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Every Wednesday from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM. News and views on current politics. Different hosts each week bring a variety of guests and topics. Read more

War Crimes and Impunity

Airs at: Wed, 02/25/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for:

The Rule of Law. The idea that the will of the Rulers can be bound by laws. Since the Magna Carta, It's seemed like a pretty good idea. This show addressed War Crimes and Impunity. Should the Bush administration be held accountable for possible war crimes? What is the obli... Read more

Radiozine on 2/19/09

Airs at: Thu, 02/19/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: Radiozine

Madame Prosecutor: Confronting Humanities Worst Criminals and the Culture of Impunity is the memoir of Carla Del Ponte, former Chief Prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunals on Yugoslavia and on Rawanda. As the current Ambassador to Argentina for Switzerland she... Read more

Ray McGovern Calls on the Obama Administration to prosecute Bush Officials for War Crimes

Airs at: Mon, 02/23/2009 at 4:00pm

Produced for: Evening News

Ray McGovern is a 27-year veteran of the CIA. He spoke on KBOO's Evening News about his call for criminal prosecution of the Bush administration. Read more

Pratap Chatterjee on our Privatized, Outsourced Military

Airs at: Tue, 02/24/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

Pratap Chatterjee (CorpWatch) talks about why the privatized, outsourced military Barack Obama has inherited from the Bush administration will prove a done deal. Pratap Chatterjee's article, "The Military's Expanding Waistline, What Will Obama Do with KBR?," appears at h... Read more

Radiozine on 02/27/09

Airs at: Fri, 02/27/2009 at 10:00am - 10:30am

Produced for: Radiozine

Host Per Fagereng speaks with Jeff Albert, one of the founders of The Aquaya Institute about "Freshwater Scarcity and Its Effect on the Struggle for Arab-Israeli Peace." Jeff Albert, PhD, is a water resource specialist. Jeff is a 2005 recipient of EPA's Bronze Medal for hi... Read more

Northwest Vets for Peace on 2/17/09

Airs at: Tue, 02/17/2009 at 4:00pm

Produced for: Veteran's Voice Radio Show

Hosts Bill Bires, Marvin R. Simmons, Northwest Vets for Peace speak with journalist Aaron Glantz about his new book, The War Comes Home: Washington's Battle Against America's Veterans, the first book to systematically document the U.S. government's neglect of soldiers r... Read more

Liberal whiplash syndrome

This about sums it up. -A H/T Salon.com Read more

What gives?

Huh. Apparently, during the Bush administration's waning days, Cheney lobbied ferociously for a pardon of Scooter Libby. And Dubya wouldn't budge. In the waning days of the Bush administration, Vice President Dick Cheney launched a last-ditch campaign to persuade his boss... Read more

Punk'd?

Hmm. So after a resounding electoral victory, an inauguration the likes of which we've never seen, and an odd new empathic burst of shared purpose, President Obama did what now? He followed Bush's lead on civil liberties. Obama Administration Maintains Bush Position on 'Ex... Read more