Democracy Now!
Fri., Feb 28, 2003
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Investigative reporter Greg Palast on how Bush killed the
FBI's investigation into Saudi Arabia’s financing of
terrorist organizations; he also discusses the head of the
Pentagon’s Total Information Awareness Program John
Poindexter’s ties to a data-mining corporation
New Orleans mother appeals to the Pope to help prevent the
execution of her son: the murder was committed when Ryan Matthews
was barely 17 years old
9:01-9:06 Headlines
9:06-0:07 One-Minute Music Break
9:06-9:10 NEW ORLEANS MOTHER APPEALS TO THE POPE TO HELP
PREVENT THE EXECUTION OF HER SON: THE MURDER WAS COMMITTED
WHEN RYAN MATTHEWS WAS BARELY 17 YEARS OLD
A delegation of families concerned with the harsh treatment
of children in the criminal justice system is in Rome today
for an audience with Pope John Paul II.
The son of Pauline Matthews, Ryan Matthews, is on death row
for a murder that occurred one week past Matthews' seventeenth
birthday.
The United States is the only country in the world, other
than Iran, that continues to send children to the execution
chamber for crimes committed before turning age eighteen.
The Catholic Church has taken a strong stand against capital
punishment and the Pope has intervened directly in cases where
children faced execution.
International human rights organization Amnesty International
has mobilized its members to campaign for Matthews. The Jefferson
Parish District Attorney's Office in Louisiana that prosecuted
Matthews has received thousands of cards urging the reversal
of Matthews' death sentence.
The execution of individuals for crimes committed before
age eighteen is specifically prohibited by the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which has been ratified
by the United States and more than 125 countries. It is also
specifically prohibited by the nearly-universally ratified
Convention on the Rights of the Child. Since 2000, only four
countries in the world are known to have executed juveniles:
The Democratic Republic of Congo, Iran, Pakistan, and the
United States. But Pakistan recently abolished the death penalty
for juvenile offenders and the Democratic Republic of Congo
has established a moratorium on executions.
· Billy Sothern, Lawyer for Ryan Matthews with the
Louisiana Crisis Assistance Center, and Director of Reprieve
US
· Pauline Matthews, mother of Ryan Matthews, a juvenile
offender on death row in Angola, Louisiana.
· Rena Beazley, mother of Napoleon Beazley, who
was executed in Texas May 28th, 2002 for murder of the father
of a federal appeals court judge. Napoleon was 17 when arrested.
9:10-9:23 INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER GREG PALAST ON HOW BUSH
KILLED THE FBI'S INVESTIGATION INTO SAUDI ARABIA’S FINANCING
OF TERRORIST, AND THE HEAD OF THE PENTAGON’S TOTAL INFORMATION
AWARENESS PROGRAM JOHN POINDEXTER’S TIES TO A DATA-MINING
CORPORATION
British Prime Minister Tony Blair says his reports contain
"Not one shred of evidence."
His undercover investigations of corruption within the Blair
Government for Britain's newspaper the Observer have made
him "New Labour's Public Enemy Number One".
He was named the BBC's Guerilla News Networks Reporter of
the Year for his work on the World Bank and the IMF.
He is investigative journalist Greg Palast.
Palast has uncovered scandal, fraud, corruption, and lies
in the highest seats of power—from the White House to
corporate America. Known in Britain as “the greatest
investigative reporter of our time” (Tribune magazine),
Palast has broken some of the biggest stories of the past
decade, including:
· How Bush killed the FBI's investigation of the
financing of terrorist organizations by Saudi Arabia
· How the Bush family stole the election in Florida
· How Enron cheated, lied, and swindled its way into
an energy monopoly
A brand new US edition of his best-selling book The Best
Democracy Money Can Buy: The Truth about Globalization, Corporate
Cons and High Finance Fraudsters was just released this month.
This Monday, Palast spoke at the Arab-American Cultural &
Community Center in Houston, Texas, at a fundraiser for Pacifica’s
Radio station, KPFT. Today, we’ll listen to excerpts
of this speech. He talks about President Bush’s war
on Iraq and the Bush family’s connections to corporate
corruption and terrorism.
· Greg Palast, investigative reporter, speaking at
the Arab-American Cultural Center in Houston, Texas on February
24th, 2003.
9:23-9:24 One Minute Music Break
9:24-9:44 Greg Palast cont’d
9:44-9:45 One Minute Music Break
9:45-9:58 Greg Palast cont’d
9:58-9:59 Outro and Credits
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