Political journalist Joe Conason joins us in our firehouse studio to discuss his new book, "It Can Happen Here: Authoritarian Peril in the Age of Bush." Conason writes, "For the first time since the resignation of Richard M. Nixon more than three decades ago, Americans have had reason to doubt the future of democracy and the rule of law in our own country. [includes rush transcript]

• Joe Conason, national correspondent for The New York Observer, columnist for Salon.com and head of the Nation Institute Investigative Fund.. His latest book is "It Can Happen Here: Authoritarian Peril in the Age of Bush."