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Where to prosecute terrorism suspects?

By The World ⋅ March 4, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

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Neither Attorney General Eric Holder nor Congress is backing down in the fight over where to prosecute terrorism suspects. Holder maintains that Federal Courts are the best place to try 9/11 plotter Khalid Sheik Mohammed and his co-conspirators while a bipartisan group of Senators is trying to force the Administration to prosecute terrorists in military courts. The World’s Katy Clark has more. Download MP3

Closing Guantanamo
Katy Clark’s Guantanamo stories

Gitmo debrief

By The World ⋅ January 12, 2010 ⋅ 3 comments ⋅ Transcript

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Shortly after taking office, President Obama issued an executive order to shut down the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay within a year. The White House has now acknowledged it won’t make that January deadline. The World’s Katy Clark has reported several times from the detention facility on Cuba, she just returned from another reporting trip there. Jeb Sharp gets a debrief. Download MP3 (Photo: Katy Clark)

Gitmo update

By The World ⋅ January 6, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

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Shortly after taking office, President Obama issued an executive order to shut down the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay within a year. That year is almost up but the White House recently acknowledged it won’t make that the January deadline. The World’s Katy Clark has reported several times from the detention facility, now she’s back for an update. Download MP3

Lithuania hosted secret CIA prisons

By The World ⋅ December 22, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

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The CIA used at least two secret detention centers in Lithuania after the 9/11 attacks, a Lithuanian inquiry has found. At least eight terror suspects were held at one center on the outskirts of the capital Vilnius (pictured), the investigation found. It was formerly a riding school and the suspects were reportedly held there between 2004 and 2005. Matthew Bell looks at how the current practice of the CIA compares. Download MP3 (AP Photo: Mindaugas Kulbis)

CIA agents guilty of Italy kidnap

By The World ⋅ November 4, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

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An Italian judge has convicted 23 Americans – all but one of them CIA agents – and two Italian secret agents for the 2003 kidnap of a Muslim cleric. The agents were accused of abducting Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr, known as Abu Omar (pictured), from Milan and sending him to Egypt, where he was allegedly tortured. Marco Werman talks with John Radsan, who served as the CIA’s assistant general counsel from 2002 to 2004. Download MP3

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Campaign to stop using music as torture

By The World ⋅ October 22, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

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The National Security Archive in Washington has filed a Freedom of Information Act request. They are seeking declassified information of music used in interrogation practices. Dozens of musicians have also come on board. Anchor Marco Werman speaks to Thomas Blanton is Executive Director for the National Security Archive in Washington, DC.

Life after Gitmo

By The World ⋅ October 7, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments ⋅ Transcript

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President Obama signed an executive order to close the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba by January 2010. That date is getting closer and the remaining detainees there are awaiting their release. The World’s Katy Clark tells us about how former Guantanamo detainees often struggle to reintegrate into society after their release. Download MP3

Alleged abuse of CIA interrogations: what to do about it?

By Matthew Bell ⋅ August 31, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

Seeking accountability on detainee abuse. Where should the Obama administration go with the allegations of CIA torture? It’s a huge legal, moral and political challenge for a president who says he wants to move on.

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Europe’s own interrogation scandal

By The World ⋅ August 28, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

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Human rights advocates in EUROPE are calling for countries there to look into their own role in CIA prisoner abuse. Several countries are accused of abetting CIA prisoner programs during the Bush administration. The World’s Gerry Hadden has the story.

CIA used Canada’s cold expertise

By The World ⋅ August 27, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

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Scientists in Canada whose research in surviving cold water is aimed saving lives have learned that the CIA used their work to develop an interrogation technique. The World’s Carol Hills has details.

Ultimate responsibility for prisoner abuse

By The World ⋅ August 26, 2009 ⋅ 3 comments ⋅ Transcript

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If the U.S. abused and tortured terrorist suspects, and broke the law, why shouldn’t the Obama administration expand its investigation into who was responsible? The World’s Matthew Bell looks at the implications of investigating a former president.>>>The BBC’s Kevin Connolly on President Obama’s dilemma

Entire program – August 26, 2009

By The World ⋅ August 26, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

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The possible presidential implications of the CIA interrogations probe; also, the story of a former student democracy activist in China; plus, remembering Ted Kennedy’s fight against apartheid.

Following the chain of command

By The World ⋅ August 26, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

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If the US broke the law by abusing terrorism suspects under President Bush, should the Obama Administration expand the investigation all the way to the former president? The World’s Matthew Bell reports on the implications of investigating a former president.

Cheney’s involvement in interrogation abuse

By The World ⋅ August 26, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

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Anchor Katy Clark speaks with John Nichols, author of an unofficial biography of former Vice President Dick Cheney, about allegations of Cheney’s role in authorizing the CIA interrogation techniques now under investigation.

How to interrogate terrorism suspects

By The World ⋅ August 25, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment ⋅ Transcript

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gitmo-detainees150 The Obama administration is setting strict new standards for treatment of terror suspects, as the Justice Department launches a criminal probe of past interrogation tactics during the Bush administration. The publication of harsh CIA methods has raised questions about how U.S. authorities should best go about conducting interrogations of terrorism suspects. The World’s Matthew Bell reports. (photo: Associated Press)>>>Click here for BBC coverage.