The father of Palestinian militant Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, who was recently killed, holds up a family photo showing al-Mabhouh at their home in the Jebaliya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip. Hamas claimed on Friday that Israeli agents assassinated one of the Palestinian militant group's veteran operatives and vowed to retaliate. In our second hour, Robert Baer, a former CIA field officer in the Middle East, talks about how the U.S. has used assassination as a tool of state policy.
The father of Palestinian militant Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, who was recently killed, holds up a family photo showing al-Mabhouh at their home in the Jebaliya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip. Hamas claimed on Friday that Israeli agents assassinated one of the Palestinian militant group's veteran operatives and vowed to retaliate. In our second hour, Robert Baer, a former CIA field officer in the Middle East, talks about how the U.S. has used assassination as a tool of state policy.
Lone Star Political Junkie
President Obama's top two domestic priorities, jobs and health care, are back in the spotlight this week. The Senate votes today on a bill they hope will create new jobs. And Democrats and Republicans come together tomorrow to try and jump start their all but dead talks on health care. The Political Junkie Ken Rudin talks about this and the latest buzz from the political world, including former Vice President Dick Cheney's and former Republican Senator Bob Dole's recent hospital stays, and Sarah Palin's upcoming appearance on the Tonight Show.
The Death of Josseline
Bright green sneakers, "Hollywood" sweat pants and a small pearl bracelet around her wrist. This was how the body of fourteen year old Josseline Quinteros was identified. She died trying to cross into the United States along the Mexico Arizona border. The story of Josseline is just one of the stories that Margaret Regan tells in an attempt to put faces to the grim statistics of border crossing deaths. Regan shares stories from the border and talks about her book,The Death of Josseline .
Assassinations
Eleven assassins, forged passports and fake beards, and a top Hamas official found dead in a trendy hotel. No, it's not the opening scene of a good spy flick, it's how the killing of a Hamas official played out last week in Dubai. Although assassination is illegal under international law, targeted and extrajudicial killing is not. Robert Baer, a former CIA field officer in the Middle East, explains how the U.S. has used assassinationextrajudicial killing as a tool of state policy — from Castro to Osama Bin Laden to drone strikes in Pakistan.
'The Cove'
Every year, thousands of dolphins are clandestinely killed in the picturesque Japanese fishing town of Taiji. National Geographic photographer turned-filmmaker Louie Psihoyos set out with a covert operations team in 2005 to document the slaughter. The result is the documentary The Cove, which runs more like a cat-and-mouse spy thriller. Psihoyos talks about his film as our series on Academy Award documentary nominees continues.
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