Detainees at Guantanamo Bay Senior Military Lawyer Was Leery of Tribunals June 29, 2006 • In the weeks and months immediately after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, a working group of top military lawyers considered how to handle captured prisoners. Ret. Rear Admiral Donald Guter was the Judge Advocate General of the Navy at that time. Senior Military Lawyer Was Leery of Tribunals Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5521926/5521927" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Opinion Detainees at Guantanamo Bay Fate of Detainees Unclear, Despite Court Ruling June 29, 2006 • The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling that military war crimes trials for prisoners at Guantanamo Bay are illegal is a rebuke to the Bush administration. But what does it mean for those being held at the U.S. detention facility in Cuba? Fate of Detainees Unclear, Despite Court Ruling Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5521932/5521933" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Detainees at Guantanamo Bay Bush Administration Rebuffed by Supreme Court June 29, 2006 • In a 5-3 decision, the Supreme Court rules that President Bush overstepped his authority in ordering military tribunals for some Guantanamo detainees. Duke University's Scott Silliman tells Susan Stamberg that the Bush administration will now have to go back to the drawing board to find a solution for the detainees. Bush Administration Rebuffed by Supreme Court Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5521116/5521117" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Opinion Political Junkie Lieberman, Lamont and the War June 28, 2006 • It's fair to say that it's the Republicans who'll pay the price at the ballot box this year for the increasingly unpopular war in Iraq. And yet, one lawmaker who is currently going through a rough stretch because of the war -- and his support for it -- is a Democrat: Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut.
The Question of Torture 'Oath Betrayed' Questions Doctors' Roles in Torture June 28, 2006 • In the spring of 2004, when Americans were horrified by the pictures of abuse at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison, medical-ethics expert Steven Miles had just one question: Where were the doctors? Miles, himself a doctor, has written a book about how the medical profession failed to perform its role as protector. 'Oath Betrayed' Questions Doctors' Roles in Torture Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5516533/5516996" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Political Wrap: Flag Desecration, Primary Races June 28, 2006 • NPR's Political Junkie Ken Rudin looks at the Senate vote on flag burning, and a primary in Utah hinges on the immigration debate. Political Wrap: Flag Desecration, Primary Races Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5518441/5518442" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Middle East Soldier's Kidnapping Increases Mideast Tensions June 28, 2006 • Philip Wilcox, president for the Foundation for Middle East, talks with Susan Stamberg about efforts to free an Israeli soldier held by Palestinian militants. Does the Israeli incursion make a bad situation worse? Soldier's Kidnapping Increases Mideast Tensions Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5517406/5517407" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Opinion Watching Washington Issue Shorthand: A Case of Name It and Flame It June 26, 2006 • Do you call it the estate tax or the death tax? Is it "Social Security reform" or of "privatizing Social Security"? Are Democrats pushing a phased withdrawal from Iraqi or a policy of cut-and-run? The shorthand you prefer pegs where you stand.
Law Court Rules on Campaign Spending, Death Penalty June 26, 2006 • A divided U.S. Supreme Court rules on cases involving campaign-finance reform and the death penalty. Justices rejected a Vermont law that limited how much money a candidate can raise or spend. They upheld a Kansas law mandating a death sentence if evidence for and against the punishment appear equal. Madeleine Brand speaks with Slate legal analyst Dahlia Lithwick about the latest rulings. Court Rules on Campaign Spending, Death Penalty Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5511740/5511741" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Bush's Silence on Guard Duty Speaks Volumes June 25, 2006 • Throughout his time in the Oval Office, President Bush has been dogged by reports about his service in the National Guard during the Vietnam War era. A new book by a Democratic former Lt. Governor of Texas raises the matter again, and Daniel Schorr, NPR's NPR senior news analyst, reprises some of the charges in the new book. Bush's Silence on Guard Duty Speaks Volumes Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5509952/5509953" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Week in Review: Democrats Struggle Over Iraq June 24, 2006 • By failing to convince the Senate on a timetable for withdrawing troops from Iraq, the Democrats continue to struggle with the war issue. Meanwhile, violence continued in Iraq; and the U.S. military stepped up investigations into the killing of Iraqi civilians. Scott Simon reviews the week's news with Daniel Schorr. Week in Review: Democrats Struggle Over Iraq Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5508784/5508785" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Diversions Round of 16 Preview: The Knock-Outs Begin June 23, 2006 • The second round of the World Cup begins Saturday, June 24, and ends Tuesday, June 27. Each game offers its own intrigue -- and by Wednesday, eight teams will be left standing.
Brussels Group Passed Finance Records to CIA June 23, 2006 • Revelations that a Brussels-based company has been collecting international financial records to aid the CIA's anti-terrorism efforts have led to many questions about the cooperative, called SWIFT. Brussels Group Passed Finance Records to CIA Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5507151/5507152" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Could Primary Push Lieberman to Independent Party? June 23, 2006 • Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-CT), a one-time vice presidential candidate, is facing an unexpectedly strong challenge in a primary election. Reports suggest that the vigorous primary campaign by fellow Democrat Ned Lamont could push Lieberman to consider switching to the Independent Party. Madeleine Brand talks with Slate political editor John Dickerson about Sen. Lieberman's political future. Could Primary Push Lieberman to Independent Party? Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5506472/5506473" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Race Why Do Young Men Commit Hate Crimes? June 23, 2006 • The beginning of summer is being met with rash of violent, potentially hate-based crimes across the United States. Ed Gordon talks with Mark Potok, director of the Intelligence Project at the Southern Poverty Law Center, and Dr. Alvin Poussaint, professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, about why so many hate crime perpetrators are young men -- many just teenagers. Why Do Young Men Commit Hate Crimes? Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5506152/5506153" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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