Headlines for December 10, 2004 - Intelligence Bill Expands Powers of Patriot Act - Death Toll From War in Congo Tops 3.8 Million - Bush to Seek Up To $100 Billion More To Pay For Wars - Denver Post Banned From Military Base After Critical Article - Bush Accused of Manipulating N. Korean Intelligence - Author of Critical Homeland Security Reports Loses Job - Questions Raised Over Bernard Kerik's Sale of Taser Stock |
Navy Sailor Charged As "Deserter and Fugitive" After Refusing Iraq Deployment We speak with Navy sailor Pablo Paredes, who the military is calling a deserter and a fugitive after he refused to board his ship in San Diego as it prepared to ship out for the Persian Gulf. He joins us from California where he is now underground. [includes rush transcript] | |
African Ecologist & Activist Wangari Maathai Awarded 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Wangari Maathai is the first African woman and first environmentalist to receive the prestigious award. We'll hear an excerpt from her acceptance speech delivered today on International Human Rights Day. [includes rush transcript] | |
Palestinian Presidential Candidate Mustafa Barghouti Beaten by Soldiers Blasts "Fascist" Israeli Oppression Palestinian Presidential Candidate Mustafa Barghouti says he was detained and beaten by Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint in the West Bank. We go to Ramallah to speak with Barghouti shortly after the incident. | |
Was The 2004 Election Legitimate? Democrats in the House Judiciary Committee host a public hearing on the 2004 elections addressing allegations of widespread problems, irregularities and, possibly, tampering with the voting process, in the key state of Ohio. We speak with one John Bonifaz of the National Voting Institute who testified at the hearing. [includes rush transcript] | |
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Thursday, December 9th, 2004 | Listen/Watch | Purchase Video/CD- Headlines for December 9, 2004
- Intel Agent Strapped to Gurney and Flown Out of Iraq by U.S. Army After Reporting Torture of Detainees
- Will the AFL-CIO Split? A Debate on the Future of Organized Labor
- Is Puerto Rico the Florida of 2004?
- Headlines for December 8, 2004
- Fmr. Counterterror Chief Richard Clarke on Intel Bill, Iraq and the Threat of Another Attack on the U.S.
- Investigative Reporter Greg Palast on the "Apartheid Ballot Counting System in America"
- Weapons of Mass Deception: New Film Documents How the Corporate Media Muzzled the Truth About Iraq
- New York Lawmakers Partially Reform Harsh Rockefeller Drug Laws