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    Where Do Ousted Dictators Go?

    Now that he's out of office, where will Hosni Mubarak go next? If Libya's Moammar Gadhafi is ousted, what's next for him? Time was that an ousted dictator had plenty of options -- a quiet life, for example, in on of Europe's posh watering holes.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Now that he's out of office, where will Hosni Mubarak go next? If Libya's Moammar Gadhafi is ousted, what's next for him? Time was that an ousted dictator had plenty of options -- a quiet life, for example, in on of Europe's posh watering holes. Not any more, according to Scott Horton, professor at Columbia Law School and contributing editor to Foreign Policy magazine.

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    Wisconsin and the Rights of Government Employees
    1. 0:00Libya Government Bombs, Opens Fire on Civilians
    2. 7:47Standoff Continues in Wisconsin
    3. 46:04Where Do Ousted Dictators Go?You’re reading this
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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Frances Anderton

      architecture critic and author

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      Katie Cooper

      Producer, 'One year Later'

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      Andrea Brody

      Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast

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      Scott Horton

      Columbia Law School / Harper's

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    The full episode

    3 of 3
    Wisconsin and the Rights of Government Employees
    1. 0:00Libya Government Bombs, Opens Fire on Civilians
    2. 7:47Standoff Continues in Wisconsin
    3. 46:04Where Do Ousted Dictators Go?You’re reading this
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