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“…from 2003 there's a passage saying CIA interrogators cannot go beyond enhanced interrogation techniques quote. Unless otherwise approved by headquarters. -- Jeffers director of the ACLU's national security project. …”
A brief update of the top news of the hour
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“…Adam Schiff of California said this story -- The fact that enhanced interrogation techniques or approved by this obscure legal office. Gives no confidence the people either in the country -- around the world that. We …”
TORTURE CHART: The New York Times reports today that the same techniques that U.S. interrogators were trained to use on Guantanamo Bay detainees were once used by Chinese Communists to extract false confessions from American soldiers in the Korean War. We speak with New York Times reporter Scott Shane. VIEW FROM IRAQ : 29 year-old Marine Captain Seth Moulton has just returned from his fourth tour of duty in Iraq . Moulton volunteered to return to Iraq at the personal request of US Commander to Iraq , Gen. David Petraeus. While Moulton did make in-roads in defeating insurgents over the past year, it is unclear how long those local initiatives will last without continued US involvement. Moulton speaks candidly about his year in Iraq , where he fought insurgents, intractable Iraqi politicians and a burgeoning US military bureaucracy. CT SCANS: Tim Russert's recent death, at the age of 58, raised concerned among the millions of people in his age group about heart disease. They're ask
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“…story prompted by an unnamed source who noticed that the charge of interrogation techniques released at a senate hearing last month. Was exactly the same as the chart of Chinese torture techniques -- Scott and we …”
The opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai is seeking refuge at the Dutch Embassy in the capital, Harare, after a police raid on his party's headquarters. Tsvangirai withdrew earlier from Friday's upcoming run-off election, saying government violence and harassment makes fair balloting impossible. We'll speak with Scott Baldauf, Africa correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor. What is the case for and against impeachment of President George W. Bush, now that articles of impeachment have been formally filed? We speak with David Barron, Professor of Law at Harvard University Law School, and Elizabeth Holtzman, former New York congresswoman who has written "The Impeachment of George W. Bush." The debate over "singularity." This is the belief that computers are advancing so quickly that convergence between humans and machines will soon be possible; the debate has reached such a pitch in the technology community that IEEE Spectrum magazine devoted its entire June issue to the
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“…that top administration officials. Sought out information from the military about harsh interrogation techniques that could be used against terrorism suspects. Physicians for human rights produce physical evidence that some detainees were tortured we have a …”
Exactly who came up with the harsh interrogation techniques that could be used on detainees at Guantanamo Bay and at the Abu Ghraib Prison in Iraq. That's the focus of a Senate Armed Service committee hearing today. According to the committee's finding, Pentagon lawyer, William Haynes inquired in 2002 into a military program that trained Army soldiers on how to survive enemy interrogations. He and other officials wanted to know if the techniques could be reverse engineered and used to extract intelligence. We'll have the latest from the hearing with Demetri Sevastopulo, Pentagon and Intelligence correspondent for the Financial Times of London. It can weigh in at half a ton and measure 6 feet. Until recently, it was considered unfit for human consumption. Now the blue fin tuna, loved by sushi eaters in Japan, is endangered. We speak with Richard Ellis, a conservationist, biologist, and author. He has a book coming out in July titled "Tuna: A Love Story." He recently wrote
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“…Republican John McCain has been very album are critical of the administration interrogation techniques. . It's whether they will -- with any kind of legal action against these civilians in the and -- of its arms during …”
(NECN: Marnie MacLean, Portland, Maine) - The 9/11 tribunal this week is renewing calls to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay. And in Maine, one human rights group is hoping to gain support for that campaign by bringing a full-size replica of a Gu...
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“…captured in Pakistan in 2003 he claims he was subjected to harsh interrogation techniques including water boarding which simulates drowning. Amnesty says the way the US got its information could damage the case against Mohamad and …”
The White House is staying mum on reports from A-B-C News that high level administration officials from Vice President Dick Cheney on down helped choreograph harsh interrogation techniques on al Qaeda suspects, including waterboarding. ABC News Legal Correspondent Jan Crawford Greenburg fills us in on the details. Police in Buenos Aires, Argentina are bracing for protests today along the route of the Olympic torch relay. And, the International Olympic Committee met in Beijing to discuss the controversy that has followed the torch on its journey around the world. We speak with Wall Street Journal correspondent Mei Fong in Beijing, Olympic historian and author David Wallechinsky, and Chinese security expert Murray Scot Tanner. A new documentary film tells the story of a young soldier who was paralyzed by a gunshot while serving in Iraq. The film's co-director is TV talk show legend Phil Donahue. The young soldier, Tomas Young, becomes an anti-war spokesman as he tries to adjust t
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“…administration officials from Vice President Dick Cheney on down. Helped choreograph harsh interrogation techniques on allocate -- suspects. ABC news broke the story detailing how the national Security Council's principals committee. Met at the White House …”
“…Bush Administration officials from Vice President Dick Cheney on down. Approved specific interrogation techniques about -- suspects yeah. The Olympic torch realize the controversy surrounding it has moved to South America thousands of police are mobilized …”
(NECN) - Members of congress are reacting to President Bush's interrogation ban veto. California Senator Dianne Feinstein says, Bush passed on quote "A chance to end the torture debate for good." The legislation vetoed would h...
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“…legislation -- by the CIA from using water boarding and other harsh interrogation techniques. . Bush planting methods have helped foil terrorist plots House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says there will be a vote to try to override …”
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“…least four. President Bush has vetoed legislation that would have limited the interrogation techniques used by the CIA to those spelled out in the army field manual. That would mean a ban on water boarding and …”
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“…as President Bush will veto legislation that calls for ban on controversial interrogation techniques. . Mr. Bush says the legislation would harm the government's ability to prevent future attacks. The legislation would -- the CIA from using …”



