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Today on Flashpoints:
Voice of America infiltrates National Public Radio’s
flagship show, Morning Edition, regarding the situation in
Haiti; also, invoking language reminiscent of the Nazis, Israel
announces they will be putting millions of occupied Palestinians
on a “diet”; part two of our searing interview
with Alfred McCoy on the United States’ use of torture
over the last 50 years; and the Knight Report;
5:01 PM PST
The Knight Report
Vice President Richard Cheney gives conflicting accounts about
the Saturday when he shot the lawyer but would not see the
deputy. Robert Knight
5:09 PM PST
Haiti Report: Preval Wins Elections
Brian Concannon, director, Institute
for Justice and Democracy in Haiti
Read
Ginger Thompson's NYT article about the deal to name a new
Haitian President
5:24 PM PST
“Put the Palestinians on a Diet” – Israel,
US Cut Aid
Ali Abunimah, co-founder, ElectronicIntifada.net
5:37 PM PST
50 Years of US’ Use of Torture: Part Two - Alfred McCoy,
author, A Question of Torture: CIA Interrogation from the
Cold War to the War on Terror. Also see Tuesday's show for
the first part of this extraordinary discussion of how this
happened, who's responsible and who's getting punished.
Newly-released photographs
of torture at Abu Ghraib: http://dahrjamailiraq.com
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