With Amy Goodman
* The Case of the Jena Six: Black High School Students Charged with Attempted Murder for Schoolyard Fight After Nooses Are Hung from Tree *
Six black students at Jena High School in Central Louisiana were arrested last December after a school fight in which a white student was beaten and suffered a concussion and multiple bruises. The six black students were charged with attempted murder and conspiracy. They face up to 100 years in
prison without parole. The fight took place amid mounting racial tension after a black student sat under a tree in the schoolyard where only white students sat. The next day three nooses were hanging from the tree.
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