Maliki Government Audio & Video

[description] 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

[description] Patrick Cockburn's account of the Iraqi Army's flight from battle is that the US is trying to foment a civil war among the Shia majority that the Baghdad government cannot win.

[description] Michael Yon, author of "Moment of Truth in Iraq" joins the Michael Graham show and brings with him the REAL story of the War in Iraq.  Yon has been embedded with the troops for years and his brutal honesty has made him a crucially important voice in the War on Terror.

[description] David Bellavia and Steven Russell served in Iraq, They share their insights with WBZ's Deb Lawler.

[description] The spate of violence continues in Iraq, with more clashes between Iraqi security forces and Shiite militias. In one of many such raids this week, three Americans were seriously wounded by a rocket attack on the heavily-fortified Green Zone in Baghdad. We speak with Washington Post reporter Sudarsan Raghavan in Baghdad. How hard is it to secure a mortgage? As foreclosures continue and money becomes harder to find? We speak to Amy Tierce, a mortgage lender in Needham, Massachusetts, about some of the challenges consumers face. Credit scores are being closely scrutinized. Appraisals are, too. Several months into the mortgage market crisis, we look at the new shape the industry is taking. Traditional banks and Credit Unions are once again taking the lead in mortgages, and they are returning to the lending practices of a generation ago. We speak with Vikas Bajaj, business reporter for The New York Times. Canadian writer Sheila Heti recently started the website "I Dream of Hillary

[description] A law expanding the government's ability to spy on Americans without court-approved warrants may expire Saturday, because House democrats are unhappy about a provision granting immunity to telephone companies that cooperated with the government in the surveillance. We speak with Wall Street Journal correspondent Siobhan Gorman. President Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Malaki are forging a long term defense pact that would oblige US troops to protect Iraq for years to come. The president says he can approve the deal without congressional approval, but legal experts say this kind of deal has never been approved without Senate ratification. Boston Globe reporter, Charlie Savage, joins us with more. We also speak with retired Marine captain and former assistant secretary of defense, Bing West, who's just back from Iraq. West says the surge is working and U-S troops are doing great things in Iraq but the political situation there is still chaotic. Today we look at romance

[description] The GOP senator from South Carolina (and John McCain supporter) talks with Tom about the GOP CNN/YouTube presidential debate.

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[description] WBZ's Lisa Meyer speaks with Larry Korb, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.

[description] Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and Arizona Sen. John McCain get heated over the military surge in Iraq during Wednesday night's debate in New Hampshire