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Did the Pentagon Lie About Why it Barred Journalists from
Guantanamo Bay Soon After Prisoner Suicides?
Paul Krugman on the New Class War in America
Did the Pentagon Lie About Why it Barred Journalists
from Guantanamo Bay Soon After Prisoner Suicides?
The U.S. has barred journalists from the military prison
at Guantanamo Bay. We speak with Los Angeles Times reporter
Carol Williams, one of three journalists forced off the island
last week as well as British journalist and author David Rose,
who had his military clearance to Guantanamo suddenly revoked.
[includes rush
transcript]
The U.S. has barred journalists from the military prison
at Guantanamo Bay. Three visiting reporters were forced off
the island Wednesday under orders from the office of Defense
Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. A Pentagon spokesperson said the
removals were ordered following complaints from other media
outlets they were being denied equal access.
But questions are being raised over whether the Pentagon
was motivated by a different reason. Last week's Guantanamo
suicides have only intensified international scrutiny of the
US-run prison. The three banned reporters - from the Los Angeles
Times, the Miami Herald and the Charlotte Observer - were
the only journalists who were able to file reports on the
suicides from Guantanamo.
- Carol Williams, one of the three reporters forced out
of Guantanamo. She is Caribbean Bureau Chief for the Los
Angeles Times. She wrote an article in Sunday's LA Times
entitled "Kicked Out of Gitmo." She speaks to
us from St. Kitts.
- David Rose, journalist who writes for the Observer of
London and Vanity Fair. He is the author of several books,
including "Guantanamo:
America's War on Human Rights", which has just
come out in paperback.
Paul Krugman on the New Class War in America
Award-winning New York Times columnist Paul Krugman addressed
a packed crowd in Manhattan last week at an event titled "The
New Class War in America." We play an excerpt of his
address. [includes rush
transcript]
Award-winning New York Times columnist Paul Krugman spoke
last week at an event here in New York entitled "The
New Class War in America." In addition to his work as
a New York Times columnist, Krugman is also a professor of
Economics and International Affairs at Princeton University.
He is the author of several books, including "The Great
Unraveling: Losing Our Way In The New Century."
- Paul Krugman, columnist for The New York Times, speaking
June 13th, 2006.
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