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A New Look for America's Terrorism Interrogations
President Obama has set up a new team to question terrorist suspects, with less authority for the CIA and more for the White House and the Justice Department. Meantime, more details are being revealed about past abuses, including the use of a gun and a power drill. Will a special prosecutor reopen investigations? Also, industrial agriculture produces huge quantities of meat and grain, but are they as cheap as they seem? Is there damage to land, water and even human health, including human obesity? Is there a better way?
By Warren Olney • • 1h 0m ListenPresident Obama has set up a new team to question terrorist suspects, with less authority for the CIA and more for the White House and the Justice Department. At the same time, more details are being revealed about past abuses, including the use of a gun and a power drill. Will a special prosecutor reopen investigations? Also, industrial agriculture means more food at lower prices than ever before, but are there hidden costs to land, water and even human health? Should Americans be asked to pay more for what's called a "sustainable" system? Could it feed as many people?
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2 storiesNewly Released Documents Could Lead to Interrogation Prosecutions
President Obama has set up a new team to question terrorist suspects, with less authority for the CIA and more for the White House and the Justice Department. At the same time, more details are being revealed about past abuses, including the use of a gun and a power drill. Will a special prosecutor reopen investigations?
Read the story24 minIs the Ag Industry Making Us Fat and Damaging the Environment?
Horror stories about America's food industry go back to Upton Sinclair's novel The Jungle , published in 1906. The current issue of Time magazine concludes that some things have improved a lot in the past 103 years, but that others have gotten worse.
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