Which Way, L.A.?
Shedding Light on the Dark Side
Attorney General Eric Holder is reportedly close to appointing a special prosecutor to investigate charges that terror suspects were tortured during the Bush Administration. On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, what would be the consequences for the CIA, the Department of Justice, the White House and the Obama agenda? Also, more house arrest for Aung San Suu Kyi, and the President fights back on healthcare. Note: During KCRW's Summer Sign-up, we are airing the complete rebroadcast of today's To the Point in place of Which Way, LA?.
By Warren Olney • • 50m ListenNote: During KCRW's Summer Sign-up, we are airing the complete rebroadcast of today's To the Point in place of Which Way, LA?.
Attorney General Eric Holder is reportedly close to appointing a special prosecutor to investigate charges that terror suspects were tortured during the Bush Administration. On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, what would be the consequences for the CIA, the Department of Justice, the White House and the Obama agenda? Also, more house arrest for Aung San Suu Kyi, and the President holds his own town hall meeting on healthcare reform.
Banner image: A soldier stands in front of an old airplane hangar at Camp Justice, the site of the US war crimes tribunal compound, at Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base, Cuba. Photo: Brennan Linsley/AFP/Getty Images
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3 storiesBack to House Arrest for Aung San Suu Kyi
In Burma, also called Myanmar, Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced today to three years at hard labor for illegally harboring an American tourist. But the Chairman of the ruling junta then commuted that to an additional 18 months under house arrest.
Read the story7 minShedding Light on the Dark Side
During the Bush Administration, the CIA referred for possible prosecution about 20 cases of prisoner interrogations so abusive they might have violated the law. All but two were declined by the Department of Justice due to insufficient evidence of criminal conduct or criminal intent and the low probability of conviction.
Read the story35 minThe Town Haller in Chief Pitches Healthcare Reform
Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, the former Republican turned Democrat, is the latest member of Congress to be met with an angry crowd on the issue of healthcare reform.
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