attorney and former Republican legislator in Utah
Member of the Constitution Project's Task Force on Detainee Treatment; attorney in private practice in Utah; retired Army brigadier general and former Republican state legislator in Utah, he taught prisoner-of-war interrogation at the US Army Intelligence School
Task Force Finds US Indisputably Tortured Prisoners Former Republican Congressman Asa Hutchinson headed the DEA and was Undersecretary of Homeland Security during the Bush Administration. Because he knows so many players, he says he "took convincing." But he has "no doubts" that the President and his top advisors authorized torture in Afghanistan, Iraq, Guantanamo Bay and secret CIA "black sites" and other places. He's the co-chair of the Constitution Project's Task Force on Detainee Treatment , which includes 11 former elected officials, judges and high-ranking military officers. The nonpartisan, independent task force issued a massive report today after two years of investigation, concluding unanimously that the "unjustified" use of torture "damaged the standing of our nation, reduced our capacity to convey moral censure when necessary, and potentially increased the danger to US military personnel taken captive." One Task Force member is retired Army Brigadier General and former Republican legislator in the state of Utah, David Irvine.
Will the Senate write a healthcare bill in secret? While Democrats and Republicans argue White House relations with Russia, another question is being decided behind closed doors: who gets help buying health insurance and who doesn't? We hear how the pros and cons are being shrouded in secrecy.
Janesville and the American Dream Janesville, Wisconsin is the hometown of Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan. But he couldn’t prevent the closing of the General Motors factory after 100 years. On this Memorial Day rebroadcast of To the Point, we hear what’s happened to what once was a model of American middle-class unity.
What is Trump's plan for Middle East peace? On his first foreign tour, President Trump has promised "peace" between Israel and the Palestinians. Are there any details for re-starting talks that have been stalled for the past three years?
Trump plays scolder-in-chief with NATO allies At the opening of NATO’s dramatic new headquarters in Brussels today, President Trump acknowledged that Article 5 — promising that “an attack on one nation is an attack on all” -- has only been invoked one time: in the aftermath of September 11. But the President failed to provide what 27 other Alliance members have been waiting for: a re-commitment by America’s new leader to Article 5. Instead, they got a scolding.