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New Haven Advocate's "Best of New Haven 2001" -- Staff Picks -- Scott Harris, Best Radio News Reporter WPKN Radio, 89.5 FM "Giving Voice to Dissent: Bridgeport's WPKN Radio Covers The News With Left-Of-Center Takes Not Found In The Mainstream Media"Hartford Courant, Feb. 26, 2003 ISSUES IN DEPTH
War And Profiteering
"The Future of Iraq: The Spoils of War," Blood and oil: How the West will profit from Iraq's most precious commodity, by Danny Fortson, Andrew Murray-Watson and Tim Webb, The Independent/UK, Jan. 7, 2007 "Cheney is Longtime Bad News for U.S.," by John Nichols, by the Madison Capital Times (Wisconsin), Jan. 16, 2007 "Bush administration provokes open war on Iran: Irbil raid, and other operations, authorized "several months ago," by Larry Chin, Global Research, Jan. 15, 2007 "Iran: The Next War," by James Bamford, Rolling Stone, July 24, 2006 Those Who Dared to Come Forward Compilation of Washington insiders speaking out on Bush administration policies and actions Project for the New American Century's Letter to President Clinton on Iraq, Jan. 26, 1998 Urges President Clinton to remove the threat that Iraq poses by stating a strategy to do so in his "upcoming State of the Union Address." "Iraq On The Record," U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman report, March 16, 2004 "Greenspan Testimony Highlights Bush Plan for Deliberate Federal Bankruptcy," by Michael Meurer, truthout.org, March 2, 2004 "Noam Chomsky on Middle East Conflict and U.S. War Plan Against Iraq," Between The Lines interview with Noam Chomsky, conducted by Scott Harris, for the Week Ending May 3, 2002 "The Iraq War & The Bush Administration's Pursuit of Global Domination," Counterpoint, Sept. 15, 2003 The Iraq Crisis, a Global Policy Forum, U.N. Security Council section on the 13 years of sanctions and other background of the war, the humanitarian situation, the importance of Iraq's huge oil resources, and disputes over a post-war government and reconstruction plan "Occupation, Inc." Southern Exposure, Winter, 2003/2004 "Pipeline Politics: Oil, The Taliban, and the Political Balance of Central Asia," World Press Review Special Report, Nov.-Dec. 2001 "War Profiteering," by The Nation editors, April 24, 2003 "An Annotated Saddam Chronology," ZNet, Dec. 15, 2003
Civil Liberties
"Martial Law Threat is Real," by Dave Lindorff, commondreams.org, July 27, 2007 "ACLU: US Constitution in Grave Danger,"United Press International, July 25, 2007 "Old-line Republican warns 'something's in the works' to trigger a police state," by Muriel Kane, Rawstory.com July 19, 2007 "Fascist America, in 10 easy steps," by Naomi Wolf, The Guardian, April 24, 2007 "Keeping Secrets: The Bush administration is doing the public's business out of the public eye. Here's how--and why," by Christopher H. Schmitt and Edward T. Pound, U.S. News & World Report, Dec. 12, 2003 "Fascism Anyone?" 14 Signs of Fascism, Free Inquiry Magazine, Volume 23, No. 2 "Germany In 1933: The Easy Slide Into Fascism," The Crisis Papers, June 9, 2003 |
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 Group Demands Answers on Bush Surveillance of Guantanamo Attorneys Interview with Emi MacClean, staff attorney with the Center for Constitutional Rights, conducted by Scott Harris  The lawsuit, Wilner v. NSA, was filed on behalf of 16 attorneys, including law professors and partners at prominent international law firms who represent detainees at Guantanamo and believe they may have been the subject of the NSA's warrantless wiretapping program that began after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Justice Department lawyers said they could neither confirm nor deny that detainees' lawyers had been targets of such surveillance. In this latest court filing, some of the attorneys who believe they are targets state they no longer use office telephones or email and travel thousands of miles to meet witnesses in person rather than risk government wiretaps. One lawyer representing Guantanamo prisoners said government officials, insisting on anonymity, had warned him twice that he "should be careful in his electronic communications." Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Emi MacClean, a staff attorney with the Center for Constitutional Rights, who discusses her groups' demand for documents related to government surveillance of lawyers representing Guantanamo detainees. Contact the Center for Constitutional Rights by calling (212) 614-6464 or visit the group's website at CCRJustice.org Related links:
Congress Calls on Pentagon and FCC to Investigate Pro-war Propaganda Operation Interview with Timothy Karr, campaign director with Free Press, conducted by Scott Harris 
Thus far, 41 members of the House of Representatives have called on the Pentagon's inspector general to investigate the covert operation. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., described the propaganda program as an "unethical, and potentially illegal, propaganda campaign aimed at deliberately misleading the American public." In a letter to the Federal Communications Commission on May 6, Reps. DeLauro and John Dingell, D-Mich., asked the agency to probe whether the Pentagon's special briefings and trips to Iraq offered to the retired officers was sufficient to require sponsorship identification when the analysts appeared on TV. Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wisc., demanded the Government Accountability Office look into whether the program violated prohibitions on publicity or propaganda activities. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Timothy Karr, campaign director with Free Press. He explains why his group and others around the nation are demanding accountability from the Pentagon, Bush administration officials and media corporations for an apparently illegal operation that subjected the American public to blatant government propaganda. Contact Free Press by calling (202) 265-1490 or visit the group's website at www.freepress.net Related links:
Latinos for Universal Health Care Gather for first Regional Conference
Interview with Jaime Torres, co-founder of Latinos for National Health Insurance, conducted by Melinda Tuhus  Those attending the conference were in accord with the Institute of Medicine guidelines that health care must be universal, continuous, portable between jobs, affordable to families and sustainable to the economy. But they added that universal coverage should also be culturally appropriate and provide "geographic equality," at least between urban and rural parts of the U.S. They also considered advocating health coverage in territories outside the U.S., such as Puerto Rico, where many Latinos who live in the U.S. spend significant portions of their lives. Many said they feel a sense of urgency, since Latinos now make up the largest minority group in the U.S. and comprise the highest proportion of those without health insurance. Between The Lines' Melinda Tuhus spoke with New York City-based podiatrist, Dr. Jaime Torres, co-founder in 2005 of Latinos for National Health Insurance. His group co-sponsored the regional summit, along with the Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut. He discusses his group's support for universal health care and how the issue relates to the debate over immigration. Contact Latinos for National Health Insurance at (917) 304-6886 or visit their website at: latinosnhi.org
Credits: Executive producer: Scott Harris Segment producers: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus Senior news editor: Bob Nixon Program narration: Denise Manzari News copy editor: Chris Ferrio News reader: Richard Hill Senior web editor/producer: Anna Manzo Web producer: Jeffrey P. Yates Newswire editor: Hank Hoffman Photo editor: Scott Harris Outreach coordinator: Anna Manzo Distribution: Anna Manzo, Bill Cosentino and Jeffrey P. Yates Theme music: Written by Richard Hill and Jody Gray, and performed by Mikata
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