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Party Time: Money and Politics in Sacramento
The California state legislature has fallen to record lows in public approval, but nobody's more popular with special interests than Senators and Assembly members. More than 250 fundraisers have been held this year with almost 37 more today and tomorrow. On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, the Inspector General's report describes CIA interrogators menacing suspects with guns and power drills and threatening to rape their wives and kill their children.
By Warren Olney • • 1h 0m ListenTo the Point, the Inspector General's report describes CIA interrogators menacing suspects with guns and power drills and threatening to rape their wives and kill their children. Did Bush Administration officials authorize torture? What's next for the CIA, the FBI and efforts to protect America's national security?
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2 storiesPrisoner Abuse and National Security
A lawsuit by the American Civil Liberties Union forced the Obama Administration to release a CIA Inspector General's report kept secret since 2004. Attorney General Eric Holder ordered a special prosecutor to investigate CIA interrogators who used abusive techniques described in the document.
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In the latest survey by the Public Policy Institute of California, approval of the California state legislature dropped to a record low. Just 14% of registered voters thought the Assembly and Senate were doing a good job. But that hasn't prevented lobbyists from showing up at 250 fundraisers in this year alone.
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