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SECRECY POST 9/11
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Program 08-05-25-A |
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"Shhh… I have a secret… Now, I could tell you but then I’d have to kill you." Classic spy joke – but not so funny when it’s true. In this hour of To The Best of Our Knowledge, we’ll go the dark side of secrecy - warrantless wiretapping, secret CIA prisons, “extraordinary rendition,” waterboarding. All wrapped in a classified Pentagon Black Ops budget worth some 30 billion dollars. Join us for the pros and cons of secrecy after 9/11.
SEGMENT 1:
Douglas Feith served as the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy under Donald Rumsfeld and was one of the architects of the Bush administration's war on terrorism. He talks with Steve Paulson about decision making in the aftermath of 9/11. His book is "War and Decision: Inside the Pentagon at the Dawn of the War on Terrorism." Also, Alex Gibney is the director of the Academy Award winning documentary "Taxi to the Dark Side." He tells Anne Strainchamps about one detainee at a US Air Force Base in Afghanistan. And we hear clips from the film.
SEGMENT 2:
Senator Russ Feingold is a Democrat from Wisconsin who sits on the Senate Intelligence Committee. He talks with Steve Paulson about the workings of the Committee and its oversight of covert intelligence operations.
SEGMENT 3:
Trevor Paglan is the author of "I Could Tell You But Then You Would Have To Be Destroyed By Me." That's the Latin translation of a patch designed for a top secret Navy air testing station. Paglan has spent years collecting and deciphering the patches worn by military personnel engaged in covert and classified programs. He talks with Jim Fleming about some of his favorites. Also, Erich Lichtblau is one of the New York Times journalists who won a Pulitzer Prize for the story about the NSA's warrantless wire-tapping program. He talks with Steve Paulson about this secret program and the Bush administration's approach to the post 9/11 terrorist threat.
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Books:
| Trevor Paglen, I Could Tell You But Then You Would Have to be Destroyed by Me (Melville House Publishing) |  |
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Eric Lichtblau, Bush’s Law: The Remaking of American Justice (Pantheon Press) |
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Douglas Feith, War and Decision: Inside the Pentagon at the Dawn of the War on Terrorism (Harper) |
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Film:
- Alex Gibney, director, Taxi to the Dark
Side (2007). Jigsaw Productions.
Websites:
- For more on Douglas Feith:
http://www.dougfeith.com - S.RES.303
- Censure Bill Introduced in Congress by Senator Russell Feingold (WI).
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Music:
- Monks, Whales and Moonbeams/Holger Czukay vs. Dr. Walker's Radio/ (Tone Casualities)
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Distribution dates: week of 05/25/2008
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